St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-27
]. O. Policy and Charles Policy Murdered
by NJ. Davenport and Wife at
Pine Knoll.
Davenport Gives Himself Up and is in
Jail at Brainerd--MrS. DaVen-
ports Story.
4 Missouri CoIored Girl Poisons
V1ctuals to Get Even for Being
Whipped.
A Travelling Man Who Wouldn't Play
POker--Fenians Threaten to
Burn Hull.
A Shocking Tragedy

nifty was thrown into the widest excite
ment this morning by the report, which
proved to be well founded, of the killing of
S. c. Policy and his son, Charles Policy,
by NJ. Davenport and wife, who reside
some six miles from Aitkin, at Pine Knoll,
in CaSs county, AS soon as word was re-
ceived of the terrible calamity, DR.. c.
Graves left for the scene of the wounded
men, while Sheriff Markham and posse
started for the scene of the shooting to ar
rest the murderers. Arriving at Dayen-
ports house, Sheriff Markham searched the
premises, but found no trace of Davenport,
who, it was learned, left at II a. m. for
Brainerd, it is supposed to give himself up
and secure a lawyer. Sheriff Markham
took Mrs. Davenport into custody and
LODGED HER IN JAIL
at this point, conveying her to Brainerd at
$50 D. M, to deliver her to the custody of
Crow Wing county officials, in whose juTiS-
dictiOn the case is. The scene at the home
of the murdered man and his son was one
long to be remembered by those who wit
once happy home, lay the father and son
cold and pulselesS in death, while about
them were the wife and mother, sister and
daughters, son and brother, Wailing out
their grief. at about o'clock in the
morning, j. c. Policy and Charles Policy,
his son, the unfortunate victims OF the
DavenportS' vengeance, accompanied by
Michael Wise and Thomas Sullivan. having
three teams. went to the farm of NJ. Daven-
port to assist E. j. Mclaughlin, who pur-
chased DavenpOrt'S farm last spring, to re-
move his crop. Sullivan had loaded his
team and started. While the PolleyS and
Wise were loading their wagons with pota-
toes, Mrs. Davenport came out and
ORDERED THEM OFF
of the premises. j. c. Policy, who was
sitting upon pile of potatoes, replied that
he had business there and would not go.
In moment or two a shot was heard and
Policy fell, shot through the abdomen,
from the door of DavenpOrt'S house, some
ten rods distant, by Mrs. Davenport, who
Immediately closed the door and went in
as soon as she had fired the fatal shot. Nc
Laughlin, Wise and Charles Policy, seeing
the old man wounded put him in the wa
gon and started to leave with the young
man holding his fathers head in his lap
while kneeSing in the wagon. When some
fifty rods from the house, young Policy
suddenly threw up his hands. exclaiming,
''My God, I'm shotl" and fell over dead, shot
through the right shoulder, the ball lOdg-
ing somewhere near the heart, where it
c+ilI raD,oipC IJOru MANY cbotc Trora frad
after the first one it is impossible to tell. so
intense was the excitement. j. g. Policy
lived to reach home, something like mile
distant, but expired in his wife's arms al
most Immediately after The scene of the
tragedy was visited by hundreds
of people during the afternoon.
and numerous threats were made of lynch
ing Davenport, but as he is probably out
of reach of here, no danger OF the kind
need be apprehended. Between Policy
and Davenport bad blood had long existed,
and the tragic sequel of to-day was not
wholly unexpected to the people of the
village, who were fully conversant with
the state OF things. Mclaughlin, who had
employed the deceased and others to help
him move the crop which he had raised,
TRADED PROPERTY
in Duluth last spring with Davenport for his
farm at Pine Knoll, and the REIMBURSEMENT
of a house that adjOined Davenport's, who
occupied the Mclaughlin property in Du-
luth. This summer he became tired of this
bargain, and having secured the relinquish-
ment, which had not yet been filed at the
land Office by Mclaughlin on ac-
count of his wife'S sister having
stolen it out of McLaughlin's trunk, he
some weeks since returned to Pine Knoll,
and finally succeeded in forcing McLaugh-
lin to trade back, agreeing to let him have
the crop he had raised. Later he refused
to permit him to remove it, and it was
while assisting him, as before stated, that
the POlleyS met their death. When arrested,
Mrs. Davenport pretended not to know
Of the death of their victims, and said that
It was not murder, as they had been warned
TO leave. She was unmoyed and walked
into the Jail with smile upon her face
having remarked that she was glad Policy
was dead j. c. Policy was
AN EARLY PIONEER
ut Pine Knoll and was highly successful
farmer. He was 81 years of age and leaves
wife and a large fomily of children, sew
eral OF whom are married. He was man
of passionate temper, but an honest and
honorable citizen. He resided in Aitkn
township, of which he was chairman of the
board Of supervisors and was highly re-
spected. Charles Foley, his son, was
10 years old, and was well known to all,
having attended school at this village for a
number of years. The fierce feud existing
between Policy. ST., and Davenport was
shared more or less by the son, but his
tragic death, holding his dying father in
mis- arms, without any act of hostility to
Davenport fills the community with the
most profound SORROW
A MURDERER LOCKED UP.
Special to the Globe.
BRAINERD, Sept. 26.-M Davenport,
she murderer of Charles Policy, near Aitkin,
arrived here at p m. and went at once to
Flemming, his lawyer, who took him to the
county jail, where he was promptly locked
up. He claims to have shot both j. C.
Policy and Charles Policy, his son. Sheriff
Markham arrived on the $50 train from
Aitlin with Mrs. Davenport, who was also
locked up. To the GLOBE representative
Oh the train she claimed that when she or
dered j. c. Policy off their premises he not
only refused to go, but called her vile
names and struck her in the breast, which
her husband saw and was very angry, and
soon she heard shot and Policy fell. She
claims that number of shots were fired at
the house after Policy was shot. She says
she did not have gun in her hands at all
during the day. Cleland Policy, next elder
brother of Charles, arrived from st. Cloud,
where he is attending the Normal school,
on the 9:35 train, and went to Aitkin, ac-
eompanied by brother-in-law, on
freight. He is overwhelmed with grief at
the cruel murder of his father and brother.
Tried TO Get Even.
MENTco Mo Sent 06-NTr ood A..
Fl. l.. Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Gibbs.
who live ten miles southeast of here on the
Hill farm, became violently i'll yesterday
morning from the effects of poisoned vic
tuals eaten at breakfast. The two men.
when they became sick. were at work on