Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 2, 1912, Page 1

| T " VOLUME 9. NUMBER 235, DEATH DUETO BLOW BUT BURKE IS FREE Tragic End of Former Employe of Bemidji Man at Brainerd Traced to Hand Thrust. NECKBROKEN IN RADIATORJOLT Wituess at Depot Fight Tell How Gunderson Attempted to Steal 0ld Man's Money. PRISONER EXPLAINS MELEE Says Dead Man Started to Run and He Grabbed Him—No Maurners at Funeral. i ) A to turn him over to the police. He had no idea of killing Gunderson when he struck him. He described how he ran for the doctor and how he tried to revive Gunderson. He told a straightforward story which was substantiated by the tes- timony of witnesses and the judge discharged him. Burke Offers to Aid. Following his release Burke in- {quired as to the disposition of the body of Gunderson and offered to as- sist in its burial. He expresses keen regret over the accident and declares that death was the farthest thing from his mind when the fight began Monday night at the Minnesota & In- ternational railway platform in Brainerd. | Gunderson Faithfui Worker. While employed by Mr. Herbert, proprietor of the Union depot lunch |room here, Gunderson was faithful {and although given to a liberal use of intoxicants, was, generally speak- {ing, considered trustworthy and de- |pendable. * His work was mostly harvest and threshing hand in the| summer and fall. i We believe that the said Wil- liam Gunderson came to his deati- from a fracture of the | third cervicle vertibrac of the | spinal column, whirh fracture | was caused by being thrown up- on a radiator by a blow of the | fist or hand of Patrick Burke. Although tne coroner’s jury at! Brainerd returned the above verdict, | Patrick Burke, the man who engaged | in the death struggle wtth William | Gunderson. former employe of D. C. Herbert of this city. was acquitted| following a preliminary examination J. H. Warner in Brainerd yes- ¢ afternoon, and Burke was dis- | missed from custody. | His Neck Broken. | That Gunderson came to his death by having his neck broken in his fall against the steam radiator in ‘the hall at the depot and tnat the blow wag stirugk by Patrick Burke is the substdnce of the verdiet rendered by the coroner’s jury which listened to the evidence presented at the Losey & Dean undertaking parlors. On the jury were N. B. Chase, C.| Peterson, Charles Bahma, P. J. Wal- ters, Charles Blunt and John John- son. Coroner Dean had charge of the inquest and County Attorney.Flem- ing conducted the invostigation. War Veteran Testifies. ! Willis Graves, aged €3 years, the vetaran soldier of Pequot, was ex- amined and stated that he know nothing about the who'e matter and that he had been drinking and re- membered nothing. Tt was the pen- sion money of Graves ihat furnished the funds for the drinking bout andg it was the dispute over some of the money that caused the quarrel be-} tween Gunderson and Burke which terminated fatally for Gunderson. William Collins. aged 41 years.; Collins Tells His Story. tormerly of Motley, told his story of how he joined the party and was drinking with them. He remained in the waiting room and did not see the fight between Burke and Gund- erson. He met Burke pulling in the form of Gunderson to the waiting room and saw Burke take $4 from Gunderson’s pocket and Meard him says as he threw it on the floor: Points to Money. ~There you see, boys. what he took trom the old man.” the old man meaning Graves. Collins and Burke and depot employes got water and attempted to revive Gunderson, but he was past their aid. Dr. R. A. Beise and Dr. C. S. Reim- estad testified as to the autopsy tak- en by them and their testimony is embodied in the verdict given by thel Jury. Ho One to Mourn. The body was taken in charge by . M. Clark & Co. An effort had been made to find any relatives of Gunderson but none were located. The funeral was held this afternoon anq interment was in Evergreen cem- atery. Burke in Court. At two o'clock yesterday afternoon Burke, accused of striking William Gunderson the blow which caused him to topple on the radiator and break his neck, the charge being one; of manslaughter, was declared inno- cent and discharged from custody by Judge J. H. Warner. At the hearing Graves and Collins took the stand and their testimony wasg virtually the same as given at the coroner’s inquest. Was After the Money. Burke gave his story and said that he had grabbed Gunderson to pre- Says Money Will Be Returned. Held One Deposit Until Goods i Prove Worth. i W HIS SALESMANSHIP QUALITIES “\When we say that we will