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Timothy Hunt, a farmer residing
at Champlain, Hennepin county, suicided by taking
carbolic acid, Saturday evening. Worthington Advance
December 29, 1905
Hold-Up
Two unknown masked men “stuck up” the bar room of
the Fall Hotel at Minneapolis Saturday evening about 5
:50 and shot and killed Charles O. Bader, the
proprietor. Five hundred dollars was taken from the
till. Four men were in the room at the time, but were
intimidated by the murderers, who escaped to the
railroad yard nearby. Worthington Advance December
29, 1905
Jefferson M. Gove a traveling
man from Minneapolis died last week at Bottineau N. D.,
and a search of his effects revealed the fact that he
had two wives; one St. Cloud and one at
Rochelle, ILL. Worthington Advance December 29,
1905
Lillian Cherry, a Minneapolis
girl residing in New York, wanted to write an article on
“how to steal in department store,” and was caught while
trying to prove her theories. She is awaiting
trial under $2,500 bonds. Worthington Advance
December 29, 1905
SMOTHERED BY SAWDUST
Minneapolis Man Meets Death In Peculiar
Accident.
Charles Dufrene of Minneapolis, an employee of
the Northland Pine company was smothered to death by
sawdust. Dufrene lost his life when he was attempting to
dislodge a mass of the sawdust that had become packed in
a huge tube from which he was loading his wagon. He
succeeded in getting the sawdust started, but Instead of
coming slowly, as he had expected, the avalanche of
pulverized wood came in a deluge and he was swept down
the chute and deposited in the wagon box below, where he
was buried By a ton of the sawdust When dug out by
workmen Dufrene was breathing faintly, but died on the
way to the hospital. Little Falls Herald May 5,
1908
Theft Of Auto In
Manitoba Unusual
Enough To Be News
Although the experience cost $250, the theft of a
car June 9 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, from Miss Isabelle
Reed and her two women companions, all of whom are
teachers at the Simmons school in Minneapolis,, lent
excitement to their motor trip and furnished the party
with entertainment which it otherwise would have missed.
Miss Reed is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Reed Sr.
of Redwood Falls and is visiting her parents here
now. The
machine, stolen from a parking lot behind a hotel, was
recovered two days following by two boys herding cattle
in a dense thicket near a suburb 15 miles from Winnipeg.
The car had been stripped of motor parts and
appointments valued at $250. The theft was
the subject of considerable publicity in the Winnipeg
newspapers as in Canada stolen cars are not hourly
occurrences as in the United States. When the car was
found the chief of the Winnipeg police department
himself notified the three young women that their
automobile had been recovered and he took them to the
spot where it was found. Miss Reed said they were
treated royally and extended various favors to make up
for their inconvenience. Redwood Gazette Thursday
June 18, 1936
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