Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-07-05
-FOUR VIOLENT DEATHS
Which Have Occurred to the Sons
Of One Family at Glencoe, in
Emmons County.
The Death Of Park Robinson, in an
Accident in a Mine at Frank
lin, Washington.
Three Brothers Who Have Died Be-
fore Him, In Accidents Of
Various Kinds.
Another Violent Death.

Another Violent Death,
Park Robinson, a son of g. Robinson Of
Glencoe. was killed in q mine accident
at Franklin, Washington yesterday. The
deceased has been in the mining busl.
ness for some time, and it is said his oc,
cupation has been considered a danger.
Gus n for some time. A telegram came
to.the parents of the deceased at Glen.
coe, last night, informing them of the
accident, and it was delivered by special
messenger.
The case is the sadder, because it is
the fourth violent death which has oc.
Cured in the family within a few years
The sons of the family seem fated tc
violent or accidental deaths and the fate
has nov pursued them to the fourth son
All of the boys we're tall, we'll built. and
powerful young mon, beyond the average
height and weight, and healthy to a de.
gree which promised good old age, in
the natural course of events. One oil
them was killed back east, and another
only a,few years ago, when he was shot
and killed, near his own home. A year
or two ago, another son met with death
in q runaway Q Sims in Morton
county, his neck being broken in a fall
from his wagon. And now death has
taken the fourth son, and again the
home is bereft and the parents Of the
young men bowed with grief at a fourth
sad death, from an accident which robbed
Of life, a man in the very prime Of life
and health.
The parents of the unfortunate boys
are now quite old, and the death of
fourth son in this untimely manner will
be a sad blow to them. Park, the victim
Of yesterdays accident, was a rather
quiet and steady young man, and it is
said his mother some time ago expressed
herself that should he meet with the
same fate as her other sons, it would kill
her also. In the bereavement and shock
Of his death, the heartfelt sorrow and
sympathy Of the community goes out tc
the stricken parents.
The body will be shipped here for in.
te1ment..
That NickelIs Case.
When the course of true love runs
through a divorce court it is even more
than ordinarily rocky, says the Mime.
apolis Journal. A little over a year age
pretty Mrs. Maude Graham, who lived
out in the Sunnyside, became SO smitter
with Clint Nickells, a Kansas City drug
gist, that she left her husband ano
went to Wahpeton, N. D., where divorces
come easy. Nickells, whose frequent
and prolonged visits had aroused the ire
of Mrs. Graham's husband, also went tc
Wahpeton. And the Graham coachmar
went along with a large part of the
household goods, for Mrs. Graham had
money. The husband, Willis II. Ora.
ham, was proprietor of the Novelty chins
store on First avenue S. Mrs. Graham
had formerly Lived in Kansas City an6
Nickells was reputed to be an old flame
Each got a Dakota divorce and after 6
reasonable grass w%ldowhood, during
which Nickells looked after Mrs. Ora
hams investment in an electric light
plant the two were married.
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ButMrs. Nickells No. 1 was not dis
posed to submit to having her HUSBAND
leave her for another woman. Graham
had begun criminal action alleging illici
relations between Nickells and Mrs
Graham, but it was dropped. Mrs
Nickells, however, was not discouraged
SO easily. She carried her fight agaiLs,
the divorce right up to the highest cour'
and won.