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Doorstep Baby Now Has Home
Agaard Carlson, a bachelor who lives on his claim about eight miles north of town, found himself the possessor of a newly-born girl baby when he arose Monday morning, and not having any mother for the infant he was somewhat perplexed, as would be almost any other bachelor in a like predicament. The infant was not more than twenty-four hours old, wore no clothing whatsoever, being wrapped in an old blanket, and bore mute evidence that no physician had officiated at its birth. The child was temporarily cared for by Mrs. Humberg, a neighbor, but the little one now has a good home and is in the best of hands.
Mrs. Geo. W. Richardson had just lost her own babe five days after its birth, and, hearing of the occurence {sp}, prevailed upon her husband, who is justice of the peace for Beach civil township, to go after the child Tuesday. Mr. Richardson made the application to Justice J. P. Reeve for the custody of the bairn and obtained it and now has it in his home, with the intention of making it his by legal process. There is absolutely no clue to the parentage of the waif. The person who left it on Carlson's doorstep was evidently a young woman wearing a small, high-heeled shoe, who rode there on a shod horse, as was indicated by the tracks in both cases.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 6/10/1910
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A peculiar tragedy occurred at Emerson on Tuesday morning. A railway shop mechanic, name Gordon, was sitting on a high pile of cinders close to the track watching a train go by, when the jar of the train, or some unknown reason the bank slid carrying the man to the track and under the wheels of the train, cutting off both legs, one above and the other below the knee. He was given local medical attendance, and then hurried to the hospital at Winnipeg, but died before reaching the city.
Pembina Pioneer Express, 5/30/1913
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REAL, OLD-TIME "BAD MAN"
POSSE IN DAKOTA KILLS DESPERADO.
Buffalo Citizens Shoot Unidentified Man After Three-Mile Chase Cross Country.
Buffalo. — An unidentified desperado was killed here after a running gun fight over a distance of three miles. Village Marshal W. P. Keepe and George G. Nachtsheim, formerly a football player at Olivet college, Michigan, led a posse of fifty men in the pursuit.
The bandit appeared in the streets of Buffalo. He was six feet tall, wore a flaming red bandanna about his neck, and carried a 45-caliber gun at his belt. He swaggered down the main street and entered a restaurant, where he ordered a meal. This he refused to pay for. When the proprietor demanded money the man drew his gun and said, "I guess this is good enough for you," shooting out two windows in the place. With the proprietor still covered he backed out the door.
He went down the main street to the residence of State Senator Frank Talcott on the outskirts of the village. Mrs. Kate Whaley, the senator's housekeeper, was ordered to open the door, but she refused and barricaded doors and windows. Meanwhile a posse was formed under the direction of the marshal. Fifty citizens were deputized. Some rode horses and others walked. All were armed.
When at Talcott's residence and the bandit had tried to force an entrance, Mrs. Whaley telephoned to the village for help and the posse started. The man saw the posse coming and ran west. The officers approached him and called on him to surrender. The man responded with a volley and the posse answered. Unable to overtake the fleeing man the posse continued firing. The outlaw fell. The officers rushed up and found him dead, a rifle bullet having pierced his brain.
Pembina Pioneer Express, 6/7/1912
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HAS NARROW ESCAPE.
Assistant Supt. Mackinnon of the Breckenridge division of the Great Northern, with headquarters at Breckenridge, narrowly escaped serious injury, if not death, by falling between the depot platform and a fastly moving train Wednesday evening.
Mr. Mackinnon arrived in Havana from the west on extra No. 338 which was returning from Aberdeen where it had taken a train load of gravel for the new yards there. The extra sidetracked here for freight No. 335, due here at 4:25, but which was late Wednesday.
The extra backed out of the west switch at 9:15 and passed the depot at a fast clipp {sp}. Mr. Mackinnon was on the depot platform and attempted to board the moving train. He jumped for the head end of the caboose but missed it and fell between the depot platform and the moving car. Where the official fell the platform is open underneath and the roadbed inclines from the track toward the depot. In falling his right arm and leg extended out over the rail but he rolled down the embankment before the rear wheels of the car reached him. After the train had passed he got up without a scratch and remained decidedly cool for having had such a narrow escape.
There is only a small space between a car standing on the track and the platform and it was a narrow escape for the assistant superintendent. He probably owes his life to the fact that the depot platform is open underneath and the steep incline from the track. Mr. Mackinnon left on the passenger at 10:11 p. m., for Breckenridge.—Havana Record.
The Wahpeton Times, 6/6/1907
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DIED.
CLABBETT.—At Jamestown, D.T., June 3rd, 1879, Mrs. Pellagie Lebonteau Clabbett, from child birth. Age, 35 years.
Mrs. Clabbett leaves eight children to mourn her death.
Jamestown Alert, 6/5/1879
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Fright Caused Insanity.
Devils Lake, N.D., July 13.—As a result of a fright which she is said to have received last Friday Colombe, the 16 year old daughter of Mrs. Eva Le Duc of this city has gone insane. Her condition according to the doctors is only temporary and her complete recovery is expected shortly.
No explanation of the girl's condition has been found as yet. Left alone in the house for the greater part of Saturday the members found her in her present condition when they returned late in the evening.
Bismarck Tribune, 7/14/1914
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