Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-08-30
Another Hobo Tragedy In. Which an
Officer at Valley City Meets ~
Instant Death
$1,000 reward
By the Northern Pacific Railway Co.
for Capture of Murderer of
Officer Personius.

Edrly GlllS mOluIDR dUOuG :0O
O'Clock occurred the fatal shooting of
a policeman at Valley City by one OF
two who are tramps, and whom, it is
supposed, the officer was attempting
to place un 'er arrest for. the robbery
of brakeman at Sanborn short
time before. The officers name is Fl.
E. Pe1son,us, and it is stated that
the tramp shot twice, both shots TAX
ing eff ect, one in the chin and the
other in the officers breast, and that
death followed almost at once. The
murderer escaped and although sever
al arrests of suspicious characters
have been made on the trains along
the main line + the road between
Jamestown and Fargo, nothing GER
Gain to the identity of the man want
ed is yet known.
Two brakemen, working on the
Sanborn branch, we're held up by two
men about an hour and half before
the shooting of the policeman, the
railroad men having been asleep In
the caboose at Sanborn. A gold watch
and S17 in money we're taken from
one of the railroad men named j. M.
Richardson. The robbers left the car
in q hurry and it was supposed took
an extra freight train east bound.
The railroad men telephoned the off,
GERS at Valley City to look out for
them and gave the best description
possible OF the robbers. The officer
met the train on its arrival at the
town, and in the investigation OF the
men on tho train the shooting oo-
cured opposite the stock yards IN
that CITY. The brakeman let for VAL
ley City as soon as possible TO be
there to identify any one arrested as
the murderer of the officer.
This IS the second Valley City oti-
Ger who has been shot by hobos this
season, Officer Fleming lo>ing leg
from a bullet fred at the 500 depot.
A description of the two tramps
has been telegraphed the chief OF po-
lice of this city and the officers are
on sharp lookout for the men who
are supposed to have fed west after
the murder. The merage descr1p'
tion is as follows:
One small light man with peaKeu
features; wore dark suit with black
hat and shirt.
The other was tall and slender
weighing about 16O pounds.
The early apprehension of the mur-
derer is expected. ...
The N. p. r. r. Company Is de-
termined that all efforts be made TO
CAPTURE the murderer or murderers OF
noliceman Perosnius. killed at Valley
CITY Aug ust %, by some man or men
riding in a N. P. freight car, and who
esoa ped In the darkness after tne
shooting. The following reward mas
been posted at all points on the divi-
sion and at many other places IN tne
state: --..
NOTICE.
The Northern Pacific railway COM
pany will pay reward for the arrest
and conviction of the murderers OF
Police Officer HE. Personius OF VAL
lev City, who was shot and killed
at Valley City at 1870 a. NJ, Aug 2S'
1905. while looking through cattle
train (extra 23O7 E.) for two men who
had held up two Northern Pac1hc
brakemen while asleep In caboose
at Sanborn earlier the same night.
One thousand dollars for each MUIR
derer convicted. A. M. Burt. SUPER
intendent. jamestown. August 70.
DETAILs.oF THE SHOOTING.
So far no trace of the murderer OF
the policeman has been found. From
the description of the brakemen tne
men were undoubtedly the same per-
sons who shot the officer and who
held up the occupants Of the caDoose
at Sanborn an hour and half earlier.
The off1cer who was shot was an old
member Of the Valley City police
force and q resident Of the city Tor 9
number Of years. He leaves . wife
and seven ANAL children With little