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The Murder at Meuokeii.In relation to the killing ot the blacksmith Bessey by Magill at Menoken, fifteen miles east of Bismarck, the Bismarck Tribune says of the inquest on Thursday: The first witness called was .lames (*. Carter, who was present immediately after the homicide. He worked on the farm . knew Bessey mid the prisoner had previous quarrels. Found Bessey lying under the work bench in a pool of blood, dead, within three minutes after the she lound two shells taken from your* Ma-gill’s gun on the floor near Bessey. S. G. Smith, sworn. He had known Ma-gll.s four years : h id known liessej two years; Thomas Magill lmd had (rouble oefore with Bessey, and told Sunt, some lime previous that he (Magill) ha-. asked Bessey for u team of horses, which Bessey had charge of, and had been refuted, and that be (Bessey) would keep at him (.Magill) until he (Bessey) would get hurt. Smith had becc accustomed to going out witu Magill hunting and had never known him to load lus gun before starling ; said .'lngill had always heretofore been anxious not to have the guns loulcd 9 kalore starling and hud cautioned in this regard on previous trips. Thus far no witnesses have been called to corrobomtc Magill’s story that a sledge hammer was to be used on him by Bessey. The only sledge hammer found near the scene of the murder was test died to having been covered with cinders and dust, showing no signs of recent use A small hammer lay in the pool of hloo! n$ar Bessey when found.
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Jamestown Weekly Alert
Jamestown, North Dakota, US
Thu, Oct 30, 1884
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