The Bowbells tribune. [volume] (Bowbells, Ward Co., N.D.) 1899-1969, 1915-05-14
| Ramsey County Scene Of
Shocking Triple Murder

Devils Lake, NJ. I, May ! 3.A
triple tragedy wi thout the trace OF
jplausibl notiYe, with only an
4 Iunc0ntrolabl temper to explain
the horrible deed, occurred Satur:
day night at the lex Herman
farm three miles north east oH
Devils Lake. day the bodies OF
Herman, his wife and 12-year-old
Roy Hanley who lived at the Her He
man place lie in a local nlorgne
awaiting only s the formal verdict
eof a coroner's jury to close the ,3e
case.
That Alex Herman murd dered. his
wife and the Hanley boy and then
hung himself IS the conc clusion OF
! Sheriff Martin and Coroner 2. Nv.
Gilbeftson. 5:ss 5:s tSs 2=.s5
i; The Il ten-nlo ths-old baby was
the only 5liYin being on the place
spared. Sunday morning when
the gruesome & discovery was made
BY Senator Frank H. III Hyland ), from
whom Herman rented The little
babe was found nestled down by
Its mothers side, unable TO con-
SCSlSSfs Lie aIIA6SuyJt&N w NAACAa9iSAIs3ASt q Il
orphan. Ihe bod " of the Hanley
hoy, who Isl the son ogf Nv y NJ !. Han
/ ley, a. local boiler maker employed
/ by the Great Northern, was found
Id the barn where the boy had
4 been strangled Laying near it.
with the head held just far enough
& from the floor to permit stranguS
lation was the bod of # Herman:
sA harness strap was used in the
execution. # .2x;
lot hing, which she had made for
the child which she bore for Alex
Herman, was used by him Ill max.
ing a crude rope to hang her. The
Woman's S hands we're tied behind
her rendering her helpless. A moose
was then fastened around the top
or "a bed post and slowly the life
was choked from her.
The last person, so far as can be;
ascertained, to see Herman alive
was Ernest Gand 1, who lives juat
outside of the city on the road
which leads to the IIyland farm
! En- route home Saturday evening
Herman stopped ct the Gnnds farm,
between and 8 o'clock complet-
ing arrangements forssec urfng seed
for q field which he was renting
from Gund. Plans were made for
the weeks work and so far as the
8Gund family ascertained Herman
was normal In every way. II It was
apparent from the living room that
Mrs. Herman and Roy Hanssy had
finished their supper One place
WAS left at the table apparently
f9b Herman. 1t appears that the
boy and Mrs, Herman had retired
two beds in the little y bedroom
having been occu upied ss$ t3
he scan II clio thing on the Voc
mans body leads to; the belief that
she arose from bed to get her shus-,
h&Hd IS supp per. That an alteration
Occurred ands that Herman flew into
into ge which was iii reality a
tfit of insanity, is the concl clusion. 1t
is believed the boy fiew# from the;
house. His bod vas only partial
clad That he was followed to
the barn where the second murder
occurred is the belief The posi-:
ton OF the bod u, the crude manner
sof the execute ion and general cir
seumstances leaves no other conclu-;
sion than that Herman took his
soWn life
Mrs Herman d was the Ssiste OF
Mrs. Frank sxA tin aIs ;sWllO y with her
and family reside on the
sWest side Her parents reside at
1pewich, S. % I, here Peter Mastal,
her father. II well KIN own farm
She was hard working
thrift house wit She Z# n married
Herman 3iin ebrua & 81 hen
they we're bot til emp ployed at leroy
khosplta There al they went
fo the Gund arm MI ere Her
man won admir- ion for her neat
Industrious mann She was very
sWal troughit ofs and Mrs
sH6nd The tie ba b III as born
the sllnd farm last August IN!
The fall Herman secured an outfit
and rented the Iyland farm which
She was han ling ilT a very a. isfac-
tory manner, ne crop on the
9fagt3 ID lllES plante ca and he had
arrahg gsdS re1l sIla al Z tract
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