Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 8, 1909, Page 2

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Som: erville, a former state senator, was shot twice by John S. Hayner, in his private office on the principal reet here. The first shot passed through his left forearm and entered his side un- der his arm pit. The other passed en- tirely through his body from chest to his back, piercing his lungs. Little Hope of Recovery. Physicians in attendance hold out but little hope for his recovery. A hurry up call for the Drs. Mayo of Rochester was sent and one of the brothers reached Mr. Somerville’s side in a few hours. The utmost will be done to save the patient, but it is re- alized his case is desperate. Mr. Somerville’s assailant fired a third shot, intending to take his own life. He might have been successful in this, had not the city’s marshal, at- tracted by the reports of the first two explosions, entered the place on a run and struck the man’s arm as he held the revolver to his head. The bullet passed a few inches from the man’s head and entered the ceiling of the consultation room in which the men had been standing. The assassin had no chance to es- cape and apparently had planned none, even though he was prepared to shoot the former senator. The wea- pon was taken from him and later he told the officers his name was John §. Hayner. Hayner was immediately taken by automobile to the county seat at New Ulm and placed in jail in the care of the sheriff. Assassin Gives His Version. Trouble in the settlement of a deal over property was the motive for the shooting. Hayner believed he had been deceived by the former senator. The only statement he has made since the shooting was secured soon after he had been taken to New Ulm. He sala: “I worked for several years for the Cuddy-Cavanaugh Company, which |has been digging ditches in Brown county under contracts. I have had headquarters at Sleepy Eye and New Ulm and have known Somerville a long time. A business building at Sleepy Eye came into my possession some time ago, and I was induced by Somerville to trade it for some land which he said he owned in Missouri. “IT found this land, upon investiga- tion, to be valueless, and appealed to Somerville to square the matter. We had some correspondence, but finally he refused to reply to my letters. “I then determined to have a per- sonal interview with him and to get some satisfaction if possible. I was armed when I entered his office, but was hardly expecting an encounter. “I had no sooner spoken about the land than Somerville ordered me to leave. When I showed no intention of doing so he picked up a heavy rul- er which was on his desk, as if he proposed to drive me out. “I was crazy mad by this time and began to shoot, not caring what be- came of either of us. I felt that I had been swindled and badly treated all around.” Hayner is about 35 years of age. He says his name is John S. Hayner and that his home is in St. Paul. George W. Somerville is one of the best-known lawyers in the state of Minnesota. He has been active in politics and was a candidate for the republican nomination for governor in 1906, when he retired from the state senate after serving eight years. New Ulm, Minnesota—John 8. Hayner, assailant of former State Sen- ator Somerville of Sleepy Eye, cheated the ends of justice. Making a rope from the blanket and other bedclothing in his cell at the county jail, he placed the end around his neck and attached the other to the iron fixtures of his cell door. When Deputy Sheriff Charles Brust went to the cell to bring his breakfast, Hay- ner’s body was found hanging. It was cold and the man must have been dead several hours. The sheriff and other officers kept the company of the prisoner until mid- night, and the sheriff inclined to the opinion that a guard ought to be main- tained through the entire night. The county attorney did not coincide with him in this belief, with the result that Hayner was left unattended. REPORTS ADVERSELY ON CANAL. Superior-to-Mississippi-River Project Considered Unfeasible by Fitch. Stillwater, Minn.—A letter from the United States engineer's office at Du- luth says that Graham E. Fitch, colon- el of the corps of engineers, has re- ported adversely on the proposition of constructing a canal between Lak¢ Superior and the Mississippi river This is in accordance with the reso lution approved by congress on Marclt 8, 1909. WIDOWER KILLS CHILDREN. Fires His Farm House and Then Hangs Himself. Redwood Falls.