The Redwood gazette. [volume], March 28, 1906, Image 1

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SIXTEEN PAGES.
VOLUME XXXYII.
Never a
Silk Sale
$1.50 TAffETAS,
black, 36 inch,
Every yard of our Magnificent Line of Silks will be on sale for TWO
DAYS. NOTHING RESERVED. This includes ALL NEW SPRING SILKS
Next Friday and Saturday
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98c
Ask for our blue edge laf-
MURDERED HIS MATE
Fred. Wagner, Young Resident of John
sonvilie, Killed in the Woods
of Otter Tail County.
Albert Schul, formerly of this County,
Arrested and Charged with the
Cold-blooded Crime.
The body of Fred. Wagner, a
young man whose parents reside in
Johnsonville township, this county,
was found in a tamarac swamp in
tlie township of Dunn, Otter Tail
county, Sunday evening, March 18th.
Wagner had been chopping wood
in that town. The body was partly
covered by snow and had apparently
been dragged to its resting place,
and the authorities of Otter Tail
county commenced an investigation
at once. Death had been caused
by a blow upon the head,' appar
ently from some blunt instrument,
and after death cover had been
to Equal This One
Correct Spring Styles
Spring Skirts
A ROUSING
50 pieces of Handsome Suiting Silks,
This includes all the finest silks in our house plain
colors, changeable, figured, checks, plaids, shadow checks.
Friday and Saturday Easter Sale,
S9c
89c
27 inch Habuti silk, cream
white, worth 65c yd. !Zg~*
Easter sale price, Tr«^C'
27 inch lining silk, wears
ele^ant
fetas, the best qualities ever gray, 90c. Easter
offered at the price. sale price,
Black, blue and
Wagner had gone to Otter Tail
county with another young fellow,
I Albert Schul, by name, whose par
ents also reside in the southwestern
1
corner of the county. The two had
been living together in a shanty
and cutting wood in Dunn township.
The Otter Tail sheriff wired that
Schul had departed. and a general
information telegram was sent out
from Fergus Falls.
1 Schul was arrested at Osakis on
1
Tuesday afternoon last and was
taken to Otter Tail county at once,
where he has since been held to
answer to the crime of murder to
the grand jury of that county,
which convenes next month.
The crime was so brutal and to
all appearances so unprovoked that
the entire community is horrified,
and while there are no threats of
lynching there is a general feeling
that the officers have the right man
in custodj and that even a confes-
Right when women
want to impart an
air of newness to their wardrobes, we bring out
many spring lines and mark them less than
intended prices. The circular cut skirts with
draped sides and deep fold at bottom are greatly
in demand, also those with circular sides and
pleated fronts and backs. All the skirts are
exceptionally full. Gray novelty worsteds, chiffon
and plain Panamas, Serges, English Mixtures and
light weight Cheviots are the weaves.
Beautiful gray mixtures, plain blue,
brown and black Panamas, very full, at
Elegant assortment of gray serges, gray mixtures, gray
Panamas, black Panamas, Chiffon Panamas, (J*
from
*p »*J\J
We fit all figures without any trouble.
$5.00
$1.75 black
Peau de Soie,
36 inch,
69c
thrown around the head and the
body dragged into a swamp.
Sheriff Schueller of this county
i received a telegram Monday ap
i prising him of the murder and ask
ing him to make some investigations,
with the result that he learned that
Redwood5 Oa3^tte
Displayed
to $ Li..0
REDWOOD PALLS. MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28. 1906.
Whatever is Right in Wearing Apparel for Women and Children is here
Most emphatically do we assert our supremacy in the retail trade of Redwood County by agaan offering much
larger and better stocks than you will fird elsewhere, and at prices from a little to a good deal less. Compare for yourselves.
39c. for 27-in. China iSilk, All Colors, worth 65c. per Yard.
Commencing Friday morning. March 30th, a.nd lasting until closing time Saturday night, March 31st, we will offer some of the greatest values in silk ever given to the people of Redwood
Falls and vicinity. Our this year's purchase of silk was enormous. Hundreds of yards of beautiful Silk are in our house, and will be put on sale at a price that will be astonishing. See for yourself.
$1.25 Black Chiffon Taffeta, 36 inch,
Chameleon silks, 27 inch, dotted effects and
changeable, worth 65c yard, Easter sale,
27 in. raw silks, green, white, blue, t^n and
a y E a s e s a e
$1.39
35c white Habuti silk, 27
inch, Easter sale
price,
69c
sion will not enable him to escape
the gallows.
The two men were working1 to
gether in the woods and Schul, it is
alleged, shot his companion while
he was in bed and held his head
over a trap door to allow the blood
to flow into an excavation under
neath the shanty. The theory is
that Schul supposed Wagner was
dead and started to drag him down
1 to a swamp, but that Wagner
showed signs of life and the mur
I derer shot his victim twice in the
I neck.
I CUNNINQ
is
SHOWS.
