Murder plot ties Sleepy Eye man to Elk Washington shooting
The Spokane Spokesman-Review details Harry Montgomery a former Sleepy Eye resident who plotted with his brother Ed to kill Mrs. May North in Elk Washington. Montgomery shot her through a hotel window on May 1 but the plan unraveled as his wife urged him to confess. Ed Montgomery aided the scheme and arranged alibi and finances. both men are held on felony charges with bonds set at 10000 each.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
Elk
Washington
May North
Harry Montgomery
Sleepy Eye
The
Spokesman-Review
Montgomery
Mary Hughes
Waseca
North
Ibers
Wy Tink
Harry
Barry
Spokane
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Hospital
Mrs. North
Tthis Meisinger
Meisinger
B. Gruenentfelder
Theodore
Theresa Scheiderich
Julius Hallick
Arthur Stengel
J. J. Green
Eckstein
Olsen
Stengel
Hallick
John Briggs
Boeck Hotel
Springfield
Briggs
Erickson
Jos. A. Eckstein
George Sweet
Max Reichart
Stater
Sweet
Two Cyclones Sweep Blue Earth County Wrecking Farms
Two cyclones or tornadoes passed over Blue Earth County Sunday causing extensive farm damage near Mankato and Beauford. At Mankato minerals springs area a six mile path destroyed barns homes and timber, with August Loeffler and Mrs Abbot among the dismantled structures and wind carrying away grain and snapping poles. Lake Ballentyne saw a water roar as the funnel drew from the lake before rising and vanishing. Beauford damage included Pred Bosse and Ward farms with ten buildings struck and a barn demolished before a heavy rain followed. No loss of life reported.
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Blue Earth County
Mankato
Wesley Abbot
Loeffler
Loefter
Lake Ballentyne
Beauford
Pred Bosse
Ward Farm
Bosse
Eyelones
Anton Gag Death Ends Noted New Ulm Artist Career
Anton Gag, renowned painter and photographer born in Neustadt Bohemia in 1859, died at his New Ulm home after a hospital stint in St Paul. He immigrated with his parents in 1873, lived most of his life in New Ulm, ran a Broadway gallery, and left a legacy in public buildings. He was twice married, first to Ida Berndt and then to Lizzie Biebl, who with seven children survives him.
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Anton Gag
St. Paul
Mr. Gag
Neustadt
Bohemia
America
Iberia
New Ulm
Broadway
Turner ‘Theatre
Mr. Gay
Ida Berndt
Lizzie Biebl
Hammond Not Able To Come To Woodmen Picnic
Principal speaker cancellation stems from Congress adjournment delaying Congressman Hammond’s engagement in New Ulm. Judge Edwin A. Jaggard may replace him, with Harry Lund as backup. Event features include ten bands, militia and Forester encampment, auto parade, judges named, and special train service. Other notes cover Minnesota Editorial association trip, and St Paul Homing club first contest results.
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Congress
Hammond
New Ulm
Small
Executive Committee
Edwin A. Jaggard
State Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Harry Lund
St Peter
Redwood Falls
Turner Hall Park
Sleepy Eye
Cobden
Starr and
Beck
H. L. Stark
St. Peter
Geo. Atchison
Mankato
Knud Mo
Springfield
Geo. W. Somerville
A. J. Alwin
Forester
General Bobleter
Herman Hein
August Marschner
St. Paul
Minnesota
Canada
Shriners
Banff
St. James, Minn
Tough on the Plaintiffs in Local District Court Action
District court sessions show juries favoring defendants in six civil trials since last Sunday. Notable verdicts include William Fox awarded 13.45 with costs, and several plaintiffs losing fraud, slander, and contract claims. Grand jury returns five indictments including two grand larcenies and multiple petty theft cases with fines and jail if unpaid.
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William Fox
Allen Potter
Potter
Fox
Hubbard & Strickland
Ben Elsing
Bashaw
Mulligan
Albert Steinhauser
Annie Schwantes
Herman Thiel
Otto Wiedemann
Wiedemann
Geo. Kraus Sr
Joseph Kraus
Standard Brewing Company of
Mankato
George Meisinger
Meisinger
Brewing Company
Springfield
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New York Globe
Jaggard
Cyr
Tor
Ltte
Seidr Eves
Kessler
St. Louis Republic
Taffata Mousquetaires
Crone Bros
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