Show A serious fight lands three in jail A four colored light fight occurred near hiawatha thursday afternoon participated in III by DAU dan P ford christonsen gilbert olson and albert roberts borc hor ensell is in III th the e li hospital suffering with concussion of tho tile brain and with wit bc acen alf fifty ty and sixty hold holding it g together i at adious lous pol ions of bis ills anatomy and tile other tin oo 00 arc are in the county jail tho tile account given by tile nion ilion in ill jail vary consides con considerably ably and at this tills writing had not recovered to inako make a statement As far as can bo be learned it ap pears that christensen sen was getting out timber in ill the tile cannon above hiawatha on oil his ills way nay up to the tile place whole ho was cutting he ile 4 t stopped at the shack or a japanese so 4 bootlegger boot legger and bought a bottle of whiskey at tho the japs place lio lie found the tile othor other three mono men who ho volunteered to accompany him and got in the wagon and tire broo droo 0 N with ith him 0 to where here tho tile timber isar being felled christonson christensen cut and trimmed ono one log and chained it under the wagon he lie went on further and cut out another log and sent roberts for tho the team to snake lake the tile log out to tho the ioa diNay roberts reported tho tile team gone and in obligation showed that jonnson 1801 had driven them off down tho tile canyon this angered christonsen christensen who nho with his is two companions set off after him and when ho lie had overtaken him knocked him off tho the wagon turned tho tile team around and drove back to whole ho lie was nas working christensen tenson cla claims inisi and his statement is borne out in ill part by the other two that ho lie only struck once knocking him off tho wagon and did not get got off tho wagon himself it is alleged that olson was left behind with sorensen and presently camo came up to chritensen was woi woding ing and told him that he ought to come back and get got Sei ensen and haul him into town he lie froze to death I 1 christonsen christensen worked a t time longer and then drove down to where sorensen Sorens cn was nas icing 1 ing finding him in the condition abiva tita ted the ground where he lay m was as badly trampled and a good many splintered pieces of board covered with blood and hair gave amie evidence of tho the struggle was taken to hiawatha where dr dowd took some 50 odd stitches in him and then brought to the county hospital here tile sheriffs office was notified and deputy peterson went to hiawatha bringing back with nith him the three men all of the men admit that christensen only struck the injured man once knocking him from the wagon wagons and they all deny knowing anything further about his injuries olson and roberts both claim to have found him lying in the snow a short time after hn trouble with christensen his only apparent injury at that time being a bloody nose christensen id is well known hore having lived here with his father till the tile latter atter moved to murray and olson is a son of gilbert olson who resides in price roberts is a young englishman who has only been in this country a short time I 1 later olson wednesday night rubout 7 sent for sheriff kelter and made a complete confession SI 0 n the other t two wo M jsn 6 of any complicity in the beating olson is believed to be mentally incompetent and it is not cnown what will be done with him film 0 A pierson county clerk elect was rs down from sunnyside Sunny side today visiting fr friends I 1 i ends and arranging to make price his home lionie the new clerk is a bright cheerful gentleman 1 and the news predicts he lie will be w N oll liked by court house visitors A |