The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-23
HENRY JOBLINsKI AND TWO CHILL
DREN SHOT DOWN BY JOHN
CABLE.
SOUTH BRANCH THE SCENE.
HIS WORK BY TAKING HIS
OWN LIFE
cRAzED OVER LOVE AFFAIR
Hot Words and the Bloody Tragedy
Followed When Its Current
Was Interrupted.
Special to the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
ST. JAMES, Mimi, Dec. 22.-John
Cable. a farm hand employed by
Henry Joblinski, near South Branch, in
the southern part of this country, en-
gineered a carnival of crime" all by
himself between last night and this
morning AS a result of it Joblinski and
two of his children are dead and Gable
finished his work by adding his own
name to the list of victims One other
child, boy and the oldest of the
family, was seriously wounded, and it
is doubtful if he will recover.
The dead are Henry Joblinski, age
forty-five; Charles Joblinski, age twen-
ty; Annie Joblinski, age thirteen, and
Jack Cable, the murderer, age twenty
five. The tragedy occurred at the home
of Joblinski, the report reaching this
city about o'clock this morning. Sher-
iff Forsythe, his deputies, the coroner
and a number Of citizens Immediately
went to the scene and found Henry
Joblinski his daughter Annie and. Ca
bic, the murderer all lying dead in a
pool of blood inside Of the house, and
Charles, the som of Henry Joblinski,
was found dead in the yard about 100
feet from the house.
The story of the cause of the terrible
deed is reported as follows: About two
years ago Gable entered the employ of
Joblinski and has remained in his
service up to the time of the tragedy.
Gable, living with the family, became
attached to Annie, whose father began
to think they were too intimate and
threatened this morning to beat her.
Gable began to abuse the father,
which resulted in hot language. Gable
then drew a revolver and began firing
Instantly killing the father, he then
turned and shot and seriously wounded
one Of the boys who jumped through a
window and made his escape. He then
shot the other boy who ran about 100
feet and fell dead Cable then ordered
the old lady out. She took the small
children and fed The murderer turned
and shot Annie through the head, kill
ing her, and to close the affair shot and
killed himself
The earlier accounts received here
Of the affair were conflicting.
When the news reached this village
it was stated that Cable, who is var
iously said to have been a farm hand
and a thresher engineer, angry al
the opposition shown to a love affair
between himself and Joblinskis daugn-
ter, had attempted a deliberate murder
of the entire family 1t was added
that he had used his weapon with such
good effect that his desperate crime
had been successful so far as JCblinski
and two of his children We're concerned.
and that they had been shot down
before there was opportunity either for
resistance or defence. Mrs. Jcblinski,
1t was reported, had escaped with two
Of her children while the maniac as
sassin was left in the house with the
remaining children, nine in number.
Late this afternoon Sheriff Forsyth
returned and confirmed the news that
Joblinski and two of his children had
been shot dead and that a third child
had been injured, but not killed He
also brought the news that Cable,
after having killed the others, had tried
bis weapon on himself and with the
same fatal effect as when he had di-
rected toward the others.
Arrangements for the inquest were
made by the coroner, but it is not ex-
pected that anything material will be
discovered which is not already known
South Branch is a small settlement
about eight miles south of St. James
deriving its name from the south
branch of the Watonwan river which
flows through it. 1t has been q bloody
corner of the county through many
years, the last fight between the North
field robbers and their pursuers in 1876
taking place between Madelia and ST.
James, only few miles north Of the
scene of Monday nights butchery.