The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-02-09
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RED LAKE FALLS-Neire Nese was formally
charged with first degree murder for the Staying Of
Thorine Rierson, crippled Oklee farm girl when he
was arraigned before ". N. Healy, justice of the
peace, here.
The arraignment followed signing of a confess
sion by Nese in which he gave full details of the slay-
ing. He waived examination and bound over to
the grand jury which will convene in April. Mean
while he will be held in the Red Lake county Jail.
ST. PAUL-The Minnesota senate committee to
Investigate the state highway department organized
recently named it's counsel and decided to begin its
hearings time next week.
The committee, headed by Senator Charles E.
Adams, Duluth has been instructed to inquire into
the activities of the department. including labor and
contracts.
William c. Greene native of Marshall, Mimi, and
formerly states attorney of Cass county, North
kota, and assistant United States attorney in North
Dakota was appointed counsel for the committee.
MINNEAPOLIS-Leonard Hawkins was convict
ed Saturday on first degree murder charge, in Dis
trict Court, growing out of local bank robbery
which brought fatal gun shot wounds to three per-
sons. Under Minnesota law, life prison sentence is
mandatory. Judge Bardwel said Hawkins would be
sentenced Monday.
The jury returned it's verdict at 1908 A. M The
nine men and three women received the at 1007
p. M. Tuesday and short time later wer locked up
for the night.
Hankins, who said his home was in Dawson
Springs, KY, was charged with staying policeman
Ira Evans, Patrolman Leo Gorski, with Evans in a
police car which went to the bank to answer rob-
berry alarm was wounded fatally also, was st.
Paul motorist.
The defendant denied he was membr of the
bandit gang of five six, that robbed the Third
Northwestern National Bank of SIP 300 December 16,
last year.
Lawrence Devol is serving a life sentence for
completely in the robbery.
ANOKA-Larry Hunter and Robert Arthur Rank,
both 3, and playmates since they able to tod
de- walked hand in hand late Friday the ice of the
Rum river and were drowned when they tumbled in
to open water. The bodies were recovered by Mrs.
Earl Hunter a. mother of Larry, who dived through
hole in the ice after tracking the boys footsteps
through the snow from her home block away Two
hours attempts at resuscitation failed.
The boys had been playing outside their homes,
watched by Mrs Arthur Rank, mother of Robert.
She turned from the window and they vanished.
Mrs. Hunter also missed the two and followed their
tracks to the rivers edge and the ice ton
space where the water is warmed by the discharge
from milk plant. To the thin edge she crept. In
the water she saw the boys red snow suits.
Screaming for help Mrs. Hunter dived and took
body to shore. 1t was Arthur Ranks. She dived
again and brought up her BY this time
neighbors had gathered shore The bodies were
taken inside the milk plant. DR.. r. ]. Spurzem d.
rected the efforts to revive life and administered to
Mrs. Hunter, whose condition not believed dan
gerous.
MINNEAPOLIS Choking from smoke which
filled the place while they slept, five persons were
driven into sub-zero cold scanty clad early Sunday
when fire swept one-story structure at 1859 Lyn-
windows with bare hands before they could escape.
Two small boys broke the glass and helped other
occupants of the place. including crippled girl from
the rooms.
It was shortly before 400 A. M, when Mrs
Agnes G. Potvin was awakened by the cracking Of
flames. Her room filed with dense clouds of
smoke. Cropping, she gave the alarm
Her 10-year-old SON, Raymond, and boarder
Kenneth Murphy, II, managed to reach the windows
which they smashed The rush of air seemed to
make the smoke and fire worse.
Then they helped Mrs Potvin and her sister
Miss Dorothy Poski, outside. They also aided the IT
the street and watched the place go up in flames.