The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-01

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; Of William Stoller. Jr., and
Aman Horst before Judge Berry
Of Mandan on first degree mur.
der charges was post poned until
10 n. IN. tomorrow.
William Stollcr, Jr., Is. and Aman
Horst, 20, who confessed Saturday
to the murder and robbery Of Fred
Stollcr, 73. farmer Of the Carson
vicinity in Grant county, will be tuk-
cn before Judge II. l.. Berry in Nor
ton county district court ut Mandan
this afternoon to enter formal pleas
Of guilty to charges Of first degree
murder.
Judge Berry has intimated that he
would sentence both to life imprison-
! ment in the state penitcntiary.
| The two young men were arrested
by Sheriff William Nultemcier OF
Grant county Friday, along with a
third-Georgc Bcrrcth---on warrants
| sworn out by States Attorney A. 7.
| Nelson charging the trio with the
! theft of keg of wine from farm
| house near Carson recently. State
| mcnts made by Berreth following
| the brutal murder Of Stoller had led
| the officers to believe that the other
two men were implicated in the af-
fair, and fearing that they might dis
appear before sufficient evidence
| had been secured to hold them on
| the murder charge they were taken
| into custody on the theft count
/ Sheriff Nultemcicr says that Horst
was preparing to skip the country
| when he was arrested.
| Berreth Still Held
Bcrreth apparently had nothing to
do with the killing and rObhing OF
Stoller, but is being held on the less
cr charge. The other two men, after
much questioning, finally made 4
| clean confession Of their parts in
the crime early Saturday morning
I The confessions werc made in the
presencf of Charles Mcdonald, Nor
ton county sheriff: &. X. Osjard
assistant deputy warden of the state
penitentiary, Sheriff Nultemeier and
States Attorney Nelson.
The men were brought to the
Morton county Jail at Mandan Sat
urday for safe keeping until their
arraignment before Judge Berry.
I, The murder was one Of the most
brutal and cold blooded, ever com
mitted hcreabouts. The men walked
into the old mans cabin and demand
| ed his money. When he arose from
| his bed to get it for them one struck
him with his fists and with stick
Of stovcwOod, and the other choked
him. according to the murdercrs
written confessions.
Stories Differ
Stories Of the two men regarding
| the fire in the farmhouse, in which
Stoller's body was partly burned, diff
fer somewhat. Young Stoller claims
| the lamp tipped over, spilling some
kerosene on the bed and also setting
| fire to the bedclothes, while Horst
alleges in his confession that they
poured some kerosene over the man S
apparently lifeless body on the bed
and touched a match to it.
William Stoller's confession reads
as follows:
my name is William Stoller, Jr.; l
was born in Grant County, North Da-
kota on January 81, 1908; live with
my father in the township of Carson,
in Grant County, North Dakota. My
fathers name is Jacob Stoller aud
he lives on Section op the North
east Quarter of said Sections; Fred
Stoller was my grandfather and he
lived on the same Section and on the
Southwest Quarter of said Section.
am we'll acquainted with Aman Horst.
i have known him for the last two
years. Aman Horst lives with his
mother and step father about one
half mile west of Carson, North Da,
kota.
II was to George Berreth's place at
4:30 on Sunday afternoon, February
21st, 1926; came over to Berreth's
place to go with Aman Horst. We
were riding horseback. When we
came over there we talked with Emil
Berreth; we wanted him to take his
Ford car and take us to a dance at
Zacker's place. Emil NBerreth told us
that he was sick and that he couldn't
60. I then rode on my horse, back
to my home, which is two and one
half miles north from Berreth's
place. Aman Horst left me there and
said that he was going to go home.
stayed home until about 1880 on Sun
day night and then left on horse
back and / rode over to Emil Ber-
reth's place, and again asked him if
he wouldn't take his car and drive us
to the Zacker. place, and he refused
to go. then rode down to Horst's
place and got there about eight
o'clock on that evening. That was
Sunday evening, February 2lst.
stayed there until after ten O'clock
+ knew He Was Alone
Then we rode horseback into town,
and SAman Horst on each one horse
and from Carson, North Dakota, we
rode north upon the section line be-
tween Sections l3 and Ia, and we
rode right out to Fred Stoller,s place
When, we got out there to Fred Stol-
ler's place we tied the horses quite
!, a ways from the house and then we
went into the house and then we found
out that the old man Stollcr was
home alone. knew; that the two
Stollcr boys, Henry and Albert. were
not home because my sister had told
me that she had seen them going
north early that evening. didn't
I know whether my grandmother, Mrs
Fred Stollcr,, was home or not until
after we came to tho place. We went
to the door that led into the room,
ifhat was occupied by my grand.
ifather. FrBd StOller: we knocked al
1.-The door. hut he didn't come to the
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