give you your money back if our goods are Inot as represented we mean just what we say.: There's no string tied to our guarantee of satisfaction. We do just as we say, satisfaction or money re- funded. It doesn’'t matter whether you live in Japan or Greenland or| just around the corner from the store—if you've Dbousht anything that isn’t all you expecied it to be—| send it back and you will have your| money -in a_jiffy. _There’ll .be. no quibbling or unpleasantness. We absolutely no risk in huying here—| that your money is simply on depos- | it until the article purchased has| proven it’s worth. Sounds almost too | good to be true, doesn't it? us and see.” | This is the kind of talk E. A. Bark-| er throws out to new patrons of his‘, Drug and Jewelry store. He says that the old ones all krow it. In to- day's issue he has an ad about cor- were amused with the above conver- sation. RAGTIME AT HIS FUNERAL Make It Occasion of Jollity 1 and Feasting. Basing his bellef on the argument, “The only weeping that should be done over a man should be ‘wept’ at his birth,” Frederick G. Burghardt, bar- ber, living at 211 South Shelby street, has made his will, wherein he provides funds for the hiring of a brass band to play only ragtime tunes at his funeral, another sum of money for the serving of a lunch and accompanwing drinks, and an additional sum for his under- taker, who is to place him fage down in the casket that “he may rest coms fortably.” His body he wants covered with hyacinths and rosebuds. Burghardt does not look upon the pro visions of his will as being humor- ous. On the contrary he declares he 18 so serious that he has frustrated the secretary of the Barbers’ Aid to set aside the benefits accruing to him from that organization for the pum poses outlined. Asked for the rear 'son for his unusual desires, he sad: “I don’t see anything unusual about | them. A will, as I understand it, gen- erally is the last wish of & men, and if I cannot do as I wish, what is the use of making a will? “For & number of years before bes coming a barber,” he continued, “I was employed by undertakers. I saw 80 many dead persons that I became hard. ened. I wondered why people cried at i funerals, for I always have insisted i that as we don't know whether the | dead person is happy or otherwise, his friends should not cry over him. I have witnessed the passing of fourteen | members of my family and while my feelings were sorrowful, not a tear have I shed. In fact, I cannot recall the time when I did cry. I have no | one in the world to whom I should I think I ought to be allowed to do 88 I please,” S Result of Too Much Beef. Bome doctors say a regular diet of beef makes people {ll-tempered and cross. Dreams Worth Holding. vent him from running away with . -Graves’ money and that he wanted “Hold fast to your most indefinite waking dreama.”—Thoreay. . |cheap labor. He usually worked asjand five: children. ilumberjack in the winter and as a| | championship. ‘Orfeans 6 Tackle” Frankle—-Buifis want you to feel that you are taking | ® 20 round affair two weeks hence.|a few nights ago when the thermo- leave my little insurance money and | The weather: fair and warmer with variable winds. . Knute Nelson, Minnesota’s senior United States senator is today 69 years old. . Mexico faces a new crisis as the result of two revolutions and revolu- tionists have proclaimed Gomez pres- ident at the same time denouncing President Madero. . | Edward Throckmorton, principal witness of the state in the Snead trial now on in Texas, died last night at Fort Worth, Tex., the last words to his wife being, “I was doped to death.” i * - William Jager, a prominent con- tractor, was killed yesterday after- noon at Bismarck, N. D., by the ac- cidental discharge of a revolver he was cleaning. He had resided in Bismarck 20 years, and leaves a wife A three-cornered vace for the world’s championship hetween Long- boat, Kolehmainen.an1 Holmer, is to be run tomorrow: over the Powder- hill course at Edinburgh, Scotland. The race is to be a fifteen-mile event, the winner to receive the stakes amounting to $125 a side and a gold medal emblematic of the world’s * The members of the intercollegiate Football Rules Committee met in New York today for a two days’ meetlngw Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Pennsyl- vania, West Point, Dartmouth, Cor- nell, Chicago, Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Annapolis and other leading institu- tions were represented No radical changes are expected to be made in the rules this