The producers news., 1927-11-25

as Mcdonald, came into town. lie
was dressed in puttees and short brit
ches, and looked like bank receiver
or a hank clerk farmer or machine
companv COLLECTOR. He was quite
Italkatiye and moved right into the
lpoOl halls and cigar stores and told
the bows about town that he was a
sport. a gambler if you please, and
would actually gamble away two or
three dollars per day. lie MADE
deposit of a small amount OF money
in Carl Bulls bank and wrote small
J checks. He went to the postofflce
, each dav for his mail and asked for
it in a whisper. Jack Bennett, post
: master. who is on the lookout for
; bandits. thought he seemed suspicious,
]; so he told Lon Onstad about 1t, and
I. Onstad told L. S. Olson, and all told
: Game Warden who is supposed to be
! very sapient in such things, and the
: more these fellows thot the more sus-
. plcious they got, the surer Lhey De-
+ came, that at last they had Chelr eye
= on bad man. Sheriff Al was sent .
= hot tip and he came down with MS
) identifier, with the results related
+ above
Olson NOW O0JItSSeu
(. Since the incident L. S. Olson seems
more than ever depressed, and th'
e rest of the sleuths have hid out.
! Salisbury Interviewed
/ After arrest Sheriff Salisbury whel
u interviewed by representative of tn
H. News, said, "The arrest of McDon
y aid is Just some more of Jack Ben
h' nett and Lou Onstad's stage die
+ stuff, done for political purposes, an
H. participated in by Sheriff Laurenc
~ in order to back up their persisten
a. and ridiculous propaganda that thes
~ bandits are headquarterlng IN Plenty
= wood, and this Sherlock stuff wit
. Mcdonald will furnish the basis of
I' story about PlentywOOd while at tn
y same time make it appear to the ou
y side world that Sheriff Lawrence
7I' smart and can catch bandits. His is
y noring me and my office is til
~ usual thing and a part of the polio
NJ to cast reflection upon me. In tn
.g Laurence is assisted by local "She
r locks" could not catch cold.
er' "This man Mcdonald came he
'e,' about two weeks ago and put up
au' Leland hotel He did NOTHING and
W made careful investigation of hin
)d' talked with him and found upC
Ak investigation that he had no assoc
ates nor friends here, that no o.
knew him and no one had ever SCI
him before. He hung about pO
halls and played cards in SIN;
way. He had no baggage at the h
tel, but made it his business to
vestigate the register of all the h
at tells each day. He talked a great dc
and impressed listeners that he W
,iv- Just a little tuff. He dressed in pl
ms, tees and riding pants, and looked Ii
ion a bank receiver or a bank clerk far
viii er. His hands were soft and VIII
and he did not look like work.
man. He called for his mail regular
every day and asked for it in a VIII
per. AS far as / could determine
was and is an operative of the Anne
II can Bankers Association. He came
IN right after two Burns men who /
been here about three weeks,
Another operative came into Plen
wood yesterday, Immediately W
~. McDonald's arrest.
'iii' Mcdonald British Subject
Mcdonald is a member of
at Roer o otu1 d anu ,hot eoti az a. u
the CooLoo a ~ I,,'U ill M 4,J,.,,od Too.a
edi- ea,5, H., TT 4Is;'I- az H. US 10
; ot oSsst closed to Onstad who he was, but
1eII Isan taking of him to Scobey was done
itIil tan make the play good and to try
'ifs t suppress the fact that these bi
III Ill who are so Jealous to put someth
1CSu &c over had got hold of something t
oue- @ they could not let go of. If tI
,eeU 60 rumdums just keep performing IL
Son- will be no chance to ever catch q
~ one or convict him if caught"