The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-28
PARTICIPATION
1 IN 9 R0BBERIES
/ IS CONFESSED
Man Held at Minot Says Les.
ter Barge Was Implicated
in All of Them

Minot, n. D., Sept. 2S.-(AP)--
Revelations Of nine bank robbcrics
n North Dakota, Montana and Ne.
\ oraska today are before Sheriff w
: f. Slaybaugh in Minot, rs he con.
.inues his investigation Of the ac-
.ivities Of trio of alleged yeggs
! already arrested by him, one Of
i whom is wanted in two states on
& three different charges of murder.
i Richard Brumfield, %, is the
D prisoner who is alleged to have con.
Il fesscd to being implicated in the
i aine robberies, and is said TO have
named Lester Barge, alleged muir
pl ierer, as also taking part in all Of
/ them, and Donald Barge, %, rs be-
;e ing in part Of them. Lester Earge
}. IS held in the county jail at Willis
/ Ton, where he will be prosecuted on
. charge of first degree murder in
j connection with the Staying Of II.
}: n. Peterson, cashier Of Wheelock,
~. D., bank. last November.
Memory Is Hazy
i Although asserting that his men,
y 3rs- is hazy on number of the bank
|, -ohheries, due to the fact that he had
). paid 10 attention to dates and was
+ not acquainted with the country in
which the crimes were committed,
i Brunfield is rurported 70 have con-
!. fcssea to implication III the burglary
! If banks at Wheelock, Ignite,
/ Nortngate, Gaseoyne and Manitou,
! n. H., Gientana, Montana, and Tay-
] or. Hamlet and Sutton, Nebraska.
1 Until last evening. Brumfield had
! admitted completely in only five of
, these robberies, but under further
! questioning he IS said TO have con-
! fessed that banks at Ignite, North
j igate, Manitou and Sutton were bur-
! iglarized, naming Lester Barge as
his accomplice.
At Manitou, the bank which was
visited had reen closed for several
month ard they obtained 10 loot.
Z L. S. Officials Interested
/ The possibility that the federal
government may also take hand in
the investigation Il the activities of
Pie three men was foreseen today
following positive Identification Of
the car which was in their posses
Hion as having been stolen from q
man named Henry Ducoty ut Nor
ganhill, Calf, on last September 2.
The trio could be prosecuted on
charges Of violating the Dyer act
transporting stolen automobile
from one state to Il. ,ther--if the
government cares to do so, it is said.
There is talk at Williston, accord
ing to word received in Minot, Of
calling Il special term Of district
court in that city to try Lester
Barge on a charge Of numbering
Cashier Peterson. If he should be
acquitted of murder charge in that
county, it is believed that he would
probably be turned over to Minne-
sta authorities to answer to two
.harges OF murdc. in that state.
Montana Officers Arrive
Sheriff Ben Olson and Assistant
County Attorney c. H. Roberts Of
Glasgow, Mont, are in Minot today
and this forenoon questioned Brum-
field concerning the robbery of the
bank at Glentana, seeking to have
the prisoner give further details con-
corning the crime than those which
he outlined in his previous original
statement. A Burns detective, who
was at Glentana at the time Sheriff
Slaybaugh and Deputy Sheriff r. l..
Dierdorff arrested the tro Barge
brothers and Brumiield at and near
Kenmare. has also arrived in Minot
to offer his assistance in the investi-
cation.
States Attorney Amundson of
Bowman county questioned Brum-
field last evening concerning the at
tempted robbery of the First State
Bank at Gascoyne, in which loot
amounting to 10 cents was obtained.
Sheriff Slaybaugh said today that it
is possible that Brumfield may be
turned over to Bowman county Off
Gals, although he is not positive
that such action will be taken. He
is undecided as to whom he will sur
render the custody of Donald Barge.
Burglary warrants for the arrest of
Brumfield and Donald Barge have
also been issued in Williams county.
Nebraska Wants Barge
Officials in Nebraska have signi-
tied an anxiety to take Lester Barge
and Brumfield to that state to be
prosecuted for various alleged
crimes, including bank robberies,
thefts of several automobiles and the
shooting of a marshal at Taylor, in
that state.
Sheriff Olson of Glasgow is carry
ing warrants with him for the arrest
Of the two Barge brothers and
Brumfield, on charges Of robbing the
Glentana bank, but will not attempt
to serve them until Sheriff Slay-
baugh consents to surrender Donald
Barge and Brumfield to him. In
event the trio is sent to prison in
Ncfth Dakota. it is possible, Sheriff
Olson said, that he would be waiting
1t the penitentiary door when they
are released, ready to take them in
to custody.
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