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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1906
Page
5
A child named David Wigmore Brown with a cruel streak harms animals and people. He ties a mule’s hind legs. a passerby stops him when Henry pleads for mercy. The mule escapes, and David is fatally struck by the animal, ending a life marked by repeated cruelty.
The piece recounts how J B Haggin and John Arbuckle resisted interviews. Haggin faced persistent questioning about horses, using wiles to deny and deflect until a city editor’s plan yielded enough material. Arbuckle likewise dodged reporters until a hotel manager’s wife supplied a discreet, favorable account for publication.
Henry Windfall Jackson and David Wigmore Brown were close cousins who lived nearby and spent much time together. The narrative notes their contrasting kindness and sympathy, with Henry described as gentle and girllike, and hints at a scene where Henry apologizes to a grasshopper he accidentally steps on.
A widow and her two sons James the dutiful younger brother and Stacy the selfish elder. Stacy’s crime spree ends with a fatal shooting during a hunting trip killing their mother and James, while Stacy survives, thrives as a gambler and burglar, and remains at large. An afterword notes a cheeky misquote about an engagement ring inscription.
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