The producers news., 1927-12-09

" DiihS "D@s' AiiS activities IN having oPSAa-
tives arrested for rObberies, surely has some
meaning
Now coming TO paragraph of this editorial,
reference IS made to the Sheridan county treasury
robbery, year ago, the murder and robbery OF
Mike Kennedy and the robbery of the Outlook
State Bank lew weeks ago. What this has to /
do with the arrest of the dick we don't know,
but to Bowler there is some connection, and per-
maps there is-f there is he no doubt knows
about it. Burley complains that the treasury rob-
bers have not been caught vet. nor the murderer
apprehended, nor the Outlook bandits run down.
The Leader is correct-none of these things have
occurred. Neither have those bold unmasked men
who robbed the bank at Flaxville in broad day
light been arrested yet Sheriff Lawrence, that
brave and astute terror of bad men, was right in
tlaxyille few feet away from the bank when the
noldup occurred. In fact he was so close that
the whole affair seemed suspicious AS soon as
these men were safely out of town, Al took after
them. They were only few minutes ahead of
him. Did he catch them? Burley, did he catch
them! You know he did not Why did he not
eaten them! he was so close on their heels, and
II there Is anything in the world Al wants TO
eaten, It's bank robber? What did AL do ac-
cordng to the story told at the time by the LEADER
1t sald' Al found the burglars car equipped
with machine gun, so he gave up the chase and
returned TO Scooey' or something like that. A
farmer along the road report that All drove up
funously, inquired if certain car with four men
IN 1t had gone by, and when informed that it had
and had just gone over the hll Al rode to next
corner and turned north Burley probably has
inside information about sheriffs driving in the
opposite direction when he by this inuendo makes
this charge against Salisbury. We were out Of
town and county the day of the Outlook robbery,
but we understand that Sheriff Salisbury was in
FIentywood when that robbery occurred not in
The same town with the bandits, and he does not
claim at any time to have been very close to them
JACK Bennett, the Plentywood postmaster whose
business 1t Is to get the mail out and attend to
the business Of Uncle Sam, but because of his
lack OF efficiency and inadequate training and
general intelligence, gives the Plentywood public
very poor service, found time to leave his duties
ABOUT two hours after the Outlook robbery oc-
CURED, and after borrowing a rifle together with
L. D. Onstad L.. S. Olson (the finger print expert)
and Game Warden Krost, romped all over the
northeastern end of the county looking for. rob
Ders which they knew were hundred. miles. AVA,
before they ever left Plentywood-this was done
for political purposes. Onstad is going to run
Tor Judge again and Bennett has the sberiff's bno
IN ms bonnet, and this is their way of campaipnino
that his services were needed at the nostoffice
and that there are more capable men maid for tbi.
work. dld not defer Jack from making this noliti
cal maneuver. Bennett and Onstad will make :
lot more of them during the coming spring. il
Uncle Sam don't put his foot down on if and asL
nm to either be postmaster or quit. and we hons
1hae future demonstrations will be more fruitful
'hah IMAM Vhe arrest OF the American Bankers Associa
-
'ino operative last week And while we are OF
TINS paragraph we will recite that Sen. Schnitzle1
save ms Dest AID IN his aeroplane, that neither
the bank robbers at Flaxvie, Outlook nor Froi,
nave oeen caught, nor have the robbers of severa
banks to the east in North Dakota nor to the nortl
IN Canada, nor those who robbed the bank at Iron
town, Minnesota, the first day of November. bee,
located. And we presume that tba sboy;ff. = =
cases probably did their best to catch them-eve,
Al probably did his best, which of course is NO
saying much, but still, Al, we think did the hes
that Al could do. We don't blame All for no
wanting to go up against machine gun-for W,
are well aware that the burglary insurance com
pany, though he gave his life and caught them
would not even reward him by paying his funera
expenses, not mentioning the caring for hi
wldow-burglary insurance companies are no
noted for excess of gratitude-of course if an of
ficer is willing to kill himself in their interest
they feel kindly towards him because of his gen
eroslty, but not generous enough to buy him
coffin or bread for hungry widow or starvin
orphans.
This article is long enough-but we come T
paragraph Bowler tried to apologize for Law
ence's not cooperating with Sheriff Salisbury
Sheriff Salisbury says that at no time has he eve
failed to cooperate with Sheriff Lawrence. H
says that any story to the contrary is wiful false
hood printed for malicious purposes-that he neve
said anything of the sort to Lawrence that he
alleged to have said in the Leader "But contrar
ly, Lawrence has been welcome to come to Pler
tywood for stolen cars, there were plenty of ther
here, as | went to Scobey for stolen cars-and
+ got many of them out of Scobey, and there wet
, lots of them left there-probably two or thre
!, times as many as were ever secured here. l di
call Lawrence down couple times for coming il
to my county and pulling some dirty work fo
some bankers, but never for taking hot cars whe
he proceeded legally. don't stand for any "shane
hal business in Sheridan county on the part 4
, Al Lawrence or any one else. l have brougl
+ prosecutions against a couple of the king pins G
4 the hot car business residing in Plentywood but
+ do not know of Lawrenece's ever interfering wit
. the mainstreeters of Scobey engaged in this ne
O. farious trade, and Lawrence knows to whom l rt
fer This +ba 70