The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-04
DAY MARKED BY
MANY TRAGEDIES
MURDER, AsPHYxIATIoN, ACCT
DENTS IN PAST "a HOURS.
Seven Die Violent or Mysterious Deaths
in Twin Cities While the Clock Goes
Around Twice Several Others Vic
Tins OF Painful Accidents Unusual
and Unfortunate Record. w
TRAGIC DEATHS OF A.. DAY

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Tie day. which began twentyfou,
hours ago is filled with reports of sudden
OF mysterious death in many forms and
ton to the murder of Fred Roma, in the
Town Town OF Osseo,. the day Of tragedy
counted many victims in the twin cities
.-. Policenan's Son Run Down.
William Mcleod, Jr., years old, son
OF Patrolman William Mcleod Of the
ponce force, was run down and killed
py 900 passenger train near Robbins
dale last night. ~.
!, The Lad had run away from, school in
the afternoon and was roaming about
The engineer was startled bv~a loud
cry as the train neared the little sta
t1on and did not see the boy until the
engine was a few feet from him. The
train was stopped within a short dis
lance, but death had come instantly.
and then to the county morgue. where #
was identified this morning by the
| heart-broken parents. :,
! "A coroner s investigation showed that
the boy became fatigued with tramping
and had lain down by the tracks for a
nap. The approaching train aroused him
and as ne arose he fell across the rails.
The boy lived with his parents at
424l Colfax avenue N.
Another Death on tho Tracks.
An 8-year-old son of j. B. Little, a
| dalryman living at Prospect and Mary
land avenues, St. Paul, was cut down
and instantly killed on the Omaha
tracks near NO Post Siding, about $3.50 this
Omaha tracks in the rear Of the Griffin
wheel works, in seeking to avoid train
going north, he was struck by another
going south: The body was taken to
the Post Siding station.
| New Yorker Asphyxiated.
P. P. Maury of New York, REPRESENT
King, Beals & CO., Of that CITY. was
found dead in the bathroom adjoining
his room at the MCGEE hotel, Fourth
and Robert streets, st. Paul, early this
morning er Death had been caused by
The indications S' are pe tha stine MaU ur IS
death was, purely accidental, as the Jet
from which the gas was issuing was
fitted for both gas and electricity, and
it is believed that Maury thought he
was turning on the electricity when he
turned on the gas; When. the: incan-
probab bly, thought the electricity was
turned off, and began to take his bath
in the dark, when he was overcome.
Woman Found Dead. =,
Mrs. Fannie Larson was found dead
In her rooms, ,22Ol} Fourth street N, yes
terday. -, ~. :. - -
Mrs. Larson was broug ht into noto-
riety about two months ago by the SEN
satlonal suicide Of her lover, Ed Nc
Guire, who occupied the house where
she was found dead yesterday. He and
Mrs. Larson went on an excursion to
H rs fp and aRan nare5sS jest during ai fb the bea
started for st. Paul, Mcclure walked to
words hThis ID thing is too 90 thick lex
for me- jumped into the river and
The woman saw him leap and from
that moment she became moody and
nervous. She resorted to drugs anal
soon became a physical wreck.
Her ,neighbors, reported to the police
yesterday that she was i'll at the rooms
end DIR. Musgrave, assistant city physi~
clan, was sent out. She was dead when
he arrived there and he at once ordered
the body taken to the county morgue
where. an autopsy showed chronic
nephritis as the cause Of death.
AS far as is known she had no
friends or relatives in Minneapolis, and
had teen living in solitude after Nc
Cures death. "
Death on The Burlington.
Edward Sumner, brakeman en-
ployed by the Burlington road at ST.
Paul, was crushed to death yesterday
between two freight cars in the yards
at the foot of Dayton's bluff, st. Paul.
He was. adjusting the air brakes when
another train bumped into the string of
cars 4 Upon which Ehj5 he was Workipg. He
dent, and in explaining how it happened
said to his fellow -workmen: ~ guess
am all ln.v He was 46 years old
and unmarried.
Found Dead in Barn.
Peter Peterson of Hopkins was found
dead in an old barn there last night. He
had evidently been dead several hours. |
Deputy Coroner H. G. Irvine ordered
the remains removed to the county
morgue and an autopsy will be held. It |
is thought that death resulted from
acute alcoholism, as he was addicted |
to the use of intoXicants.
Run Down by Wagon.
Frederick johnson, a 9-year- old boy |
who lives at III Twenty-third avenue
s, was run down by wagon at Second |
Avenue S and Fourth street yesterday
afternoon and sustained a fracture at |
the base Of the skull. He was taken to-
his home by the central patrol wagon.
His ll-year-old brother was with him |
when the accident occurred and cared |
for the lad on his way home.
Fingers VS.. Gang Saw
Sam Witt, 2104 Third street N, lost
three fingers last night while working
on one OF the gang saws at the Diamond |
mill. lie was taken to the city hospital, |
where the fingers were amputa ted.
: Joe Nichols, elevator starter at the
Chamber of Commerce, walked into a
glass door at the Chamber yesterday,
and cut his face and hands badly. |
Surgeons took twenty-three stitches in
his hands and tied up two arteries.
-Cahforn1a-$32.9 so.
That is the Rock Island rate for col.
onist tickets from Minneapolis to Cali.
fornia points from Sept. 10Th to Oct.
18th. Correspondingly low rates to i
points in Arizona, Utah and Idaho.
Two routes. Scenic and Southern.