year. . At Los Angeles, Cal, tomorrow af- ternoon Johnny Coulon will, defend his title to the bantamweight cham- pionship in a twentv-round contest with Frankie Conley. The champion has trained faithfully and expresses confidence in his ability to dispose of. Conley. If he is sucressful he will proceed from this city direct to New; . B With Governor Eberhart of Min- unesota and Governors of North and South Dakota cn the program for But try |2ddresses, the state good roads con-|and ice in her bare feet.and clad in vention opened in Deadwood, S. D., today. The gathering will continue in session over tomorrow. The par- ticipation of South Dakota and the neighboring states in the building of the proposed transcontinental auto- rect drugs and good face powder. mobile roadway is to be discussed,|ful vitality saved Mrs. Ella Watson A newcomer called for some face!als“ plans for improved highways to|of Champlin from freezing to death powder and a number of his frieudsi”‘e Yellowstone National Park and |Saturday. other places of scenic interest in this part of the country, * “trolley campaign” of Connecticut Louisville Barber Provides Funds to |reached Danbury today to begin a|SlePt and went out doors. series of meetings. The “trolley campaign” is regarded as one of the most unique anqd successful plans yet devised to bring the equal suffrage cause hefore the people. The tour began a week ago at Bridgeport and will be continued until virtually ev- ery city and town of importance in the Nutmeg State has been visited. The touring party includes a number of the most noted suffragists of Eng- land as well as America. - ‘Within the next ten days the big gates of the State prison at Trenton, N. J., will be opened for the exit of George J. Kerr, one of the four Paterson men convicted about eleven years ago in connection with the death of Jennie Bosschieter, the mill girl, whose fate attracted country- wide attention. With the commuta- tion allowed for good Lehavior Kerr will complete his fiftcen year term one week from next Monday on which date he will be set at liberty. He will be the first of the four men con- cerned in the murder to regain his freedom. The young men convicted with Kerr were William A. Death, Walter McAllister and Andrew J. Campbell. On Oct. 18, 1900, the four were found guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of the Bosschieter girl by the adminis- tration of chloral and subsequent as- sault. The crime was- described at! the time as one of the most revolting ever conmmitted in New Jersey. 'The four young men, who were out for! a “good time” and cousiderably un-| der the influence of liouor, picked up! the voung mill worker as they were| {riding about the outskivts of the city | at night. The next morning the girl was found Dy ‘the roadside and died| from the shock of her mistreatment. All four of the young men belonged to respectable families in Paterson and strenuous efforts were made to save them from. severc punishment. The efforts, however, proved futile. | McAllister, Campbell and Death were ] 8 FWalked-more-thaymite ii-her steep A party of prominent woman suf-|Dome of Mrs. Ghostley, her sister, frage advocates who are making a|30d Saturday morning early, she (Copyright, 1912.) TS ) j _TEN CENTS PER WEEK. HES' @GOT A FINE CHANCE OF SEEING . HIS SHAPO W SUBMARINE SINKS * AFTER CRASH AND CREW OF ff PERISH | British - Gunboat Hazzard Smashes Into Under Water Fighter, Sending It to Bottom. {EFFORTS AT RESCUE FAIL {Doomed Craft Flooded By Collis.ion and Quickly Disappears Beneath | Death Waves. DIVERS SEARCH FOR VICTIMS Mrs, Ella Wntm;,;inareiuoted and Clad in Single Garment, Found Dreaming in Snow. s i Information regeived by relatl\jes in Bemidji goes t jow that Mrs. El- la_Watson, Anoka, | meter was 20 below zevo, to the cem- etery, where she later was found still asleep. She walked through snow but a single garment. Copies of a published account of the experience have been received in Bemidji and this account says: “A remarkable instance of wonder- “Mrs. Watson has been ill with the grip since Christmas, and a nurse was caring for her . She was at the arse from her bed while the nurse Mrs. Watson was clad only in her night dress, and it was 18 to 22 de- gress below zero. A light snow had fallen. She was apparently asleep and walked direct to the cemetery, a distance of more than < mile. Richard Walker, her brother, mis- sed her and started at once in search. He lost her tracks near the cemetery and Mr. Walker’s son found her near the cemetery in the ¢now and only her feet were sticking out. ~He strip- ped his coat and sweater off, placing them over her, and went to a neigh- bor’s for help, as he could not carry her. g “The woman was taken home and Dr. Kline was summoned. Both feet were frozen badly, but that was all. ‘When she came to she was greatly surprised and did not remember a thing about her leaving the house, save that she did go out. “Dr. Kline says both feet will prob- ably be saved. She svifered greatly, and only by wonderful vitality did she escape death. She was out of the house probably an hour.” KE KKK KKK KK KKK KK x HOW TO FIND * The Northern Minnesota Devel- opment Association Immigra- tion Commission Quarters. 