WOMAN'S TRUNK IS FOUND.
Cart Stolen From Depot Also Discovered in Queer Place.
The police found a large trunk on the bank of the creek just east of Valley City. The trunk was on the bank and a cart belonging to the Northern Pacific stood in the creek. As there was fresh snow on the ground the cart was tracked through the woods and over the hill to the southeast of town. The cart had been missed from the local station and reported. The trunk, which evidently had been taken from the station, had not been missed.
It was thought the trunk belonged in town and would be called for next morning, as it had not been claimed. Chief Burt opened it and found it filled with a woman's clothing of a good quality. There were a number of letters in the trunk, some of which were addressed to Miss Edna Jackson, Verndale, Minn., and others to the same person at Denhoff, N.D. It is supposed that the woman was transferring here and the trunk was stolen by some crazy or drunken man and wheeled about until he got into the creek. The police are strongly inclined to believe that the man may have met with some mishap and that his body may be in the creek.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 4/18/1907
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Willison Man Badly Injured
Williston, N.D., March 22.—H. B. Breen while drilling a well on the Todd place Tuesday afternoon was struck in the face by the crank of the pump shattering the upper jaw in a terrible manner. The auger had struck and while releasing the drill the accident occurred. Medical aid was called immediately and the unfortunate man removed to the Wittenberg hospital where his injuries were attended to. It was thought for a time that it was impossible to save his life but the injured man thus far has stood the accident well and at this time hopes are expressed for his recovery.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean, 3/22/1912
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Devils Lake.—The Ramsey county jail, perhaps for the first time in the history of the county, has not a single inmate, and the county commissioners are jokingly talking of renting the building in hope of relieving the house shortage.
Hope Pioneer, 4/22/1920
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FARMER IS BADLY BURNED
M. J. Benson Loses Barn and Contents and is Badly Burned in Trying to Save Property.
Benjamin Benson, a farmer living 18 miles northeast of this city near Indian Hills, was badly burned in a prairie fire Tuesday evening. The fire swept a large scope of country, his barn being ignited. It was while trying to release a broncho {sp} in the barn that Mr. Benson suffered his injuries, as he had to quit the horse and dash through a wall of flames in order to make his own escape. His face and hands were badly blistered, and he must also have inhaled some of the flames but, it is though {sp} that he will recover. The barn and contents were licked up clean within a few minutes.
Golden Valley Chronicle, 4/22/1910
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THE LAZY LOUT FROM FLAXTON
The Laziest Man Known to Ward County is Forced to Leave the County Jail Thursday—Injured Eyesight Looking for Work.
Christ Randall, the Lazy Lout from Flaxton, was fired bodily from the Ward county jail Thursday. It is not often that a man has to be persuaded to leave jail but it was thus in the case of lazy Christ. He arrived in Flaxton a year and a half ago with $500 in gold. Where he got it, no one seems to know. He would not work. He just lay about the place and paid his board until the money was all gone. Then he acted queer. He played that he was a little off and he was sent to Minot to make a little more expense for the county. His royal highness arrived in this city December 12. He made his departure Thursday. He wanted to stay where he got plenty of wholesome food and a good warm place to sleep—and where there was no work, but Judge Murray caught onto the racket and started in on Christ in somewhat this manner:
"I hear that you have ruined your eyesight looking for work." Christ assured him that he had not. "I see that you are bothered with dropsy. You seem to be willing to drop most any place." Christ said he did not have the dropsy either. All he wanted was the county to buy him a ticket to Seattle. Judge Murray remarked that he did not have much gall and refused point blank to do anything for him. The fellow has not been seen about the court house since, but if he breaks into jail again, the county will set him loose on a big pile of wood and he will at least acquire a decent appetite.
Ward County Independent, 1/6/1904
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INSANE MAN CUTS THROAT
Gilby, N. D., Oct. 16.—"I've cut my throat. I'm crazy," said Nels Palmquist, a transient, age 45, as Cameron Stewart, town constable broke into his room at Haley's hotel.
Palmquist was sitting on the window sill, as the constable entered. Blood was pouring from a deep gash in his throat, and from two similar wounds in the right temple.
When the officer came towards him, Palmquist tried to leap from the window, but Stewart caught him by the collar of his coat and pulled him back into the room.
Palmquist's wounds were dressed and he was brought to Grand Forks where he was lodged in the county jail. His hurts are not serious, and he is expected to recover. He told the authorities that he was subject to periodical fits of insanity.
Bismarck Tribune, 10/17/1913
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