The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-20
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dent last week Friday afternoon took the life OF
John Bettcher 25 years old, of Chas. Bettcher,
living about four miles east of Silver Lake in the
southeast corner of Winsted town, when the young
man was impaled on pitchfork handle when he slid
from a grain stack. The injuries fatal and the
unfortunate young died Monday afternoon in
the Holm hospital at Glencoe.
Bettcher was working with the Gust Lueck
threshing rig the Oscar Emme east of Silver
Lake at the time of the horrible and unfortunate acct
dent that cost him his life. The just start
ing to thresh unusually high stack when Bettcher
lost his footing the stack he started to descend
for lunch about o'clock Friday afternoon, and he
slid down the stack, falling the handle of pitch
fork leaning against the stack.
The handle Of the fork penetrated his rectum al
most 10 inches, punctured his bowels and crushed
the pelvis bone. Fellow workers soon noticed his
plaight and intense pain and hurriedy drove him to
the Holm hospital. Glencoe, where every possible eff
fort was made to his life and his suffering.
DR.. Pistier, Minneapolis specialist, was called,
but all efforts failed and the unfortunate man died
about o'clock Monday afternoon, ending his suffer-
ing.
Funeral services for John Bettcher were held
Thursday afternoon from the Bergen Lutheran
church. with interment in the church cemetery. PAIL
bearers were all members Of the pitching crew with
which he working at the time of the fatal &C
cident
FAIRMONTLCounty authorities of Blue Earth
and Martin counties sought Ivy Clark, Blue Earth,
as the kidnaper of his three year old son, Ronald.
The child was taken from the back yard OF the
home of its mother Mrs Maxine Bower Tuesday and
spirited away in large automobile. Mrs. Bower who
has not lived with her husband since March said that
she the kidnapping from the kitchen window.
Ronald playing in the back yard" Mrs.
Bower said. 81 automobile drive up through
the alley and seize the child and drive away.
I did not have time to stop him.
A telephone caller from Blue Earth Tuesday ask
ed Mrs Bower to to that city to allow her hus-
band to see the child she said.
ALExANDRIA-The Alexandria Legion post has
raised the of $4,000 by subscription and thru
benefits and will receive 81 500 additional from
Philip ]. Noonan, chirman of the Alexandria park
board, president of the North American Creameres,
Inc and the Farmers State bank of this city 1t had
previously agreed with Mr. Noonan that he would give
the post 81 800 for the Memorial park fund If
$4,000 raised by subscription for this project
The fund will amount to nearly $4,000 when all funds
are in, it is expected.
DULUTH-Miss Louise Peterson, cashier Of the
Northwestern Bell Telephone companys downtown
office acclaimed heroine today by her fell
low workers, who saw her sound burglar alarm in
the face of bandit trap.
Late yesterday afternoon three men entered the
office and demanded money large sum had been
placed in the vault only a short while before the
bandits arrived They obtained only $243 in their
hurry as Miss Peterson set off the alarm. The Of
flee is less than block from the Central police sta
ton AS the three bandits with fourth, who had
stayed at the wheel of the car rode toward the in
tercity bridge police followed in pursuit. The
bandit car got away.
MILACA-A terrible accident occurred at the
Arrowhead Memorial Park the Miller Trunk
Highway Duluth last Thursday, July 30th, in
which Fred Stein or OnOn1a, 1nStanCaneOuSly
killed 1t is reported that Stein, who % years
DID, was attaching cap to- stick of dynamite pre-
paratory to placing charge under stump that was
to be cleared away It is said that he sat down
blk partly filled with sticks of dynamite, there be
ing about rs sticks in the box while he afixng
the cap In some unknown manner the stick explod-
and the defamation set off the entire box of dyna
mite on which he was sitting.
The forces of the explosion was terrific and the
body of the unfortunate young man was thrown over
hundred feet into the air and the conclusion tore
his body to bits, only few fragments being found
large enough to gather up. huge hole was torn
in the ground beneath where the box had stood.
Stein was foreman of of aborers who
were engaged in clearing the grounds of brush and
stumps. brother, Robert, was in the crew and
witnessed the awful tragedy
Fred Stein, Jr. of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Stein ST.. who live at Mile Laos Lake near
Onamia and conduct resort of the lake.
EDEN vALLEY-Eden Valley farmers did not
hav much luck with their small grain crop but re-
cent rains have brought up the production OF pickles.
which being delivered to picking factory there
Almost two tons of pickles were delivered during the
past week.
Pickle prices are 20 per cent lower this year than
last but the projects bringing in profits just the
spring in the neighborhood of Eden Valley.
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