Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 28, 1912, Page 1

; - oy ~) = Grand XXII. | Collier's story of the killing a led entirely from that given by Me-| |Guire. He claimed that Johnson was that | Vor, —No 35 | notity the authorities of what beating and kicking him and | just when he lost consciousness he | heard a shot fired. When he came Charles Johnson, Homesteader, | downstairs there was no one in| Shot By James McGuire In eons and he supposed Johnson and & his wife had left the house. Later His Own Home. |Mrs. Johnson came in and told him | of the shooting and he went to Hib- bing and notified the sheriff of what jb 2. M’GUIRE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL! “*\sen piccea ‘on tho stand str | Johnson was quite self-possessed and [told her story, which differed in| many respects from that told by: i \ Grim Tragedy Marks End of Drunk-! the men. She claimed to have been en Orgy—Self Defense Will }at the barn when the shooting took - | Place and knew nothi f it till Be the Plea—McGuire (2, age Tells Story. she came back and saw Johnson's body lying in the snow. Then she | came to the house, and on question- ling McGuire was told that Johnson | was shot by the accidental discharge Charles Johnson, a homesteader of of the gun. the Stingy Lake country, was killed’ When Johmson’s body was lifted Thursday morning by James McGuire! from the floor of the room where | following a drunken orgy which cul-! it was lying there was a great pool minated in a quarrel; Johnson _be-! of blood under it, but there were coming crazed from a drinking bout{ no evidences of blood on the snow which lasted most of the night pre- , Surrounding the house, which makes ceding the tragedy. the story that the body lay outside Sheriff Riley and County Attorney/| for an hour before being brought in McOuat were notified of the shooting | look rather strange. by the Hibbing authorities and, Mrs. Johnson’s daughter, who gave brought McGuire here Friday night, her name as Helen Johnson, took the together with Harry Collier, who was’ stand and told of news of the killing an eye witness of the affair. A coro-' being brought to Hibbing, and of ; ner’s jury was impanelled Saturday | going out to the place, where she | and evidence in the case taken that 'stayed with her mother until they day, the inquest being adjourned then vame in for the inquest. until Tuesday when the final evi- Beth womem were very dence was heard. sessed in giving their testimony. McGuire’s testimony showed that’) Hcilen Johnson was not Johnson's | he and Johnson’s wife had gone to daughter as the name implied, but | self-pos- Chisholm the day before the shoot-| took the name at the time of her ing, bringing back with them a quan-j;divorce from Albert Saindon some | tity of liquor. According to his | yeans ago. story the three men, Johnson, Col-| McGuire was recalled to the stand ; lier and McGuire, together with Mrs. Johnson, were drinking most of the! night before the tragedy occurred.|the story told Saturday. Early Thursday morning a quarrel| Harry Collier on being recailled started between Johnson and Col-} admitted that Mrs. Johnson had tried lier, the latter being beat up severely to get him to take the body out and by Johnson. tury it. He refused to do this, | McGuire’s story is that Johnson|saying that he was going to town! then attacked him, hitting him over) to tell the sheriff. Collier also said the head with a potato masher and|that Johnson was swearing at Mrs. | knocking him down the steps, where} Johnson for staying over night at he lay for some time unconcious. He| Matt Frazier’s on the return trip} says that he then went to get his|from Chisholm, and accusing her of gun and coat and when he came out improper conduct during her stay of the house Johnson and Collier at Frazier’s. He reaffirmed his pre-, were still fighting. According to Me- vious statement that the shooting , Guire, he fell over a dog in going ‘had taken place up stairs, as well down the steps, and the gun which as he couki remember. he was carrying was discharged, Mrs. Johnson, being recalled, deni- striking Johnson in the side. Me- &di the story that Collier told re-{ Guire’s testimony went on to show garding her wishing to have the body that he went back in the house and buried. She stated that Johnson was that about an hour later Mrs. John- her third husband, that she had first son and Collier carried the body been married to a man by the name in, Collier then going to Hibbing to Continued on page twelve Wednesday morning, but his_ testi- mony showed no new features from | { Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 44 {> Of all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank ac- count,;and not one home infa hundred who has a bank account is H unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. First National Bank GRAND RAPIDS. MIN Capital $2 5,000,00 Seetpolees: OFFICERS President, F. P. Sheldon. Viee-Pres., A. G. Wedge. Jr. Cashier, C. E. Aiken. DIRECTORS 5 000,00 F. P. Sheldon. A Wedge. Cc. E. Aiken Jehn Beckfelt GRAND Rapips, Irasca County, MINN., WEDNE jtaken place while McGuire ad |at the house until the officers came. [GAME WARDENS MAKING RECORD