A Petrified Duck—Albert Herbert brought up from the
Cannonball country a curious stone that closely resembles a petrified wild duck and has it in exhibition at Giltschka's store. He says that part of the state is fairly overrun with new settlers and that caravans are to be seen going down into that section every day; that it is a splendid country; very fertile, and will soon be as densely settled as some of the country that has been off the map for many years.
Bismarck Daily Tribune, 5-17-1906
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Police Search For Slayer of Girl In Fargo
Fargo, June 8.— Authorities were silent today on developments toward the capture of the man who early yesterday morning assaulted and beat to death Marie Wick, of Grygla, Minn, in a room at a local hotel.
H.J. Hagen, former president of the Scandinavian-American Bank of Fargo, occupied a room next that of the murdered girl, Monday night, just having returned from a journey. He asked authorities today, they said, to examine his finger prints and compare them with those on the blood-spattered wall of the room where the killing occurred. He also asked them to examine his body to establish that it bore no marks of struggle.
County authorities were looking for a man who was reported to have played cards with Miss Wick on the train between Crookston, Minn and Fargo Monday night.
A search of the room and surrounding premises revealed that the murder had been committed by hitting the girl over the head with the brass nozzle of the fire hose which hangs in the hall. The discovery was made when it was found that the nozzle had blood and hair on it.
Fargo, June 8.—There is no evidence to connect H.J. Hagen, former president of the Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo, with the murder here early Tuesday of Marie Wick, William C Green states attorney of Cass county, said in a statement today. "Mr. Hagen's finger-prints are not the same as those on the walls of the room where the crime was committed and his body bears no marks of struggle," the statement says.
Bismarck Tribune, 6-9-1921
Missing Guest Being Hunted In Murder Case
Fargo Police Believe James Farewell May Be Clue To Slaying
Fargo, June 9—Cass county authorities today were looking for James Farrell as a material witness in connection with the murder of Miss Marie Wick, Grygla, Minn, in a hotel here early Tuesday morning, they said.
Farrell, who had registered from Wilmar, Minn., was the only guest registered who is unaccounted for an the Wilmar police advised that they know of no one by that name there, they added. They are trying to find if his description tallies with that of Dennis Kotaris, of Jamestown, N.D., who might have been in Fargo, it is thought.
Farrel, according to the night clerk, wore a rather shabby gray suit and his shoes were tanned and weatherbeaten. The night clerk thought he wore a cap.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6-10-1921
CLERK HELD FOR MURDER
Fargo, N.D., June 15—William Gummer, night clerk at the local hotel in which 18-year-old Marie Wick, of Grygla, Minn., was murdered last week, was arrested on a charge of murder today in connection with the case. He is held without bail.
Bismarck Tribune, 6-16-1921
Gummer Walks Out Of N.D. Prison Thursday
William Gummer walked out of the state penitentiary here Thursday—a free man after serving nearly 23 years of first degree murder.
Gummer's life sentence was commuted by the state pardon board, in session Dec. 9, to end Thursday Dec 28.
Now 44, Gummer was convicted in Barnes county district court of the murder of 18-year-old Marie Wick in a Fargo hoten room the ngiht of June 6, 1921. Throughout the intervening years, he had steadfastly maintained he was innocent of the crime.
The Bismarck Tribune, 12-28-1944
Further evidence indicates that it is highly unlikely that Gummer had anything to do with the murder.
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John Seiler of
Hettinger was killed by a horse that he had just roped at the Pomranke place about 15 miles south of Hettinger June 20th. Those who witnessed the dragging declare that he must have been stunned when he first fell as he never made an effort to regain his feet during the 80 rods he was dragged. Charles Turner on horseback ran the colt down and managed to hold him until the arm of the unfortunate young man was released. He died in a short time. He was 32 years old and served 18 months in the recent war.
Slope County News, 7/2/1920
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BOY FUGITIVE FOUND
Clarence Compton, who attempted to escape from the state industrial school Sunday night after hiding in a laundry basket filled with clothes all day, was Monday evening apprehended by Officer Reynolds. He was hiding under the Ressler porch.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/20/1917
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30 North Dakotans Poisoned By Food At Church Picnic
Four Edgeley Persons Still In Serious Condition But Will Recover
SANDWICHES ARE BLAMED
Believe Pressed Chicken, Used for Filling, Caused Epidemic of Ptomaine Poisoning
Edgeley, N.D., June 22—(AP)—About 30 persons are recovering today from ptomaine poisoning caused from eating chicken sandwiches at a church luncheon at a farm home near here last week.
Four persons are still in serious condition, but no fatalities are expected. Illness did not occur until 24 hours after the luncheon at the Mast farm 15 miles north of Edgeley.
Symptoms developed by the patients indicate definitely that they are suffering from ptomaine poisoning and not from botulism, according to hospital attaches here.
The illness was traced to the sandwiches, made of pressed chicken. A sample of the food however could not be obtained today for analysis.
Dr. J.E. Scanlon, Edgeley, the only physician in town at the time of the illness, ministered to the needs of the stricken people.
It is believed the warm weather caused the chicken, prepared the night before, to ferment and develop a poison. The chicken was prepared by removing the bones from the cooked fowl and pressing the meat.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Zion Evangelical church of Edgeley sponsored the dinner at the farm home. Persons from Edgeley and vicinity were present.
A number of children became ill but with less serious effects than adults. The degree of illness appeared to be in proportion to the amount of chicken eaten by those present.
Two persons were taken to a hospital here where they were said to be out of danger Monday, while two others were seriously ill at their homes. A number of others were being treated at their homes near here.
William Boardman, merchant at Deisem, was one of the more seriously ill. He is recovering at the hospital.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/22/1931
Persons Poisoned at Edgeley Recovering
Edgeley, N.D., June 24.—(AP)—Full recovery of about 30 persons suffering from food poisoning caused by eating chicken sandwiches at a church luncheon near here last week is assured, attending physicians said Tuesday.
Four persons, who became seriously ill, are considered out of danger, while many have already recovered.
Pressed chicken used for sandwiches was believed to have caused the illness of persons who attended a luncheon given on a farm 15 miles north of here by the Ladies Aid society of the Zion Evangelical church of Edgeley.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/23/1931
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Boy Locates Body of Father, Victim of Cloudburst, Through Vision, Leading Men To Spot
(Special to The Tribune)
Medora, N.D., June 22—Raymond Everetts, the 11-year-old son of Tom Everetts, one of the three victims of the cloudburst near Medora, N.D., located the body of his father after search parties had searched fruitlessly for the past three days.
Young Everetts had a dream in which he saw the place where his father's body lay and insisted that he be taken there as he was positive where it was located. He gave such a vivid description of the location that credence was given to his assertions and he was taken to the spot.
The people looked around the place, he described—a washout near the fence on the right away—and were about to give up but the boy insisted that his father was there and to satisfy him one of the men went to the spot indicated, and just as the boy said he was under the wire in the water and adrift.
The body was in a comparatively good state of preservation considering the fact that it had been so long in the water. The bodies of the other two victims were found yesterday.
This is the second time that young Everetts had a prophetic vision. Several years ago he told the family that an aunt had died and described her death and in a few hours a telegram confirmed his prophecy.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/22/1921
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