The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-03-31
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the basement of
his tiny battery shop at Lake Elmo, Ernest Kern, SO
years old, shot and killed late Friday after he
had fought off squad of officers armed with shot
guns, rifles and teargas bombs for nearly three
hours.
Apparently crazed Kern opened fire at noon Fri
day when the Washington county sheriff sought to
question him concerning several voleys which had
been fired from the windows of his battery shop the
previous night.
Sheriff Thomas Maher was forced to retreat to
cover from a rain of rifle and pistol bullets from
Kerns shop He called for special deputies and ask
ed st. Paul police to send reserves with teargas
bombs.
The sheriff approached the shop and called on
Kern to come out. Kern replied with volley of bull
lets.
Maher summoned three deputies, then called on
the St. Paul police department for teargas bombs Pa
tronen ]. T. Quinn and Carl zerahn answered the
call.
Quinn and the sheriff rushed the shop and, from
the inside fired several teargas bombs into the base
ment Kern fired through the floor at the policemen,
two of his bullets narrowly missing his attackers
Quinn then slipped to basement window and
fired score of shots, in rapid succession,nto the
basement. The sheriff called for more teargas bombs
and two squads of St. Paul police responded.
The officers massed and rushed the shop. They
found Kern dead in the basement
FARMINGTON-Shot through the head after he
stumbled while hunting rabbits, John Adams, fifty
one, bachelor farmer of Egan township, found
dead on his farm Tuesday. Coroner w. H. Meeker,
Dakota county, decided that Adams fell on the barrel
It is believed the accident occurred Sunday.
EAGLE BEND-Russen Weibye, whose parents
live here electrocuted aboard United States
transport between China and Manila, according to
message received today. The notice from the gov
eminent said that he accidentally electrocuted
shipboard, but gives other details of the ac-
cident. 4.y
NEW LONDON-An investigation is being con-
Quoted into the death of o. C. Wright, proprietor
of the Green Lake Fur farm at Green Lake. by
Sheriff Paul E. Anderson County Attorney Charles
A. Swanson and Coroner j. C. Jacobs in order to de-
termine if there a suicide motive.
Mr.. Wright is presumed to have died sometime
Tuesday night. He preparing to go to Iowa
on the following day and found to be in good
spirits prior to his death. He go years of age.
The fur farm owner made his home with J. w.
Hooper and his family New London. Hooper
was operating the fur farm.
ST. PAULA minor child cannot collect dam
ages for injuries suffered in automobile accident
caused by the negligence of its father the state SUI
preme court held.
The high court upheld Hennepin county court
in sustaining demurrer to $4,000 damage suit.
when Wesley, 8. Of L. B. Belleson, suffered a
fractured skull and other injuries. Belleson was a
partner of John r. Skilbeck and was driving a
company truck when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Beleson instituted suit in behalf Of her son
against Skilbeck and the Central Surety Insurance
company which issued policy covering the trucks.
TRACY-Elizabeth Barry 23-year old school
teacher, of Tracy killed last Thursday evening
when the car in which she was riding with Miss
Beth Morse and Ray SILL of Tracy crashed into the
rear end Of truck which had become disabled. The
young people were their way to a dance at Red
wood Falls. The roads sloppy and although the
tail light on the truck was on the light was not