The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-26
KILLED MAN WITH
SKATES And CLUB.
JAIL IN ONTARIO
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
William Paul Of Pelican Rapids "saw
Red" When He Felled Settings With
His Skates and Then Pounded Him
to Death and Tried to Hide the
Bloody Corpse.

special to The Journal
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Dec. ga let
ter has just been received from Arthur,
Rouse, who lives near Rainy River,
giving the particulars Of the Settings
murder for which William Paul Nof
at Plnewood, Ont. A brief reference
to the affair was published in tele-
graphlc dispatches two weeks ago.
MI. Rouse, at whose home Paul was
staying, writes that the young man
came there in company with Settings
a short time ago, and the two expected
to secure employment cutting timber.
On the morning Of the murder they
started up the river together on skates
to look over a piece Of land, the owner
OF which wished to have the timber
cut by contract.
Some hours later Paul appeared at
Mr.. Proctor g store in Pinewood. He
was alone, and his shirt was stained
with, fresh blood. He walked boldly to
the counter, stated that he had had a
bad attack of nosebleed and would
have to have a new shirt, and pur-
chased one. He stayed in Pinewood that
night and went to Rainy River the
next day, where he had check cashed.
He then returned to Mr.. Rouse IS home
and told him that Settings had gone to
a lumber camp. He burned the shirt
on which the blood stains were in evil
dence, rolling it up and throwing it
into Mr.. Rouse g heater.
Confesses to the Officers.
In the meantime Settings body was
found behind a log on the river bank.
There were evidences that he had been
beaten about the head, and the au-
lnSf no in AZ
Of Paul. He was perfectly cool up to
the time of his arrest, but Is reported
to have made confession to the off
GERS, stating that he and Settings quar-
relied and Settings attempted to strike
him, whereupon he swung his skates
and struck him on the head, .~~
Settings fell and he decided it would
be best to finish him, which he did
by beating him to death with a club.
He then took his money and a check
on the Rainy. River Lumber company,
threw the body behind a log and went
on to Pinewood. When brought into
court, however, he entered a plea Of
not guilty. e.,
Two Trains to Be Taken OFF.
It is understood that trains Nos. %
and "a, on the Great Northern, are to
be taken off the first of the year. These
trains were put on few months ago
to relieve the coast trains Of local
work between the twin cities and Spo-
kane. Thew have never been well pat
ronized, and their run has recently been
shortened, their present. terminal being
at Havre, Mont, instead Of Spokane,
Wash. --.. - ~: -. ~, D."
4 Held for Draining Lake.
JIG. Hagestrom had a preliminary
hearing in the Justice court here on
the charge of draining a meandered
lake in the town of Maine.
The lake is known as Pickerel lake,
and the complaint was made by a
neighbor whose farm had been flooded.
Several other farms are also flooded,
while lands further up stream have
been relieved Of surplus water. -.
Haggstrom was bound over to await
the action of the district court. The
penalty for draining a meandered lake
is a fine of from $25 to $4,000 or i'm
prisonment. +1.. 49,. ID, ..@-