The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-04
AEGRO IS SHOT BY MS WIFE.
SUPERSTITION OF POLICE THAI
SHOOTING WILL FOLLOW FIRST
SNOW Is BORNE OUT.
Tandy 10 Found In Dying Condition
With Four Bullet Wounds
In HE
Body.

Fargo.-With the shooting Of Sam.
uel Tandy, colored, by his wife, a
superstition held by members OF the
Fargo police force seems to be vindi-
Gated. The local police have a theory
that annually within twenty-four hours
after the first snowfall there will be q
murder or attempt at murder in the
city. The belief has grown up dur
Ing many years, the looked-for crime
never failing to arrive with the first
snow.
The first snow fell in Fargo at 6
O'Clock Tuesday evening. Extra pre-.
cautions to guard against crime were
taken by the police force. At mid.
night four shots were fired in house
at First street and First avenue In the
negro district and when the police ar
rived they found Tandy in an appar.
emily dying condition with four bullet
wounds in his body. His wife, who
did the shooting, was arrested by the
police and is being held to await the
outcome of her act. Tandy is in hos.
pital and attending physicians despair
of saving his life.
The police theory that crime comes
with the first snow has been horne
out for many years. George Kenyon
is serving life sentence in the state
penitentiary for killing a white farm
laborer on the night of Oct. 8. last
year, the first snow of the season hav.
ing fallen that afternoon.
Two years ago A. M. King, negro,
shot and killed another negro in a card
game. King escaped the local police,
but was captured by a negro detective
tn Minneapolis after running gun
fight. The record runs back for at
least twelve years and there is not
policeman on the force but believes
killing is sure to follow the first snow.
Grand Forks.-In some parts Of the
valley district grain has not been cut,
and 1t will be almost a total loss as
the farmers will not be able to put
their binders on the field for many
days. Six inches of rain In twenty.
five days has thoroughly soaked the
SOIL and the fields, in some instances,
have standing water in them.
Devils Lake-Unable to retain the
terrible secret which was preying on
his mind. liver P. Lokken, a laborer
employed at the farm of John Bryn
of Grand Harbor township, confessed
to the heart-broken father that the
gun with which Anton J. Bryn was
shot on September IA was not in the
lads hands. but that he (Lokken)
was responsible for the death.
Grand Forks.-With the resump-
ton of the work appeals for thresh-
ers are being made. From many
cities come the requests for men, as
the long spell of bad weather. during
which the machines were idle, result.
ed in many of the men going back
East. Threshing has been resumed
in the vicinity of Bowesmont, Wales,
Langdon and in that district general
ly. Only about three or four weeks
of good weather will be required to
clean up the entire seasons produc-
ton. Farmers are offering from 1925
to SO so day for threshers.
Fessenden.-Upon his recent trip to
Calgary, Canada, T. L. Beiseker of
this place. together with Banker Da-
wilson Of Darlington, disposed of a
string Of eighty elevators in Western
Canada which they owned. The deal
involved a very large sum, including
the houses of the Alberta Pacific Ele.
vator company. limited: and the ter
minals of the Globe Elevator com,
pany, limited. The sale was made to
a British syndicate headed by Sir Max
Aitkin. NJ p, and R. B. Bennett, K.
c.. G P. The cash payment upon
the deal was some 100000, with the
balance to be paid every few months
in tnstallments.