Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-15
HORRIBLE Child MURDER.

4 Ten Year Old assassin KjIIs q School
9note--Stabs Him 10 the Heart acith a
Pocket Knift-THe Boy AITeSted and no'r
Held in DURANGO.
Minneapolis was the scene of one of
those appalling and heart sickening child
murders yesterday morning. Two small
boys, who had for several months,
HAD FREQUENT QUAREELs,
and at times fights, came in contact
at about o'clock yesterday morning
at the corner of Third street and Fifteenth
avenue southeast. Albert Weller Terwilli-
ger, boy aged ten years, and Sven Tori
stem, aged eleven, were the parties. Sven
proposed to Albert to fight, and in a mo-
ment they were at it. The younger boy,
and somewhat the smaller, by some means
got the better of his antagonist, who drew
pocket knife and
STABBED THE LITTLE FELLOW
in the breast in the region of the heart.
Sven Torfsten, seeing what he had done,
fled to his home near by, while poor
Albert sunk
HELPLESS IN THE STREET.
He was soon after taken up and re-
moved to aneighboring saloon, where DR..
Hewson was called and surgical treatment
given. The boy died shortly after how
ever.
THE CORONER
was promptly notified and at once drove
TO the scene. He was told that the boy
had fallen from sleigh
and had received the wound from falling
upon a nail, but upon examining the ma
ture Of the cut, he discovered that ii was
accomplished with
SHARP INSTRUMENT,
and not by a nail. He was at once appre-
hensive of foul play, and a searching in
vestigation was made, resulting in giving
the above particulars.
AS soon as he was in possession of few
pointers, the coroner went directly to the
house of Simon Terwelliger, No. 212
Cedar avenue. He found at home
the parents and number of the brothers
and sisters of the dead boy, who were
NEARLY DISTRACTED WITH GRIEF
learning the intelligence of the boys
terrible death.
Officers Burli and Schroeder, were in the
meantime searching the vicinity for the
boy who committed the horrible deed.
They found three Swedes named G. P.
Larson, John Anderson and Andrew John
son, who said they had seen three boys
on the sidewalk in front of the house fight
ing. One boy was down, while another
was shaking and choking him.
Finally the large boy let go of the small
er, who regained his feet and started to
cross the street, but fell in the middle of
the street. The other two boys ran to his
side and endeavored to assist him, but ap-
parently the little fellow could not walk.
They then let go of him and ran away.
The officers finally found small boy
who said he had been told that Sven Tori
stem had been fighting with the dead boy,
and went with the officers to house
diagonally opposite that of the parents of
the deceased, and
POINTED OUT THE GUILTY BOY.
The officers took him to the coroner who
asked him If he struck the boy with a
knife. He said he did not,
although he frankly acknowledged
the fight. He said he had left his knife
at home. But upon closer questioning
said he had his knife in his pocket and it
might have cut Albert in falling upon him.
The guilty boys father, at this juncture,
pointed out a hole in the boys coat
pocket, on which he then said he had
CARRIED THE KNIFE OPEN.
The character of the wound, howev-
er, plainly indicated that it
could not have been made
in such manner, and the coroner took the
boy to his home to get the knife. From
behind some books on shelf, the boy pro-
duced the fatal knife, which was
KEEN AS A RAZOR.
After some further questioning, the cor
oner being thoroughly convinced Of the
boys guilt, ordered the officers to take him
into custody. He was thence taken to the
city lookup, where he is being
held awaiting further developments.
The boy speaks very little English, and all
conversation is consequently conducted
through Swede interpreter.
The deceased, from all reports, was an
unusually
BRIGHT LITTLE FELLOW,
and much liked by his schoolmates gener-
ally. His parents are poor. There
are five children in the family, ranging
thirteen years down to five. The mother of
the boy states that he was on his way to
school when murdered.
DR.. Hewson says the boy made an effort
to speak while in the saloon, but only had
the strength to simply move his lips.
Yesterday post mortem examination
was held upon the remains, but ELECTED no
new facts.
The coronor's inquest will occur on Fri
day evening.