Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-07-10 | Page 3 | Woman Fails in Attempt to Kill

Woman Fails in Attempt to Kill Queer Story Brought Out in Complaint Com-plaint Filed in Court at Anaconda. 8poolal to Tho Tribuno. ANACONDA. Mont.,' July 9. What it) belloved to bo one of tho, most. serious cases of attempted murdor has boon rovealed in tho issuance of a warrant by'JU8tlco Murphy for -tho.' arrest of Mrw, A. "Ferguson, whoso homo is" near Stuart, a small station several miles from here. From a complaint sworn to by Qeorgo PaiTOt, it appears that tho woman, attempted at-tempted to carry out a-threat m.vlo at Groat Falls, that she would compel fir-rot fir-rot to dig his own gravo. kill him and then bury him In tho hole. Parrot swears thu woman lured him to a lonely. spot about throe miles from Stuart, telling him she knew whcro aorao robbers had cached a large amount of plunder, und that If ho would. Uff It out bUq would divide, the wealth with him. Parrot declares tho J woman mado a desperate effort to mur- fi der him, and but for a lucky glance up- fi JH ward when ho felt tho muzzle of a ro- fi 1 volver touching his neck he would have 1 P been killed. j Tho absonco of any known motivo on flH tho part of Mrs. Ferguson for attempt- (1 ing to commit such a deed, and tho IH manner In which she Is alleged to have IH bought to accomplish her purpose, -4H makes tho affair a very peculiar one. ' JM Parrot nays that when Mrs. Ferguson drew a diagram of the excavation ho was to mako .to reach the treasure chest of the robbors its resemblance to tho i outlines of a grave Btruck him as odd. . H and whon he noticed that tho ground TI had never been disturbed, after digging dlH about four feet, ho grew buspIcIoub and, lil looking upward, uaw his peril. In the - , bH strugglo that followed Parrot wrenched ' iH tho gun from the woman. ijH Flvo years ago George Parrots jH brothor was strangled to death In a . AH rosort kept by Mrs. Ferguson's bus- tl H band. Ferguson disappeared after the i , aH murder. Though Parrot offered a reward , VH of 51000 for tho apprehension of tho ( murderer, no ono was arrested Mrs. Ferguson posed In Great Falls K an a Plnkorton detective. She Is yery . attractlvo and dressed flashily, display- 1 JH Ing a number of diamond The wo- ! nan Is believed to bo hldlngyin Helena, I Where officers aro now looking for her. I