DISTRIG]. ~ | holm, for violation of the state game! possibilities of the | he was called to the witness stand | partment the creamery | cient to convict. ‘sued Saturday for W. H. Austenithe entire output of _ butter, j and Otto Samons, proprietors of the;so hat freight and commis- } Manhattan Wine House, Hibbing,'sion charges do not have} | George Perrault of Chisholm and Ellis'to be reckoned with, , Telephone company, Hibbing. | day, but the failure of the witnesses | that the second largest output of put-! | banks told the following story: | er’s, Norm Fairbanks, |70 pounds of dynamite and | expensive and dangerous. EBRUARY JGRESS Fine Progress Every Section finnesota. i THE GAME GASES ECO Witnesses Fail to Cive Evidence Ex- | Returns St pected and Monday's Cases Is Being Were Dismissed. of | THE —REGORD| ctive Campaign to Protect Game Grand Rapids Creamery’ First to of the North Woods Being Made | Supply Locality With Milk— | By Itasca and St. Louis Home Market for Products | County Wardens. of Creamery. | | | The cases brought by Game War Dairying is showing wonderful de- den Wood against W. H. Austen,; velopment throughout all Otto Samons and Ellis Presnell of| Minnesota, Hibbing, and George Perrault of Chis become alive in recent years to the! profits afforded jaws, were dismissed Monday on re-|in this direction. Announcements of quest of the game warden, as im-!pew co-operative creameries are be-! portant witnesses for the state fail-|ing made from many jocalities, while ed to give the evidence expected. 'those that have submitted their an- | Game Warden Woed had secured a| nual reports show that satisfactory! statement from Ben Fairvanks, in!resuits are being obtained in ail which these men were charged with! cases. | buying deer from the trappers im} Locally, while the creamery has! violation of the law. Jack Houston | only been running since last August, of Hibbing had also made a state-| the reports are most favorable. A ment before the warden and county|new departure was attempted here attorney that he had seen money in supplying site village: with its milk | ‘being given by the Hibbing and|supply and this has proven an ex-! Chisholm men for deer, but when}cellent feature. In planning this de- | aimed to/ these |furnish its patrons with the best! leaving the evidence insuffi-| milk obtainable, and elaborate tests | resulted in the selection of milk story |from tive farms of the district whose} that a number of would-be sports! products stood the test. The milk have been in the habit of buying!is pasteurized under the most sani-} ; deer from trappers and then display-! tary conditions, and patrons of the| ing them to admiring friends as the ereamery have the satisfaction of | northern the settlers having just; his memory failed him on points, It appears from Fairbanks’ result of their-prowess in the north! xuowing ‘that they seeure--an~-abso- |’ woods. It. is this custom that the}jutely high-grade service on this im- game wardens are trying to dis-| portant item of daily living. courage, and it was on the Fair-| © Jocal creamery has been for- banks story that warrants were is:|. in finding a home market for it being the wire man for the Mesaba/aim to furnish the product to resi- | They} dents at the lowest possible cost. ; Were brought to Grand Rapids Satur-| To those who have looked on the! day night and appeared before Judge; northern Minnesota country as a | Kearney, being released on $200 bail | tumbering and mining district exclu- H j each. The cases were set for Mon-| sively it will be a surprise to learn} Presnell, to give the expected evidence re-ter in the state was turned out this sulted in thir dismissal. | year from one of the northern coun- In his sworn statement Ben Fair- | ties, the creamery in question mak- ‘ing 400,000 pounds the last s-ason. “I, Ben Fairbanks, who was arrest-! This in a district where the farmers ed by Game Warden Wood, make! haye as yet an average the following statement: That on! acres each under cultivation. or about the 12th day of November, | Among the new creameries 1911, I killed a big buck deer, that | ing this season is the Pike George Perrault came to my Beste} ca -operative creamery, where ma- camp, and! chinery is being installed and it bought a deer, that Abe Lawrence | js expected the plant will be in shot a small buck, which Presnell | operation by the first of May. of Hibbing bought. Otto Samons and) The St. Hillaire creamery, at Thief Austen of Hibbing each bought am | River Falls, showed an annual busi-} took home a deer from our camp.” Since taking office Game Wardens ‘he Hancock creamery opened up Harry and Wood have been carry-/ for business the past season with ing on a strenuous campaign against | 4 pjant and capital that involved an ae eet who have ae rob” | expenditure of about $3,800. It has ing the game preserves of north-/| ern Minnesota. In the past 18 months = Game Warden Harry has turned over! $2,000 to the state in fines collected, | while Wood of St. Louis county has | a record of over 100 arrests during | the past six months and over 70° convictions. Over 100 fish nets, | 30 odd | shot guns have been seized by the ! St. Louis county warden, with enoug