The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-08-17

Greeks, who went to the assistance of
the officers. Realizing the strength
back of the officials, the !. w. WIS con-
tlnued to march, amid jeers and Wells.
Chief Obermueller stated that he had
500 men organized to enforce order if
the |. w. WIS became troublesome.
About seventy-five were driven from
the Northern Pacific freight house.
Railroad buildings and cars in and
near jamestown are specked with
their cards. appealing to laboring men
of the Northwest to coin the one great
union"
Peter Peitrick of Wolford is in the
Rugby hospital, as the result of
a mix-up with the l. w. WIS at
| Wolford on Tuesday afternoon. The
affair happened in Martin Hollis pool
room. Pietrick got into an alteration
with someone and member Of the /.
W. W. standing near Warned him to
let the man alone or he would shoot.
He then left the room returning with
revolver sticking from his shirt pock
ct. Mr. Pietrick started to take the
gun away from him and was shot in
the abdomen. He was rushed to the
hospital at Rugby and an examination
showed that the bullet had entered his
side to the left of the stomach and
striking rib had glanced along about
five inches and lodged. The bullet
was removed and Mr.. Pietrick is rest
ing easily. The l. w. W. was taken
into custody and lodged in the Pierce
county Jail at Rugby.
| Last Saturday P. J. Glitter, who
lives on the Killian farm east of Dom
nybrook took up horse under peculiar
circumstances. The day before they
noticed a man driving horse and
buggy down to the pasture fence on
their land north Of the house. The man
tied the animal to post and left it
there. The horse remained where it
was left the remainder of the day and
all night. The next day, seeing the
horse still in the same position, Mr..
| Glitter went over and took it to his
barn and cared for it. Having been ex-
posed to the rain and being without
food or water the animal was in a sor-
ry condition when taken up. 1t is a
gray mare, weighing about 400 lbs.
and branded O. K. on the right should
er. Mr.. Glitter believes that the an
imal was stolen by the man who left it
there and that the man walked back to
town and probably departed on the
next train.
William J. Gilbert, a well-known
Dickinson railroad man., met terrible
death in the Beach railway yards ear
~ Monday afternoon, when he fell I'M
delneath the train wheels and his
body was cut in two. There was only
one eyewitness to the tragedy, trav-
cling man, and he relates the follow
ing account: Gilbert was on the top of
a freight car in the act of releasing
the brakes. The spring was evidently
unusually strong, because as soon as
the brake was released the unfortu-
nate man was thrown between this and
another car to the ground, the wheels
of the moving train passing over his
chest and literally cutting his body in
two. The stop signal was given the
engine crew, but before the train could
be brought to standstill the car
wheels had ground the body to pieces.
Anthony Daniels, who broke into a
box car at Granville some time ago,
was sentenced by Judge Burr to serve
a year in the state penitentiary.
| Gabriel Guesbacher, reputed to be
. the last survivor of the Custer masa-
ere, who escaped the fate of his COM
panions in that horrible affair of near
ly half century ago, when the United
States was fighting the Indians in the
Northwest, died at his home at War
wick Saturday, following injuries re-
ceived during the storm of last Thurs
day evening, and he was buried near
his home Sunday afternoon. Cues
bacher was spared in the Custer mas
sacre through illness-being detailed
on the day of the massacre to the pro-
visions train, and he witnessed the
massacre from hill that commanded
a view of the historic battle field. Lat
er he was assigned to Fort Totten and
about thirty years ago he filed on land
in that county and has been resident
there ever since. For the past few
years he has owned and operated an
elevator at Warwick The old soldier
had many friends in this section who
will regret hearing of his demise.
There are no relatives of the aged man
in this country.
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