Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-06-21
Disclosures 10 Triple
Tragedy at Carson
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of her mouth, and, it is believed, bur
led itself in the back Of her neck
The. second shot struck her in the left
arm, which she threw up as the first
shot was fired, and exclaimed, "My
God, Doctor, what have ! done fol
this?" a..
Grappled With Murderer.
The fourth shot was fired as Ander'
son and Young grappled with the muir
derer, the bullet striking Mrs. Curry
on the top of the head, infiicting a
slight scalp wound only. The terrific
struggle with the three men Oh the
ground. during which Newman man.
aged to get a shot at Anderson, miss.
ing him, the bullet entering the
.Iground. Newman fought hard to turn
the gun on himself, but failed, as the
! gun was knocked from his hand.
Tried tc Choke Young.
Newman then attempted to choke
Young, obtaining a hard grip on his
throat. Anderson broke loose, and,
with the auto wrench, pounded New
man territically, but it seemed to have
little effect. In the meantime, the
injured woman had made way to a
neighbours house, their ream quick
ly attracting a crowd. Notwithstand-
ing, Newman was much beaten, when
struggle, which lasted fully 10 min
utes, was over, he got up and walk
ed down to his own drug store with
Charles Mott, refusing to say a word
until he got to the door, when he
turned to Mott, saying:
in" and locked the door behind him
and went to the back of the store.
Later Young, accompanied by the
village marshal, knocked on the front
door, Young saying:
doc, give me some medicine. You
have shot my wife. Your time has
come"
Murderer Was Dead.
Newman paid no attention to
Young, but when the marshal asked
for medicine Newman from the inside
of the store, said:
Are they hurt?"
Marshal said: YES"
He then threw a package Of med
icine over the transom, saying: l5.
wait a minute. I'll come up and
help care for Them
Ten minutes later he was dead.
Newman. going back to a bedroom,
drained the contents of a bottle of
potassium cyanide, fearful Of becom-
Ing the victim of the large crowd that
had gathered, and which was held
back for some time.
The crowd produced a ladder,
which they used as a battering ram
and smashed in the door. Led by Mar
shall, they then made their way
cautiously to the rear Of the store.
No response was made to calls to
surrender, and on opening the door
into the bedroom, Newman was found
lying across the bed il a last death
struggle. @
Was a Knight Of Pythias.
Medical aid for the injured women
vas summoned from Flasher.
s. New Leipzig and Bentley authorit
les were notified and an inquest was
held between 4 and 5 a. NJ. .s
They brought in a verdict of death
by his own hands. The body was en-
balmed, and his mother and sisters
at San Diego, Cal, wired. No response
had been received at a late hour to.
night. The body will probably be
taken to Armenia, N. D., for burial.
( Newman was a Knight of Pythias,
a Royal Arch Mason, and owned a
half section of land here. He was un.
married, and was born in Ohio. He
started in life as a printer, and work
ed for eight years on the Toledo Blade.
He came to Carson three years ago
from Great Bend, this state.
Mrs. Curry Had clerked for Newman.
n Mrs. Curry, one of the victims, has
clerked in his drug store during the
past seven months. She is a young |
widow with two sons. Newman was
deeply enamored over her, and, it is
said, wanted to marry her, but she !
refused him.
Newman evidently became extreme
ly jealous at the cordial attentions |
extended by the e~x-preacher and wife,
and resolved to put an end to all con-
cerned, whom he believed were trying |
to attract the Widows attention from
him.
Villagers Very Reticien..
:" The village seems to have recOv-
cred from the frenz:ed excitement Of
last night, many Of the inhabitants j
having slept during the day. They |
are very reticient, and seem to be
DESTROYS of hushing up the terrible !
crime as quickly as possible.
Mrs. Young was taken to the Man
dan hospital, wheer the bullet was !
fOnnd tn have strrck her in the