Murder in the North Country, Blaine County The Lidstone double homicide: A case gone cold since 1932

Reporter's note: This is part three of a four part series. Frank Sharples left a note on my desk asking if I knew about the Lidstone Murders. I recalled a photo in the Chinook centennial book, but that was about the extent of what I knew. I searched the archives of the "Chinook Opinion" and found many details of the 1932 double homicide in the northwest corner of Blaine County.

In the local history of northwest Blaine County, "The Unyielding Prairie...," there was a lot of information about William and Emily Lidstone, the victims.

Vernelia Tilleman, a co-editor of "The Unyielding..." suggested...