Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-11-17
YOUNG BOY MEETS
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
Arthur Schenkey, Whose Home is three
Miles East Of Middle River, Found
with bullet hole in ton of head.

The body Of Arthur Schenkey, IS
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Schenkey, was found Friday afternoon
IN thicket about thirty rods north of
the Schenkey home at Middle River.
The boy had been missing since
Wednesday, Oct. 9th, when he left
home at about noon accompanied by
his nine-year-old brother and carrying
a 5000 rifle and four shells. The
younger boy returned to the home
shortly afterward. He reported that
Arthur had asked him to come back
and had given him his pocketbook. He
said too that Arthur had shot one shell
at a hawk before he left him and had
seen deer at about the time he left
and started northwestward after it.
The boys had gone northwestward
when leaving. Before the little boy
reached home he heard another shot.
Mr.. Schenkey was at Breese's sale that
day and on returning home at about 6
o'clock and finding that Arthur had not
returned, went to Nels Johnson's and
Robt. Thrall's, two of his neighbors,
looking for him. Mr.. Thrall or Mr.. John
son went with him into the woods
carrying lanter and gun which they
fred several times hoping to get some
answer from Arthur. Being unable to
find the boy that night the search was
taken up the following day and for
two or three succeeding days, several
Of the neighbors helping Mr.. Schenkey
in the search. $500
Mr.. Schenkey, then thinking that
Arthur must have ran away and gone
to some neighboring town looking for
a job, hired an automobile and drove
successfully to Thief River Falls, War
rem, Argyle, Stephen and the Roseau
county towns, keeping up the search
for week. No trace Of him being
found, the sheriff was asked to come
and organize a searching posse and
thOrOly search the woods and vacant
land close to the Schenkey place. The
request to the sheriff was made on
Thursday last and he came to Middle
River that evening. Thru the means
of a general telephone class on the
several country lines running out from
town, force Of about 100 men was
gotten together at the Schenkey place
by 10 o'clock Friday.
The party lined up with military
precision and travelled in straight lines
thru the woods, the men being only ten
feet apart in the lines, and after thoroly
going over about a section Of land
found the body at about o'clock with
in thirty rods Of the Schenkey place in
a northerly direction.
:. The body was left where found on
order of the sheriff until the coroner
came on Saturday. An examination
showed that Arthur had been shot
squarely in the top Of the head by his
own gun, as the bullet found in his
lung by DR.. Spinks corresponded with
those in the gun and an extracted
empty shelf was found near the gun,
which lay 10 feet from the body There
was no hole in his cap which lay near
by on the ground.
County Attorney EckstrOm and Court
Reporter Braggans were present at the
examina ton. The little nine-year-old
brother was subjected to a searching
examination but told straight story
which he maintained turnout The
coroner's jury, composed of A. c.
Kvennes, S. Loved, 3. o. Gresslie,
Lenny Olson, Richard Sjoberg and
Henry Young. rendered verdict of
Arthur's death being from rife shot,
cause unknown.
The funeral occurred yesterday, in
terment being in the Norwegian Gene
terry adjoining town.-Middle River