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A Peculiar Case—April 18th a contest was heard in the local land office, being Gregory Wagram vs Joseph Kuchner, for the S½ SE¼ and E½ SW¼ 6-133-76. Claimant failing to appear, decision was rendered for claimant. Today the register recieved a letter from R.C. Burlingane, a business man of Brophy, calling attention to the case and stating that he feared Joseph Kuchner had met with foul play somewhere between Hazel S.D. and his claim. Burlingane had interested himself in the young man and when he failed to appear at the time he had written from Hazel that he would reach Brophy he wrote friends in Hazel to make inquiry for him. A Mr. Black from {illegible} Kuchner worked all winter, said he had left there March 26 with a team and wagon he had bought with his earnings and three hundred dollars he had saved to improve his farm, and he supposed he was on the claim. Nothing can be heard of the young man and Mr. Black has offered a reward for information of him. He is said to be a very steady young man and was working hard to earn money to equip himself for his farm life. He already had consideral improvements on his place and had only left it to work through the winter to further improve it.
Bismarck Daily Tribune, 5/22/1906
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INFANT CHILD IS BURNED TO DEATH
LANGDON, June 26— The farm buildings of John Penner, on the old Peters farm in Moscow township, and located a half mile east of what was Rosehill postoffice, was destroyed by fire and the worst of it was that their two-months old baby perished in the flames. The buildings consisted of the house and barn under the same roof and some smaller buildings and practically nothing was saved.
It seems that Mrs. Penner was at home alone and was engaged in boiling some linseed oil in preparatory to oiling the floors and had stepped outside for a few moments when the oil boiled over on the stove and when she returned the inside of the rooms were a mass of flames. The baby was asleep in a buggy in one of the rooms, and the mother made desperate effrots {sp} to rescue the child, but was driven back by the flames at every attempt and there was nothing to do but stand helpless while the flames did their awful work.
The building was one of those combination house and barn affairs so commonly built by the Mennonites who first settled in the western part of the county, which custom they bruoght {sp} with them from the old country. The building was erected about ten years ago and was of good size.
The Bismarck Daily Tribune, 6-26-1911
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Four Robbers Beat Fargo Express Man, Escape With $3,000
Fargo, N.D., June 23—(AP)—The American Railway Express office in the Northern Pacific deport was robbed of $3,000 early Friday.
Authorities were unable to gather complete details of the robbery from Oscar E Granskov, in charge of the express office, who is in a semi-conscious condition at a local hospital.
According to Dan Iverson, employee in the baggage room next to the express office, Granskov came into the baggage room about 5 a.m., and said he had been beaten by four men and the office robbed.
Iverson took Granskov home an hour after the robbery is said to have taken place.
L.P. Haarman, American Railway Express company agent, was unable to obtain details of the robbery from Granskov, who appeared to be in a semi-conscious state.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/22/1928
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Brakeman Vincent fell from the train on Monday near the 17th Siding, while in motion at the rate of 30 miles an hour, causing a severe contusion of the brain. Dr. Porter fixed him up and he will, no doubt, recover.
The Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 6-28-1878
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Sudden Death Claims Transient in Box Car
Robert Brown, transient, believed to be about 45 years old, died here at 3:40 a.m. Monday, apparently a victim of heart disease.
Brown died as he was sleeping in a box car in the yards of the Soo Railway company here.
Lawrence Bjelland, a companion, was with Brown when he died and is being held as a material witness in an investigation which will be made today.
According to Bjelland, Brown died suddenly after crying out in his sleep and twitching convulsively. Bjelland immediately notified Police Officer Peter Reid who arrived at the scene a few minutes after the tragedy.
Little is known of the victim but his companion said that he came from Sault Saint Marie, Canada. Bjelland stated Brown had once said he suffered from heart disease.
The two were en route to Lehr where Bjelland claims to have relatives.
Coroner W. E. Perry said Monday that an autopsy would be held to determine the cause of death.
The Bismarck Tribune, 6/22/1931
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COULDN'T PLAY SUNDAY BALL; BOY RUNS AWAY
His father wouldn't let him play ball on Sunday, so he left home.
That's the story told by Franky Huff, 15-year-old boy who lives near Montpelier, N.D., 30 miles south of Jamestown.
Franky got off the train at midnight last night and was taken into custody by [Bismarck] Chief of Police Matineson. His father had called from Jamestown saying the boy was on the train. The father arrived by automobile this morning and after a heart to heart talk the two went back home.
The boy had been driving a cultivator, and left it and the team in the yard when he left home. The horses, left alone, ran away, dashing into a wire fence and injuring one of them. The father has opposed Sunday baseball.
The Bismarck Tribune, 7/12/1921
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