The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-01

Oh Lay OF Mul
Sheriff Securing Eastern
Sheridan County authorities
sections OF Eastern Montana il
as Jack Smith alias Anderson
IN connection with the murder
mond Logan of Daleview, who
a wagon three miles west of tn
october 26. A coroner's jury
by violence from a blow from
or persons unknown.
Logan, according to what
appears to be reliable inform
alton, was in Plentywood
about noon of the day of the
murder. DR.. Martin stated
that about 1:3O Saturday af-
ternoon, he purchased a box
OF salts from him, handed him
two Canadian dollar bills and
received fifty cents in change.
DIR. Martin said that Logan
Offered to pay the discount on
the Canadian currency but the
doctor refused because of the
few cents involved. After
wards Martin accompanied
Logan to the sidewalk in
front of the Plentywood Ho-
tel where his team was drawn
up. The doctor observed that
there was no seat on the
wagon.
DIR. Martin stated that Logan
had a roll of bills on him when
he paid for the medicine. He
could not say how much, but he
noticed three tens and a five.
There was no money found on the
body.
According to reports from Dale
view, Logan was there about the
time DIR. Martin declares he was in
his office at Plentywood. Martin
states that he knew Logan for
a year and was able to identify the
body at. Nelson's funeral parlor on
the following Sunday morning.
Rivalry Over Woman
Logan was a member of a gang
of thieves that makes its head
quarters near Daleview on a ranch
in hilly country on the Canadian
border. He was about thirty-five
years of age and of a fiery dispo-
sition. An enmity of long stand
ing is said to have existed between
the murdered man and one Jim
Rose over a woman who goes by
the name of Hazel Luxford. 1t is
said that this woman divided her
affections between the two men
and recently left Logan for his riv-
al.
There is little doubt that Logan
came into Plentywood on the day
of the murder in a wagon drawn
by two horses. There is a theory
! that he hauled in a load of beed
which he sold somewhere in the
town. 1t is reported that the mur
der suspect Jack Smith alias An
derson accompanied him to Plenty
wood.
Sheriff Madsen for while helC
the theory that Logan was kille'
on the outside of the town; tha
his body was secreted in wagol
box and taken into Plentywood. H
afterwards dropped this theory an
is said to have exclaimed: "Thl
is job for a Burns detective.
Others are of the opinion that tn
murder was committed in or nea
Plentywood sometime Saturday al
ternoon.
Registered In Hotel
Jack Smith alias Anderson, reg
istered at the Grandview Hotel, o
Saturday night, October 26th. d
had some baggage and rifle. II
informed the proprietor that n
had no money but would pay 0
Monday. AS he had baggage h
was given room. Smith left th
hotel early Sunday taking his rlfl
but leaving his baggage. The be
did not look as if it had been use
during the night.
AS Smith had not shown up
the hotel on Sunday afternoon an
was reported seen with Logan !,
Saturday suspicion immediate
! rested on him. Sheriff Madse
searched his room in the hotel, e.
: amined clothing found in 81,
! and found what he believed to -
: bloodstains on the garments. IL
. sheriff took Smiths effects to n
e office. -.
e A description of Smith tall.
A with the picture of convict WI
escaped last January from M
e Neill's Island off Tacoma, Was
! where he was serving time on
: narcotic charge and sleuths fro
e the sheriff's office immediate
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