The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-05-07

were in ten automobiles and by the
time the leaders reached the Schlabsz
farmyard a large crowd-many of
whom were armed with rifles and
piStols-were gathered. The GissleT
Sedan was found outside the house
and upon being searched a bloody
blanket was found in the tonneau
and blood stains marked the floor
and seats. Finderand Schlabsz, a boy
of Is who worked at the Gissler
farm, came out of the house in a
oazed sort of way and when asked
to account for the bloodstains and
the bodies in the stream at first de-
MED that he had any knowledge of
the transaction. When taken aWay
from the mob and spoken to in a
sympathetic way by Sheriff Sails
bury he confessed the murder of his
employers.
Death Scene at Farm.
The party then drove to the Giss-
Ter farm and found the place locked.
When the door of the house was
forced, evidences of the tragedy were
seen on all sides. The walls were
spattered with blood, and shot marks
distigured the inside of the house. A
large hole was bored through the
back door showing where the fatal
shot that glanced off Mrs. Gissler's
neck had passed.
Blood stains were on the door lam
leading from the kitchen to the bed
room. The floor showed signs of be-
ing mopped where the body of the
unfortunate woman writhed in the
agony of death. An apparent effort
was made to wipe the blood stains
of the walls with a wet rag. A
trunk lay in the corner that showed
signs of being rihed and the glass
from the window in the bedroom.
through which the woman was shot
was Strewn over the floor. Three
shotgun shells were picked IN bv
byStanderS in the vicinity of the
house and barn and the gun that did
the fatal job was found i'm a corner of
the house and identified by Schlabsz
as the one he used to commit the
terrible crime.
Tells Story of His Crime
Under questioning the boy told
about how he picked up the gun af-
ter dinner Saturday afternoon and
went towards the barn where GissIer
was leading a team of horses to
hitch to the Seeder. He stated that
he stood in the door of the barn and
hred a shot at GiSSler which entered
his left arm working towards the
heart. GiSsler fell with a moan and
lied soon afterwards. SchlabSz then
reloaded the gun and went towards
the dwelling house and seeing Mrs.
IisSler dressing inside the bed room
window, he fired through the glass.
hitting her in the arm and side He
then entered the kitchen and went to
the room. Meanwhile she had fed
from the room and hidden in a clos
ct. When he entered the room she
attempted to escape by the back door
but he followed her and shot her in
the neck while she turned and ev-
claimed; For Gods sake. Fred. don't
shoot.' He then cautiously set about
up the place. He lifted the
bodies of the victims into the tonneau
OF the Ford Sedan. He took a Quilt
OH the bed and wrapped it around
the woman and put a shirt over the
race OF the man. This done he mon
ped up the floor of the house and
threw the bloody mop on a scrap
heap near the house where it was
found Sunday. He covered the pool
OF blood where the man fell outside
the barn with manure, searched the
trunk and found ten dollars, which
together with a pocketbook he found
IN Gissler's pocket he kept.
Dumps Body in River
This done he waited for evening tn
dispose Of the bodies in the Big Mud
ny dam near Homestead. About siv
o'clock he carefully locked the Giss-
.er residence and started for the
place where he dumped the dead
bodies. He arrived at the dam about
1alt past seven and threw the bodv
of the man over the side of tba
bridge into the water. Noticing
,ar approaching he started up the
Sedan. He then drove alongside the
-lver and dumped the rest of the
human cargo of the Ford into the
stream. He then attempted to wine
ne bloodstains off the floor and
.ushions of the sedan with the opiIt
ms done he started for Homestead