Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-11-29
YOUNG MINNEAPOLIS MILLION.
ARE KILLED WITH A KNIFE.
A WISCONSIN CONNECTION
Stricken Mothers Grlhood Home in
Adams County-Romantic Episode
in Her Life-The Son Gay Youth
Whose Time Was Chiefly Devoted
TO Spending His inheritance.

IL,
charged with having stabbed to death |
Lonard R. Day, during a fight in the
West hotel Sunday morning, was yes
terday arraigned on the charge of
murder in the first degree and bound
over to the grand jury, it is not at all
likely that another decision will be
made. 1t is learned that one young
man who took hand in the fight was
also interested in the woman in the
case as wei as Day and Hamilton,
and the claim is made that on various
occasions he and Day clashed regard
ing her. AS yet there is no direct
evidence against him, but matters are
so shaping that the public is begin
ming to believe that Hamilton was not
the one who really killed Day. There
is dark mystery in the case and it
is expected that it's unfolding will be
sensational in the extreme
The Mother from Wisconsin.
Minneapolis, Nov. 27.-Leonard Day,
whose tragic death in the fashionable
West hotel at o'clock Sunday morn
ing has SO shocked swelldom in this
city, was a gay young rounder whose
inheritance would have been a million
or more. He was the only child by
second wife of Leonard Day, who died
eight of ten years ago. His mother is
a Wisconsin woman, and less than so
years ago was a pretty, romping coun-
try girl living on Strong prairie, i'll
Adams county, a county which even to
this day has the unprogressive distinc-
ton of having no railroad. Her father
was a farmer who logged winters. AT
about Is she visited a sister in Min
neapols, met the widower Day, then a
man of 60, wealthy and with children
grown, and May-December romance
| ensued. Their son was the young man
who has just met the fate so commonly
| Detailing those going the pace that
| kills. His mother, still a handsome
! woman and occupying high station
| in Minneapolis society, was not only
| left large wealth by her husband, but
| cut-Over pine lands in the Duluth
region which she owns and which were
| long regarded as practically worthless
are rich in iron ore and on them
Andrew Carnegie has an option for a
million Or more. The young man a
| few years ago bought up vast tracts in
Juneau county, Wis, and started
ranching on an extensive scale, but
this undertaking was Of course dis
NAL failure, though the grand house
| which he erected was a resort so gay
while it remained open as to cause ex-
cited whisperings upon the part Of the
| good people roundabout
Young Day was known in every
| fashionable home of the city, but the
story goes that one poor but beautiful
| girl of the university end cast him off
a year or so ago on account of his wild
ways and that this episode drove him
| broken hearted to Europe. He had
not been back long. Ten days ago he
| was a prominent figure at~the hostess
ball in the West hotel, the most
| elaborate social event of the year in
| this city.
Day was 25 years old and with his
mother resided at the West. Frank H.
Hamilton, sporting editor of the Min
murder. The young men were not ac-
quainted with each other until about 2
o'clock Sunday morning, when they
met in the billiard-room of the West,
mutual friend introducing them.
Hamilton was under the influence Of
liquor, and Day also had been drink
ing. Day stopped the game Of pool he
q hn hoI IN,
trOduced, and said to Hamilton:
You are the man I have been look
ing for
Hamilton had been informed
previously that Day was waiting for a
chance to fight him. Day then &C
cused Hamilton of circulating deroga-
tory reports concerning him, it being
alleged that these were told to him by
Well-known young lady of this city,
whose name has not yet been given
publicity. Both men were acquainted
with her, and the real cause of the
trouble is said to have been remarks
made by her.
After the preliminary exchange of
words the men began a fist fight, and
almost before the onlookers realized
that there was trou- lie brewing they
had clinched. Fred George, a guest of
the hotel and manager of the w. S
Mott Rubber company, stepped be
tween them before many blows were
struck.
Il do not want to fight you now, you |
are drunk said Day to Hamilton. |
Hamilton insisted that he wanted to |
fight, and Day said it would not he
right in his condition, but he would |
give him satisfaction later. This |
seemed to satisfy Hamilton, and the |
two shook hands, while their friends |
believed the trouble had been averted |
In the meantime Ray Evans, a |
young man employed at the chamber
of commerce who had entered the
hotel with Hamilton, made an attack
on Charles E. Force, secretary of the
Northwestern Life association, who
lives at the hotel with his wife. Mr..
George stepped in here, too, and pre-
vented trouble. Evans was put out
Of the hotel
By this time Hamilton and Day had
come together again, and when the
crowd turned from Evans and Force
the other two men were found fighting
Mr.. George again played the part OF
peacemaker and stepped between the
com batants. He did not see any
but when he stepped aside he
felt q O11Tp bnocc in hic bapd on5 found