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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1930
Page
2
Property listing offers 640 acre pasture for rent on Blind Bridger near Art Kerr's sawmill. Contact R. C. Howard at 91-2 for details and terms.
Idaho couple H B Miesenzahl and his wife were arrested on murder charges in the killing of their stepdaughter Marie West, 11, whose body was found in the Snake River weighted with a rock. They were rushed to Mountain Home to avert mob violence. prosecution moves to Sept. 2 for arraignment. Detective T Ragsdale swore to the complaint, citing evidence against both defendants.
FOLSOM PRISON Cal Aug 14 Warren K Billings convicted of the Preparedness Day bombing in 1916 told justices of the state supreme court that State Senator Edgar Hurley hired him to carry a suitcase of dynamite to Sacramento in 1915 He said he was paid 25 to transport the case and was arrested in Sacramento shortly after. He described a burglar kit and a bluff pistol and said he never entered a home or robbed a box car.
Detectives linked the girl's foster parents to the crime in a shallow railroad cut. Miesenzahl reportedly took an hour off his night shift the morning of the murder. A $2,500 reward is posted for capture and conviction with funds from the state Elmore county and local civic groups.
Ohio officials reveal a group of convicts plotted a mass escape at the Ohio Penitentiary on Easter Monday fire. Two ringleaders died in the blaze, two went mad, and others were questioned after plans to torch blocks F and K and seize ladders to breach walls were discovered.
Big Timber correspondents report Miss Mamie Niles of Melville visiting in Livingston and C G Smart and wife at the Big Timber hotel. James Vestal Dan Hogan and A Stubblefield attended the county hub. Mrs Theodore E Rice is recovering from illness. John M Patton post office inspector found affairs O K. Dr Keeler of Livingston attended Big Timber dental work. Thomas Riley shipped wool from Alexander Williams Boston Mass. Stocker Moore drug firm dissolved Stocker retires selling to George P Urner. Gordon Bros Livingston spent days here. W D Ellis building large oil house near freight depot for oils from New Jersey refinery. Joe Anderson a Sweden native died of heart disease after drinking binge and a fight last Sunday. His death serves as a warning to young men following his example.
Local items list visitors from Glas ton Melville Miles City and Newark N C. FE H Geary dies in Harrisburg Pa. Northern Pacific agent Earl Smith at Roberts commits suicide. Yellowstone equestrian tour returns. Robert Nichols jailed for grand larceny after confessing. W A Herminn attends blacksmiths picnic in Butte. Senator McDonnell declines reelection bid. C W Shamaker sells at Chicago prices 3.80 to 5.28. Paulson arrives safely in Portland Ore. Judge Smith presides over Big Timber water rights contempt case. Democratic convention delegates named for Big Timber with alternates listed.
Helena W C T U members vote to accept the resignation of Mrs. Matt W. Alderson after a factional dispute over endorsing Senator Walsh. The group, with a 3 to 1 Republican lean, stood by Walsh for temperance and announced plans to distribute temperance literature at the state fair.
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