The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-09-25


than so buckshot wounds, County Attorney r. J.
Bell stated.
The dsmembered body was found in a straw
pile Brandevold'S farm near Haug, town 20
miles from here
Bell stated the girl expectant mother,
Brandevold admitted intimacy with the girl but de-
MED all knowledge of the killing. Parts of the body
had been partially powed under the field.
Brandevold was arrested Wednesday by officers
who had been investigating the disappearance of the
girl for the past two weeks
Miss Void disappeared August "a. Because OF
her frequent short visits to relatives alarm was
caused by her disappearance until September 5.
Brandevold told Bell he had set fire to the straw
stack but did not know the girls body was con-
Icealed in it.
~VIRGINIA-The bodies of two Virginia women,
with bullet holes in their heads, were found on a
country road several miles southwest of here late
Friday.
The dead women are Mrs John Ahlgren, about
40, and Mrs Mabel Hoey, about 81, a widow.
With the finding of the bodies, police of all COM
munties in this section of the state asked to
aid in the search for Victor Kettunen, about 40
years old, of Virginia whose automobile was found
abandoned Friday with blood stains on the running
board and two bullet holes in the top Subsequent
investigation by police disclosed blood stains on
clothing in Kettunen's room but no trace could be
found Of him.
Discovery of the bodies was made by deputy
sherifs who were led to the spot by friend of Ket
tunen and who knew of the atters frequent visits to
the place where he, Mrs Ahlgren and other friends
had often gone swimming.
The bodies were lying side by side at the end of
the road, short distance from the lake road. A
preliminary examination showed both women had
been shot through the head.
MINNEAPOLIS-John Lind, former governor
of Minnesota who became international figure in
the sphere of diplomacy under President Wilson's adj
ministration. died at $50 P. M. Thursday of last
week in his home at ITS Colfax south, Min
neapois. He was 76 years old.
Mr. Lind was Governor of Minnesota from 1899
to 1901 and had been prominent in the states politics
for more than 40 years.
His death ended one of the most colorful political
careers in the history of the state, writing fms to
the biography of man who rose from comparative
poverty and obscurity to become one of Mnnesotas
leading public men.
Into his career which started in humble home
in Goodhue county, he packed wealth of political
and civic activity In addition to serving as the
fourteenth governor of Minnesota he served four
times as a member of congress.
Noteworthy in his political is the fact that
he the first Democratic candidate to break the
power which the Republicans had maintained in all
the important campaigns for 40 years previous to
that time.
killed recently by Walter B. Barnes, go, who then
killed himself the police arrived to investigate the
shooting.
Police expressed the belief Barnes action was
due to temporary insanity They said Barnes and
his wife lived at the Mailer home and that relations
between the two families had been friendly. The
slain WOmanS nuSDanQ henry ndnleI, Concurieu III
this opinion.
Mrs Mailer is survived by her husband and
three daughters. Barnes is survived by his widow.
FERGUS FALLS-An impromptu act just back
of the grandstand stole the show from the features
being presented in front of the stand at the Otter
tail county fair here. While six clowns tumbled
through their routine unnotced four members of the
Fergus Falls police force played to large audience
as the grandstand to watched them raid a
store across the street
Fifteen gallons of beer in crooks, 113 quart bot
ties and brewing and dstilling equipment were TAX
en- from the store by police.
NEW LONDON-Four bushels of barley were
dumped into Middle Lake, here, in effort OF
keep 300 Oducks within the limits of the game refuge
during the time of the opening of the hunting sea-
son.
This flock of ducks is the special ward of the
New London Izaak Walton league after eating most
of the feed in Middle Lake. the flock showed a ten
dency to shift to Lake Andrew which also is within
the limits of the game refuge. Lake Andrew also
will be planted with feed, various farmers and
merchants supply amounts during the next few
weeks. The league here also is attempting to at
tract other ducks into lakes which out of the
shooting zone.
The forecast for the lakes in this region is poor
hunting. The disappearance of sloughs and shrink
age Of lakes during the dry greatly reduced
hunting grounds. The refuge here, known through
out the state as the Sibey Park game refuge, may
soon be placed under the maintenance of the state