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Domestic News
November 4, 1937
The Western News
Libby, Lincoln County, Montana
What is this article about?
Two men from Fort Benton, Charles Allen and T. M. Birkland, were arrested by deputy game wardens for possessing 18 quarters of elk meat and two cub bears. They were fined $25 each, and their game and rifles were confiscated. An abandoned elk carcass was found near their camp in the Sun River area.
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GAME HOGS CAUGHT WITH TOO MUCH ELK
HELENA.-Two men with 18 quarters of elk meat and two cub bears were arrested by deputy game wardens the past week, Warden James A. Weaver announced. The men, Charles Allen and T. M. Birkland of Fort Benton, were fined only $25.00 each. However, the game and the rifles of the two were confiscated by the state game department.
Deputy Game Wardens Carl Fender and Tom Peasley made the arrests. Near the camp of the two, in the higher reaches of the Sun River, deputies found the carcass of another elk which had been abandoned, as it lay in rough country.
HELENA.-Two men with 18 quarters of elk meat and two cub bears were arrested by deputy game wardens the past week, Warden James A. Weaver announced. The men, Charles Allen and T. M. Birkland of Fort Benton, were fined only $25.00 each. However, the game and the rifles of the two were confiscated by the state game department.
Deputy Game Wardens Carl Fender and Tom Peasley made the arrests. Near the camp of the two, in the higher reaches of the Sun River, deputies found the carcass of another elk which had been abandoned, as it lay in rough country.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Game Violation
Elk Poaching
Arrests
Sun River
Fort Benton
What entities or persons were involved?
Charles Allen
T. M. Birkland
James A. Weaver
Carl Fender
Tom Peasley
Where did it happen?
Sun River
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Sun River
Event Date
The Past Week
Key Persons
Charles Allen
T. M. Birkland
James A. Weaver
Carl Fender
Tom Peasley
Outcome
fined $25.00 each; game and rifles confiscated; elk carcass abandoned
Event Details
Two men from Fort Benton arrested with 18 quarters of elk meat and two cub bears; arrests made by deputy wardens near their camp in higher reaches of Sun River where another elk carcass was found abandoned.