The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

Reporter's note: This is the last story of the 'murder in north country' series. It was a double homicide and all three people involved lived outside Blaine County, but one had a connection that was important in the eventual capture of the perpetrator.

Nancy Mahns, the granddaughter of former Blaine County Sheriff Dan Hay and niece of former Harlem Police Chief Blaine Hay, got me interested in this double murder. Mahns sent a copy of a July, 1953 issue of "Official Detective Stories." The publication was a common genre back in that era, printed on newsprint but in a magazine format with s...