—William Tibbitts, a farmer who lived near Delhi in this county, killed two young girls, one his own daughter. Then, after making an unsuccessful attempt to burn his farm- house and cremate their bodies, he hurried to his barn, and hanged him- self. The victims of the supposed maniac | were his 10-year-old daughter and Ce-' cile Norton, about 18 years of age, daughter of his housekeeper, Mrs. Rose Norton. More lives might have been sacrificed, but for the fact that | Mrs. Norton, who has been employed | by Tibbitts since the death of his| wife two months ago, was visiting at her former home at St. Paul Park, Minn. With her were the two young: | est daughters of Tibbitts. The hapless victims of the farmer were slain with a heavy piece of iron, | either an iron stake or a long tooth! from some farm machine. No one so far as known saw the killing. The girls could have had no chance at all for their lives. Everything indi- cates that their slayer struck them | from behind and crushed their skulls at the first blow. Many blows from! the deadly weapon then followed, their heads and upper portions of their bod- ies being cut and bruised in a horrible manner. The girls were killed either in the house or just outside the door. Their | bodies were found under some hay in! the house. Tibbitts had taken hay from the barn and covered the corpses, then setting fire to it. His little boy | saw the smoke rushing from the build- ing and summoned the neighbors, who arrived just in time to save the build- ing and preserve the bodies of the! dead girls from cremation. It was when the neighbors were bending their energies to extinguish the flames that Tibbits ran to the barn and completed the day’s tragedies. Tibbits was about 70 years of age! and was well thought of in tais com- munity. The sheriff and county at- torney have started a thorough in- vestigation. The coroner’s jury called to investi- | gate the triple tragedy returned a verdict that Cecile Norton and Doro. thy Tibbetts came to their death by the hand of William Tibbetts, and j that the latter committed suicide by hanging. No motive was assigned | for the double killing and suicide. | Neighbors say the man had been un- ! balanced mentally some -time. | GRADUATES AT WINONA. Diplemas Awarded at Close of Sum- mer Term at Normal. Winona.—The summer term at the Winona normal school has closed. The following were awarded diplomas by S. H. Somsen, resident director: Advanced Course—Bessie Ferguson, Duluth; Florence A. Garvey, Minne apolis; Leone B. Hood, Spring Green; Nellie Johnson, Dakota; Amy Lees, St. Paul; Ada Maxwell, Winona; Sadie McGrath, Rushford; Ethel Rogers, Stillwater; Anna Snider, Wilton, Wis.; | Millie Strouse, Minneapolis; Eva Wik son, Watertown, S. D.; Winifred Me Carthy, Minneapolis. Elementary—Anna T. Broderson, Wiona; Bessie McLeod, Rushford; Grace Schaefer, Ely; Ada Wangan, Wells. Elementary (three-year)—Clara H, Carhart, Trempeleau, Wis.; Geva N. Larson, Mabel; Edna B. Timmons, W1- nona. THREE SUPERVISORS ARRESTED. vittle Jar in Hilman Town Will Be Investigated by the Courts. Little Falls—The town of Hilman, fm the southeast part of the county, 3s having troubles of its own. Wil- dam Geier had caused the arrest of three members of the town board of supervisors and is attempting to have | them return to the treasury money paid them for services on the board. The cases are to be tried in this city early in September. CANNOT SWITCH FUNDS. Injunction In Red Lake County Halts Movement For New Courthouse. Thief River Falls—Former Atterney General Young of St. Paul and City Attorney Halvorsen of this city inter. | vened on behalf of the taxpayers of Red Lake county in a suit brought | last week by citizens of Red Lake Falls. This suit sought to confirm tha county commissioners in their recent action whereby they transferred $35, | 000 from the ditch fund, which was established by the sale of county ditch bonds at a recent date, to the court- house building fund. An injunction was issued prohibiting i the commissioners from making such use of the ditch funds. As some of these funds have been used in the county, it is probable that further suits will be instituted to dis gover their whereabouts. An election will be held to divide the county at the next general election and until that is settled it is probable “the courts will prohibit any attempt to construct a new courthouse. a GOPHER NEWS NOTES Minnesota Events of tne Week in| Condensed Form. | kicked te death by a broncho on Ole Esterfelt’s farm. He leaves a wife and several! children. Argyle—John Ek was Stewartville. — The Internationa! Flax Twine Company has purchased in Stewartville in the last fifteen days | nearly 300 tons of flax in the bundle