The producers news., 1926-12-10

east for a ways when they caught a
ride in a Ford towards Granville.
The farmer who is said to have seen
all of this, reported to the officers
at Granville. Just how is not known.
The marshall at Granville reports OBJ
serving two men answering the de
scriptiOn buy tickets at Granville
back to Minot. This was phoned to
the Chief of Police at Minot, to-
gether with the number of the car
that let the two men off. The Mi
not Chief reported the news to Coun-
ty Attorney Erickson and Under
Sheriff Robke, who met the train at
MinOt, when it came in, but the two
men in sheepskin coats were not on
the train.
County Attorney Erickson then
phOned Sheriff Salisbury the report
ed number of the car and he found
it belonged to a man over at Joliet,
Montana.
Erickson and RObke Search Minot.
That night County Attorney Erick-
son and Undersheriff Robke assisted
/ by Sheriff Spiker of Ward county.
n. D., made the rounds of the hotels
and garages. At one garage thev
found a Buick car with a Montana
! license. Upon inquiry the car was
found to have been left by "Nig"
Collins of Plentywood. Collins was
later found in bed at the Leland ho-
/ tel where he was registered under
his own name. Erickson went into
/ Collins room and found Collins in a
very angry mood, and very abusive
and defiant. When Erickson asked
hlm what ne was doing there, he
told him it was ''none of his damn
business Collins was arrested, as
a suspect and placed in Jail.
Salisbury Goes to MinOt
County Attorney Erickson phoned
Sheriff Salisbury who went to Minot
Friday morning of last week. to pet
Collins. Collins while ornerv at first
agreed to return to Plentywood with
Salisbury waiving extradition. but
Saturday morning when they were
about to leave for the train for VIII
hston, Sheriff Spiker informed Sher-
III Salisbury that Attorney General
toote had instructed him to hold Col
Inns in Jail at Minot subject to his
orders. Sheriff Salisbury left with
out Collins Saturday afternoon for
Wllllston, from where he returned
to Plentywood via auto arriving here
sunday afternoon little after four.
Collins Still in MinOt Jail.
Erickson issued a fugitive's war
rant for Collins and he is still
IN Jall at Minot. Thursday afternoon
Stanley Foote went to Minot to in
terview him and determine what II
do with him.
Collins Asks for Writ.
wednesday, it is reported from
Minot, Attorney Sinkler of the law
firm of Sinkler & Brekke. left for
Wlllston to obtain a Writ of Habeag
Corpus for the release of Collins
who was still being held for cues
tlomng by Foote in connection with
the PlentywOod robbery.
Judge George H. Moellering Of
Wllliston signed the papers for q
nearing on the Writ, and the hear
ing IS reported to have been set for
next Monday afternoon at Minot
Snkler is reported to have been hired
by Plentywood friends of Collins
Sindler contends that Collins is ne.
ing Illegally held.
Collins Has AIibi
1t Is claimed that Collins has an
allbl: that he was in Plentvwood ON
the night Of the robbery: that he dio
not leave until Thursday morning and
arrived IN Minot from the west af-
ter dark Thursday night. Officers
suspect, however, that he knows
something of those who were involv-
ed in the hold-up.
! What will be done with Collins is
onl va conjecture at this time.
Associated Press Man Comes
After the robbery was COMMITTEES
the Medicine Lake Wave and the
Daniels County Leader came out with
Iurld tales written in Plentywood.
charging the county officials with be-
ing implicated in the robberv-tbat
II was an inside job, etc. Haters OF
the present administration wrote
stories and sent them to the papers
OF the state. The Helena Independ-
ent come out with the most ridden
Ious and wild stories and r71rnors
The rest of the papers refused to
carry the stories, and the Associated
Press refused to put them on the wire
and sent their Helena representative
to Plentywood to cover the reports
IN order to protect themselves from
the Wild rUmOrs which were being set
afloat. Mr.. Lowell is still in Plen-
! tywOod, but plans on returning to
Helena Saturday. Since Lowell ar
rived in PlentywOod the wild warns
have ceased to a great extent.
! Accuses Council of Burning House.
Wednesdays Helena independents
had a story to the effect that the
home of one of the County Commits
sloners had been burned during his
recent absence, and that Commission
er had refused to take orders from
the Council of Action which was
dominated by Sen. Charles E.. Tavlor.
lnsinuating that members of the
Council had burned the building. Or
course no house or building OF anv
kind owned by any County Commits
sloner has burned for over two
years, and the Council is onlv a wear
old, and the only building of a Com
missioner that has burned is the
barn of Ed. Iverson, which burned
about two years ago, being insured
for all it was worth.
This is an example of the foul lib
els and screeds that are being put out
bV the "yild avedO o,,o,,,;o. f III