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TERRIBLE CRIME.
Wahpeton Domestic Attempts Poisoning of Entire Family.
Wahpeton, N. D., Nov. 9.—One of the most terrible crimes in the history of the country has been committed in this city. Mary Ley, a domestic in the employ of Dr. and Mrs. Meckstroth, after committing several robberies, made an attempt to kill Mrs. Meckstroth and her family by poisoning. She was arrested Thursday, confessed the crimes and now lies in the county jail.
The girl began to work for the Meckstroth family in June of this year and appeared to be an industrious girl. She was an excellent housekeeper and Mrs. Meckstroth thought a great deal of her.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 11/9/1906
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Walter Blair, a fifteen year old lad in North Star township, near Bowbells, was instantly killed while trying to shoot pigeons in the barn. He was crawling into a hay mow with his gun when the hammer caught on the manger and when released the charge of shot entered the body.
Ward County Independent, 1/15/1914
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BISMARCK BOY GASED
Word reached Bismarck today that Neil McHugh, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. McHugh and brother of Mrs. V. J. LaRose, had been slightly gased in a recent action in France. The Bismarck Yank has gone over the top five times.
Bismarck Tribune, 11/11/1918
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The 6-year-old son of Mr. O'Donnell of Windsor, was brought into the city yesterday evening, with a charge of shot in his foot, the result of careless handling of a gun. When out hunting chickens he went to a threshing machine, and, while there, one of the men took a look at his gun and attempted to cock it, in doing which, the hammer slipped, discharging the contents into the boy's foot. He was immediately brought into town, and the foot amputated by a physician. He was afterwards taken to the city hospital, where he now lies—a victim to the "didn't-know-it-was-loaded" fiend.
Jamestown Weekly Alert, 10/20/1892
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Shoots Down Two Men.
Rapid City, S. D., Nov.4.—A double murder may be the result of a shooting affray here among the colored element who were holding a party. Angered because he was restrained from beating up Cora Devoe, Ed. Walace turned a gun on John and Frank Graves, well known brothers, and shot down both. Walace is held pending the result.
The Hope Pioneer, 11/7/1907
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GIRL JUMPED OUT
Automobile Exploded Moments Later—One in Party Injured.
Douglas, N. D., Nov. 15—Miss Bessie Olness received serious injuries when she jumped from an automobile which, a moment later, burst into flames. Other members of the party in the ill-fated machine, Curtis Peterson, Fred Brendemuhl and Miss Edith Kamerus, escaped without injuries.
The car was being operated over a rough country road when the accident happened. Only a moment's warning was given in a small blaze which appeared when the gasoline feed broke, and as the occupants leaped from their places before the car was brought to a stop, there was a loud explosion and the next moment the machine was in flames.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 11/15/1911
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