The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-01-26
BOMBERGER is fXECUTEO.
THE NORTH DAKOTA MURDERER
DROPS THROUGH TIE TRAr.
He Goes to His Death without
FlinchinH-Ilis Neck Broken By the
Fall-HintOry OF the Crime for
Which He Mas Hanged.

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FlinchinH-Iiis Neck broken by the
Fall-Hixtory OF the Crime for
Which He Was Hanged.
Cando, n. d., Jan. 2O.-At exactly
lao yesterday afternoon the trap fell
and Alfred +. Bomlerger, the murderer
Of six members Of the llreider family,
was stranglel to death.
Sheriff McCune with two deputies
drove to the door of the court house Il
little after noon and in few moments
lie, with his prisoner and deputies, We're
speeding away toward the scaffOld, u
short mile away. Bolnberger looked with
interest ut the crowd gathered and also
gazed at the scatfoll.
AS they drew near hush fell over
the crowd, which numbered fully 2,OOU
people. AS the solemn party drove down
the incline and stopped at the door Of the
enclosure B0mberger did not lose his
self-contrOl. The party assembled the
steps to the platform above, the prisoner
walking up the steps. His knees smote to-
gether and for an instant his wonderful
nerve. which, till then. has stood by him,
seemed to waver. The trap had already
been put in position and everything was
ready for the final act. Sheriff McCune
asked the prisoner if he wished to make
any remarks.
BOmberser then made the following
statement Oh the gallows: Gentlemen,
I have IL few words to say To you be-
f,rc l leave you. l am sorry for the
crime which l have committed, aud !
hope none of you will follow in my foot
steps. Furthermore, l wish that no
meucher be- allowed OH the s,atiold. Good
by, gentlemen"
The deputy then put Oh the black cup
and the sheriff adjusted the moose and
stepped back to the lever and pulled il
ard Bombcrger. the murderer, was
launched into eternity.
The body was turned over to a couple
Of his cousins. the only relatives present.
As soon us the body was cut down the
and enclosure. The day was calm and
The body will be inferred within a
crime. in feet. the little girl who rode
into town to give the alarm passed over
the ground in which lie will lie.
/ SAIile NNS SOuhNkcu On luG llu
day Of July, 1892. ut the family resi-
Canlu. About I o'clock in tue morning
the citizens of Can,io were startled by
the sudden appearance of Anna Ereiler
III their midst. very much excited. con-
veying the more startling news that AL
bert Rombergcr, the hired man, had killed
her father, mother, three sisters and Il
l II
back Scarcely believing the girls story,
the citizens ut once began fi0cking to the
house, some in bugeies, others in wagons
and some OH foot. There they found the
girls story was true in every particular.
tile father having been shot apparently
while asleep. the mother while preparing
the morning meal and the four children
| np stairs in their bed room, which pre-
%eniel sight never TO be forgotten 10y
any one of the Mortified spectators. The
wound OF each one of the six, which pro-
luced death. was instantly fatal, although
some Of the children had more than one
wound. Daniel :. Kreider, the father,
was shot in the left corner of the mouth,
the shat penetrating the brain; the moth
! er was shot in the throat, the shot tear
ing away the whole front of the throat,
and destroying all of the important struc-
lures of the neck; Beatrice was shot in
the left side vi the head, every particle
of the brain matter being blown out !;
Mary received Il slight flesh wound in
the left arm, but her fatal wound was
II stab in the throat, US she lay wounded
upon the floor; NIurbey was killed by Il
gun shot wound in the back part of the
bead. crushing the skull; while David
was shot in the jaw. the shot dividing, II
part passing over and II part under the
/! jaw bone penetrating the brain.
At the inquest it developed that the
father was the first one killed, the mother
next. and then the ficnd started up
stairs. and meeting Anna upon the land
ing ut the head Of the stairway, ordered
her into his room, which was just across
the landing from the room occupied by
the younger children. He then stepped
TO the door Of the clildrcn's roum and
fred three shots in quick succession into
the room. killing Murbey nnl David aud
wcrhding Mary. while Rrarc. escaped
Though The window, jumping to the
giGnE'i. without at first being missed by
the m,lr .crer. who. upon finding that
Mrry was not fatally wounded. went
'lcWE stairs, got the butcher knife, and,
Coming back, stabbed the l"or girl in the
thrOat. By that time hr discovered
that Beatrice was missing. and imme,li-
ately began search for her, and found
her at the barn in the act Of getting ii
pony to give the alarm. Bombprger
stopped her. and taking her into the
house allowed her to look at her parents
who lay dead there; liz then marched
l.Gr up stairs, aud upon her refusing 10
20 into the r"",n where Anna was he
pushed her into the room aud fired uDuu
her, hcing in such close proximity that
the fire from The gun burned her dress
sleeve OH her left arm with which She
was apparently trying to ward off the
death blow. The murderer, turning 10
Anna. remarked ">lir dropped like a
cat, didn't shc:" After the killing of
Beatrice he Went into the room where
Anna was and outraged her, then made
her go down stairs and get breakfast for
him. which he ate in the kitchen standing
over the dead body of Mrs. Kreider, or
only few steps irnm it at most. After
ealing the breakfast lie compelled Anna
to put the remainder of the food into
IL packet for his mncll, then ordered her
to get the 'uld mans money and watch"
H.. also got from her the little money
that She had uf llrr own, amounting TO
Sl.15. After saddling the pony and get
ting ready for his start he took the girl
into the barn and again outraged her.
1
Leased 900 Acres of Land.
| Redwood Falls, Mimi. Jan. 2O.-The
most important business transaction in
the history OF Redwood county was con-
sunmated in the CitiztLs' bank ycst.r-
day, when Mckinley Bros, of the Me.
/ saba iron mine, leased over Il thousand
acres of land adjoining Moons coal