traps, spears, deer snares and il- legal devices to stock a good-sized | museum. | St. Louis and Itasca counties, | covering as they do hundreds of | miles of timbered territory, are a; jfruitful field for the pot hunter, | but the untiring efforts of the game wardens are having the desired re-j sults, in making this pursuit both) ness of $55,000 last year. NOTICE OF VILLAGE CAUCUS Notice is hereby given that a caucus of the electors of the village of Grand Rapids, Minn., will be held at Village hall in said village, on Friday evening, March ist, 1912, at 8:00 o’clock for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the fol- lowing offices to be voted for at the annual village election to be held in said village on Tuesday, ‘March 12th, 1912, as provided by law, viz: One Village President, Three Village Trustees, One Village Recorder, Charles Johnson. The funeral of Charles Johnson, who met his death in thé shooting; NG }this branch of industry will | A. Gallarneau destroyed of only 20) start- | Lake | 28, tg12 800 cows pledged to start with, with a number to add to the list later. This list might be added to definitely, but with the industry au} practically in its infamey the re! turns show conclusively that ae ing is destined to become the great wealth-producers of os northern counties, and that farmers who are turning their attention to large and sure returns. VILLAGE CAUGUS FRIDAY EVENING: Little Stir In Local C Circles and Old, Council Likely to Remain For Another Year. reap | Two Dollars a Year GAME PROTECTION OF (TASCA COUNTY 'Game Warden Harry Will Stock Lakes of County With Troat During Coming Season. (RIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF LAW Concerted Effort By Game Wardens and Sportsmen of Northera | Minnesota to Protect Game | The official call for a village cau-j} . ‘eus to be held Friday evening is | | Published in the Herald-Review this ; week. | week, It was also published last | Notwithstanding this there appears to be very little ex- indicates that the present council is jmated and re-elected. The |of the village need careful affairs hand- jling until the present iniauteaness| s taken care of, and as the coun- be a very wise policy to give the necessary opportunity to work out the plan to a successful conclusion. GALLARNEAU HOME DAMAGED BY FIRE Monday morning /at the residence of floor of the dwelling, loss of about $650. The fire caught from the around the chimney and the blaze spread so rapidly that the upper floo was séon a mass of flames. Prompt work on the part of the volunteer fire men saved the lower floor of the dwelling. The building was insured for $500, j with $300 insurance on the contents. ; It is estimated that the loss on the dwelling will be $400 and on the furniture $250. Order your job printing now. fact! ithere appears to be very little ex- very apt to be renomi- | il is working to that end it would | Fire which broke out at 7:30 o’clock! the upper; causing al paper | | A concerted effort to protect the game, wild fowl and fish of northerm Minnesota is being made, sportsmem working with the game wardens to 'citement over the important event,|see that there is an enforcement of «which protective laws. In spite of the measures designed it protect game there has been & steadily-growing increase in the dis- appearance of fish and game all over |the country, and the need for effi- cient protection has come to be @ | widespread question. | In Itasca county Game Wardem Jesse Harry has been working along the lines of stocking the waters of | the lakes with trout and has been | actively enforcing the laws designed \to protect them. Itasca county lakes are a natural home for bass, and the addition of trout will make this | region a fisherman’s paradise. Pickerel are among the destruc- | tive foes that prey upon trout, but these are absent from many of the |lakes of this district, so that after | the lakes are stocked an observation of the game laws is all that is neces- sary to insure excellent fishing. Violators of the game laws will find in future that their path is not am easy one as, in addition to the vigor- jous prosecution which has beem waged by Game Warden Harry aad Jhid associates against these offen- ders in the past, the local sportsmea will do everything in their power to bring punishment to those who | willfully destroy the hunting and | fishing of the region. (Continued om page two.) Dear Amy:- day. easy for half an hour One Village Treasurer, affray at Stingy Lake last Thursday! One Justice of Peace, February 22, will take place Thurs- day afternoon, February 29, from One Village Constable. the Kremer undertaking parlors. E. J. Farrell, { There will be a service at the T. R. Parvitz, Henry Hughes, Village Committee. grave, conducted by the Rev. Par-| you go to Yesterday, J was down town shopping all Swas dreadfully tired Ly the time IS got home, so tired thai S thhew off my hai, and just fell into an easy chair, and took it along with nothing Lut straight, stiff chairs, in their homes. J do not see. chair for comfort, every time. Your true friend, ®. S. You see the nicest easy chains ever, when E. REUSSWIG FURNITURE and UNDERTAKING : Wow same folks get Give mean easy Lou. t