39 Third Street, South, Minne- apolis. * * * * x * For the benefit of the readers * of the Pioneer this notice will * appear in both the-Daily and * Weekly Pioneer for the next six % month. ¥ On leaving the union deépot * turn to the left and continue up ¥ Nicollet to Third street, cross- % ing that thoroughfare, turn to’ ¥ the left .and proceed half ‘a *_block, toward the postoffice. ¥ From the Milwauvkee ~depot, * turn to the left on Washington ¥ avenue and continue to First « avenue, turn to the left'and go & one block to Third street and each sentenced to thirty years’ i prisonment. . & then one h: lock he right. WALKS MILE IN HER SLEEP % BOTH FEET BADLY FROZEN| ' | Meeting Creates Much Interest—Oth- ilast week end with her sister, at | day with the E. E. Shulke family. i***kfi*t*********_****'t*t* Battle Rabbits and Coyotes. One hundred and fifty gunners, carriers anq drivers, armed with double-barrel shot guns, & ton : of ammunition and pikes, will : : start for Marshall, Wash., early : the morning of February 18 to : participate in %he first annual : | Jjack-rabbit shoot arranged by :| the Inland Empire Game Protec- :-tion and Propagation association. : | John T. Little and J. S. Craig, who have been chosen captains : | of the teams, will station men : along the right of way of the :'Spokane, Portland & Seattl road, driving toward Cheney. The game bagged will be presented to the Salvation Army. The gunner : making the best individual score : during the. day will receive a : medal, while the team scoring : the least points is to entertain : | the victors at a barquet. It is :| + purposed- to continue the drives : : with the assistance of orchadists : : and farmers in the various dis- : tricts until the intermountain : country is cleared of rabbits, ¢ which have damaged crops for © many years. The rabbit drive.is : : to be followed soon Ly an organ- ized battle against coyotes. coemas ¥ i TENSTRIKE HEARS FARM TALKS er Items From That Place. | Tenstrike, Minn., Feb. 2.—The Farmers Institute held in Jacobson’s Hall Wednesday was well attended by both farmers and townspeople. The talks given by the different speakers were instructive and inter- esting. Tl | Mrs. Alice Bryant and Paul Rob-| inson were Bemidji visitors Wednes- day. Miss Harriet Shook of Hines, visit-| ed with Mrs. G. J. Hammer Saturday. Miss Elizabeth MacGregor spent Hines. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stechman were Bemidji callers Tuesday. Rev. J. C. Mapson returned from Bemidji Monday morning and left the same evening for Kelliher. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Carter of Hines spent Wednesday in town. s 3 The Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyteri- an church were entertained at the home of Mrs. Chas. Gustafson this week, where lunch was served. An unusually large number were in at- tendance. Pola Cronke of International Falls visited with his uncle, -Garry Cronk, on Sunday. 5 Mrs. J. C. Mapson and son; Regin- ald, went up to Kelliher Thursday evening and will remain there until Saturday morning. & _ " Miss Ione Higgins visited.over Sun- The Misses Minton and Knott of Farley came up Thursday evening to attend the Rebekah lodge ‘meeting, The new officers 'installed for the ensuing term were the following: Noble Grand—Mrs, E. E. Shulke. Vice Grand—Mrs. R. Tufford. ks Name Rutledge Secretary. At a meeting of thz Bemidj last night the resignation of Gould as secretary was accepte *523 FARMERS HEAR TALKS|® Unusual Interest Manifest in Insti- | tutes Which With All Day Sessions Here Tomorrow. COOKING LESSON FOR WOMEN Exclusive of the gathering at Sol-| way today, 528 farmers have listened | No Bodies Recovered But Struggle to Find Them Continues—Cap-- tain Mystified. London, England, February 2.