Nels Larson, known as "Sagebrush," is in jail at
Washburn charged with branding another man's horse. Nels is but a kid, scarely
{sp} 18 years old, and although he is a tough boy, this offence may be condoned.
Williston Graphic, 5/22/1896
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Joseph Kosobud, a young Walsh county farmer, living seventeen miles southwest of
Park River, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He died almost instantly. Kosobud was a young man of good habits and character. He had for sometime been despondent over the rejection of his suit by a young woman with whom he was in love. This was the cause of his suicide. Coroner Holldorson held an inquest, and a formal verdict was returned.
Bismarck Tribune, 4/26/1900
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Broke His Neck.
Brainerd, Minn., June 26.—A jockey named Johnny, while running a practice hurdle race, was dashed against a tree, breaking his neck.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 6/27/1884
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Ben Hughes, who was believed to have been drowned, arrived from Poplar Creek on Tuesday alive and well.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 5/10/1878
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W. M. Rice, the man who was so terribly burned by the prairie fire at Farnham and Davidson's ranch last Friday, died of his injuries. Rice was burned in attempting to plow a fire-break to save his employer's property. He was 21 years of age and unmarried. Rice saw the fire approach the place and started to plow a fire break around the buildings to prevent the fire from reaching them. While he was doing this the plow became stuck in the soil and the fire caught him and the horses. Even when his clothing was all on fire and he was terribly burned, he succeeded in unhitching the horses so that they might escape, which they did, though somewhat burned.
Bismarck Weekly Tribune, 5/4/1900
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BLACKMAILER
A CANDO MAN ARRESTED AT THE INSTANCE OF POST OFFICE INSPECTOR NOILE, FOR USING THE U.S. MAIL FOR BLACKMAILING PURPOSES.
Cando Herald, 25th: W. H. Fee, an apparently inoffensive man, who has lived in the south part of town for several years, was arrested this morning at the instigation of Postoffice Inspector Noile, charged with using the United States mail for the purpose of blackmailing. It seems that R. P. Myers was, one day the past winter, telling a friend of a murder that was committed in Greene county, Iowa, in the neighborhood where he had lived, and Fee was sitting by the stove and overheard the story. A short time afterward a friend handed Myers a copy of the Marshalltown, Iowa paper, which contained a long article saying that a Mr. Moss, of near Scranton, Greene county, had received blackmailing letters purporting to be from one Wm. "Fan," of Cando, N.D., in which he was told that if he did not send the writer one hundred dollars he would make trouble for him by divulging what he knew about the murder that was committed in that vicinity, and that R. P. Myers, who formerly lived there, could prove all that he "Fan" would tell. He directed Moss to enclose that envelope in another which was to be directed to "W. H. Fee, Cando, N.D."
Mr. Moss took no notice of the first letter, and burned it, but he soon received a second and then notified the authorities, when the postoffice department went to work on it. In one of the letters Moss received he was told he must send the full amount of one hundred dollars, and that ninety-nine dollars would not suffice to insure silence. He was told, also, that he must not send a draft, money order, or check, but that he should put two fifty dollar bills in the inside envelope. When the postoffice department took up the matter a letter was sent as the blackmailer had requested, with the exception that the money was not enclosed. The outside envelope was marked and Postmaster Hill was notified of the facts and instructed to make note of the facts of its delivery, etc. Inspector Noile arrived last evening and collected a few links of evidence, and this morning Fee was arrested and locked up in the county jail. This afternoon he was given a hearing, but refused to talk at first, but when he was told he would be detained in jail for contempt of court he weakened and, after a short consultation with an attorney in regard to his position he was willing to talk. He acknowledged writing several of the letters of which there were six or seven, but denied writing the remainder. He also implicated Wm. Vader, who, he said, was as guilty as he was, and he said that they had at first planned to bleed Moss for five hundred dollars, but concluded to let him off for one hundred. He will be held to answer at the U. S. court.
Bismarck Tribune, 4/29/1901
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