Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-03-05
THf KINIOP MURDER
Several Arrests on Account
of the Atrocious Crime
Of 1905

Archie Cyrus, charged with the mur :
der. Cyrus was taken before Justice
Gaudet Saturday morning and waived
examination, and was bound over to
the grand jury. His case was not
brought to the notice of this body,
but Cyrus is still in the county jail.
Counsel for Cyrus argued for the
release of his client Thursday morning
and the matter was taken under
advlsement and will probably be
decided today.
On Friday last Sheriff Armstrong
went to CloQuet and took into custody,
William Bailey, formerly of Randall,
on the same charge as above. Bailey
was sleeping at the hotel in that city
when confronted with the charge, and
denied all knowledge OF the matter.
He had been working tor the Cloquet
Electric Co. Bailey was lncarcerated
at the st. Cloud Jail for one day and
brought to this city, and at q hearing
before Justice Gaudet Monday morn
ing, the complaint was dismissed. and
Bailey was set free.
A telegram was received from
Cloquet inQuaring If 1t. was true thai
Bailey has committed suicide This
IS a grave error, a. Nj. Bailey called
at this Office Thursday morning in th<
flesh. Mr.. Bailey states that he can,
not understand where any evidencl
could be got, connec41ng him with thu
deed in any way Whatevef.
Joseph Kennedy, who is: said t
have disappeared about the time ol
the murder, was arrested BY thu
sheriff of Cass county and lodged il
Jail at Walker, ON the same charge.
Kennedy has been in the empioy 01
the Northern Pine company. Kennedy
will be brought here shortly, an0
given preliminary bearing before
one of the justices
While the whole proceedings seem
more or less mystery to an out
slider. 1t IS generally thought that the
authorities have good deal more uE
their sleeve. than is getting out. and
that sooner or later the perpetrators OF
one of the most tiendish crimes in the
annals of the state, Will be brought to
justice.
Annie k1ntop was last seen alive
about ~ o'clock in the evening q
April 10th, 1906, at the Frederickson
Bros. store at Darling. She had beer
to Little Falls to do some shopping
April 8, and had returned to Darling
on freight. She waited some little
time at the store. thinking that per.
haps her folks would meet her. She
finally started down the track and
this was the last seen of her, until he1
dead body was found.
There was nothing particular
thought of her not coming home as
often she had visited with one Of he1
sisters at this place for few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Kintop came to towr
the following Saturday, and lnqulring
about their daughter. found that she
had left for home the Monday evening
previous. A search was at once
instituted with the result that tht
body was found in a bunch of willow!
a snort distance from the Darling
church. There was cloth around tht
neck, with which evidently the youns
lady had been strangled also som.
bad bruises on the body and head
; Her clothes were mostly missing
The body had evidently been carried
,, to this place from the church, as {
survey Of this place showed that ther'
had evidently been terrific stugglt
before the woman was overpoWered
At the time it was thought that tn
deed had been committed by som'
negroes vino had been seen IN th'
nelghborhood about the time OF tn
murder, and many were held OF
suspicion II different parts of th'
country.
! It IS not the wish of the communit!
that innocent people be made to suffer
but that the guilty ones, whoever thel
may be, should be brought to justlc'
is the universal expression, and tha
no pains should be spared to do so.