The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-03-30
TWO MEMBERS
OF GANG HAVE
CONF ESSED
Attorney General Sha + e r
Hopes to Get Additional /
Confessions Very Soon
EIGHT ARE NOW IN JAIL
Officers Are Visiting Mems
Homes Today in Effort TO
Find Stolen Property
EIGHT ARE NOW IN JAIL

Admission that he took part
in the series of depredations
charged to the band Of alleged
desperad0es now under arrest
in the Morton county Jail was
made this afternoon by Frank
Evans. Evans, in signed
confession, according to l.. H.
Connolly. special prosecutor.
cited two raids in which he
took part. He said that he
helped butcher cow belong.
ing to Mike Brown of the
Cannon Ball river country on
October 81, 1926. and that he
helped break into an elevator
at Thinner when 20 fifty.
pound sacks Of flour were
stolen.
Confronted by another MEM
her Of the band who had al.
ready confessed, George Dou.
blerider, Sioux Indian. late
this afternoon admitted par
ticipatiOn in the series of rob.
berries. In a signed confession
given to Connolly, Doublerider
admitted butchering two cows
belonging to Grant and Sioux
county farmers. He had been
grilled for over an hour be.
fore he admitted his guilt.
Chris MartinesOn. chief of
police of Bismarck. and Frank
Barnes. special assistant in the
office of the attorney general.
are assisting Connolly in ques.
tiOning the men.
Authorities from Corson coun.
ty. s. d.. arrived this afternoon
to attempt to connect the band of
alleged cattle rustlers with de-
predatiOns in South Dakota.
w. A. Hanson. sheriff of Cor
son county, said that elevators
at Mcintosh and at Mclaughlin
had been robbed. and will invcs.
tigatc the possibility that the
men held in Mandan might be
connected with the wreck Of one
Of the Milwaukee railroads fast
trains in the fall of 1926, when
two were killed. a detective
from the railroad company also
arl.ed In Mandan this afternoon
to take part in the investigation.
Two members of the alleged gan
# cattle rustlers which has commi
ed scores of depredations in soutl
Western North Dakota during the la.
wo years, today had confessed tn,
hey were guilty of grand larcer
harges preferred aigsnt them, A
orney General George Shafer said.
Meanwhile the number Of men he
n connection with the raids ";
brought to eight with the arrest G
he Standing Rock Indian reservi
ion Of Richard Doublerider, q Sio,
ndian. Doublerider is charged wit
.rand larceny and with being a men
'er Of the gang which perpetratt
'ther crimes.
The confessions from the tv
prisoners were obtained Tuesd,
lfternoon by L. H. Connolly, Ma
Ian, appointed by Attorney Gener
;hafer as special prosecutor. 1t
expected by the prosecution that a
litional confessions will be obtain,
,oday. The men are being held
Icparate cells and the entire grol
s expected to weaken when CO
'ronted with the confessions Of the
mates, the attorney general intima
ID.
Authorities Are Silent
Meantime the authorities arc mai
aiming a close-lipped silence rcgar
ng the number of men whom th'
expect to be finally involved.
was intimated that at least thr'
others may be added to the gro,
low under arrest and q possibili
hat others may be added by reas'
# the confessions already Obtaine
It is probable that arraignment
he men for preliminary hearing wi
,e delayed q few days pending Il
.ound-up Of other alleged nicmbe
Il the gang who are not yet in Gu
ody.
Agents of the attorney gencr
laid they are confident that the lor
,hase of the alleged bandit gang HI
in, the roundup OF mo
II the members of the most darl'
bandit gang North Dakota has SCI
for years.
Details Of Confessions
The confessions obtained Tucsd
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