The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-09-22
Moorhead Department
.JAILS RIVAL and
nARRIES GIRL
ROW OVER GIRL IN MooRHEAp
LAST NIGHT ENDS IN ONE. MAN
GOING TO JAIL AND ANOTHER
GETTING MAhRIGD - CLAIMS
THAT THREAT WAS MADE.

Dan Cupid finds many ways to ac-
complish his ends but probably one of
the most peculiar happened in Moor.
head last night, when Chas. Braman
mad his rival f. e. Pedberg thrown in
jail and married Miss Elizabeth Young.
the girl of his choice, in Judge Han
sons court in Fargo this morning
while the deposed one languished in
the bastile awaiting trial.
According to reports that were go
ing the rounds in Moorhead this morn
Ing there was considerable excite
ment and near tragedy last night,
when it is stated that Pedberg threat
ened to kill Miss Young and might
have accomplished his ends had not
Braman secured assistance from the
police and interfered.
Miss Young, who came to Moorhead
from GAINESVILLE originally, is en-
ployed as a waitress in the Rose
restaurant operated by Mr.. Rose
burg on Front street. Braman is EN-
pioyed in Towards cafe while Ped
bergS known as the Idaho Kid lives
four mics from Moorhead and former
ly acme from Minot, N. ID.
| Threatened Life of Girl.
| Miss Young, 1t is reported, has been
living first with one of her admirers
and then with the other, although she
was married to neither Of them until
this morning. According to the state
ment of Mr.. Ros> burg she had been
living with Pedberg last summer, but
for some time she made her home with
/ vi De-
had brought articles belonging to her
to the restaurant and last evening
came and conversed with her.
| "She left the restaurant at about
Sis o'clock last night" said Mr.,
Roseburg, ''soon after having a con-
versation with Pedberg. 1t seems
that he had been annoying her
and she went TO Towards cafe and
got Braman to take her home OF
course, this is what / have heard from
other sources, as did not witness the
incident myself.
"Pedberg left the restaurant some
time before the girl and l later saw
him standing near the Palm, on the
corner of Front and Fourth streets
1t seems that the man followed the
girl and, according to reports, grabbed
her and dragged her toward the river
threatening to kill her. However, in
the meantime Braman secured the
services of the police and had Pedbers
arrested, probably ayerting a tragedy
The statements of Mr.. Roseburs
were confirmed by Mrs. Perkins, who
is also in his employ. Mrs. Perkins
says that Miss Young came to the
restaurant after the incident and tolc
her of the happenings, saying tina
Pedberg had threatened to kill her.
81 know the man when see him,
said Mrs. Perkins, "but never knew
his name, as / have always avoided
him. He eats here often and yester.
day morning came here with a pack
age telling me to give it to Mis-!
Young with the message that he wa
in town with his war paint on.
told him that / would deliver the pack
age, but that / would not become ;
party TO his affairs and would not de
liver the message.
Miss Young told me later that Ped
berg had threatened to kill her and hat
grabbed her by the throat and dragged
her toward the river. That Is all
! know of the incident"
Police Turn Pedberg Loose.
Pedberg appeared in police court thi
morning before Justice Malloy and wa
/ fined $40 for disorderly conduct, a.
} there was no one to appear agains
. him and no formal charges were made
t The police seem to treat the matter a.
: a ruse of Braman to get Pedberg on
) | of the road until he married the GIRL