Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-24
Ell PASO PRISONER
Tells W|ERD STORY
Of DOPE and CRIME
Guy c. Parsons Claims Body
of Murdered Man is Bur
led Near Plentywood

In Jail ait Ell Paso, Texas, Guy G.
Parsons, related to police authorities
. sensational story of dope smuggl-
ing IN Montana and of the murder of
q member of his party, Henry Carr,
whose body, according to Parsons, is
buried v or eight miles south
west of Plentywood. The story, II
true, would possibly link local per-
sors up with the crime.
Sheriff Hans Madsen started an
immediate investigation when he re
ceived information from the Ell Paso
authorities, being joined in his eff
forts by Customs Inspector T. ].
Winters Of Scobey. Although these
local officers are inclined to dis
credit the statement on the theory
that Parsons himself is a narcotic
addict, the story is being carefully
followed up with an effort 10 deter
mine just what the facts are.
Parsons signed a statement which
WAS mailed to Sheriff Madsen in
which he relates the Wierd story of
the smuggling and murder. He tells
OF how q party Of six people came
Gross the line ait Havre, smuggling
seven pounds Of morphine and COG
aine. The dope was hidden at Iona,
and later recovered by Parsons and
secreted in another place near Plen-
tywood.
Following a dispute over owner
ship of the automobile in which they
were travelling, as well az the mar
cotics, Parson states Carr was killed
and his body buried in a snow bank.
Later Mr.. and Mrs. Parson, together
with two other members of their
party and two "bootdeggers" from
PbentyWood, removed the body from
the now bank and buried it near
here.
After receiving the signed state-
ment, the sheriff's office immediately
got in communication with Parsons
wife at Maple Greek, Sask., who in
sfsts that the story is a hoax and
should be given no credence. Not 10
be misled however, authorities are
proceeding with the investigation 1t
was found that the parties named
by Parsons did check through the
nmmigratioi and customs at Havre
on the date given. An officer has
been sent from Havre to question
Mrs. Parsons at Maple Greek. Eff
forts are being made to learn.
through a hotel proprietor at Balm
vile, who the Plentywood people
ware who registered with Parsons
when they passed through that town,
and Wednesday a long set of ques-
tions were mailed to the authorities
at Ell Paso to be asked Parsons who
is being held there on another charge.
1t has been found that the party
of which Parsons was a member
made up a show troupe, staging
shows of questionable character, al
though they were unable to secure
use Of a local showhouse when visit
ing Plentywood in January 1880. A
further interesting development was
made when the fact was established
that some members of the party put
on a SHOW at the ill-famed sschick-
en- ranch" of Mig Collins south of the
city.
Following is the story as signed by
Parsons and received by the local
sheriff's office.
During the middle od November or
the first part of December 1929, my
wife and / came across the Canad-
nan Line into Havre, Montana, with
Alice and Frank Hutchinson (I think
her name was Alice Bow. she had
just been released from the Prince
Albert Penitentiary, at Saskatche-
wan.) We were in an automobile
with Henry CAR, who was owner OF
the automobile In this car these
people had about seven pounds Of
Cocaine and Morphine. This man
Henry Carr, knew about the stuff,
and told my wife and / about it,
this happened at Havre, Montana.
During our stay at Havre, Montana,
which was several days, we made
several trips to various points around
HaNre, on one of these trips, Hut
Crimson and I took the dope out Of
the car and hid it away in a small
town named Lehman, Montana.
later went TO Loman and got the
dope and hid it another place. Short
ly after / hid the dope, there arose
a dispute over the ownership Of both
the automobile and the dope During
this dispute Hutchinson and his wife,
Bill Lucian, Henry Carr, aod my
wife went out to take Henry Carr
across the border back to Canada,
but on the way to the border, Carr
and one OF the other men got into an
argument and the other man killed
Carr, and buried him in a d I bank,
ard came hack To town Later xunnt