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While out hunting near Kensal, Ernest Greb, the 12 year old son of Fred Greb, accidentally shot his 5 year old nephew, Eddy Alex, the ball entering the head near the eye and death being instantaneous. Realizing what he had done to the little fellow, and driven frantic with remorse over the affair, Ernest ran a short distance and placed the muzzle of the same gun near his chin and sent a ball into his own brain.
The accident occurred near the home of Fred Greb, seven miles north of Kensal. The little boy died instantly; the older one lived until about midnight. Little Eddy was the son of Tony Alex and was out visiting his grandparents at the time of the fatal accident.
Hankinson News, 6/14/1906
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INVESTIGATE STORY
BOY RUNNING AWAY, CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN MISTREATED
Velva, N.D., Dec. 19.—Tales of brutality alleged to have been practiced against him by a guardian, related when he was arrested in this city supposedly attempting to run away to his home in Iowa, where he claims his parents reside, have turned the attention of juvenile authorities of northwestern North Dakota to Almond B Lockwood, aged 12. Thomas W. Streeter, aged 13, was with him, claiming he had gone only to keep the lad company.
Young Lockwood's story, if it is true, will result in interesting developments. Col. Alex Scarlet of Minot, juvenile officer for the district, has been placed in charge of the case and is making a thorough investigation.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 12/19/1911
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AGED WOMAN KILLED BY FALL INTO BASEMENT
Mrs. Frank Kelly of McCanna the Victim—Bones in Shoulder Broken
From injuries which she received Monday morning in a fall down the basement stairs of her home near McCanna, Mrs. Frank Kelly, aged 80 years, died this morning. She had sustained several broken ribs and injuries about one shoulder, lapsing into a state of unconsciousness shortly after the accident, and remaining in that condition until death.
Mrs. Kelly was walking up the stairs at the time, having a number of apples in her apron. Just as she reached the top step she reeled over backwards, striking the basement floor on one shoulder.
She was quickly removed to her room and shortly afterwards became unconscious, in which condition she remained until death came.
It is believed that she was seized with a fit of dizziness and that fact was responsible for her fall.
Mrs. Kelly and her husband were pioneer residents of the McCanna district, their farm being located three miles from the town. They had one adopted son, Harry Kelly, residing in McCanna.
Funeral arrangements have not been completed yet.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 12/19/1911
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A Strange Story.
Devils Lake Inter Ocean: A strange story comes to the Inter Ocean from a recently organized county west of here. It is alleged that the sheriff of the county and a son of one of the county commissioners, concocted a scheme to kill the young wife of the commissioner, the commissioner himself being away from home. The object of the two men, it is claimed, was to put the woman out of the way because she knew of certain crooked transactions in which they were engaged. The woman is the wife of the commissioner, the son being a fruit of the first marriage. The woman tells the story herself as follows: She claims that she overheard the sheriff and her step son planning to assassinate her, and when she heard them coming to her room she fled to the house of a neighbor, leaving her five-months old babe behind. Arriving at her neighbor's house she related her strange experience and explained, as a reson for the conduct of the two men, and that they had stolen and killed a calf. Another strange feature of the proceeding is that she also charged her husband with participation in the calf killing, and in proof of her story she told where the hide of the calf was buried. The next day her neighbors went to the spot indicated by her and there sure enough found the hide. While the excitement was at its height the commissioner returned home, and ascertaining the extent of the social explosion, it is said he at once resigned his position as a commissioner, and, together with his son and the sheriff, quit the country. The woman claims that the sheriff and her step-son had prepared a grave in the stable in which they proposed to bury her. The story has some remarkable features and the names of he parties are withheld until more light upon the subject can be obtained.
Mrs. H. has since suicided. ED.
Wahpeton Times, 12/25/1884
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Trouble Over Hock
A man whose coat was in hock in this city for some time wrote to Sheriff Turner to have the man who had taken it out arrested for the theft of the coat. The sheriff made some inquiries and found that Louis Peterson who had lifted the coat had done so at the request of Erick Benson who not only gave him the orders to do so, but who refused to pay the money he had spent in redeeming the same.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 12/20/1906
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Andrew Lee, is a well-to-do farmer living fifteen miles south of Grand Forks, and the last seen of him alive was about 7 o'clock near the hotel at which he stopped. Next morning his lifeless body was found one mile from the city near the Great Northern railroad track. From the appearance of the body it is believed that Lee was murdered and his body placed near the track to avoid suspicion.
Wahpeton Times, 12/18/1890
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