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ALLEGED MUR-Fred George is Charged With Tak-ing Life of Billings-Tli* alleged murderer of III* late Jolla H Billings. who «u found d^d la Ida eaatsrn pan of this ally some UUle Urn* mo. haa bm found and Sheriff Bailey la aow In Lewta-ton. tula irate, after die man. heMt on a federal charge of sell lac liquor lo Indiana on the reservation The alleged murderer la rred George, alien Ralph Carltele. a roan* man 22 yeara of age. and aald to be a person bearing a reputation which la ihe paal baa been any thing but tbe beet.•Inc* the morning after the crime ( the authorities la thla eUy have bad i a due and by their clever wort followed that cine aaiU Anally they landed the mao they were after.On the bach of one of the letters which was fonnd on the peraea of Billing* van written the name of Fred George with nothing elae. and from the moment the ofAcer* aav that name It daened upon them thaf h# w am probably the man who murder-*d Rilling*, and they net to urorh with that much of a doe. and nothing more, aar# the surrounding* and what little information tha content* of the letter* from the relative* conveyed.The of Acer* of both city and Bounty have been on the alert and have worked hard since the crime waacommitted to And Ihe criminal and bring him to justiceThey took the name from the envelope and within a few hours found that the man bad been In the dtr and had registered at the lan hotel, but had been here only duriM that night and left for dpohaa# early la the morning They eent lo ihe latter city and traced him to fh# Carnival company, where Billings had been employed, and found that the two men bad been eorhlng there and were friends. Hilling* waa high ly reepeeled by all of hi* companions. while George waa qnlte the rarer*# The authorities secured a picture of the latter and It largely through thle that he waa captured, notwithstanding that be eaa going under an assumed name at Lewiston. While he waa In Ipokaae be stopped at tbe Palace hotelIt ha* been learned that Bllitaga **• brought to Coeur d'Alene upon a pretended purr ha** of a chicken raacp located In the eaetem part of the city, and It waa la that locality that he waa murdered Thla glvaa evidence that b* waa lured lo the ontahlrta of the city by tha murderer to give the latter a rhaare to commit the crime and aecure *«mr money aa It I* believed lulling* had between IJOO and Mho on bla peraou at 'be time of the crime George will he brought U» thla city aa aooe aa a/-leaae from Ihe federal charge made age fast himfor hia re-
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Coeur Dalene Evening Press
Coeur d´Alene, Idaho, US
Mon, Dec 20, 1909
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