The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
MURDER AND SUICIDE
Frightful Tragedy on Principal
Thoroughfare at Sioux Falls.


Frightful Tragedy on Principal
Thoroughfare at Sioux Falls.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.--J. p. Harrington,
a local business man, shot and instantly
killed Inez Borst, his divorced wife, last
night, and then fired a bullet into his own
heart, dying instantly.
The couple were married seven years
ago, but after living together until two
years ago she left him and procured a di-
vorce on the grounds of cruelty.
Since that time Harrington has attempt
ed to induce her to remarry him. These
efforts were unsuccessful, and terminated
in the tragedy. '~.. H.. - '* 81
So annoying became the mans irnpor-
tunities that the woman evaded him,
making it difficult for him to see her, In
order to meet her and commit the crime
which evidently had been carefully
planned. Last evening he sent her by
messenger boy purported telegram,
which read
"Inez, meet me at the corner by the
hatters, just opposite the courthouse. l
am going to Salt Lake at 4:30 in the morn
ing. Meet me at o'clock. :,
u P Harrington"
She met him as requested, and at 9:15
their dead bodies were lying on the side
walk within 200 or 800 feet Of the court
house. -.
Scores Of persons were on the street at
the time Deputy Sheriff Crooks was only
a short distance away when the hrst snot
was fired, but before he could reach the
scene, the murder and suicide had peen
committed. ;. -,
The woman was shot thre times-in the
shoulder, the heart and head. After the
first shot was fired, she attempted to push
tho murderer off the sidewalk, but falled'
HUTCHINSON, MlNN.-The Mcleod
County Agricultural society, Whlch mas an
unbroken record of thirty years IN "h!cn
successful fairs have been held, Win
premiums and purses paid in full, closed
it's annual three days fair here to-day
All available space was taken n the large
exposition building and the STOCK parhs
and sheds were filled with a fine exhloltlon
of live stock. The attendance each DAY
was large and the gate receipts Will leave
a. good surplus in the treasury after paying
all premiums and expenses. There was
great disappointment over the non-ap-
pearance Of the prohibitionists who are
| making q campaign with an automop1le
| and who were advertised as q feature OF
| the fair.-The physicians of Mcleod coun-
! ty met here yesterday for the purpose OF
| organizing a county association. inose
present were Drs. Kee Wakefield, Fred
| SHEPPARD and Joseph Vollmer, Hutchln-
son: J. H. Dorsey, I. F. Shefshiek and T..
| e, Burch, Glencoe: J. B. Clements, Les
ter Prairie; T. w. Tinker, Stewart; w.
D. BoIles, Brownton; T. w. Hvorka, Silver
Lake. Temporary officers were CHOSEN
and a meeting will be held soon to com
plete the organization. f. &c.,.
DUBUQUE, IoWA-Mrs. Martha Geiss-
| Ter, who was run down by an electric cal
| last March, has begun suit against the
Union Electric company for $4,000 dam
ages.-A boy named ironing, aged /
years, suddenly expired on an Illinois
! Central train. Strangulation OF the DOW
els. was the cause OF death. Inc poy
parents live in st. Clair, Iowa, and ne
was on his way to Dubuue to undergo
an operation.-Two youthful lovers from
Blackhawk county, Miss Wiley and 8
| young man named Winters, .eloped tt
Dubuque Thursday and went on to chi
cago, where they were united IN mar
riage.-While Constable Bauer was taking
1 Clyde Pigg, bound over to the grand Jur;
for larceny to local hotel, Pigg; entered
a. room that he said he formerly occupied
! and secured two raZors. The proprietor
4 informed the constable that Peg never
Il occupied the room. The latter was take1
to jail and will have to face a doubh
i charge Of larceny. : .:..E >,..s N =
FERGUS FALLS, MINN.-Judge Bax
ter has refused to release Henry Kriebs
who was arrested in this county for treat
ing his customers while soliciting order
for a st. Paul liquor house. The law pro
, vides that liquor can neither be sold no
given away without a license, and Kr1eb
was arrested on the theory that while. tn
actual selling was done by the house, tn
> giving away was Krielos' personal act. Hi
attorneys brought habeas corpus proceed
ings and asked for his release on tn
ground that he had committed no offense
but the court held otherwise.-E;x- Clerk Q
Court Northfoss escaped from the 1nsan
hospital few days ago and made his wa
, back to his home In Wadena An, attend
ant was sent after him, but he seemed t
> be quite rational and will be allowed t
: ! remain unless worse symptoms develop
Charles F. Grass has purchased a gen
eral store at Delamere, N D.; > ,,'
HUMBOLDT, IOWA = The Humboldt
public school has the largest enrollmen
for some time, between 500 and 600 at
tending. The faculty has been, change
considerably, several new teachers enter
ing. The superintendent is G. S. Cory
> first assistant, Mary Wallace; secon
, Mable TIatton; third, Katie Cruikshank
seventh and eighth grades, Minnie Nick
els; sixth grade, Maud Perry; fifth grade
Jennie Sinclair; fourth grade, Mario
7 err; second primary, Cora Belcher; frs
primary, Mable Fuller; music, Mrs. D.
- Coyle.
MILWAUKEE, gWlS.-An ,agreeme1
"a has been arrived at between officers
!. the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul roo
. and their machinists under which the me
> employed in the various shops of tt
Z company are granted wages Of 80 cents 6
hour. The agreement Is the result of
recent conference in Chicago.
. HANCOCK, MICH.-For a long tin
q citizens of Houghton and Hancock ha'
: suffered under the exactions Of tt
: Houghton County Street Railway con
:. pany. They have been compelled to pr
,. two fares for two-mile ride in the vi
> lage limits. Aroused to the necessity
l. taking some action, the village board hi
3 passed an ordinance prohibiting the &C
IT lection of two fares for a ride one way
n the village limits, whether in one car
70 by transfer in two or more cars. H. e.
is MADISON, WIS.-Colonel L. j. Rus
president of the state board of law exam
re liners, who has been at the Madison Gel
l. eral hospital for a week undergoing E
N operation, has recovered and returned
N his home at Chippewa Falls yesterds
~ afternoon. 49,, r. ,~. -..--
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