Dead For Two Weeks.
Crosby, N.D., June 2.—Dead more than two weeks and extensively decomposed, the body of James Wescott, a homesteader was found in his claim shack near Noonan. He was last seen at the Noonan postoffice a day or two before his death is supposed to have taken place. The body is in such condition that the officials have been unable to determine the exact cause of death, but they believe he died from an epileptic fit.
Pembina Pioneer Express, 6/6/1913
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EX-CONVICT A GUNMAN
Jim Thomas, Recently Released, Caused Commotion on South Eight Street Today.
Jim Thomas, 65 years old, an ex-convict, released from the pen July 7, caused some commotion on south Eighth street this afternoon, when he flashed a six-shooter. He was intoxicated at the time.
Several bystanders did not like the looks of the cannon which Thomas pulled from his pocket, and the police station was immediately informed. Thomas was arrested by Chief Fortune and Deputy Sheriffs Hubert and Roop. He offered no resistance.
Thomas is said also to have written out a check on a local bank, for the sum of $10, and succeeded in cashing it. He had absolutely no funds in the bank. He will appear for his hearing tomorrow morning.
Bismarck Tribune, 7/14/1914
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While
firing off anvils at Bismarck on the Fourth, Thomas Welsh was nearly killed. If he survives at all he will be totally blind.
Wahpeton Times, 7/18/1884
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STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Two Residences on Sixth Avenue Struck by Lightning last Night.
During the storm Sunday the residence of H. C. Hotchkiss and the adjoining residence occupied by Mr. Spangler both on Sixth avenue south were struck by lightning. The chimneys of both houses were badly shattered and at Mr. Spangler's the stove pipe in the front room on the first floor was bent up, articles of furniture moved about and a child in the same room received a bad shock. At Mr. Hotchkiss' the course of the bolt could be traced from the chimney, where it struck, down to the first floor. The damage to either house was only slight. Mr. Hotchkiss had a peculiar experience and probably a narrow escape. He was lying in a hammock on the front porch and felt a shock when the bolt descended. But the peculiar circumstance was that a pair of eyeglasses which he was wearing were broken in two by the electricity. Luckily no one was injured but quite a number in the neighborhood report receiving bad shocks.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 7/5/1888
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MOTT FARMER MURDERED BY AN I.W.W.
Louis Larson Struck on Head With Heavy Scale Weight in Hands of Frank Luchowski
Frank Luchowski, alias Frank Lang, an I.W.W. who Sunday night confessed to the murder of Louis M. Larson, a wealthy Mott farmer, was spirited away from the Hettinger county jail during the night and taken to Dickinson for safe keeping.
Two mobs gathered around the jail, one a band of 150 I.W.W.'s who made threats to tear down the jail and turn the murderer loose, and another mob of about 150 farmers who threatened to lynch Luchowski.
After hours of cross examination, the man made a written confession. He admitted that he killed Larson with a heavy scale weight, after he had quarrelled with his employer. He said that Larson had struck him on the head with a rock while on their way to a hay field.
Larson was 27 years of age and single. The officers knew there was no question as to Luchowski's guilt. When he was arrested blood was found on his clothing.
Numerous mysterious fires, highway robberies, assaults and continual refusal to work for other than outrageous wages, all culminating in the murder of Louis Larson, have so aroused the southwestern North Dakota farmers that clans resembling the old Ku Klux are being organized to rid the county of the I.W.W.'s.
Ward County Indepdendent, 8/10/1916
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Aneta, N.D., May 27.—Adrian Gorsin, recently from Fargo, was shot by the town policeman last night. It is said Gorsin and some other boys were having a "beer party" near the fair grounds. The policeman went out to make the party behave.
It is alleged that the policeman used the butt end of his gun when some of the boys threatened him and that when he went to prod Gorsin with the revolver it was accidentally discharged.
Gorsin is in a critical condition and may not recover.
Bismarck Tribune, 5/29/1914
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