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Show MURDER ON THE PLAINS. I Sidney, Neb., 1-1. W. H. TvW,l yeslenhly, discovered the Ihv of a', man wrapped in blankets in tome: brush on Lodge Pole Creek, near Bushneil. He was shot thronyh the' head. His boots wore oil" and hUj pockets rilleil of their contents, ns-j piciou is attached to a pariy wiio went; ihruuyh with horses the day previous. Belore reaching liushnell the party coniatned three men, v 11 ho;es and one wagon, and when next (-cell there were two men, f-ii hure.- and no wagon. Citizens Axe and Smith, of Sidney, captured rme of the parly last night At Lodge Pole elation, while he was boarding a tram. He gave the name ol" Gaston, and acknowledges acknowl-edges his participation in the murder. He staLed that his companion, Crawford, Craw-ford, abandoned tho block, except one horse, and started 10 New Mexico. Mex-ico. Mounted cilizenj, headed bv acting-Bherill Smith, are on his trad and will doubt lets eaptiue him. Gaston says the murdered man't-name man't-name was John Criman, and that Cri&sman & Worth owned the stock. |
