BANK CASHIER SHOT TO DEATH BY SMALL BOY
Shotgun With Which Lad was Experimenting is Accidently Discharged
Jamestown, N. D., Sept. 4.—A terrible tragedy occurred at the Melville meat market Monday evening when James Stewart, formerly of this city, while counting the cash in the cash drawer, received a load of shot discharged from a "pump" shotgun, about six feet distant in the hands of a small boy, a son of Jacob Schocker. The entire charge of shot entered Stewart's back below the shoulder blades. Death followed in a brief period as the victim never recovered consciousness. The shot fun had been {illeg.} the day previous for killing beef and was placed behind the icebox in the shop. The boy was playing with the gun, and claimed that he asked Mr. Stewart if it was loaded, and was informed that it was not. The boy was between Mr. Stewart and the icebox, when the gun was discharged. Mr. Stewart lived only 30 minutes, dying at 9 o'clock.
Bismarck Tribune, 9/4/1918
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POLICEMAN IS BEATEN UP BY MANDAN CROWD
Poolroom Assembly Attacks Night Watch; Warrants Out Today for Attackers
Matt Sanders, Mandan night policeman, was badly beaten up last night by a crowd of young men. He has sworn out warrants today for the arrest of Ray McAdams and Robert Windbaur.
Sanders, it is said, has not proven very popular with the people of Mandan. Last night he entered a pool room where a number of young men were loafing. Reports say they were drunk.
A fight followed, in which Sanders was very much the loser. Thomas Sullivan, of the Mandan Commercial club was passing by and dropped in to help the policeman, but after flooring two of his assailants, left.
Jack Brady, the Nonpartisan league's candidate for sheriff of Morton county is reported to have been among those who attacked the policeman.
Bismarck Tribune, 9/3/1920
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Miss Adaline Klimple, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Klimple, met with quite a serious accident Friday evening by being severely kicked on one of her lower limbs by a vicious cow, which Paul says will go west for beef this coming fall.
Ward County Independent, 6/5/1919
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ENGIN {sp} COLLISION
Between Two Mammoth Freight Engines Monday Morning
A genuine collision between two freight engines of the mammoth type occurred just two blocks west of the Great Northern passenger station at about 5:45 last Friday morning. Engine 1622, drawing a west bound through freight collided with engine 1124, which was drawing a work train. Fortunately no one was hurt, engineer and firemen of both engines seeing their danger and jumping before the accident occurred.
As near as can be learned Engineer Henderson of the work train is responsible for the wreck. It seems that the west bound freight had but just pulled out after being made up. As it was passing the old junction of the Farmers' road, the work train made its appearance from the opposite direction, having just pulled out of the round house. Thinking that he could make the switch before the freight came upon him, Engineer Henderson attempted this feat. However, it resulted disastrously, and the two iron monsters crashed together. Henderson stated that he could have stopped his engine in time to avert the collision had his train been supplied with air brakes.
As the collision occurred on the main track, traffic was blocked for several hours. Fortunately the early morning passenger had already gone through, so that the only trains that were delayed were the freights. A large force of men had a side track built by nine o'clock and No. 2 was enabled to pass through.
A large number of people visited the scene of the wreck throughout the day, as it was only a few minutes walk from the heart of the city. The wrecker, that monster derrick that lifts heavy engines as if they were things of paper, removed the wreckage by nightfall. The demolished engines were taken to the round house, where they are now undergoing repairs. It was indeed hard to tell which one was the most seriously damaged, as they were both pretty badly scraped up. The left side of 1622 was stripped by the collision.
Devils Lake Inter-Ocean, 9/6/1907
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The house of Joshua Hofer, south of
Bridgewater, was struck by lightning and Mrs. Hofer, who was sitting near the chimney, down which the electric fluid passed, was badly shocked and had one side of her body paralyzed. Neighbors took the woman and buried her up to the neck in the earth, where she remained for three hours. Upon resurrecting her it was found that she had almost entirely recovered, and in a short time was as well as ever.
The Bad Lands Cow Boy, 8/20/1885
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Hillsboro.—One eye was torn out and one ear chewed off the 3-year-old son of Gutfried Gilbertson, a farmer. The child was playing in the barn yard when it went to a pen in which a vicious sow was kept. The little boy climbed inside the pen and was immediately attacked. He will recover, but will be terribly disfigured for life.
Bismarck Tribune, 9/11/1914
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