Ben Works of
Towner county loaded up his pipe from a supply of tobacco he carried loosely in his coat pocket. The air was becoming fragrant with fumes of the weed when an explosion took place and Ben's pipe, eyebrows, and general appearance assumed a very disappointed appearance. In some way a .22 cartridge had got into Ben's pocket and also into his pipe and when it became overheated it went off. The ball lodged in the ceiling and the only damage was a demolished brier and a slight burn on the Worlds' noble brow.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 4/29/1907
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GIRL IS DRAGGED BY PONY
Details of Affair are Meagere {sp}— Only Witnesses Were Two Small Children—Flora Greger Killed as Result of Accident—Was on Her Way to School.
Manning, Dunn County, May 18.—Flora, the eleven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Greger, who live near Brooks, met death in a horrible manner by being thrown from her saddle pony and dragged for about a half mile across the prairie.
The details of the horrible affair are meagere {sp}, the only eye witnesses to the accident being two neighboring children who were with the unfortunate girl. She started for school in company with the Figley children, all on saddle ponies, and when about a mile from home Flora's pony became frightened and jumped to one side. The cinch was loosened and the saddle turned, throwing her underneath the pony, and, in falling, her foot was caught in the stirrup strap. The pony started running and kicking and at every step the young girl's life was tarmpled {sp} out, all of her clothing being torn from her body. The pony ran for about half a mile and stopped when the lifeless form was released from the saddle. The Figley children were very much excited, but rode to the school house as fast as they could to give the alarm that Flora had been hurt and led the way to the spot where the lifeless form was found. The body was then moved to the Creger home, and on eramination {sp} it was found that the bones in both arms and legs had been broken and cuts and bruises were found all over the body. It was impossible to tell from which wound death resulted.
Bismarck Daily Tribune, 5/19/1909
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A Young Criminal.
Samuel Wilson, a 17-year-old boy of Melville, attempted the life of a bachelor neighbor by placing strychnine crystals in the table salt. The presence of the poison was detected in time and no serious results followed. The boy's mind has been failing for two years. He has been adjudged insane.
Griggs County Courier, 4/16/1897
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NEARLY LOST SIGHT.
Eckman, N. D., April 27.—Accidently receiving a piece of steel in his eye while attempting to drive a nail, David Hamilton narrowly missed losing the sight of his optic. Failure to give immediate attention to the trouble resulted in its being in sore condition when medical advice was finally resorted to, and which he did just in time to save his sight.
Grand Forks Evening Times, 4/27/1910
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A. M. KNIGHT SHUFFLED THE CARDS THEN HIKED; HIS DISAPPEARANCE WAS TOLD BY FORTUNE TELLER; FIRM $40,000 SHORT
FARGO MAN WAS THE UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM OF HIS SAD PLIGHT — FORTUNE TELLER TOLD HIM THAT HE WOULD DISAPPEAR TWO WEEKS BEFORE HE LEFT FOR NEW YORK.
World Special State Service.
Fargo, N. D., May 23.—That A. M. Knight unconsciously disappeared disappeared {sp} from this city is the statement made by his wife today, who said that a fortune teller foretold his disappearance two weeks prior to his leaving for New York. After he had learned the future Knight went to his home, shuffled the cards and the result was the same as that shown him by the fortune teller. Two weeks after he left for New York and has not been heard from since.
J. H. Colis, a member of the fir mof {sp} Colis & Knight, stated today that his partner was short in his accounts with the firm to the amount of $40,000. Investigation of the Red Men lodge made here by the auditing committee, Knight being the secretary of this organization, show that he too k$400 {sp} of their money.
Fargo, N. D., May 23.—Although I have sent a number of dispatches to New York, no definite nor encouraging word has arrived here," said Mrs. A. M. Knight to a newspaper representative this afternoon. "I am as much in the dark about him today as I was yesterday."
"I am completely broken up over all this," she continued. "In fact, nobody knows how wretchedly I feel because I know what people are saying. I cannot think that Mr. Knight has done anything intentionally wrong, but that he is laboring under some mental delusion, and I find that I am not alone in that opinion, as many business men with whom I have talked are resting under the same profession.
"All of the business men I have talked to say that Mr. Knight's business dealings with them were always honorable, and I am sure that it will be found that his disappearance is due to some sudden mental derangement. Further than this I know nothing and do not like to discuss the affair at all..."
Devils Lake Weekly World, 1/15/1916
A. M. KNIGHT WAS ARRESTED IN R.I.
Wanted in Fargo and Louisville on Charges Alleging Embezzelment.
ALSO TO BE TRIED ON BIGAMY CHARGES.
Has Been Sought and Found and Lost Again. Now in Toils One More.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14—Arthur M. Knight, a former broker of Fargo, N. D., who is alleged to have embezzled $525.72 from Dakota Tribe No. 1 of the Redmen in Fargo, deserted his wife, formerly Miss Daisy K. Collis, and came to Louisville, where for years he lived under the name Fred G. Thomas, was arrested last night at Providence, R. I., just one year from the day when he was first taken into custody here.
Admits Identity.
Knight admitted his identity and will come here, waiving extradition. Louisville detectives, who trailed him all over the country, after he had jumped $1,000 bond here, have been sent for him. He will be tried here, first, on charges of jumping his bond and embezzling $300 belonging to the insurance company for whom he worked.
Jumped Bail.
He secured a low bond when church people went to Police Judge Boldrick and
Governor McCreary and told them how pious "Thomas" was and how he was a victim of mistaken identity. When he jumped his bond he left behind him here another wife, whom he married in
Asheville, N. C., two years ao
{sp}, and who was in ill health when he was arrested.
Bismarck Tribune, 1/15/1916
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Lake Benton, Minn., May 15.—A heavy wind storm prevailed here Saturday, blowing out recently sown grain so that it will have to be resown. The water in
the lake was blown one mile from the west shore, leaving the fish in the mud. When the wind went down at 6:30 the water returned.
Dickinson Press, 5/19/1894
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