The Bismarck tribune., 1923-03-31
TOOK GUNS TO
BARN AFTER HE
KILLED GIRL
George Haneckeyck Found IL
Darkest Corner of Albert
son Barn Near Baldwin
BODIES BROUGHT RERt
Inquest Is Planned to I'm.
cover all Possible Details
of The Crime

DSiiSA tHoS NSOA6 6O AAo.
eckeyk planned to make i
stand against a posse after he
had murdered Ellen Alber'
son at the farm home of her
father, Erick Albertson, west
of Baldwin, yesterday after
noon was expressed by al
thOrities who returned here
last night with the bodies Of
the victims of the murder and
suicide.
After Haneckeyk had slair
the girl he picked up two
guns, 12-gauge shotgun and
a % calibre rifle and went to
the hayloft Of the Albertson
barn. He may have lost his
nerve or simply was overcome
by the consequences of his
act and then decided to Kill
himself, authorities say.
The acts of HaneckeyI<
Just before the tragedy for
the most part will remain a
closed secret, but it was ap-
parent that after he had kill
ed the girl by beating her
over the head with stove
poker or shaker his acts were
calm and deliberate. Han.
eckeyk was an eX-convict,
having been sent to prison
from Minot on a charge of as
saulting a girl with intent to
kill. He served three and a
half years.
The weapon with which he
crushed the girl, spotted with
blood, was placed back upon
the stove. Haneckeyk picked
up two guns, a shotgun and a
rifle which had been left near
a door, walked to the barn and
into the hayloft. He went
into the darkest corner.
There, perhaps within Is min
utes after the murder, he SIT
down upon the hay laid one
gun aside, placed the shotgun
to his breast just under the
heart. and with a long rod
pulled the trigger. The
charge tore a hole the size
OF a silver dollar in his brea st
and the shot rest again,
his back. He heart was :l.
most literally blown out.
GIRL WRITING LETTER.
The tragedy probably had occur
red about the middle Of the aft
noon, while Mr.. Albertson was away
to get load of coal and his daughter
about ~ years Of age, and Haneckc,
were alone in the farm home.
The girl had been sitting at Il tal,l,
writing letter, it being address. "a
1t rs understood, to Paul Engstrtn.
hclghbor boy now studying telegram
at Valparaiso university in Indiaaa
a letter was found half finished. Z.
fountain pen on the floor. A ch .,r
has been overturned.
1T probably was but a few minu es
from the time Hancckeyk approach I'd
the girl until he had crushed her %
the floor. There were marks upo,
her throat, probably the impressic,s
OF his fingers as he gripped her.
There were tufts of hair in her hands
which she had doubtless pulled from
his head while. resisting his advances
One of the girls finger-nails was
almost torn off and the end of the
finger badly crushed.
The curious workings of the de-
praved mind of Haneckeyk at the mo-
mcnt are matter Of speculation. The
father does not believe there was o
struggle. The indications, were tLa;
she had made terrific fight again,
the man seeking to overcome her wit'l
assault in his mind and that ehc
struggled so hard that he killed he.
AHS AoIhSi pSilSNCS tUdI SuG WIS
struck from behind as she was wit.
ing the letter.
There were four bad wounds upo,s
her head. The scalp had been cut N
the forehead and there were three
distinct blows in the back of her head
One of them. physician said, com
pletely crushed the skull and wa
sufficient to cause virtually instan-
taneous death. The body was lying
full length upon the dining room
floor.
Weapon Stove Shaker.
The. weapon used by Haneckeyk 10
murder the girl was not gun. ~
first reported, but stove poker OK
shaker, an improvised utensil of ircn
about foot long, rather heavy, ars!
with two sharp, upturned edges al.
either end. The girls head was mat
ted with blood when the body was
picked up.
The father Of the girl told Of his
horror at entering the home in the
afternoon, pervaded by = desthly sil-
tCentiausd On Pass TArsel