Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1911-09-22
FRANK GOURD IS KILLED ] / ] !.
8. s. Durham Strikes Him
on Head With Club /.
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j INDICTED \ FOR MAASAuGHTER
Durham Claims Salt De-
fenss--Affair Took 1! Place ,
at Buddo Lake Il

F. L.Gourd of Clough, better Known
locally a ''Whoopee, died: Sunday
morning at z o'clock, due to a blow
over. tho head struck by 8. s.. Dur;
nam. q brother in-laW, the evening Do
fore. claimed to De in, self defense.
A naytv composed Of John Tindell OF
Ft Ripley. Eber Clark and 3. $. Dur
ham Of Clough anu Louis McCormich
Of Excalaior we're on fishing trip N
Rndoe lake. and were joined Saturday
aveuine by F. L. 9ourd and John
Fuller, both of Clough.s - e =
1t is stated that the men ware argu:
ing about different matters wnen
fuller, who was intoxicated, became
engaged in an argument with NC
Cormick. who struck him in the eye
while he was lying down, Whereupon
Gourd interferred. He and McCorm1ck 4.
then had an alteration and 1t 10 SAID
0ourd held an open knife. Durham
came between them and Gourd put the
knife awav and picked up a CLUB about
eight feet long and struck Durna"
once or twice. the stick breaking. Dur-
nam nicked up one of the broken pieces
and struck 9ourd over the left side OF
the head he falling in heap un'
conscious. He came to a short time
after and asked them to send for
doctor. The injured man Was taken
into the tent and remained unconscious
until he died. The reason for not
sending for medical aid IS, it is said,
Chat thew did not think the injury bad
and that as Gourd was rather in
toxicated, he would come OUT airlgnI.
Coroner Chance was sent tor snortly
after his death, and on MS arrlvai
there no one spoke OF a quarrel ano
the doctor was led to DelleVe that
death resulted from natural causes as
he had prescribed for the dead man
some time previous, and returned TO
Later in the day, however, he was
'phoned to 20 up and investigate the
matter more thoroughly, as there had
been some trouble at the camp the
evening before and that there was q
bruise on the man head. The coroner,
sheriff and county attorney with some
others went to the Gourd home to
which place the aedy had been re-
moved. and the above version OF the
affair was given-slightly dltterln9-
bv Durham and Clark. Durham and
Mccormick were arrested and brought
down the same night, the other wit
nesses of the tragedy coming down
Monday. to appear as witnesses before
the grand Jury. Mccormick was
brought down as q witness. Durham
will offer a plea of self.defense.
A post mortem on the body was heio
Monday morning at the Simonet NOR.
que and showed that Gourd was MI
about three inches above the ca! on
the right side of the head, the bio"
breaking a blood vessel and forming
clot back of and below the left eye
There was no fracture Of the skull.
As will be noted in another column,
Durham was indicted by the grand
Jury for manslaughter in the first de-
gree. g.,
Mr.. Gourd, who is said to be a full
blood Cherokee Indian, was ~ years O.
age and came to Clough from OKLA
homa, about three years ago. ana ne
sides his " idow, leaves i've children
Mrs.. r. l.. Hall, Stella, Charles, Le'
and Harris 9ourd. The Durham
family also moved to Clough tow
about the same time from Lake Mime
tonka. Mrs. Gourd and Mrs. Dur
ham are sisters.
The remains of the late Mr.. Gour.
were taken back to the home in Cloug|
and the funeral was held Wednesday a
Randall, Rev. W. II. North ofhclatlns