The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1894-01-27
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Details of the Murder of the Kreiler
EnmilY.

Family
The crime for which Albert F. Bomberger
has paid the penalty was the murder OF
Daniel Kreidcr, his wife. Barbara Areider.
aud their four children. Berenice, Mary,
Murbey and David. The crime was. as the
Judge in pronouucing sentence declared 1t,
one of the most atroclous known In the an.
nais Of crime, inasmuch as there was no
known motive for the commission OF 1t,
save the qualification OF the criminals pas
sion upon the person Of the eldest daughter.
Anna, who with the three younger children
Of the family were spared by him, simply
because he could not Kill any more. The
crime was committed on the 7th
day Of July. 1Sg. at the family resi-; ].
Cando. About z a. III. the citizens of Cando
were startled by the sudden appearance OF
Anna kreider In their midst. very much e1-
bert Bomberger. the hired man, had killed
and then started or OH horseback.
lzcns at once began tiocklns to the house.
on foot. There they found that the girls
story was true in every particular, .,i,.. the
asleep, the mother while preparing the
morning meal, anu the four children up
stairs In their bed room, which presented
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arcn had more than one wound Daniel =:
Kreider, the father, was shot In the left
corner Of the mouth, the shot penetrating
to the brain; the mother was shot in the
throat. the shot tearing away the whole
Important structures of the neck; Icrenice
was shot In the left side Of the head, every
particle Of brain matter being blown out;
ary u sSa n ss woSas %as tae
door; Murbey was killed By a shotgun
wound in the back part Of the head. crush.
Jaw, the shot dividing, part passed over
and part under the Jaw bone, penetrating
father was the first one killed. the mother
next, and then the fiend started up stairs,
and meeting Anna upon the landing at the
head of the stairway. ordered her into his
from the. room occupied by the younger
children, he then stepped to the door Of the
chlllren's room and fired three shots In
hey and David and wounding Mary, while
Berenice escaped through the window, jump
Ing to the ground, without at first being
missed By the murderer. who upon finding
that Mary was only wounded, went down
stairs, got the butcher knife. and, coming
back. stabbed the poor girl In the throat.
By that time he discovered! that Berenice
for her and found her at the barn In the
act Of getting on pony to give the alarm.
Hsomberser is stSpped p'p her: & and tax taking her Into
the no her to ook at her
her up stairs, and upon her refusing to go
into the room where Anna was. he pushed
her into the room and fired upon her, being
in such close proximity that the fire from
the gun burned her dress sleeve on her left
arm, with which she was apparently trying
to ward Of the death blow; the murderer
dropped like cat, didn't She" as the poor
girl dropped into the crOuching position in
which she was found a few hours later by
the crowd who came to the house to look
upon the scene.
Ills Other Crime.
the room where Anna was and assaulted her
and then made her go down stairs aud g:t
breakfast for him, which he ate in the
Kitchen. standing over the dead body Of
PEELED Anna to put the remainder Of tic
food into packet for his lunch. and then
her t set the ar hsr
money that she had OF her own. amounting
to $1.15. After saddling the pony and get
ting ready for his start. he took the girl
then took be- up stairs and tied her hands
and feet, asking her ii she was cOmforta-
BILE, aud reniarkins that the butcher would
be out some tinte during the day aud let
her loose After he had been gone a short
time little Aaron Krcder, one Of the chill
dren spared, came out Of the house looking
for hii sister. who ut first was afraid to
call him to her for fear that lsomberger
might still be near at hand: but after
little she called the little fellow to her
and he managed to unite the rope that
bound her, and she Immediately started for
Of tine bodies before starting for town TO
give the alarm. 1t was ut first her inten.
tion to.take the surviving children with her,
but thinking that she saw nolnherger In
the distance, she shut the children up and
started for town alone Oh horseback.
As soon as the alarm was given some OF
the citizens started out In pursuit; but as
Towner county In but sparsely settled In the
direction the murderer had taken. nothing
was heard Of him for some time, and by the
time the inhabitants Of the northern part
Of the county had heard of the crime.
l:ombergcr had almost reached the Turtle
he was making. He was captured by a
lumber merchant at Deloraine. Manitoba,
some eighty or one hundred miles from the
scene Of the murder, on Saturday afternoon
following the murder, upon one OF the nu-
mcrous kilograms sent out by the sheriff
and Ills deputies: who we're securing s'' the
authorities IN Manitoba until the arrival
sented to return without putting the sher-
IN to the trouble of getting requisition
papers.
Upon reaching the line between the United
States AMI Manitoba the sheriff, fearing
for the safety Of his prisoner, dodged Roila
and st. Johns in Nolette county, and upon
reaching the vicinity Of Cando sklrtei that
place and made for Devils Lake, where
the prisoner was for time incarcerated.
But the feeling there becoming 80 strong,
it was deemed best by the authorities to
remove him to Grand Forks. where he was
kept closely confined and guarded, until he
was brought TO CandO in November for
trial. While at Devils Luke Jail Bomber
ger
Made a Full Confession,
which corresponded substantially with the
story told by Anna Kreider at the inquest.
At the November term Of the district court
| nine Indictments ae,inst BonberGer-six fos
murder, one for granddaughter of the unborn
child Of Mrs. Kreider, one for rape and one
+; for grand larceny. 10 the six indictments