MAY HAVE INNOCENT MAN.
Fargo Officials Do Not Remember
Murder Suspect Under Arrest Here.
Upon suspicion that he is wanted in connection with a murder at Fargo, N. D., J. W. Barkdoll, a laboring man, was placed under arrest by Police Captian Walter Whitsett and Inspector of Detectives Charles Ryan, yesterday afternoon. Barkdoll roomed near the corner of Independence avenue and Cherry street. He will be held until officers arrive or word is received from Fargo.
FARGO, N. D., Jan 5. -- (Special) The Kansas City officers have doubtless got "off track" in the arrest of J. A. Barkdoll for a crime in this section, or else he is masquerading under an assumed name, is the belief here. Chief Wade was in a quandry when telegraphic information was received today from officers of Kansas City to the effect such a man had been arrested. Search through the records of the sheriff of Cass county, N. D., as well as Clay county, just across the river on the Minnesota side, besides inquiry at the police departments in both this city and Morrhead, Minn., fail to show that anyone by the name of J. W. Barkdoll is wanted for murder in this section of the country.
