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U«st,an Irishman to fight, an Englishman | to eat, and an American to make a speech, j No pruTi-ion in made for a Canadian, but generally speaking he w»ut* to do up the whole thing at the one time.Our lacrome boys will journey to Minnc-dosa next Monday to plav with a team picked from M innedoaa and Newdaie. Our hoys expect a hard game but are coutident of win-mug. The following is the probable team J. Mutter, S. T. Hopper, G. Pickering, J. McCartney, D. McGregor, W. Ilasler, G. Madden, T E Gornyu, T. Moir, K. liutch-art. II. Morris. O. Roll.The damage done to the crops in this district by the hailstorm ha* been not so bud as was at first feared. The course of the liail appeared to he exceedingly erratic, and while taking a wider swath than was sup-|H*ed, many farms underwent the ordeal without suffering much damage. The loss has been bad enough, hut it might have been much worse.The Frazer Dramatic Company.The al»ovc company upoe a two nights engagement in the Masonic Hall, Rapid City, on Friday, Aug. 2*ih. Tliis Company has the name of being the l*«st that lias ever travelled in Manitoba so le sure you see them. Remesulier the dates, Aug £Sth andS TERRIBLE TBAGE01Joseph Henry Murdered In Bed.The Crime Supposed to Have Been Committed by his Room Mate.Last Monday morning the family of David Jackson, a wealthy farmer living some tifteon miles north uf Rapid City, were horrified l«y the shooting of Joseph Henry, manager of the well boring machine which was V.peratiug there. Considerable mystery seems to envelop tl*c tragedy, and the burning question just now is whether it is suicide or murder. The impression i-fms to pre-vail with those who examined the body and surrouadings that the victim died by the hand of an aasasin The scene of the dreadful ooourence was a large attic where the deceased and an employee of the farm slept. The large blood staius on the pillow ami the fragments of hones, flesh L brains blown from a huge gash ireuding from the left eye across and slightly upward ending above the right eye, plainly indicated that the gun shotwound was received w hile the victim was still on the bed in which he had slept during the night. Both eyes were destroyed and the brain exposed, hut the pools and blotches of blood plainly showed the desperate nature of the struggle for life made by the unconscious man after he had received h»p.is-1 m VVIMIM vtuv *v suvfrom which the shot caxuc, this was the stair way leading to the attic. The onlyperson ah■•**t the premise* who could have committed the deed baa been placed under arrest. He is a young English lad about nineteen years of age, with neither a pre-possessing nor intelligent face who came frona Ixcdlt; n tl^et ua here remark that the experience of Bernardo and other chartiable importations from the great city have lawn more of a curae than a lame fit to this Province, and the sooner it ceases, the sooner will the expenses of the administration of criminal Justice be lessened.) As to his guilt, ail the evidence must I* circumstantial unb-ss unexpected testimony arises. The peculiar feature is that the victim was tried and acquited by tbo court, though uot by the neighbors, of the shooting of an indiau some yesrs ago in a quarrel that aroae ; about starting prairie fires, and it has heea 1 frequently predicted that he would meet a violent death. Conjectors as to the probable motive for ll»c deed are rile, and a careful inquiry into the circumstances show that last Saturday night a mi*uult;lerstand-j ing occured lietween this lad whose name is i Arthur Gerhold and Henry about some work connected with the well boring outfit, and Henry slapped the boy's ears. It is just possible that he may have brooded over tins until lie determined to seek revenge by the murder of his assailant. Almnt 6 o'clock in the morning of the murder, Mr. and Mrs. j Jackson, went to the cow barn to milk, while j their son and Gerhold went to the horee I barn to attend to horses, after remaining at the horse bam a short time, young Mr. Jackson went down to the other barn to assist at the milking, apparently this was Ger holds opportunity. The buildings are a»| situated that any |er»ona at the cow barm | could not a person passing to or from the I house to the stable. There was ample time, while the other members of the family ; were milking, for Gerhold to go to the house secure the gun, a repeating shot gun which w as usually kept in the pantry, shoot bis victim and return to the stable. At auy rate this is the theory, and detective Foster of Biaudou who arrived ou the scene Monday evening, declares his belief in it It is understood that he has secured fatal evidence against the accused in the shape of some blood stained clothes. Coro nor Grooksbauk impamelled a jury whose verdict w»: Death from a gnn shot wound at the bauds of peison or persons unknown.BIRTHAbmstkoso At Rapid City, on Saturday, Aug. 15th mst., the wife of W. A. Aru* strung uf a son.DEATHHenrt — At Ravens Glen, on Monday, tbs 17th inst, Joseph C. Henry, of Oak River, aged I'i years, I mouths and 8 days.
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Rapid City Marquette Spectator and Reporter
Rapid City, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Aug 20, 1896
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