Chatfield—Thomas Flannery, a re tail farmer about seventy years of age, was killed in a runaway. His horse became frightened at a well drilling machine and plunged down) an embankment, throwing Flannery out of the buggy. Fergus Falls—The only Chinaman among the 1,614 inmates of the in sane hospital here was deported, be- ing sent directly to San Francisco His name is given as Young Sen Jek and he was committed from Duluth about four months ago. violently insane. Minneapolis—“Babes in Toyland,” Hamlin & Mitchell’s musical extrava- ganza, comes to the Bijou the week of September 12th, with all the or- iginal elaborate production of this great Metropolitan success, which ran for a year and a half in New York City and one year in Chicago. Fergus Falls.—Articles of incorpor- ation of the Vining Co-operative Ele- vator Company, were filed in the reg: ister of deeds office here. The com- pany organizes with a capitalization of $10,000. Its officers are M. B. Lund, president; P. Halvorson, vice pres- ident; Ole C. Olson, secretary, and Charles A. Lund, treasurer. Anoka.—The commissioners of An- oka county have granted permis- sion to the Anoka-Minneapolis Sub- urban Railway Promotion Company to construct and operate a suburb- an railway over highway known as the United States military road, running from Point Douglas to Fort | Ripley, from the city limits of Min- neapolis to the limits of Anoka. Montevideo.—The premium list of the Chippewa County Driving Park and Fair Association has been issued and the fair will be held here on Sept. 27, 28 and 29. Good premiums will be offered for agricultural products and livestock. Races will be held each day and good purses will be put up. W. R. Pearson is president and F. J. Rubertus secretary of the association. St. Paul—Mrs. M. A. Crane of Min- neapolis has filed a suit against the city of St. Paul for $20,000 on account of injuries received from the acetyline explosion on Third street, in which He is not, { unre people were killed. She was passing the building at the time and was injured by the falling wall, claim- ing permanent injury to the spine. She holds the city responsible for per- mitting such high explosives in the downtown district. | St. Peter—Contracts have been , awarded by the commissioners of Nic- ollet county for grading and graveling the state highway, which traverses through the townships of Lake Prai- rie, New Sweden, Bernadotte and La- fayette. Although this county was deprived of $4,000 by the ruling of At- torney General Simpson declaring the “pork barrel” bill to be unconstitu- | tional, it will still receive $3,000 for | improving the state highway. This ' money will be spent under the super- vision of the state highway commis- | sion, and the repairs will be made this. fall. Winona.—At a meeting of the city council an important proposition, es- pecially appropriate to home-coming week, was submitted by M. G. Norton , and William H. Laird, by which under ' certain conditions they obligate them- selves to turn over to the Winona park board $40,000 to be used in the es- | tablishment of a lake park and drive for a mile along the north front of Lake Winona between Sioux and Wal- nut streets. The requirements call for an expenditure on the part of the city of an amount a little in excess of $40,000, and agreements to award dredging contracts, pave streets, set out trees, etc., and keep the level of the water in Lake Winona from ex- cessive variations. Little Falls, Minn., Sept. 2.—Lyman Ayer, who lives five miles north of this city, is to be an attraction at the state fair, although he has not been advertised as such. He will go to the state show merely as a visitor and will be accompanied by Mrs. Ayer. They. will occupy a tent on the grounds and remain there during the ,Week. Mr. Ayer claims the distinc- tion of being the first white child born within the bounds of the present state of Minnesota. He is 75 years of age, but his abounding health and activeness make him appear at least a score of years younger. In 1834 a son was born to a missionary couple who had come from the eastern coast to teach the gospel to the savages. The boy was named Lyman, and he | now says he was the first white babe born in the state. His first home was in what is now Pine county. Mankato.—In their zeal to play a practical joke on Miss Frieda Nel son, a student at a local business col- lege, some of her young friends made a dummy burglar with men’s clothing and placed it under her bed. When Miss Nelson saw the figure upon re- tiring she was thrown into hyster- ics and did not recover for some’ time__Her home is near Slayton. i