Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1885-12-04
S. c. & T. NJ. RAILROAD.
Terrible Murder.

DULUTH, Dec. l.-Arthur h. l'rudden,
grain inspector. at a0out half past nine
was standing in the Northern Pacific
yard waiting to look at some Wheat
which had come in during the night.
when his ewes fell on Northern Pacific
car No. 1876, which he knew to be
consigned to Davis, and pushing back
the door lie climbed up and looking down
on top of tie grain he beheld sickening
sight. What at first seemed bundle
of old clothes, gradually resolved itself
into the form of a man lying stiff and
colo i'm it's last sleep. The CLASSY ewes
stared at him with unconscious glare,
the pale cheeks were daubed with blood.
Blood matted the thick, black hair.
Blood formed the fearful cosmetic which
stuck his stiff beard together. Blood
was spattered on the roof and side of the
car. Prudden rubbed his eyes and
looked again, but the ghastly, horrible
sight was too real to be joke, and drop
ping to the ground he called the Others
and told them what he had seen. DIR.
Graft, the coroner and Will McQuade,
deputy sheriff, were summoned by tele-
phone and pending their arrival all per-
sons were kept out of the car. When
they came minute inspection was made
of the body. 1t was that OF !, man thirty
five years old, evidently accustomed to
hard work; his hands were calloused and
his muscular development good; his hair
was black as was his short beard and
mustache; he wore fur cap, a double
breasted rough blue coat over a mack
inaw shirt; a mackinaw shirt; pair of
pants over pair of overalls, full suit of
light colored under clothing and pair
of cow hide boots. Every pocket in his
clothing seemed at first sight to have
been turned inside out and rifled of its
contents, but DR.. Graft, OF close inspect
ion, found hole made inside the pocket
of the overalls on the right,
and just between the suspenders buttons,
which had not been disturbed. This
pocket contained package wrapped up
i'm paper and enclosed in clumsy made
leather pouch 'sfor tobacco, Thought the
doctor as he drew it out, but it turned
out to be four hundred and seventy five
dollars in good United States
currency. The largest bill was of the
denomination of fifty dollars. To obtain
this money the man had evidently been
murdered; the murderer either became
frightned before completing the search,
or had become careless and overlooked
this pocket altogether. The deputy
sheriff while stumbling around in the
car hit his foot against something solid
concealed in the wheat, which being
uncoverd, proved to be blood bespat-
cred coupling pin, and the implement
with which the deed was accomplished.
The roof and side of the car were
splashed with blood IN such way as to
show that the dead man must have been
standing up when irst assaulted, and
there was deep dint in side of the car
into which the round end of the coupling
pin exactly fitted, as if the murderer,
in striking at his victim had missed his
aim. Lying on the wheat was the
following letter, which was the only
thing found by which it will be possible
to solve the question of identity:
Sanborn. OAK, Oct. 26. Mrs. Burke
Inclosed please find S12, for (which please
send receipt. Hope you and the folks
are all well and happy. AS for myself,
am well bnt not very happy l3,asp lR3esp'y,
Telegraphic inquiry showed
that Plart is the Northern Pacific