He then, it is alleged, buried the
body deep in the snow in what is
one of the worst swamps in the
county a place which cannot be
crossed in summer—and but for the
timely discovery of the body the
crime might never have come to
light. Schul, the authorities declare,
1 can scarcely make a successful plea
1 of self-defense, as there are no evi
dences of a struggle in the shanty
where the murder took place,, and
Wagner's body, when found, was
i dressed only in night clothing. The
stories told by Schul after Wagner's
disappearance are in one sense the
$1.00 White Taffeta
silk, 26 inch,
A E S S I N E O O
Wi'^F9M!j&w.rrr^r""^ypv^r^g9*% 3?FZ* :«*r*r
69c
Zambi silks, 27inch, large
dotted effects, green, blues,
tans, white, cream,
navy, Easter sale, yd. Tr«^£•
strongest evidence against him. He
informed some of the neighbors that
Wagner had robbed him of $30
which his father had sent him and
had gone to Canada.
The murderer had left a trail of
i blood stains in dragging the body
to the swamp, and to account for
this Schul circulated the story that
1
he had collected all of his wolf
traps, fourteen in number, which
he had set in various parts of the
i swamp, and dragged them up to the
shanty. He asserted further that
I he had shot a rabbit and tied it to
(the
i'
traps as he was bringing them
in, and had never seen a rabbit
bleed so much as this one did that
i it left blood stains all along the
trail. His story would have de
ceived the neighbors had it not been,
for the fact that some of those who
1 had not heard it happened along
and, following the trail into the
swamp, found that it came to a
sudden end at a mound of snow.
Digging into the mound, they were
shocked to find Wagner's body.
Schul came to this city and bought
a ticket for Osakis. He seemed to
I feel perfectly safe and spent a few
I days visiting friends in that vicinity.
"tort.
in Magnificent Assortments
Jackets and Coats
We are justly proud of our showing of
new Spring Jackets and Coats, many Cov
ert and Black Venetian Jackets, together
with the tight-fitting three-quarter and
full length models are here, in the new
swell fancy plaids and mixtures, A model
for every figure can be d* g* & 1 C?
found in our stock, at
Rainy Weather Coats
Fancy Gray Mixture Cravenette. ii
moire in sleeve, also collar d* 1
a beauty at (/•l/v/
Loose models with box-pleated backs,
double-breasted, in many
colorings, at
S9c
45c
45c
*ixtrv*r ™?~rr
%T'-y-
jf-T"1
$11.50
I 65c Crepe de Chene silks
Light green, pink, white, cream, grey and
e s e a e e n
Gray, Fantasie de Soie, 27 inch, regular 75c
E a s e s a e
36 inch Pau^ silk, $1.35
grade, Easter sale,
per yard,
90c
36 inch Latidsdown, beau
tiful line of shades,
Easter sale,
90c
He came in this morning to take
the train on to St. Cloud, but the
officers in the meantime had visited
Osakis and found his baggage in the
station. They could not learn where
he had gone, but. instructed the
village marshal and station agent to
be on the lookout for him.
Schul claims that he committed
the murder on March 14th, and
that he did it in self-defense. His
written statement is as follows:
"The trouble was caused because
I wanted to give up the job and
go home. My father had sent me
$30 and I had arranged to return,
but Wagner objected. Early last
Wednesday morning I dressed, in
tending to go anyway, but Wagner
stopped me. A quarrel followed
and Wagner attacked me with a
hammer.
We had a tussle and in the excite
ment my hand in some way grabbed
my gun, and just as Wagner was
about to strike me I fired. I aimed
for the head and I think the bullet
struck there. Where the next bullet
struck, I do not know. Wagner fell
dead on the bunk, and I then tried
to drag the body away to hide it.
"The blood was dripping to the
Marie Antoinette silks,
Waist patterns only a very
pretty selection, at
69c 79c 88c
Black and white checks
and plaids, waist OO
patterns only, 3*ard, OOC
floor and carried away in an exca
vation we had built. I succeeded
in getting the body outside, but it
was too heavy to drag, so I got a
rope and, tying it to his feet, pulled
the body to a bog. There I scraped
the snow away with my knife and
buried the body.
"When I fully realized what I had
done. I decided to get away. I
told the people at Pelican Rapids
that Wagner had gone to Canada,
and, removing his clothing, I left
for Osakis to visit a cousin. I stayed
there two days longer than I ex
pected, and when I tried to leave
the sheriff got me.
"I acted in self-defense, but no
body would believe me, I felt sure,
for nobody saw him attack me. We
were always friends, but he inten
ded to kill me, I feel sure."
Clements property is for sale
for the small sum of $1200, lot 3,
block 9, size of building, new,
26x50.
31-3t. i W. P. SCHMITT.
Mr. Grapp expects his carload of
new furniture and floor coverings to
arrive this week. It*
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I N N E S O A
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HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
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M&g&zine Sectioiv
NO. 34.
Sec Window Display for
Easter Silks on Spccial Sale
Friday and Sat., Mch. 30-31
39c
49c
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