Show TELLS STORY ff OF broth arg ER montana man confesses to series of crimes committed in lewiston implicates four prominent men ef of the town in murder attempted poisoning of county attorney and wife as well as in numerous burglaries lewiston mont james sherman aged 19 years manager ot of the argus publishing company s stationery department part ment who was recently arrested arrest ed on OIL suspicion of brutally murdering sam an old pawnbroker august 23 tor far the purpose of robbery has confessed implicating dr I 1 E A long a dentist walter gooch tor for mer night marshal of the town rus RUB sell botkin and david atchison young men of the town in the mur der as well as in a postoffice post office burg lary and many other recent burglaries of the town the jewelry stolen f from rom the place was recovered on sunday from a place where it bad had been cached by sherman roy ei E ayera ayers county attorney who has been active in solving the murder mystery has made public the fact that an attempt was wa s made december 1 to poison himself and wife it is ie his hi theory that it was thought the at tempt would put him out of the case by killing or frightening him mr and mrs ayers were away from home until aa 2 a in m and when they returned th they ey found the house had been en when mrs ayers took a drink from a bucket of water she noticed a peculiar taste and an analysis by a chemist revealed the presence of a large quantity of strychnine in the water all whom sherman has impi implicated tested in the crimes to which he has con eon tossed are under arrest every one of th the e suspects dented absolutely that there is any truth in the story told by sherman dr long points out that he was not in town at the time of the postoffice post office robbery and this statement Is confirmed by the officers sherman has told con stories in regard to some of the details connecting these per sons with the crime and some doubt Is expressed by the officers |