Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-20
AYoUTHFUL MURDERER
A Ten-Year-old Boy in Minneapolis,
Mimi. Stabbed to Death by
a Playmate.

ST PAUL Mlpp., February II -
The third murder in Minneapolis In
less than three months occurred at the
corner of Fifteenth avenue south and
Third street this morning, Albert
Weller Tervilllger, a boy less than 10
years of age, being stabbed to the
heart while on his WY to school by q
scandinavian boy named Sven Tori
stem, who gives his age as III years.
After bang stabbed Ter willigor start.
ed to cross the street, but fell on the
way. He was picked up and carried
into q %seloor, where he died in less
than three minutes. The only witnesses
of the murder werethree S wedes named
John Anderson, Andrew johnson,
and y L. Larson, who stated that
from a window of the house No. 81
Fifteenth avenue south, only q few
feet away, they had seen three boys
on the walk at the corner # the ave-
nue. and Third street. One of the
boys was down and one of thu others
was shaking him by the coat collar.
At length he let go, and the boy who
was shaken rose to his feet and started
to cross the street. He went part of
the way and fell. The other two boys
followed and attempted to raise him
to his feet, but he could
not stand. They dropped him
and ran. The officers, upon hearing
the statement of these men, accom-.
panied them to the corner where they
stated that the fight had occurred,
and, brushing away the light snow
which was falling rapidly, blood was
discovered. A small boy who was
weeping bitterly informed the officers
that q boy who resided nearly diago.
nally opposite the residence of Ter
williger, which Is In the neighboshood
Of the "Seven Corners" had been
fighting with the dead boy. This boy
was found to be Tori ren. He w.s
soon arrested. He gave hia name,
said his age was IL years, aud, whit.
admitting that he had a fight witt
the dead boy, denied hat he had
q knife, but suggested thai
Terwilliger might have had
knife. An examination of hill
fathers house, however, soor
discovered q murderous lookin.
knife, as sharp as q rszor. It Is known
as a Swede knife and is stationary IL
the handle, the latter being round ant
about three inches In length. TIL,
blade Is about two aud one.half inche
long, has a straight back, while tn
sharp side rounds gradually toward
the back until forming q point. 1t
sharpness and appearance left N, roof
for doubt that 1t was the instrumen
which caused death. The murderer
ofismall stature, slhply built, has a pal
face, and has the light complexion
most of his countrymen, The que
tloners who first Intercepted hill
would be inclined to believe that IL
boy was telling ell he knew about Il
affair, but Q continuation of b
questions would result in
change of opinion. HE
shrewder than he looks, and too anna
for u.s." was q remark Of one of Il
Investigators. He still insists that !
did not have tho knife In his han
claims that nothing but fists we
used, and gives no intelligent stat
It ment of how the quarrel originate
He speaks very little English, q
most of the questioning must nee
% be done through an interpreter, q
q Is quite difficult. He says that VIII
Terwilliger arose and started acre
the street he followed, and when II
y williger fell he attempted to pick hi
up, but when he found that the
jured boy could not stand he let h
drop and ran home. He does not t
why he hid the knife, simply sayi
that he ''put 1t there this morning