Human Skull Found in Slough
Pupils of Waldref School Make Gruesom {sp} Discovery—Is It the Remains of Farmer Bishop—Skull was Crushed—Sheriff Looks for Remainder of Skeleton
Half buried in the mud of a slough which has been drying up slowly for some years, some small boys who are attending the Waldref school, two and a half miles east of Minot, discovered a human skull last Friday. Sheriff Lee was notified and going out to the slough, a search was made for the remainder of the skeleton, but only the jaw bone, buried further down in the mud, was found.
The skull evidently was that of a man who had met with foul play. The skull bones were crushed on one side close to the ear, and looked as tho {sp} some blunt instrument had been used. The teeth were in good condition, showing that the man was not old, perhaps thirty-five or forty years. The skull was in good condition, and might have been lying in the water for the past fifteen or twenty years, or it might be a good deal less.
The finding of the skull recalls the disappearance of the man Bishop who disappeared from his home in that vicinity several years ago. Bishop had had some trouble with his wife and sons, and one night he disappeared. The family stated he became angry and left the country. Foul play was suspected, and altho {sp} the wife and sons were taken into court and questioned about it, no evidence was ever found that they had done the violence. The deep sloughs about the Bishop home were searched for weeks, but to no avail. Can it be possible that this is the skull of Bishop?
The finding of the skull recalls the report that a young man by the name of Waldref had discovered the body of a man in the slough a few years ago. Waldref was hauling water for a threshing machine from the slough from about the exact spot where the skull was found. He states that after he had pumped the tank full, and started to drive out of the slough, he saw a man's feet sticking from out of a gunny sack, protruding from the water. The threshermen laughed at him at the time, but it is now thought possible that the young man was not mistaken.
In the early days many a man disappeared and it is more than likely that this is the case of some unfortunate fellow. The mystery will probably never be solved.
Ward County Independent, 11/26/1908
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Mrs. Margaret Coen, a pretty young school teacher near
Towner, was granted a divorce from her husband, whom she claims forced her to marry him a year ago at the point of a revolver. The woman had known the man but a week when he passed her along a country road near Duluth. He pulled out a revolver and compelled her to accompany him to Duluth where a minister married them.
Ward County Independent, 11/1/1906
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Edward Pulser, a brakeman on the Manitoba road was killed recently at
Reynolds, a station on the main line near Grand Forks. He fell from a freight train and was run over and crushed. He lived at
Pelican Rapids, Minn., but his body was taken to Grand Forks, where it was viewed by the coroner. Pulser was a single man.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy, 11/27/1884
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FORGOT IT WAS THANKSGIVING.
Andrew Siusar, who lives southeast of Minot, forgot that last Thursday was Thanksgiving day, so hitched up his faithful old oxen and drove a dozen miles to Minot with a load of flax. He spent several hours locating an elevator man, and when he arrived home tired and hungry in the evening, found one of his colts in a well. He says that was the worst Thanksgiving day he ever spent.
Ward County Independent, 12/1/1910
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SCISSORS CUT INTO BOY'S ARM
Paul Madland, Jr., 1 year old son of Deputy State Auditor Ralph Madland fell on a pair of scissors with which he was playing yesterday afternoon. The scissors penetrated the fleshy part of his left forearm. The injury is painful, but is not expected to result seriously.
Bismarck Tribune, 11/11/1921
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Boys at Fargo attempted to burn a companion at the stake while playing Indian, as they had undoubtedly learned it from motion pictures.
Valley City Times-Record, 11/28/1912
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