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United States recognized, said t] republic from anarchy. 1ASSAILANTS OFFRANK GREGSONUNDER ARRESTtl•ss'liSam. Anderson and Howard’ Hull, uarrested yesterday at Eureka for at-l’a■* v- . tempted robbery and the shooting of Frank Gregson, telegraph operator at that place on January 2, are in the county jail here, and Floyd Carvey,also of Eureka, arrested for connection with the crime, is being held in* | r» r . • ►the Lincoln county jail at Libby;-Hull made a voluntary statement to County Attorney_ Lingerifelter last evening, and it is understood that Anderson also made a statement to, the county attorney of Lincoln rrttm-Hull, who is just past 18, admitted the holdup,* and said that Anderson did the shooting. According to : liisnod$ostory be and Anderson planned to robthe depot on December 31, and bor-iat* %aIIrowed the gun, a 25-20 rlflle from Carvey. . He said that on the night of January 2, they went to the de-1 0 pot, entered, and told the operator to hold up his hands. He told them to “quit their kidding,’’ or something of the kind. Then he said Anderson shot, and they ran away, .md that on their way home Anderson had threatened to shoot him. ~It is said that in Anderson’s statement he lays the Maine onto Hull and Carvey, and claims that he was jand at home in bed at the time.•» . . ' ’ ’/ 1 • , *• j • .» •The arrests were the result of some very clever detective work by Sheriff Baney, Eureka: officers, the border patrol and - special* agents W; H. O’Connell and Tom Bailey of the Great Northern force. Theonly things they had to go on was thebullet which passed through Gregr son’s body and lodged in; his chair.(Continued bn page 4)si:s€A\1
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Kalispell Daily Inter Lake
Kalispell, Montana, US
Wed, Jan 05, 1927
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