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Dead Body Found On Railroad Track
NAKED FOUR MONTHS OLD INFANT HAD PROBABLY BEEN THROWN FROM TRAIN.
Forman, N.D., Feb 5.—A gruesome discovery made by section men on the Soo line a short distance out of the city, reveals what is believed to have been a fiendish crime on the part of someone, and it has been suggested as a plausible theory that the crime was committed by someone who boarded the train in the Twin Cities.
The body of a four-months-old child was found lying along the track and examination revealed that it had been dead for a considerable time, and in all probability was dead long before it was dropped along the railroad track. This leads the belief that the dead child was carried in the suitcase of someone who boarded the train at Minneapolis, and probably was thrown from a sleeping car window.
The officers will conduct an investigation and an effort will be made to locate the responsible parties.
Valley City Times-Record, 2/6/1913
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While at work on a steam pipe, Harry Eckrick of Marmarth had his eyes badly burned with muriatic acid. In some manner one of the tools which he was working with dropped into a receptical {sp} containing the acid causing it to splash in to his face.
Valley City Times-Record, 2/4/1915
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The trial of the man Carley, now confined in the Grafton jail, will come up at the date set for February 19th. The prisoner is accused of the murder of another hobo, who in company with others was making a trip to Grafton on Conductor Pratt's train during the lively scenes of last fall. The defendant will make a plea of self-defense and will likely be cleared. He claims that the man he shot, in company with two others, jumped into the car with the intention of holding up the crowd, and had started for him when he shot, killing the foremost.
Bismarck Tribune, 2/6/1894
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CHARGED WITH STEALING STEERS
Had Government Contract and Stole Government Cattle to Fill It.
Mandan, N.D., Feb 14.—Peter and John Leonard, butchers and ranchmen, living on the Missouri River, in Emmons County, were bound over by the district court on the charge of stealing government cattle. The evidence tends to show that they had a government contract to supply Indians with beef, and they were stealing government steers to fill their contract with. A large number of hides were found in their possession bearing the government brand.
Bismarck Tribune, 2/14/1896
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FROLICSOME STEER PLAYS PRANK ON HIS BUTCHER
Friday, January 29, 1915. — Some of the residents of West Fourth street were privileged to see a unique exhibition in the way of winter sports yesterday, when the proprietor of one of the leading meat markets and one of his men attempted to conduct a fine sleek steer to the slaughter house. With a guide rope for each man Mr. Steer went well for about a square, when suddenly he seemed to conclude that the men might just as well slide as guide. No sooner thought than done, and the screened spectators, saw two men being drawn through the street on that part of their pants where mother used to put the spanks.
It was an air ship and motor boat combined, and the Steer-ing gear worked perfectly with every spark plug doing time to the snort of the power plant. Down the street into the alley the glide was made, and had it not been for a friendly clothes-line post, and the texture of the driver's clothes, there is no telling what might have been the end of this manifestation of human grit and marvelous display of steer-wit.
Valley City Times-Record, 2/4/1915
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John Gaffinet, a well known German contractor, committed suicide at Jamestown by shooting himself. He had been addicted to drink of late, and loss in business matters caused him to do the deed.
Jamestown Alert, 11/12/1885
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