The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-09-14
A HOT RECEPTION.
Duluth Officers Shot at While Trying
to Arrest Frederick Krayen.
buhl.
A Reporter Who Was Out After News
Received Scalp
Wound.
Story Of an Attempt to Swindle In
surance Companies-Two Arrests
Made.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept 13.-Since July
81 detectives in the employ of the
United States Mutual Accident associa-
ton Of New York, have been looking
up case Of what was believed to be
a graveyard insurance fraud in large
sum. Late in the night kilograms
were received here from Philadelphia,
where one Of the suspects had been
traced, announcing the arrest there of
w. B. Gregg, the insured, and John T.
Clark, the only witness of Gregg's sup
posed death. Officers were at once
sent to the house of r. 3. Krayenbuhl,
the beneficiary under Gregg's policies.
to arrest him. The officer, on arrival
at Krayenbuhl's residence at 2 a. M,
called him to the door and attempted
to make the arrest, but Krayenbuhl at
once became desperate, and in fight
which ensued severely beat the police
man with the butt end Of a revolver
and shot at him, the ball
Ip1iictinR . scalp Wound
on q reporter who was present Kray-
enbuhl broke away and retreated into
his house and could not be ar
rested, there being no warrant.
Policemen were stationed to guard
the dwelling until morning, but when
morning CRIME Krayenbuhl was not to
be found, and no trace has yet been
picked up
On July II tho story became current
on the streets Of Duluth that John
Clark and w. B. Gregg had been cap
sized while out sailing and that Gregg
bad been drowned. Clark told story
Of remarkable endurance, how, after
the boat had capsized, he chung to the
Overturned Graft
from 10 one morning until 8 o'clock the
next, when the boat drifted Oh the
north shore about eighteen miles from
Duluth he righted the boat, he said,
and rowsd back to this city, and going
to Kraysnbuhl's house, tainted over the
doorway. There were some very sus-
picious circumstances connected with
the case. Some weeks later it de-
veloped that Gregg's life was insured
shortly before the time Of his disap-
pearance for SEQ, 900, and that the poll
cies were made out in favor of Krayen-
buhl. About the middle of August a
demand was made for the insurance
money, and the company began an in
vestigation. Several special agents
were sent here, and very soon il was
decided that there had been fraud. It
was found that during the whole time
Clark said he was drifting ON the north
shore the wind was blowing in an
Entirely Opposite Direction.
II was found, too, from the testimony
Of vessel men, that no one could live in
Lake Superior for the length Of time
Clark said he had been drifting, The
matter resolved itself into question
whether Gregg was party to the
fraud or whether he had been muir
dered. From vessel man Il was
finally learned that Gregg had been
seen at La Pointe, small place on the
Wisconsin shore, some days subsequent
to the drowning episode, and from
there he was traced east The Same
Dispatch which ordered the arrest Of
Kraysnbuhl stated that Gregg and
Clark had been ARRESTED togetEer In
Philadslphis. Clark Is q brother Of
one Of Duluth's prominent merchants
and III the parties implicated are pso-
pie Of good standing.