The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-07-09
Joe Kittock's Arrest
Causes Big Sensation
Continued from page one)

over a year ago, with bullet hole in
his head, that the Producers News
was waglng a persistent and consclen-
tlous battle for restoring law and or
der in the border town. At that time
the then political boss was running
a notorious booze and gambling JOINT
in the center of the town, right under
the noses of the County Attorney and
Sheriff, in which wild orgies OF drunk
enneSs and gun fighting frequently
occurred. The bad example was lml-
tated in other places in Scobey I'M
til the respectable people OF the Dan
iels county seat determined the time
had arrived to call a halt and re
quested the Producers News to use Its
powerful influence to make Scobey a
place where people could live IN peace
and safety and mothers could BRING
up their daughters without being sub
jected to the insults of whiskey-soak-
ed tranSientS and aliens who then IN
tested and overawed the town. De
spite the power of the underworld
in Scobey and the death threats sent
to the editor of the News, this pa
per continued the fight until the
Bucket of Blood" was shut down, the
back of the scofflaw band broken and
respect for the Constitution and laws
of the United States and Montana re-
stored in Scobey. At the time AS
sistant U. S. Attorney Silver, speak
ing in open court before Judge Pray
at Great Falls, declared that There
was no respect for law in ScObey."
Murdered Man Paid Lawrence Money
1t was in an atmosphere such as
described in the foregoing paragraphs
that Carl Siegert met his death
| Carl Siegert was known as quiet
man who was interested in starting
/ some kind of a bottling works II
Scobey. He had much money wher
he came to the town but when his
body was found in the river his poe.
kets were found turned inside out
He stayed at the Olive Hotel anC
was a frequenter of the Club Billiard
Hall, operated by 7. j. Working. Thi.
place was also the hangout of Sheriff
Lawrence and his deputies. 1t is [;
noticeable fact that the dead mar
wrote several checks made payabl,
to Working, friend of Lawrence, anC
there is evidence of at least one checl
in the amount of SO made payable
to Lawrence himself.
Siegert Intimate With Lawrence
Friends
Siegert was known to have visite,
\ the shack with the box car roof Op
Grated by KittOck. KittOck was know
as a close friend of Sheriff Lawrence
Besides Kittock, several people live,
in the shack, amongst whom wer
J three young women, one of whom
was said to be very attractive to tn,
/ dead man. Siegert suddenly disap
peared from the life Of Scobey ant
was found three weeks after his dis
appearance in a river near the town
In a small community where the hab
its of life of everybody is known
such things as the death of a human
/ being are expected to be cleared Vi
at once. When the body of a dea,
man was found in a river in Sheridan
county some time ago, Sheriff Sails
bury and County Attorney Erickson
had tracked down and captured tn
suspect within twenty-four hours af
ter the crime was committed Whel
taken into custody he confessed an,
faces trial for his life this week.
Not so in Scobeyl
Sheriff Lawrence appointed a char
acter named "Scobey Red" to do ode
tective" work on the case. The coun
ty was mulched for the cost. Coun
ty Attorney Nyquist took "affidavits
but nobody was arrested.
Sheriff Al Sore at News
Sheriff Lawrence, who is known a
the man "who couldn't catch cold
had no solution to offer for the mys
terry but asked for detectives. Whe,
a representative of the deceased wrot
to the Scobey Sheriff requesting in
formation as to his intentions wit
reference to tracking down the muI
der, Lawrence dragged the Producer
News into the case. He seemed to b
sore that this paper was giving sue
publicity to the sudden death of tn
unfortunate Minnesota boy. He show
ed his dislike Of the truth reachin
the fond mother and sister of tn
dead man through the columns of thi
paper. If Sheriff Lawrence had hi
way the mother who pines for tn
return of her boy would not even nov
be made acquainted with the murde
of her son in the badlands Of Daniel
county, through the columns of tn
Producers News. All tyrants and pee
pie who want to conceal shady trans
actions want to choke off the brigh
light of publicity.
Al Wants Detectives to Aid
RI
resentative Of the deceased, Sheri
Lawrence could not give any solutio
of the crime. He wanted another de
tective. His letter dated August 1!
1925, contained the following infol