Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-04-15
Shot Was Fired From
Near Home v. T. Anderson
Continued FROM rage One.)

AoAA NHC ~hS'p
Of Iynchine, but the sober juds.
ceeded in quoting the crowd and
at an early hour last evening the
excitement had materially sub
sided. However, as a matter Of
safety Anderson was spirited out
Of the city on a gasoline car that
had been brought by a party to
Washburn from Garrison.
wAsABURN PEOPLE AROUSED.
WASHBuRN, April 14.-Laid low
by the bullet Of an assassin, the body
Of Frank e.. Funk, former cashier Of
the First National Bank is tonight
resting in his residence in this village
and the people Of the city are aroused
as they never have been before. The
story of the shooting is that Funk
with his family was out on the rear
porch of the house and Kenneth, the
six years old son Of the family, while
playing about the yard stumbled and
fell and the father went to pick the
little one up and just as he reached
to take the child in his arms the bull
Ieta pierced his body. Funk was taken
into the house and placed on a couch,
but the bullet had struck a vital spot
and death ensued in a few minutes.
The shot entered Funk's body at the
back between the shoulder blades and
came out in front just above the right
breast.
NO REASON KNOWN.
There is positively no reason given
for the murder. It is known that
Funk had a number of enemies made
during his business career in this
city, but they were not supposed to
be more numerous or r~evengefuI than
is generally the case with bankers in
small towns. Twice during recent
years bricks have been thrown thru
the windows Of the bank with the evi.
dent intention Of injuring the banker
and once there was a skull and cross
bones printed on the widow during
the night with the warning that it
Funk did NOT leave the city soon there
would be more severe methods used
to get rid Of him.
The latter event, however, was thot
to have been the work Of practical
jokers and little was eve thought OF
it. Funk has been in the banking
business there for a number Of years
and he has Of course at different times
been forced to foreclose mortgages
and otherwise force the collection Of
some obligations.
After the above was sent in from
W7ashburn last night telephone COM
munication was cut off and it was i'm
possible to get further word OF the
crime. That the people Of the little
city were highly excited was evident
from the conversations held with var
ious people and there were even indl-
cations that harsh measures would
be used in dealing with the party
whose guilt might be clearly estab-
lished. The Tribune is this morning
sending a special representative to the
scene OF the crime and it is hoped to
have a complete and authentic story
of the affair in the paper tomorrow
morning. a.
Frank Funk was well known in this
city, as before he had started in bust.
ness at Washburn he was connected
with the First National Bank of Bis
marck. He was married to a daught-
er of n. f. Boucher, who was formerly
warden Of the penitentialt y. Mrs.
Funk was a sister Of Mrs. Matchan
who with her mother is now living in
Los Angeles, California. Both have
been notified and will probably be
here. Mr.. Funk leaves a wife and
two children, Kenneth, age six and
Katherine, about two years old.