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Show ZIDMAIR CONVICTED OF REIDER'S MURDER Buried Body, at Suggestion of Neighbor, Neigh-bor, Who Afterward Gave Him Away. LIVINGSTON, MonL.:Aprtl 17. Martin Mar-tin Zldmair has been convicted of murder mur-der for killing George Reider on Trail creek on April 10, 1901. The crime was not discovered until a few weeks ago. The slayer and his victim were neighboring' neigh-boring' ranchers. Zldmair claims Reider ruined his (Zidmalr's) daughter and taunted her parents with the fact until Mrs. Zldmair committed suicide. Later, when they quarreled over the matter, Zldmair says Reider attacked him with an ax and he .shot Reider In self-defense. Another neighbor persuaded per-suaded Zldmair to bury the body. and not to surrender himself, as he contemplated con-templated doing. This neighbor later betrayed Zldmair. - |