The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1895-05-03
FINAL END HAS COME.

FINAL END HAS COME.
Harry Fraser is Dead From the Result of
Paul Pages Bullet.
The following article is taken from
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of April
% giving an account Of the death of
Harry Fraser who was shot by Paul
Page:
Harry Fraser died at 3 o'clok this
morning.
His condition yesterday morning was
favorable, considering the serious nat
ure of his wounds. AS the day pro-
gressed, however, there was change
for the worse, and the attending ply
sican, H. d. Kline, gave up ali hopes of
recovery Fraser's mind was clear,
and he was busy between and o'clock
in the afternoon with Attorney Robert
Ii. Lindsay making his will. His
estate consists principally of his inter-
est in the saloon and his life insurance
Mr.. Fraser realized that death was
only a matter of time, and under this
belief made his ante-mortem statement
to Prosecuting Attorney Hastic and
Assistant Prosecutor W. w. Wiltshire
The statement was brief, and, although
the officials refused to allow the re-
porter TO read it or even make an alb
stract of it, it can be said with, certain
ty that it agreed with what has ap-
peared from time to time in the Post
lntelligcncer. Frasers statement as
given to q Post-Intelligenccr reporter
just after the shooting was almost word
for work as he told it later to Peter
Burns.
AT o'clock in the afternoon Fraser's
condition was such that it did not seem
as if he could live more than three or
four hours. His vitality. however,
kept him up, and at I o'clock he was
still conscious, but very low About
two hours later he fell into sleep.
His wife and DR.. Kline were in con
slant attendance and it was learned at
10 o'clock that it was a grave question
whether he would ever arouse from his
sleep.
When the condition of Fraser was
made known to Page at the county Jail
yesterday afternoon he replied: Poor
fellow" Page is confined in what
Jailer Dick Burkman terms his hospi-
tai ward. The change from the close
quarters in the city jail has done him
good, and be looked much better than
at any time since the unfortunate affair.
He is still lighty and says that he does
not seem to have the power of concen-
trating his thoughts on ano one sub
ject. His attorney, Samuel H. Piles,
went to see him Wednesday afternoon,
but after brief talk gave up the mat
ter until Page becomes himself. A
peculiar thing about the prisoners con-
dition is a twitching of the muscles.
1t was not so prominent yesterday as in
the past, but still at intervals the nc
tions of his arms would betray spasmo-
die contraction of the muscles. Page
is gentlemanly both in word and action,
and he says openly that he is willing to
have his record thoroughly Investigate
ed.
II am not gambler" he said, land
never have been one. In fact. | know
little about cards. am not tough
and never have been in the habit of
using firearms, as would be implied by
the statement that | showed great
dexterity in drawing my gun and shoot
| ing. | am not drinking man, either,
as l think the people at the hotel will
say All | ask is that the people of
this city, in which am stranger, the
press and courts give me fair and
square show in Investigating the mat
ter"
Page is not as much of stranger in
strange place as he may think, for
there are number of people in this
city and Ballard, formerly residents of
Mitchell, South Dakota, who remem-
Der him we'll. Mitchell is q compara-
lively small place, containing about
5000 inhabitants, and everybody knew
Paul Page, as he was called. His un-
Gle, Hiram Barber, was receiver of
the United States land office at Mitchell
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