KILLED A BLIND PIGGER
Devils Lake Business Man Defends Himself With a Revolver
Devils Lake, N.D., Nov 3—Bob Illingsworth, a blind pigger and local sport, was shot and instantly killed at midnight by T. S. Cordner, city treasurer and prominent business man of this place. The difficulty grew out of some dispute over a money transaction between the parties. Cordner was taking a later support with M. Schnicker, a Grand Forks travelling man, when Illingsworth entered the restaurant and assaulted him. They were separated but Illingsworth again assaulted him, knocking him through a window. He then jumped upon Cordner and was striking him, when Cordner, while down, pulled a pistol and fired. The bullet entered Illingsworth's heart. One Delany, a brother-in-law of Illingsworth, made two assaults upon Cordner during the afternoon, which accounts for the fact that the latter was armed. Illingsworth struck Cordner with a billy, seriously cutting his face. He was also badly injured by the glass of the window. Cordner at once gave himself up and is now awaiting a preliminary examination.
Jamestown Alert, 11/5/1896
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BANKER KILLED IN FALLING IN A COAL SHAFT
Funeral services were held Wednesday at Leith for Clair Cornell, cashier of the Farmers State bank of Leith, who was killed about noon Tuesday when he fell 40 feet into a coal mine shaft near Leith. His brother, who had been looking over the property with him, saw his brother's body at the bottom of the shaft. Mr. Cornell was one of the best known business men in the southwest Slope country. Funeral services were held in the Knights of Pythias hall at Leith and the body was taken to Mapleton, Minn. for burial.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/8/1920
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Langdon—Local persons have been held for trial following the finding of a dead baby wrapped in clothes and old newspapers on a snowbank near
Wales.
Turtle Mountain Star, 3/23/1922
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BADLY INJURED WHEN SPEEDER TURNS TURTLE
Adolph Kuthera Taken to Hospital Here Suffering From Severe Injuries
Adolph Kuthera, an employe {sp} of the Bismarck Foundry, is in St. Alexius hospital suffering from serious injuries as a result of an accident which happened late yesterday afternoon when he was testing a speeder on the Soo line.
Kuthers and Zink Cavalney were riding on the speeder, about a mile from the city. The speeder, a small gas-propelled car, turned over and Kuthera was pinned under it.
Cavalney escaped serious injuries but Kuthera was taken to the hospital suffering from severe injuries to his back, a broken finger on the right hand and a gash in his head. His tongue was bitten off. It was feared his back was broken.
The cause of the accident was not obtainable.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/7/1921
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He Was "Notified" to Leave.
Ed McBride returned to the city a week ago today, after an absence of a year and a half. Today he received the following typewritten letter through the postoffice:
Mr. Ed McBride, Jamestown, N.D., Dear Sir: You are hereby notified to leave this city inside of twenty-four (24) hours, or suffer the consequences.
By order of VIGILANT COMMITTEE
Mr. McBride says in reply to this threat:
"This is my home and that of my mother and child. They live here and I intend to protect myself."
He says he spent last winter working for a rancher near Spokane but most of the time has been doing odd jobs, and on the whole picking up a rather precarious living. Rarely did a job last more than three weeks and he just about made his expenses.
Jamestown Alert, 11/19/1896
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ACCIDENTS.
They Were Numerous In Bismarck Yesterday and Are of a Serious Nature.
Chas. Armstrong, of the Steamer Peninah Has Both Legs Crushed by the Cars
W.A. Chandler and George Peoples Thrown From a Wagon and Seriously Injured.
A SAD CHAPTER.
Yesterday was a day of accidents for Bismarck people. All were of a serious nature and occurred in the afternoon at nearly the same hour. Fortunately none of them proved fatal although it seems a miracle that such was not the case, when all of the circumstances are taken into consideration.
THE FIRST
and most serious of the number occurred to Mr. Ghas. Armstrong, the carpenter of the steamer Peninah, about two o'clock in the afternoon. During the forenoon he had visited the office of Col. O'Connor to arrange some business matters and had returned to the boat promising to again call at the office at 3 p.m. In pursuance of this engagement he started to walk along the railroad track from the landing to town. When at the culvert just below the quartermaster's office he was met by switch engine No. 51 pushing a train of freight cars toward the landing. For some unaccountable reason Mr. Armstrong failed to see the advancing cars and was knocked down and both legs thrown under the wheels. Eight or ten cars passed over them before the train could be stopped on the heavy down grade, and as a result they were both crushed off a few inches below the knees...
THE SECOND ACCIDENT
occurred at about the same hour as above and resulted in painful injuries to W. A. Chandler, of the Bank of Bismarck, and to Mr. Geo. Peoples. The latter had lead a dray with goods for one of the boats and Mr. Chandler asked to ride to the landing where he had some collections to make for the bank. As they approached the railroad crossing Mr. People's horse became frightened at the cars and overturned the vehicle, throwing both gentleman to the ground. The horse did not run away and just how it occurred no one knows...
THE THIRD ACCIDENT
was the least serious of all, and occurred to Capt. Jacobs, pilot of the Peninan. He was standing in the store of McLean & Macider during the afternoon and in stepping backward, fell down the elevator a distance of fifteen feet into the cellar. He was but slightly injured.
ANOTHER ONE
John Zebra, a farmer living five miles in the country, started to drive to Bismarck day before yesterday, when his team ran away and threw him from his wagon. His right arm was broken between the elbow and shoulder. Dr. Porter reduced the fracture.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/14/1881
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