The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-06-09

Cellar.
Out on the lone Canadian
prairie at the end of the trail
from the town of Esteyan and
about nine miles away from this,
the nearest village, lived Robert
Il. Andrist, a rancher who had
accumulated a stock of whisky
when the province of Saskat-
chewan went dry.
AT a hearing in Butte the
other day vas told the story of
a holdup, by Montana whisky
bandits which reads like a NOV
ing picture scenario.
The Andrist home is known as
Woods End" formerly a barracks
of the Canadian mounted police, but
was abandoned and Andrist converted
it into a dwelling. Here was enacted
the role of the bad men by a sextet
known as Willis Mccoy, Hardie or
Hurley, George Green or Allen, Will
liam Enright and Reimers, Thoryard
Olson and ''Club" Hoban, alias
Hogan alias &c. M"
At 10 O'Clock on a cold, dark Ca
madam December night, there drove
up to the lonely barracks ranch
house of Andrist two automobiles
containing six men. Andrist was
away across the international boun-
Diary at the town of Noonan, N. D.
Only Mrs. Andrist was in the house.
The men raped for admittance and
stated that they wanted to buy some
''booze.'
Too frightened to open the door,
Mrs. Andrist announced that her hus-
band was away. The men retired to
their cars and held a council. In a
little while another auto drove up
containing two other men, friends
of Andrist, Carl Ledahl and Louis
Lem. These men were engaged in
conversation when Andrist arrived at
his home.
Gets Shotgun Ready.
"They told me they wanted to buy
whiskey," said Andrist "but I didn't
like the looks of the crowd. l told
them they couldn't come in. Then
Ledahl, Lein and I went into the
house by the back door. That man
Enright came to the door and urged
me not to be afraid. They only want
gu W UuN SOluS Nu1ShS5s 4 SOI uOWu
my pump shotgun and said he might
When Enright or Reimers
admitted, he began to ingratiate
himself. Among his associates he is
said to be known as slippery" He
succeeded in disarming suspicion and
Andrist, on Reimers request, invited
the other five men to come in out of
the cold. The visitors wanted Sun
nybrook.
81 haven't it, but will go with you
to Estavan and see if I can get it for
.ou," Andrist suggested. Nobody
Andrist offered the sugges-
ton again. George Green, a man
about so, with steely blue-gray eyes
and bald on the crown of his head,
over to a table, tore a piece
IF paper from the covering, carried
t to the stove and placed it on the
i'd lighting it.
II thought it a funny proceeding"
said Andrist, and started at him.
What are you doing that for?"
asked one of Green's comrades.
Nov is as good time as any,"
exclaimed Green, according to the
At this the sextet drew
heir guns. Elevate" they said to
Andrist and his friends.
Up went their hands.
Lets Go" Not Meant.
Face the wall, let's CO." was the
next comand.
Carl Ledahl thought Lets go"
to go outside. He started. A
blow over the head from Andrist's
in the hands of Willis Nc
Coy showed him something else was
meant.
Zone said, Face the WALL and
he other said, Face the other way
aid Ledahl. "And we tried to obey
10th. Somebody fired a shot into the !
loor and then we were taken out I
The robbery of Andrist's cellar be- !
ran. One man held two guns on Lein |
nd Ledahl. Another held a gun on $
Andrist and he was compelled, in {
ompany with the bandits to loot his
'wn cellar. They took 81 cases OF i.
yhiskey IL of these cost him $50 q :
ase; one case of Sunnybrook cost !,
and the other eight cases cost |
.35 each. /,
They also took his %sheepskin coat !
nd his shotgun. The coat was af- /,
recovered. 1t was found by !
Dakota homesteader beside some :
oxes out on the prairie, where it
ad been tossed from a passing car
he shotgun was also recovered in :
'illings, but it's barrel had been :
hortened. :
Want 1t All. :
When the cellar was bare of bot :