Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-05-17

VICTIM is MRS. F. j. PAGE, WHO WAS RETURN.
ING HOME FROM SUNDAY SCHOOL 49,.
MURDERER APPREHBNDBD AT CROSBY TUESDAY NIGAT
CONFESSED HIS GUILT 10 SHERIFF ARMSTRONG
YESTERDAY MORNING

!. that ran from her throat.
! All unmindful of the dreadful deed
that had been perpetrated was Mr..
Page confidently awaiting the arrival
Of his wife from Sunday school. When
she failed to return after sun down, he
did not worry very much, according
Ito his own story, as he believed that
E!she had most likely gone to visit =
Eneighbor. +.~
In hunting his cattle that evening
he passed within short distance Of
1.-THE remains Of his wife without know
ling it. After midnight, however, he
! began to feel alarmed, and at about 8
Q 'clock the following morning he arose,
went out and did his chores and pre-
)! pared a team with the intention Of do
ling some plowing. Later he decided that
he had best ascertain the whereabouts
Of his wife, and had started along the
road for the neighbors, when he came
across the horrible spectacle above re-
ferred to.
Coroner N. w. Chance, Sheriff Frank
Armstrong and County Attorney D. M.
Cameron were notified and started for
the scene Of the murder, which is about
25 miles. northwest Of this city, early
that afternoon, arriving there at about
O'Clock. The remains were brought
to this city that evening by Remmie
Clark Of Ft. Ripley and placed at the
AL. Simonet morgue, where post
mortem examination was made Tuesday
morning which resulted in the finding
of slight cut or scratch on the right
side of her throat and slight cuts on
the inside Of her lips as from a blow
from fist in addition to the mortal
wound
Mrs. Page moved from St. Paul to
this county with her husband about
eight years ago, locating on the Luther
ASnoW, farm in Rail Prairie, where they
Ihad since been residing. Besides her
husband, she is survived by her son,
J r. L. Page, who is an engineer on the
Nnrthern Pacifie with a run between
B1ajrerd and Duluth, who together with
other relatives were te]egraphed Of her
horrible DEATH.
! The body was shipped to Dundas
early Wednesday morning, where the
funeral took place.
! ouSplC1On dtLdcHcu ltScll 70 Iuc udA
above named and posse was immedi-
ately formed to apprehend him. Reward
was also offered for the capture of the
murderer Of Mrs. Page, 5000 being Of
fered by the state and 5000 by the
! county.
Schnider was traced to Pillager, where
he had cashed a check Monday and pur-
chased a ticket for Brainerd, arriving
there at 4 p. m. Hot on his trail, Sheriff
Armstrong went to the Guyana Iron
: Range towns Tuesday. ::
| Schnider walked from Brainerd
to Deerwood, arriving there at 10 p.
I'M. and sleeping that night at the depot
at that place. He got something to eat
at the butcher shop. Tuesday morning,
after which he left for Jamerson and
then went to Irontown. From there he
went to Crosby, where he met Tom
Cavenaugh, a son-in-]aw of VIM. Cook
Of Rail Prairie, whom he knew, and
was invited to supper by him. After
supper they went for a walk. In the
meantime Sheriff Armstrong and Luth-
er Snow had left Crosby and started in
the direction Of Guyana, while Mack
Rail who was acquainted with the sus-
pect was to begin hunt north of Cros-
by for the fugitive. He had gone into a
saloon to get revolver, when on turn.
ing around he spied Schnider and
I iCavenaugh coming down the street. He
waited their coming and then presented
gun under the suspected mans nose
and told him he was under arrest.
"What's the matter Mack, me do no
w-ong,' was the mans surprised ez-
preston. He gave no signs of resistance
and after Handwriting him he was
taken to the Jail at Deerwood, Sheriff
Armstrong bringing him to Little Falls
"Wednesday morning. Schnider in
formed one of the sheriff 3 party that
Mr.. Tolles had told him that Mrs: Page
carried money on her person, and when
asked whether that man had got it
said no; that he had been told that
list fall. To lead him on Mr.. Snow ask
ed whether that other man had cut
the woman IS throat and killed her, but
received no answer in reply, ~sehnider
hanging his head down in meditation.
ELECTS OFFICERS ~ ::~':
| Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows at meeting OF Hose
Co. No. Wednesday evening at the
West side hose house,.