The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-10-11
BURKE COUNTY
Man CHARGED
WITH MURDER

! blenIall, SaSk., Oct. ll.-W ltn the
arrest here of liveryman, Lacrosse
/! by name. pending investigation of the
death of Paul Matoff, representative
! of the Dominion Distributors a liquor
wholesale house, and the issuance of
a warrant charging first degree MUIR
der to Lee Dillage, farmer residing
near Ignite in Burke county, North
Dakota, now held in Jail at Bowbells,
j N. D., authorities today were bending
their efforts toward locating members
of the gang which early yesterday
i morning shot and killed Matoff, just
after sale of $4,000 worth of whiskey
! had been negotiated. They also robbed
! him of diamond cluster tiepin val
ued at several thousand dollars.
Dillage Arrested
! Dlllage was arrested Yesterday by
/ Sheriff Ed Drinkwater Of Burke coun-
ty on request of the local authorities
and the warrant charging murder is
being forwarded TO the Burke ccuntv
city today for service.
May Oppose ExtraditiOn
Reports here are to the effect that
| Dillage plans to oppose extradition 20
/ the dominion and he has retained B.
A. Wilson of Flaxton as his attorney.
The Dillage farm was searched by
federal agents and other law officers
| from :Minot yesterday but no trace Of
liquor was found on it. Dillage faces
a charge of violation of the Volstad
act in federal court which convenes
at Minot next week. Federal agents
, have searched his farm several time.
Inquest Held
Inquest over the remains of Ma
toff is scheduled to be held October
8. He was shot in the back with a
shotgun and died almost instantly.
The information which has been Sc
cured from Dillage is conflicting, au-
thorities declare. Although he was
holding Matoff's head in his hands
when authorities arrived at the scene
of the murder, he vanished shortly
afterward and made his way across
the line to his farm. Authorities are
acting on the theory that the deal
was "frame-up'' they state, and ex-
press the belief that Dillage knows
more details about the crime than he
has thus fan dvulged.
"There, that's Tom Kelly" &C.
companied by an oath, authorities
state Dillage has told them was the
exclamation of the man who shot Ma.
) toff.
Kelley Serving Time
Kelley, a central figure in the earl,
, episodes of whiskey running from
Canada to several middle western
states is now serving two year sen.
tence in Canadian prison in connec-
ton with the notorious bad check
swindle, manipulated more than
year ago, when liquor house proprie.
tors in Canada were persuaded t.
take several thousand dollars worth
Of cashiers checks on a closed NORTH
Dakota bank. Eddie Norris of Minot
was taken into custody at the same
time and taken back to Canada but
was found not guilty of the charge
Dillage declares <that he was high.
lacked out of the two loads of whisk,
which he had just purchased as well
as his Cadillac automobile. The Other
load was on the truck which Lacross is
supposed to have driven.
Cold Blood Crime
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 1.-THE slay
ing of Matoff was one Of the most
cold-blooded crimes in the history of
Saskatchewan. This man, an employe
OF Regina wine and spirit com.
pany at Bienfait, was shot in the back
as he was closing the deal with Dillage
for the sale of truck load of LIQUOR
After Matoff's murder his slayers
rushed from the scene in a powerful
car. Less than an hour after the shot
ing of Matoff truck load of liquor
delivered from Bienfait was seized at
Rocheperce, two miles from the bor-