— | (Daily Pioneer Special Wire Service) ;‘—The British submarine A-3 crash- jed into the British gunboat Hazzard in the fog this morning off the Isle of Wright. The submarine sank like a stone nd her entire crew of eleven men, drowned. “ Scene of Previous Horror.' The collision took place at the identical spot where the British sub- marine A-1 sank with all hands on board on‘March 18, 1904. The collision this morning came at 2 time when the gunboat was under ia full head of steam and while the | submarine was maneuvering not far | from shore. Sent Spinning to Bottom. The small' submarine was caught to-institute talkers at the series of |square by the more powerful and e Hazzard. “was‘flooded : | with all day sessions to be held at thejand before the men in the under High School building here tomorrow. | water weapon could make an effort The attendance of the different meetings is reported by Professor Ot-| to Bergh, who has had charge of ar- ranging for the meetings and who has been present at all of them, as follows: Becida on Monday . < 507 | Guthrie on Tuesday ZT07 » Tenstrike on Wednesday...118 Blackduck on: Thursday....148 Total oo solinei iy o vaaeg 5 523 Speakers at these meetings include E. M. Smith of Parker’s Prairie who| at escape, they had been carried down and their bodies have not been re- covered. Doomed Men Have no Chance. The oxigen tanks and machinery by which the craft is able to pro- ceed under water were deranged and as the open sea equipment was in use, the water tight cover being up, the ocean swept into the submarine and sent her down in a few seconds’ time. Divers Get Busy. devotes most of the time given him| Life boats hastily were put out on the programs to hog raiisng and|from the gunboat and every effort potatoes; N. E. Chapman, the Min-; made to locate the doomed men but neapolis poultry expert. who also de- | Without avail. livered appropriate talks to school| children at Blackduck and Tenstrike; | hoved that the Professor Bergh, who speaks on po- tato raising. Corn and feeds for stock in Northern Minnesota are oth- er subjects handled by the speakers. At the gathering here tomorrow it | is expected that A. J. McGuire, su- perintendent of the Northwest exper- iment station at Grand Rapids, wflli speak. At noon the girls of the High School will serve a free lunch. In the afternoon at 1:30 Miss Bess Rowe of Crookston will conduct a cooking demonstration to which a special and urgent invitation to the women of Bemidji is extended. There will be no admittance fee. The gath- erings Wwill be held at the High School auditorium. - DAN HODGE READY TO WRESTLE Bemidji Friends Certain He is Wil- ling to Take on Swanson, .’ Friends here of Dan Hodge, the un- present is in Kelliher, are certain defeated British wrestler, who at that Hodge would accept a challenge from Swanson, if that wrestler dares to make one. Hodge’s friends here say he is in the best of condition. Tells of Typewriter Combine. W. C. Smith, trayeling salesman for the Remington typewriter com- | pany, in Bemidji today, announced teh consolidation of the Remington, 'Smith Premier and Monarch compa- nies, all under the control of the Remington concern. Mr. Smith be- comes agent for each of these ma- chines; ° ; Divers have begun work and it is sunken submarine may be located and the bodies of the ! dead sailors rescued. Captain Unable to Explain, The captain of the Hazzard says he was proceeding cautiously at the time and is unable to explain the cause of the collision: ELKS BALL TO BE BEST EVER | Charity Affair Set for February 15 | and .Plans Now Being Made. Plans are being perfected for the annual Elks ball which is to be held on the evening of February 15 in the City Hall and every effort will be |made to have it the most brilliant | social affair of the season. Exalted | Ruler Al H. Jester has.appointed Al- !pert Barker, Emil Schueider, Scott [Stewart and A. G. Rutledge to look after the arrangements. Masten’s full orchestra is to furnish the mus- ic and the decorationss. which will be elaborate, will be in charge of John Tenstrom. GAME BIRDS WINTERING WELL Only One Case of Quail Starving Re- ported to Rider. ‘Although the winter has been se- ivere, quail, partridges and other {game birds are thriving, according to H. K. Rider, executive agent for the state game and fish commission. Only one report has been made by a warden of quail starving. FORESTER COX BREAKS RIB Fractured by Fall, it Was Not Felt for Several Days. W. T. Cox, state forester, is:at his ‘|home, 1540 Lincoln avenue, St. Paul, with a broken rib. While running for a car last week, he fell, but felt Bevere pajn.. Last Monday, how.