The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-05
Theodore Little
Shot At Forsyth
Redwood Falls Boy Victim of
Murderer's Bullet at Montana
Hotel Last Week
BURIED AT SPENCER
Masonic Funeral Service Held at
Methodist Church Here Sun
day Afternoon

Redwood Falls experienced one
of the greatest shocks in it's his
tory last Wednesday morning
when word came that Theodore
Little, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c..
Little, had been shot at Forsyth,
Mont, at the hotel where he
was employed as night clerk. Mr..
Little left Immediately for Mon
tana, returning Friday night
with the body Of his son.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon, the Masonic lodge
having charge of the service
which was wonderfully beauti-
full and impressive. A quartet of
mixed voices sang during the
service and Rev. N. de NJ. OAR
rel, pastor of the church, off
ciated. Sunday night the body
was taken to the old home at
Spencer, Iowa, and interment
made there.
Theodore Little was born at
Spencer July Is, 1886, and came
to Redwood Falls with his par
ents in 1902. He was graduated
from the local high school in
1907, later studying at a bust
ness college at Spencer and also
spending year at Lawrence Col
lege, Appleton, Wis.
He taught school successfully
in both South Dakota and Min
nesota before going to Montana
in 1914. Here he taught school,
at the same time living on a
homestead which he had taken.
Since the close Of his school he
had been employed at the hotel
at which the tragedy occurred.
Mr.. Little joined the Metho-
dist Church Of Redwood Falls
in 1905 ard II 1915 was received
by letter into the Presbyterian
Church at Forsyth. He was a
member Of Antiquity Lodge A.
F. and A. NJ, of Redwood Falls
and had become a Royal Arch
Mason and a member of the 0.
E. S. Every one knowing him
had the greatest respect for his
unimpeachable character and in
tegrity as we'll as a keen liking
for his cheerful, pleasant per-
sonality. His absolute inoffen-
siveness makes the terrible trag-
edy of his death unexplainable.
The Forsyth Times-Journal
gives the following account of
the murder:
'When the news Of the killing
of Theodore Little spread over
the city Tuesday night the citi-
zens were stunned for the mo-
ment. No one could offer even
one small excuse why any one
would desire to take the life Of
this likeable young man who has
been in our midst for the past
two years.
According to reports that
seem to be authentic, the man
who at the time of the arrest
acknowledged that he had killed
the young man, had arrived in
the city several days ago in COM
PAW with another man from
Valley City, North Dakota,
where they claim to have fol-
lowed the farming industry. AS
near as can be ascertained, the
two men, whose names are John
Krestad, the man who did the
killing and Frank Gibson, his
companion, had been drinking
considerable whiskey at the diff
ferent saloons in the city and
had been spending money quite
freely. It appears that they had
misused the room they were oc-
cupying at the Alexander hotel
and the management had re-
quested that they leave.
Late in the evening OF the
tragedy, the man Krestad re-
appeared at the hotel and said
that he had left some whiskey
and beer in the room he had
been occupying and wanted to
go up and get it, whereupon the
clerk, Mr.. Little, was heard to
say, "Never mind, l will go up
and get it for you" and inmedl-
ately proceeded to do as stated.
When about half way up the
lstairs Krestad followed him ana
continued on to the room, which
was situated in the east part
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