The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-09-23
SHERIFF MADSEN
"COT HIS MAN.
(BY HANS RASMUSSEN

In the last issue OF the Produc-
ers News we told how Madsen and
Madsen had brought beck with
them from Washington one Ar
thur Hancock who had confessed
to being one of the attackers of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Erickson, who
lives nine miles east of Antelope.
The man was given a ten year
sentence and taken to Deer Lorge
shortly after arriving here This
time it was another Madsen and
Madsen combination. The man
, being taken away by Sheriff Mad
sen and his brother Charley.
The Plentywood Herald winds up
t its writeup by saying about Sher-
, iff Madsen and deputy Murray:
, "Like the Royal Northwest Mount
ed Police, they have now gotten
t their man, and deserve the last
laugh, which is always the best
a WHAT ARE THE DETAILS?
r Now, let us go into the details
of this case little further and
/, see how Mr.. Madsen "got his man.
2 The attack on the old couple
took place about $50 in the eve
: ming, where Mr.. Erickson bravely
4 fought for his life, took the gur
: away from one of the would be
: robbers and knocked him dowr
n with a chair. About fifteen min
! utes after this happened the Ante
IS lope telephone office notified the
Il sheriff and at the same time sen
h out a general alarm which brough
d some of the nearby people to thu
,e place a few minutes later.
n For two hours these peopl
% waited for the sheriff to arrive
n There is Is miles from Plenty
r, wood to Erickson's place. When
, the sheriff and his deputy, Fran
IF Murray, finally did come Their
m were 25 men surrounding tn
as grove of trees where they though
+ the two men were still hiding
of Practically every one of these 2
av men were carrying some kind G
n a shooting iron.
nd MORE HELP AND MOUE
he GUNS
ie When Sheriff Madsen did com
m he did not search the grove wit
the 25 men who were willing
do so. Instead of doing this /
e went to a nearby farm and phone
u u to Plentywood and Antelope 70
~ ~ more help and more guns.
- In about As minutes time Be
- Smith with four other men can
-. from Plentywood and others con
: from Antelope, all armed to Il
teeth. Now, there were over I
m men. Even then Sheriff MAIDS
or hesitated and wanted to wait uni
'as morning before going thru Il
ere trees, where one crippled m;
ne without a gun and one man with
g gun were supposed to be hidin
ng But when people started proteS
re- ing he sent someone out to t
say farms with orders to gather up
lad the lanterns they could get hold
lily MADISON GETS CAUTIOUS
TO 1t was about midnight when t
for grove was finally searched, wi
one Bob Smith taking the lead, a G
in each hand. Of course, no re
are bers were found. In fact they h
Die never stopped in the grove but h
he kept on going thru the wheat fie
in and by this time were probat
e." several hundred miles away.
:? 1t was now called a day, a
nty not until about $3.50 next day {
It'll Sheriff Madsen show up aga
ted Now he was able to track t.
uld robbers thru wheat fields, wllS
you they had tramped down wheat, a
AK over plowed fields for about Fl
.eal miles, picking up what evider
uld he found ON his way, such as
nall couple of masks, a knife, p
our of Overalls, coat and even a pi,
)31 of spoiled meat that somebody
of dog had dragged out there.
lust LOTS OF Gas
From then OH daEs MAIDS
5, l burned up lot of gas and sp'
nat many days on the case with'
you getting the least bit of result. ]
lere county put out a $500 reward {
aw- Jonas Erickson another $500,
nty order to get other sheriffs int
You ested. Then somebody told o
ON sheriff that this man Hanco
lose who worked for Erickson in 19
had been seen in the neighborh'
lety shortly before the holdup, and
lind sheriff IN Washington, where H
per cock now lived, was asked to
ting vestigate. And sure enough t
paid sheriff located Hancock, he haC
not fresh scar on his head, so he '
le I put in jail where he confessed
the about the holdup.
for HOG TIED FOR MADSEN
lie | Sheriff Madsen was then n
light -