Recluse Burns In Own Home

John Olin was burned to death Tuesday night in a fire which destroyed his small house at Glen Ullin.

Olin had a great fear of burglars and constantly kept a veritable arsenal of revolvers, rifles and shotguns loaded in his home. Fire fighters, in attempted [sic] to remove his body, seen lying beside his bed, were routed by the fusilade of discharging guns or cartridges, until the fire was extinguished after practically destroying the house.

One son, a dentist at Elk Point, S.D., is the only known relative.

12/5/1922 Bismarck Tribune
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Fargo Girl
In White Slavery

Fargo, N.D., Feb 22. The Minneapolis Tribune of last issue carries a big sensational story regarding alleged white slave traffic in the mill city. The story is in itself a revelation of the conditions in white slavery work at Minneapolis and a Fargo girl is connected with one of the cases.

Monday a young girl from Fargo, in company with her mother, called at the Minneapolis police station to make an effort to secure the arrest of a young man, who a short time ago decoyed this 16-year-old lassie from a railroad train while she was on her way from Chicago to Fargo. The man held the Fargo girl for ten days. The young man in the case is now in St. Paul and will be arrested by the officers as soon as possible. The name of the girl is not given.

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 2/23/1911
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Shot Off His Arm

Henry Langrebe, who has been a resident of Bismarck for a number of years, met with a serious and almost fatal accident yesterday while hunting jack-rabbits on the prairie. By the accidental discharge the gun the entire charge was fired into his left arm, which was so terribly mangled that it is feared amputation will be necessary. He was brought to the city faint and exhausted from the loss of blood and taken to the hospital, where he was placed under the influence of opiates by Dr. Corson, who was called. A consultation of physicians will be help this morning for the purpose of deciding whether or not amputation is necessary. Langrebe was hunting about 8 miles southeast of the city in company with a friend. Langrebe was in the buggy, when a jack-rabbit ran across the road in front. He jumped from the buggy, and while on the ground grasped the gun with his left hand, and was pulling it out when the hammer was caught in the blanket and the weapon discharged.

Langrebe refused to come to the city with his companion, fearing that he would bleed to death on the trip. This news reached Mr. Fischer, of the firm of Kuntz & Fisher, who immediately went to him and brought him in for treatment. Mr. Fischer deserves credit for his good impulse and prompt action, but for which the victim of the accident might have been left to the mercy of his wounds so long [illeg.] medical treatment would be of no...[illegible].

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 1/10/1890
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Getting Along Nicely.

Charles Kaiser who was severely injured by being struck by a switch engine in the yards at Dickinson a few days ago and who was brought to one of the hospitals in this city for treatment is getting along splendidly and it is a question of only a few days before he will be able to leave for his home in the city.

Bismarck Daily Tribune, 2/23/1911
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Another Case of Glanders

Judge Gilbert received orders Tuesday to kill another glandered horse east of Baldwin and A.F. McDonald, Rom Sanders and Fred Carlstens went out and appraised, killed and buried the animal.

Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 2-14-1908
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Man Is Alleged to Have Stolen Same Horse Twice

Having waived examination and been bound over to the district court on two charges of horse stealing within a week, Robert Drake, who lives west of Regan, is now awaiting arraignment in district court, having indicated that he will pleas guilty to both charges, according to Justice of the Peace R. H. Crane, in whose court he was first arraigned.

The peculiar part of the transaction is that Drake is said to have stolen the same horse twice.

Drake, according to the story told by complaining witnesses and which, according to Crane, Drake admits, first stole a horse from Leon Webster, a neighbor. He then traded the horse to W. A. Stiles, another resident of the vicinity, for a mare and gold. Returning to the Stiles farm at midnight, he again stole the horse, later turning the mare and cold loose on the prairie.

Drake is at present in the county jail, having failed to furnish the $1,000 bonds demanded to him to secure his liberty—$500 on each grand larceny count.

The Bismarck Tribune, 4/17/1928
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