BULLET THROUGH HEAD
R.H. Hanson, Fargo Machine Expert, Found Near Red River, Believed to Have Killed Self.
Fargo, N.D., May 3.—R. H. Hanson, aged 40, a machine expert, was found dead here yesterday near the Red river, this city, with a bullet wound in the head. He is said to have killed himself because of mental derangement from brooding over his wife's death at McVille last January.
Bismarck Tribune, 5/3/1917
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Ask Dead Bank Yeggs Reward Be Increased
Minot, N.D., April 30—Dead bank bandits should be worth more than live ones, in the opinion of the Ward county Banker's association.
At a meeting in Minot late yesterday, the group adopted a recommendation to be forwarded to the North Dakota Bankers association, urging it to increase the standing reward for dead bank bandits.
At the present time the state association offers $500 for capture of a bank bandit dead or alive.
Officers chosen for the association at the meeting were: J.N. Fox, Kenmare, president; A.C. Torgerson, Berthold, vice president, and David Clark, Jr., Kenmare, secretary.
Bismarck Tribune, 4/30/1930
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Died From Gas
Jamestown, Dak., June 23.—A German named Herman Grafenstein was overcome by foul gas in a well he was digging at the insane asylum this morning. He neglected to let down the test light before descending himself and when down about twenty feet he called to the men to draw him up, and when within ten feet of the top became insensible, loosed his hold and fell to the bottom of the well, seventy feet deep. The body was taken out by use of grappling hooks. He leaves a wife and two children who were dependent on his labor for support.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 6/27/1884
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GIRL SAVED FROM BURNING BY NEIGHBOR
Child's Screams Attract Attention of Mrs. Barnhardt Who Extinguishes Flames
Westhope, N.D., May 2.—Attracted by screams of distress, Mrs. A. Barnhardt found little Wilma Mathison of this city a mass of flames this week. Prompt aid in tearing the clothes off the child saved the life of the child. The little girl with others were playing around a bonfire when her clothes caught fire. She was badly burned about the back and shoulders.
Bismarck Tribune, 5/2/1917
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Captain Jack, the notorious wook
{sp} hawk, who has been cutting wood along the banks of the Missouri river for a number of years, was murdered by some unknown person in the woods sixteen miles south of Fort Lincoln Sunday afternoon.
Bismarck Tribune, 5/9/1884
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Marmarth—After being promised a ride with his father to a ranch six miles out of town, Arthur Laurie, 9, failed to show up at the appointed place. Three hundred townspeople searched for him before the lad was found asleep at the ranch house. After missing his father he had walked out by a different route.
Turtle Mountain Star, 5/11/1922
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