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

where they had 1dlen' why H0
asked himself, and the answer
was plain. The trees had been fell
ed in order that a lookout might
be kept from that point. On ex-
aiming the trees carefully ne
discovered that each had been
cut down with the same axe, be-
cause every complete cut showed
the same marks, a cut made with
an edge that had three flaws in
it, n nick at one end and two
together at the other.
Subsequently the policeman
found faint indications of a trail
leading at right angles to the "cut-
off" and towards the river. This
he explored very carefully, and
found it led straight down to the
ice. but was certainly not a water
trail. He procured a broom from
the barracks, and carefully swept
the light upper snow away, I'M
covering evidence Of the dragging
of some heavy body over the
snow. Christmas Day, '9S, was a
mild, thawing day. Old Yukoners
remember that it rained that
morning in Dawson, but it frozc
hard at night, so that the tracks
made that day lasted for the
winter.
} P~ennecuick was now convinced
/ that this was the scene OF a
crime. and he went to work with
redoubled energy. He swept and
shoveled his way out on to the
; river and found that a hole had
| been cut through the ice. 1t had
: frozen over again, Of course, but
2 the signs were plain. He was
certain now he had discovered
where the bodies were dragged
and the hole where they had been
put into the river. But why had
2 they not been killed on the ice
t of the river? Where did O'Brien
camp? Where had the deed actu-
5 ally taken place?
Using his Common sense" he
: reasoned that the victims had not
? been killed on the river because
l there would have been too great
l a risk of an eyewitness. O'Brien,
} the policeman figured, probably
!, covered the three men with his
s rifle from the top of the bank
and ordered them into the brush
g Ascending the hill again Penne
cuick found a convenient mouno
o of earth that elevated his head
d and shoulders above the low
n bushes at the edge of the bank,
and then he noticed that a small
+ ~clearedspace lay in front of him
i, He decided that was the spot on
- which the actual murder had beer
committed. With his broom anc
shovel he went to work. Presently
n he came upon a frozen pool O.
blood and a short distance farth
q err on, another smaller spot o
N red. He was puzzled over this fol
some time, but common sense
" again came to the rescue, and M
decided that the murdered hat
h made sure of his victims by put
If ting a bullet through their head
Of as they lay on the ground. Thel
70 carefully he dug down with hi
knife at the smaller spot, ant
20 found some bits Of bone, and
"a broken tooth that had been file,
N with gold. All these, together wit
IN particles of the frozen blood, h
Of carefully preserved.
re- After more sweeping, he founI
al in all six distinct pools of blood
m and at each of the smaller ones
bits on bone, teeth, or other tar
ar gible evidence.
le- One morning while going to tn
a scene of his Investigations, Penne
cuick met O'Brien's dog, whic
nc fawned upon him, evidently rec
70 ognizing the uniform. During 0
no Brien's Imprisonment in Dawso
for two years or so, his dog ha
been kept and fed in barrack
H. and we'll treated by the mel
Promptly Pennecuick gave order
20 to the dog. GO home, sir, g
oh home!" he said, and the dog gu
bo city turned about and trotted u
the cutoff. Near the top of tn
70. hill he turned to the right, an
there were at once evidences OF
r. trail that had not yet been obser'
ed. Pennecuick followed the dc
,is till he came to a tent, erected @
wv a three-log foundation wall. Coin
nc inside, he found an empty bun
nd a small folding steel camp stow
-os and in the corner behind it a a
re- calibre rifle.
on Stumbling about in the sno
outside the tent the policema
ses kicked up a piece Of half-burne
in firewood, and, once more usi1
to broom, he found 1.-THE place whel
to a small fire had been lighted. II
cit curiosity was aroused by the ia
lad that a fire had been made outsit
tly. when there was a stove insid
the The investigator got down al
vas carefully cleared away all Il
low snow and %half-burned wood al
l.. charcoal. Gathering the ashes, ]
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