The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-03-09
BLUE HILL TRAGEDY
Fatal Shooting of Henry Woods Fol-
lows Quarrel Over Owner
. ship of Hay Stack.

Frank Kalen Faces Charge of Man
slaughter in Second De-
gree-Hearing Today.
| AS result Of a quarrel over the
ownership of stack Of wild hay,
Henry Woods Of Zimmerman came to
an untimely end Monday evening, and
Frank Kalen faces a charge of man.
slaughter in the second degree.
The killing occurred on the N. A.
Lind farm in Blue Hill, Sherburne
county, and was witnessed by Ray
Grover Of Zimmerman, cousin of the
dead man. His version Of the deplor-
able affairs follows: j
Up to three weeks ago Henry Woods
and his wife and family occupied a
portion of the Lind farm, and Frank
Kalen occupied the balance Of same.
Mr.. Woods it appears was in straiten-
ed circumstances financially, and three
weeks ago sent his wife and children
to Iowa (the Woods had been residents
of Blue Hill only a few months, going
there from Iowa last August) and To-
Gated in Zimmerman, temporarily,
himself. Previous to this it is alleged
that he traded a cow and calf to Ka-
len for the stack Of hay in question,
$40 in cash and sack of flour. The
COW and calf were not healthy, and it
was also stipulated that if they lived
Kalen was to- give Mr.. Woods the diff
ference between the value Of the hay,
money and flour, and S35. The COW
and calf died, however.
| Monday afternoon Mr.. Woods, ac-
companied by Mr.. Grover, drove out
to the Lind farm and started to load
the hay onto a rack. Kalen appeared
on the scene, claimed the hay, and
heated words followed. Kalen then
ran to the Albert Roman farm home,
about 20 rods distant, helped himself
to a 12-guage shotgun, returned and
pointed it at Mr.. Woods chest. Woods
siezed the gun by the barrel and while
lowering it shell was exploded the
eEcharge entering Mr.. Woods left leg
just above the knee. Kalen appeared
to be preparing to shoot again, when
Mr.. Grover siezed the gun, pushed the
barrel into the snow, and another shell
was discharged. No one was injured
: by the second shot, but about foot Of
the gun barrel was blown off.
Kalen then apparently realized the
seriousness Of his hasty action, ano
assisted Mr.. Grover to place the unfor.
o tunate victim on the load of hay Inas.
much as the team was rather tired, ant
q the roads were in bad condition, the
wounded man was removed, considera
e BILE of the hay pitched off to lighter
s the load, and then Mr.. Grover proceed
s ed to the James-Stevenson residence
a mile distant, with Mr.. Woods. Kale1
did not remain on the scene long afte7
Y assisting Mr.. Grover when Woods wa!
first placed on the hay load.
r No attempt was made to get the in
r jured man into the Roman residenc,
nearby as the Woods and Roman fami
f lies were not upon friendly terms.
i The shooting occurred at about
: o'clock and the Stevenson home wa
not reached until half an hour later
r. and by this time Mr.. Woods was yer,
r weak from loss of blood an,
= sinking fast. DR.. H. c.. Cooney O
, Princeton was communicated with owe
the telephone, and he advised that
tight bandage be put around the thig]
/ Of the wounded leg, to stop the flow
% of blood and sent rig out to conve,
is the unfortunate man to the Northwest
4 ern hospital. The end came at 20 min
Ie utes to seven, however, and when
e team from Princeton livery arrive
is Mr. Woods had been dead over a.
le hour. The roads were in such condj
ton as to make fast driving impos
ID sible.
S Inc onefDurne county authOritie
t. were notified and Kalen was arreste
l. by Deputy Sheriff E. H. Foley of Zim
Y. norman Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock
l. He was located in the John Lin
home, having made no attempt to es
s. cape.
If A coroner's inquest was held at Ell
as River yesterday, and the jury decic
n. ed that Henry Woods came to hi
e, death at the hands of Frank Kale1
- and advised that Kalen be held to tn
lie grand jury. Kalen does not deny tn
n shooting, but claims that the gun wa
n; accidentally discharged. The core
IL ner's jury held, however, that hi
TT handling of the weapon was Grimm;
a, negligence. 49, &c.
Kalen will he arraipned for bia mr.,