The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-01-01
PERKINS COUNTY MAN /
KILLS SONINLAW AS
RESULT OF QUARREL
Victim Starts Trouble by;
Trying to Make Estranged
Wife Sign Papers.

Meadow, s.. D., Dec. z3.-W1l Cur
ington, a Perkins county ranchman,
shot and killed his soninlaw, Richards
yesterday morning and Immediately
gave himself up to the authorities.
Richards and his wife have been sep
arated for nearly q year. Yesterday
he called at the burlington home and
attempted to ave his wife sign some
outside the house Richards asked for
his gun which had been left at the
ranch and burlington got the gum, q
loaded revolver, and gave 1t to Rich
ards.
The two men walked toward the BARN
and Richards finally accused his father
inlaw Of interfering n influencing his
daughter to refuse signing h papers,.
Remarking that he might as well kill,
him one time as another, Richards drew
the revolver and fired. As he did So
burlington pushed him aside and the
bullet went through Curington's clothes
without doing any harm.
Curington Their drew his gun and
shot Richards in the leg. AS the SON
inlaw attempted to shoot again, Cur
fatal results.
WOMAN CATCHES WOMAN
FOR BAD CHECK DEAL
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 23.-Miss,
Clara Thompson. bookkeeper IN one
Of the big department stores Of Sioux
Falls, proved herself a detective of no
small ability when she took action
which caused h arrest OF Miss Marie
Gunderson, of Cotton, or the charge OF
forgery. The accused girl was given
a hearing, and, failing to furnish a.
bond in b sum Of $500, was remanded'
to Jail.
Miss Gunderson appeared In q de-
partment store here and, after making
some small purchases. presented af
check for $50. drawn on the Montrosel
State bank. The check was made pay
able to Pear West and had signed to-
It the name o. West. Miss Gunderson
represented that she was Pearl West
and stated that o. West was her
father. Her story was so straightfor-
ward that Miss Thompson cashed the
check.
The check was afterward returned
by the Montrose bank with the state
ment that there were no funds in the
bank to the credit of O. West. Since
that time Miss Thompson had kept q
watch for the girl who passed the
check on her whenever she had oc-
casion to be upon the street, and her
vigilance finally was rewarded when
she discovered Miss Gunderson passing
along the sidewalk among a crowd Of
Christmas shoppers. She instantly,
made her way to the girl, laid her handi
on her shoulder and held her until a
policeman arrived and placed her un-SS
der arrest.
CHAMBERLAIN WILL PAY
QUARNBURG JUDGMENT
Chamberlain, S. D., Dec. 23.-At last;
this city has raised the money to pay!
off the noted Quarnburg -judgment,}
which has grown to about $4,000. In
Chamberlain in early day Quarnburg,
built a large Touring mill on the banks
Of the Missouri river, the plant being
II nnnraf tod hu CfaoYn rry0 es11,911n,,,n rt-f
ed later by power from a small capac-
ity artesian well. Power from this
well began to weaken n a larger one
was sunk, which proved to be the
strongest gusher ever struck in the
state, sending an eight-inch stream Of
water more than 20 feet above the
surface. Before this flow could be re-
strained it had caused a big gulch 100
feet across and 80 feet deep between
the mill and h river. The city Of
dcials concluded that the Quarnburg
well was weakening the city wells and
restrained his operations. Quarnburg
sued for damages Inc first got judg-i
ment for $4,000. The city appealed and
the next time he got a judgment for
INSANITY PLEA PROBABLE
DEFENSE FOR THOMPSON
Sioux Falls. S. D.. Dec. 2s.-Herbert,
Thompson, formerly Of Window, Mimi,
who shot and killed his girl wife in
Howard, has for greater safety been
lodged In the Minnehaha county Jail I'M
Sioux Falls by Sheriff T. r. Thorn, Of
Miner county, and will be kept there
Until his trial at the next term OF state
circuit court in Miner county.
Thompson, since his arrest imme-
diately following the murder, has per-
Bistently stated that he does not re-
member having killed his wife, and
from this 1t is believed he will base his
defense on the plea of temporary in
sanity.