| Show one thousand dollars reward from a gentl gentleman efhan who billings on the letb instant it was learned that Lewis sweet who had I 1 i been assessor of of yellowstone county for the past two years had bad committed suicide at the coroners inquest the startling revelation was made that the case cas e bore plain evidence of ef a murder the suicide report was at first given mi t 0 owing ding to the fact that when mr 9 et was retiring to bed on the night of the ath instant he be placed his soot snot gun atthe head 0 ot his bis bed after he had bad been in the room a short time a loud report was heard but investigation afterwards showed that both barrels were still loaded and now the affair has assumed a very mysterious shape the story of the crime is that on the day mentioned the deceased had bad received a letter which greatly ani noyed him and which he burned after reading it it is now said that while he was going to bed some one fired a shot sit at him from the window w the citizens z ns of billings are greatly agitated over over the mysterious affair and have petitioned the governor to offer a reward for the capture of the assassin the petition was numerously signed by the representative citi citizens zeus of the town and governor leslie has offered 1000 reward for the apprehension of the murderer butte intermountain inter later mountain oct 18 |
