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Fred Butler, the Popular Telegraph Operator, Diet* of His Wounds r At Poplar.* After Six Weeks of Suffering he Becomes the Victim of an Assassin.At Poplar River Indian agency, ! August 20, Fred Butler, night telegraph • ^ operator, was abet by Whit Wright, a drunken halfbreed, receiving wounde that have tin ally caused his death. A i danco was in progress in a hall at tho ' agency and the men in attendance had been drinking, and had become boisterous and quarrelsome. Wright, about 1 o'clock in the morning, started to leave • the hall. He claims that Butler fol- ' lowed him with drawn knife. Wright ' drew hie revolver and fired twice, the * second time striking Butler in tho hack of the neck. Other witneeeee to the affair claim that Wright, who cherished bitter enmily for Butler, sneaked up behind Butler and fired. Wright was examined before an United States i commissioner and was held to await the I action of the federal grand jury on a -charge of assault with a deadly weapou. t He was taken to :ho provisional capital I and confined in the county jail. ISunday Butler died. An important * witness was wanted by the government 1 and the fact of tbs death wae kept quiet I until the wittiest who, it wae feared, ■ would be reluctant to appear, was se- I cured. IMr. Butler was 23 years of age and had boen at the agency for the last two years, where he was very popular with all who ' knew him. He baa no relatives in the lt;etate. ,
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Great Falls Weekly Tribune
Great Falls, Montana, US
Fri, Oct 19, 1894
Page 3
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