The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-08-24
night MARSHAL AT STANLEY
SHOT AND KILLED BY |. W. w.

Christian A. Madison, night mar
shall Of Stanley, N. D., died at 2:2O
o'clock Saturday morning as the re-
suit of bullet wound thru his stom-
ach and liver, fired by Harry Garter,
an l. w. w., whom he had arrested
the night before. Carter, after over
towering the marshal, shot the Off
Ger with his own gun, and made his
escape in the darkness, spending the
remainder of the night in hay stack
within three blocks of where the
shooting occurred, and in the morning
was seen to hide beneath shock of
wheat in field adjoining the town.
| site, where he was arrested.
Carter was held to district court on
the charge of murder in the first de-
gree and now occupies a cell in the
Mountrail county Jail in Stanley.
Carter, who carried an l. w. w.
card, had created a disturbance in the
Commercial hotel, which is conducted
by Mr.. O'Keefe. The night marshal
was summoned to the hotel during
the evening to arrest Carter who had
been creating disturbance by trying
| to break into several rooms in the
hotel. The Misses Gladys, Ida and
Alma O'Keefe, daughters of the hotel
proprietor, had summoned Mr.. Madi-
| son. By the time he arrived at the
hotel, Carter had gone out the rear
| way, but Officer Madison was able
to identify him by description which
! was found along the street sitting
on the curb. Madison arrested him
and ordered him to go with him to
jail. Carter refused to get up and
| when Madison insisted that he do so,
and when Carter finally got up, he
made rush for the officer. Madison
| pulled his As calibre revolver and shot
into the ground, to brighten the man.
He placed his gun back into its holster
and grabbing his billy, tried to sub
due Carter. The men grappled and
fought in the darkness, their strug-
giles taking them clear across the
street. Madison who was a very
powerful man, finally threw Carter,
who appeared to be equally as strong,
| to the ground and sat upon him.
| Madison struck Carter over the head
time or two with his billy and the
fellow finally cried two or three times,
give got enough" The O'Keefe sis
tiers and two others heard the men
struggling and Madison himself was
! able to give concise version of the
affair before he died. Madison got
off from Carter and as the prisoner
started to arise, grabbed the officer
about the arms, took the officers re-
| volver from its holster and without
| warning shot him thru the stomach.
The bullet passed entirely thru the
body, passing thru the stomach and
, liver. Carter then struck the officer
HvsAn II =,
! the gun, making two ugly scalp
wounds on top Of the head and one
. wound behind the left ear. He then
escaped in the darkness.
=. Madison called for help, but BY
: ISLANDERS were afraid to go to where
, he lay for several minutes, as it was
perfectly dark and they thot that per
haps Carter was still around. Fin
, ally they ventured to where Madison
/ had been shot and he was carried to
j DR.. Brigham's office. Seeing that
! nothing could be done for him he was
| taken to his home. The shooting oc-
CURED at Has o'clock Friday night
and Madison passed away at 2:2O
. o'clock Saturday morning. He re-
manned conscious to the very last and
knew that there were no hopes for
his recovery. He stated that he did
not want to shoot Carter. Some years
ago, Madison was accidentally shot in
the leg and since that time, his leg
would be easily thrown out of joint
occasionally. It is believed that dur
ing the struggle with Carter, his leg
was thrown out of joint, and that af-
ter the fellow had given up, Madison
i attempted to throw his leg back in
joint, when Carter seized his oppor-
tunity to grab the gun.
After the shooting, a large posse
got out, looking for the assailant. AT
, seven o'clock Saturday morning, Car
ter was discovered asleep beside a
hay stack, three blocks from the place
by Deputy Sheriff Rogers, but as the
clothing he wore did not answer the
description given him by the O'Keefe
y girls, he was not arrested at the time
A little later, a man was seen making
his way across a wheat field adjoining
the city, and he was seen to secrete
himself within a shock. Officers
rushed out. after him and arrested
man who gave his name as Harry
j.! Carter, very likely an assumed name
&, Carter was hatless. There was 8
wound on his head where he had been
struck by Madison's billy. A hat was
found on the street where Carter and
i Madison had grappled, and the hat
I had blood on it. The hat is unques.
tionably Carter's Madison's revolv.
er was found near the hay stack
l. where Deputy Rogers had seen Car.
ter at Z o'clock Saturday morning
In the jail, Carter wanted to smoke
Asked what kind Of tobacco he used
/ ne said it was Bull Durham. A sacl
Z half full Of Bull Durham was found
in the wheat shock where Carter was
arrested.
i Carter claims that he does not re-
member anything about the shooting
His preliminary. hearing was hele
) Saturday afternoon and he waived ex
animation. He is being held in the
county jail at Stanley, to await trial
! He has not employed an attorney, az
yet.
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