Dakota Datebook: Doctor Reilly is Jailed

March 4, 2019 — About this time in 1911, the town of Milton and the surrounding communities were reeling from a series of events that led to the murder trial of one of the town’s most highly regarded citizens, Dr. J. J. Reilly. It started on Feb. 23 with the unexpected death of 22-year-old Mrs. Will Drury, who had married just seven weeks before.

Cavalier County knew her as Lilly Sweet, a well-lik...