The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-02-07

What makes this longevity busi-
ness SO puzzling is the fact that 2
Missourian who has eve smoked
nor chewed nor drank lives until
so. and a Californian who has
drank all his life is 1o3 years cid.
This was almost conclusive evi-
dence as to the identity of the
missing men, but he wanted to
make sure. Clayton, Relfe and Oh
| sen were known to carry with
them certain pocket pieces, which
had been enumerated in the list
sent from Dawson. So once more
| P~ennecuick called upon his com
mon sense. Standing where the
bonfire had burned, he put his
hand in his pocket and brought
out a handful of coins and trink-
cts. He threw in a semi-circle
around him, his knife, keys and
coins, noting carefully where they
fell. and then with his broom he
eagerly swept a wide path around
them. He found not only every
thing he had thrown, but a key
which fit Clayton's safe in Seat
tie: a curious coin, known to
have been one of Relics keep
sakes. and several other articles.
Spring came, and when at last
the ice went out of the river, very
quietly that year, three bodies,
one attired in a pair of overalls
from which the buttons had been
removed, were found on two or
three contiguous sand bars below
FusselTs R~oadhouse. These were
packed in ice and sent down to
Dawson where a post-mortem ex-
animation was made.
The bodies were promptly iden-
titled as those of Clayton, Relfe
and Olsen.
All three had been shot through
the body, high up over the heart,
and all had been shot at close
quarters through the head, as the
powder marks on the skin clear
ly showed. From the small pieces
of anatomy sent down by Penne-
chick during the winter were
found parts which actually fitted
two teeth. Some hair found also
correspondent.
The trial did not come off IN
til the late fall of 1900. There was
(. a large number of exhibits, al
most enough to use up the letters
of the alphabet. The pieces of an
l atomy, the rifle, buttons, some OF
V the stumps of the trees chopped
, down, everything hat was rele.
| want at all was included.
The prosecution was conducted
by Mr.. F. c. Wade, @. c., assist
ed excellently by Inspector Scartf
of the r. N. w. M. P. P~ennecuicl
y was highly complimented by the
Judge for his work, the Court re
marking that what Pennecuicl
called common sense" ordinary
people would term genius. Tht
. important evidence, not alread!
e related, was that of the quarter
master sergeant and that Of al
ex-prisoner.
S The sergeant testified as to o
n Brien's former term Of imprison
s ment and, in relating what tool
d place at his recluse, he said
a "When O'Brien left, l returned t.
d him practically everything of his
h his dog, revolver, a rifle, sled
e tent. and so on, but could no
find his axe. l told him about il
d and he said he didn't care s
/, long as he had one that woul
5, cut. So I had a spare n wei
4 ground and gave it to him wit
a sort of apology, Is it had thre
rather bad hicks in it, n at tn
top of the edge by itself, and tw
h near together at the bottom"
c. A sergeant from Tagish ais
y deposed that the money discover
N ed on O'Brien when arrested, an
d some $4,000 found in a secre
place under the steel of a sic
n. runner, were parts of sums ca
ried by Clayton, Relfe and Olse1
20 The curious nugget was easil
IL identified.
Up The touch of incongruity thu
is frequently injected into a Sc
Id ious trial was supplied by the la
a witness, a "Bowery tough" WI
v had been doing time" with {
og Brien in '9S. He a in jail
the States when subpoenaed, an
lg the government of Canada sc
k, emily applied to the governmel
of the United States for the loa
As of this prisoner. His evidence WI
given in the most florid Bower
dialect. and caused ripples
an amusement, which we're stern
ed suppressed by the court. 1t was
ng the effect that when he and OBJ
re en- were in prison at Dawson
lis gether, O'Brien had suggested
.ct him that when they both g
de free they should go VI the rive
lie. select a lonely spot, and the
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