Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-07-20
TRIED TO HANG HIM.

TRIED TO HANG Him.
berger, the murderer OF the Kreider fam
| lily, is at last safely behind the bars of
the Grand Forks county Jail, after u
most exciting experience, having run the
gauntlets of two mobs, one of Gando
| citizens and the other of Devils Lake
citizens, both determined to avcnge the
| horrible decd by lynching. Although an
effort had been made here to keep it
from the public that the prisoner would
be brought here. several kilograms ar
rived here from Devils Lake and Cando
urging the citizens to be on hand to
lynch the prisoner when he was taken
from the train. \ party of Cando citi-
Zens, who were on the train coming here,
had a rope with which to hang the prs
oner. and attempted TO take him away
from the officers Oh the train, but with
out success.
Devils Lake. n. D.. July 1l.-Mur1crer
Bombcrgcr, who is in Jail hera admits
the murder. saying the impulse came
over him while he was currying horses.
He intended killing the whole family,
but the eldest girl pleaded so 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 cat" The prisoner
is probably safe here. unless the mob
from Cardo following arrives. Company
D. North Dakota National Guard, was
called out by request of Sheriff Barton,
under orders of Gov. Shortridge. and a
t.s+ fJ,>
with loaded guns guarding the Jail. Sher-
if McCunc had a long. arduous chase
and reached Deloranc just twenty Min
utcs behind Bombcrgcr, who was eating.
Lookin" up. the latter said. Hello. Jack,
! gave You quite chase" lie was per-
fcctly cool and collected. 1t IS reported
that party of determined mon are Gem
ing from Cando to lynch Bomberger.
Latcr-Bombcryc has been taken to
Grand Forks to prevent Il possible lynch
ing.
Lebanon. Pa. July 10.-The mother Of
Albert Bomhcrger, who murdered the
Krpidcr family at Cando, n. D.. was seen
at her home, 11O:s Lehman street, this
city, and said she knew of no motive
for the crime. unless the boy had become
insane or hardened hy the wild life which
he had led for the past six years III the
far West. He ran away at the age OF
sixteen while the family was living at
C;lmbellstown. and he spent the interren-
ing six years in Missouri, Washington
and the Dakotas us i farm hand and
cowboy. Upon learning the details If the
brutal murder and outrage she nearly
tainted, and the entire family has since
remained in the house. overcome by their
grief. AsrLn S. Nrciucr Of Palmyra,
brother of the murdered man, and Philip
RiSScr of COnewago. brother of Mrs.
Krcidcr have started for Dakota to in
vestigate
Winnipeg Junction, Mimi, July 49,
Last evening when the train from the
north arrived Sheriff Faddrn and Chief
OF Police HcnncsSy of Grand Forks got
OFT with Albert Bombergcr, the man who
murdered six of the Kreider family Mt
Cando, n. d., on Friday last. He has
been lodged in the Grand Forks Jail
since his capture, but word was sent
that posse of men numbering over 100
was on the way to Grand Forks to lynch
the man. The sheriff Immediately got a
rig, drove into Minnesota and caught the
Northern Pacific train at Carthage juno
ton and came to this place.
Lancaster, Pa, July 13-Fifteen thou.
sand people attended the funeral of Dan,
lei 5. krcidcr, his wife and four children,
who were murdered ut Cando, n. D., by
Albert Bombprgcr. The services were
held at Riszer's Mennonite church in
Mount Joy township. 1t was the most
sensational funeral ever held in this coun-
ty, if not in the state.
Fargo, N. d., July 14.-Albert Bonn
berger, the wholesale Candle, n. d., muir
dcrer, has been landed in Fargo Jail. IIe
is haggard and worn with constant trlv-
cling and the loss of sleep Sheriff Fad
den Of Grand Forks brought him here
fearing lynching. Bcmbcrgcr acknowl-
edges that the published accounts of the
murder are correct, and the only thing
that seems to worry liiN is the grief Of
his mother, who is on her way from
PENNSYLVANIA to see him. and whom he
has not seen for five years. He will prob
ably stay here Il few days, and if Judge
Morgan orders IL special torn of court to
try him he will be taken back to Cando.
1t is now generally believed that the pco-
pie of that vicinity will submit to the
law ii he is given Il prompt trial and SEN
tencc. The Cando delegation which went
to Grand Forks which was supposed to
be bent on lyncEing, really meant to de-
mand that the prisoner be returned to
Towner county, where the crime was COM
mitted, and given prompt trial.
Later-Bomberger has been taken back
to Grand Forks and will remain in Jail
there until his trial. Judge Morgan has
decided to call a special term for Towner
county in two weeks time and the trial
will then occur. Everybody has settled
down peaceably all along the line.
ARMY OF CRICKETS.
Omaha, July liza literal army of
crickets has descended upon the corn
and potato crops of Wyoming and IS