Murder In Yankton.
Yankton, S.D., Sept. 5—Minnie Sawyer was found dead in bed this morning, having undoubtedly been murdered during the night. Occupants of the adjoining rooms heard her cry out this morning and heard a man leave her room and pass down the hall to the street. There is no further clue.
Bismarck Tribune, 9/5/1893
Minnie B. Sawyer
Minnie B. Sawyer was found dead in her bed at Yankton, S. D., having been brutally murdered by some unknown person or persons. She was strangled by a gingham waist tied about her neck and twisted in a hard knot under her ear, while her hands were held.
The Guthrie Daily Leader 9/6/1893 (source)
Mrs. Minnie Sawyer, Recluse, Strangled.
Yankton, Sept. 5. Mrs. Minnie Sawyer, a woman who has lived a hermit's life in this city for several years, was murdered in cold blood by strangulation. Her apartments were above the principal shoe store of the town. There is no clue to the murderer.
The North Platte Tribune, 9/6/1893
A Maniac Murderer.
Special to the Globe.
Yankton, S. D.,Sept 7.— Louis Sherwood, a grader on the Yankton & Norfolk railway, was today arrested for the murder of Minnie Sawyer, who was found dead in bed Monday. Sherwood has become a raving maniac and has minutely described the murder.
St. Paul Daily Globe, 9/8/1893
Confessed While Delirious.
Yankton, S. D., Sept. 8.—Lewis Sherwood was arrested yesterday morning for the murder of Minnie Sawyer Monday morning. Circumstantial evidence is very strong and his admissions amount to a confession. He has typhoid fever and is delirious most of the time.
Duluth Evening Herald, 9/8/1893
Sherwood Discharged.
Yankton, S. D., Sept. 23.— After a preliminary hearing Louis S. Sherwood, charged with the murder of Minnie Sawyer, three weeks ago. was today discharged. There is no clue to the murder.
St. Paul Daily Globe, 9/24/1893
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Ole Bayum was firing a threshing engine near
McHenry when the end of the boiler let go and blew him 60 feet. He is in a Fargo hospital and will escape with a few scars from the steam.
A threshing machine blew up Saturday afternoon southwest of New Home and Alfred Strunkness was badly burned and his skull fractured. Dr. MacKenzie removed two of the pieces of the fractured skull and the patient who is not quite eighteen years old is getting along as well as could be expected.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/2/1905
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SHORT KILLED
Editor Phil Short of Ross was accidentally shot and killed yesterday afternoon by Clayton Younkin of Minot. These two men together with several hunters from this city were across the river hunting deer. Short and Dr. E. H. Belyes of this city were together and had just caught a deer which had been shot by one of the other hunters. As they turned back with the deer the shot was fired which ended the life of Short. Dr. Belyea was close beside him and had he been a foot farther ahead he would have been shot as well for the bullet passed clear through Short's body.
The remains were brought to this city last night and are now at the undertakers. Editor Short leaves a wife and family at Ross to mourn his untimely death.
Williston Graphic, 11/5/1908
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STRANGER SHOT TO DEATH AT LAKOTA
TWO GAMBLERS AT HOBO CAMP QUARREL OVER SUPPER AND ONE SHOT THE OTHER THREE TIMES, THEN SHOT HIMSELF.
Special to The Independent:
Lakota, N.D., Sept 9.—Two well dressed strangers, believed to be gamblers following the hobo camps, engaged in a quarrel in the jungles near this city this afternoon about five o'clock, over the scrambling of rotten eggs. One of them, the smaller of the two, pulled a 44 calibre revolver and shot the other three times, killing him instantly. He then turned the weapon on himself and made a dangerous wound thru {sp} the left nipple. The bullet struck a rib and this saved him from instant death. He became unconscious immediately but later came to his senses and admitted that he had done the shooting, but did not give any reason. He was taken on the No. 1 to the Devils Lake hospital, where he may recover. At this date nothing has been learned of the identity of either. One wore a big sparkler and both appeared prosperous.
It has since been learned that the tramp who did the shooting is Fred Mitchell, of Providence, R.I. Mitchell, who turned the weapon on himself after he had riddled his companion with bullets, may die. The bullet has not yet been located. It is believed that it struck the rib, followed it around, lodging in the back.
Three men, all tramps, saw the shooting. They claim the men had quarreled over the scrambling of stale eggs in a skillet. The man who was killed had done the cooking. The men appeared to have forgotten their quarrel, but after drinking during the day resumed their quarrel in the afternoon.
Recent developments in the case lead to the supposition that the murdered man was Frank Fisher, son of George Fisher, a millionaire, living at Tuscon, Ari. The young man has been wild and detectives have had their eyes on him. He was last traced to the vicinity of Lakota.
Ward County Independent, 9/11/1913
INCARCERATED IN 3 ASYLUMS.
Fred Mitchell, North Dakota Slayer, Committed in Three States.
Lakota.—Fred Mitchell, who recently shot and killed Frank Fisher in this city, is a former inmate of the Rochester, Minn., asylum for the insane, being committed from Minneapolis in 1909 and remaining there about a year. He has also been an inmate of the Mendota, Wis., asylum and the Miles City, Mont., asylum. He was in the Miles City hospital in 1907, and in the Wisconsin asylum in 1908.
Mitchell, fighting with Frank Fisher, another member of a "pot gang" near this city, shot and instantly killed Fisher, riddling his body with five bullets.
Several minutes later, after seeing that Fisher was dead, Mitchell stood over his victim and fired a bullet into his own body. The shot glanced on a rib and encircled his body, lodging in the fleshy part of his back.
Turtle Mountain Star, 9/25/1913
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Bowdon.— The 13-year-old son of Daniel Freund living file miles souteast
{sp} of here was shot in the foot by some person unknown. It appears that the young lad was driving some cattle to the pasture when a stranger driving by in a buggy shot at him with a 22 caliber rifle, the bullet entering his foot.
Williston Graphic, 10/26/1911
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D. S. McIlwain received a message yesterday from
Harvey stating that his brother Burt had accidentally shot and killed himself. While slaughtering hogs he struck at one with the butt of a rifle, the weapon was discharged and the ball entered his body, causing death within 50 minutes.
The unfortunate victim was 22 years of age and was quite well known in Hankinson having visited here during the holidays just past. Hankinson friends extend deepest sympathies to the bereaved family.
D. S. McIlwain left immediately on receipt of news of the tragedy.
Hankinson News, 1/10/1907
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