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i ani»he?erD.rideerMianer.tondtortieformi-310*kshoidsn’steythena-ihe;et-oa.tedmdbisty..f m xu f »»•, i «i» lt;jiv:t |.f i ii fa i/iurapply tij A. Lieberthal, agent.MURDEROUS FINNS.Ionur-iuirThey Are Killing One Another Oil1 At a llapid Rate.The Finnish population of the range has been considerably decreased since the lant issue of the'fiMKB through several murderous assaults by their own countrymen. The following account of two of the murders lb taken from the Hurley Miner: Q-jfiet Friday night Elias Laukanen better known as Alias Mattson, shot and killed John Rein near the village of Gile in the town of Montreal^} It seeniB tlmt the men had had previous trouble during which Mattson ’.slushed Rein across the back of the hand with a sharp knife* Friday .night the men met and got Into a quarrel, and when on the highway near the junction, of the road running east and west and tlie one leading into the village of Gile, Mattson drew a revolver and shot Rein through the body, causing Ins death. Rein only lived a short time after being shot, but loug enough to tell who tired the fatal sholt;t. The murderer made good Ills escape and up to the present time the officers have not succeeded in effecting his capture or getting a ny clue to Jliis whereabouts. Both men had families and lived on the Montreal mine location.^AtJttbout 8 o’clock Tuesday evening Jaskob Manullit and Emil Nygaard,Kll’A UM 11 1 lt;4 11 iilfSffimft »V» «*• '**■
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Ironwood Times
Ironwood, Michigan, US
Sat, Jun 28, 1902
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