The Dickinson press., 1893-07-15
SIX PEOPLE KILLED
TERRIBLE DEED OF A FARM HAND
NEAR CANDO, y. ID.
lie Murders His Uncle. the Lntter's
Wife. and Four Chil.lrem-A Lynyl-
ing Will Occur When the Murderer
ls Captured.

ls Captured.
Devils Lake, n. d., July SD. s.
Nreidcr, Il farmer livin. within IL mile of
Cando, Towncy county. his wife and four
little daughters We're brutally murdered
at their home by Albert Baumarrser
The murderer is II ntpl,"w of l\r,ilcr
and has been doing farm work for him
this spring.
1t took Eaumhcrger Ivy his own watch
thirty minutes tn do the deed. lie en-
tered the house. went direct to his unrlc's
room. shot him dead. then to the kitchen,
where Mrs. Krcidcr was preparing the
morning meal, and shot her in the head
lie then went up stairs where the four
little, innocent, helpless children had fled.
and deliberately shoa away until he had
killed them all. Having n double-bar-
relied shotgun he had to stop to load it
Willie performing his qua,lruplrd murder.
Then R;lumhcrger returned to the kitchen
and took Il potato knife from Mrs. Err-
drrs hand and gashc,l away at her neck
until he had nearly severed her head
from her body. Not heing quite sure that
all the little girls were dead, taking the
knife with him he proceeded to their
apartment. and finding one poor little
sirl Vet alive. while she Looked in his
face. unable to speak, yet pleading with
her eyes for mercy. he held her in his
arms and calmly cut her throat.
There We're yet left three little children.
all girls. Haumbrrgcr then Went in
search for them. He succeeded in finding
the eldest one. and was preparing to
murder her when he remembered that he
had not had amy breakfast. He ordered
the girl to cook him some meat and rota-
toes, which she did, placed them before
him. and. with on foot resting on the
head of the murdered mother. he ate his
breakfast. Then it was that he pulled
out his watch and said: We'll. l did
the whole job inside of thirty minutes"
His immediate thirst for blood was
appcaScd. for he took his little niece and
carried her to the barn, tied her firmly
with Il rope and returned to the house,
where he searched until he found all the
valuahlrs the family possessed, a gold
watch and fifty dollars in money, Which
he took. lie then snddlcd II pony and
started away from the scene. All of
tanlo is aroused, and Sheriff McCInc,
assisted by scores of men, are after the
murderer. Sheriff Barton Of this county
started out three posses. If Raumbrrgrr
is caught. the question will not be whcth-
or to kill him. but the mode in which it
should be done. The only motive of the
crime was Il slight dispute which Oc-
Cured over Il week ago between Krei'ler
and his murderer in regard to wages for
tho coming harvest.
Devils Lake. N. d.. July 1O.--Auyust
l"t''inb' rsrr. who murdered six nrouIr
near al''i" y. d., was captured in Cam
'"a a'Id brought to Devils Lake. IIc
may h" lynch,nl a dispatch from De
l'"l;.llI", town in the southwestern nurt
Oh Manitoba near the international bonn
Il; ~, S:Is: In response to ,cIryroms rr-
crlv'M In ~ stating that six nrrsnn. h.,1
n'"'h murdered il CanIu, y. d.. NI,.is
is'ralc Atkinson an,l I,nwyrr pnt,.rS,,,,
''' III search of the murderer. After
s'''S 'hf'e miles cast they s:lw n man
on u horse coming towards d.. Lorraine
ON the north trail. They followed him
'h'" town. He stopped at In,l.Ir,ds
Stable, and as he came out Atkinson and
ie'ltfs"h seized him. He had 10 fire
;'fiiis IN his poss",Sion and denied NH
ki"wl'dSr of the :nnr'lrrs He WAS then
taken III charge lay Constable Frr.,,sou
ana while having supper at the Queens
motel. Sheriff McCuuu Of Townrr county,
~ ID. with Mr.. Allen. collector at XIII,
arlI"y. arrived, and Sheriff NI,C me icrnti-
i'd lilhl as the man wanted. The pr;,,-
oiirl was perfectly cool. aud when asked
n ne would agree TO return without ty-
tradition, said: "Wnit until | finish sun
per- lllrh will think il over" He after
wards consented to return without an
rXlrI,litiun,
~. lanl, July 10 Six collins confirm
ii'% victims of the can,lo On. Dl :nurd.r-
cr lrl"s'd for two nr three l,o,,rs vnstnr-
'laf afternoon on the rear platform of
','' pi"h h"pot. The bodies were i'm
rnaisr Of ). IL. Erishtbill. nephew
'' ~ >. krci'lrr, the man wlo, with his
WI" ana four children was KILLED IT Ills
nom" near C:lilo Friday morning. The
li''t that the bodies were at the ,lrpot
soon hc';'m" generally known, and many
persons drawn by their innnte :,orlid
curiosity c"u!,In OF furLcar going to tho
hrl'"t, where they pee red through the
glass III the rear doors at the boxes. and
wondered as to tl," appearance of ,Ilcir
contents. In conversation Mr.. Bright
liil r"rI"borlteI the account furnish 81
by tn" Devils Lake correspondent. Mr.
l'rishtbill is taking the bodies and Tho
four remaining children to Eliz 1bcth-
town, Pa, where the deceased and his
ianlly had lived until 1856. Annie. the
hltcrli-Nrhr-old III girl whom I,lurubrryer is
reported to have tied and assaulted. but
whom he made no attempt to kill, was.
according to Erish:bill, n favortc of the
murderer. The girl did not seem dis
posed to talk, and Rriyhtbill would not
allow her to be questioned. She. how
ever, stated she had seen the murderer
XIII hcr parents and brothers and sisters.
TRIED TO HANG HIM.
Grand Forks, y. d.. July 11.-Bom-
berger. the murderer of the Krcidcr fam
lily, is ut last safely behind the bars of
the Grand Forks county jnil, after Il
most exciting experience. having run the
Gtnnt!rts of two mobs, one of Cando
citizens and the other of Devils Lake
citizens. both determined to avcnge the
horrible decd by lynching Although an
effort had been made hero to keep it
from th" public that the prisoner would
be brought here, several t"lrgrams ar
rived here from Devils Lake and Cando
urging the citizens to be on hand to
lynch The prisoner when he was taken
from tie train. \ party of Cando cti-
AIiS. who were on the train coming here,
had Il rope with which to hang the pris-
oner. and attempted to take him away
from the officers on the train, but with
ont success.
Devils Lake. y. d.. July 11.-Mur'lrrer
Bombcrgrr. who is in Jail here, admits
the murder. saying the impulse camc
over him while he was currying horses.
He intended KILN. the whole family,
but the eldest girl pleaded 50 hard he
concluded to let her live. after forcing her
to submit to him twice. He said to the
youngest one after shooting her: Lay
there and die like IL eat. The prisoner
is probably safe here. unless The mob
from Cando following arrives. Company
ID. North Dakota National Guard. was
c:lllril nlt 1tv rngunst of Sheriff H.,rtou