The daily pioneer. [volume], October 30, 1903, Image 4

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THIEVES MA BEONE
DROWNED
Terrible Fate Believed to
Have Overtaken Two
Lumbermen.
INDICATIONS ARE THEY AR E
AT BOTTOM OF LAKE.
Search For Bodies Instituted
Yesterday Still Without
Developments.
Unless all signs point in the
wrong direction Glen Adams and
Charles Gregory, two men whoKnight,
were implicated in the theft of
a quantity of merchandise from
the tote wagon of Kirk & Smith,
which broke down in the woods
on the lake road about six miles
north of this city last Wednes
day night, were drowned while
attempting to convey the stolen
goods across Lake Bemidji at an
early hour yesterday morning.
An overturned boat, the hat of
Gregory found floating on the
water, a barrel of mincemeat and
a barrel of vinegar, apart of the
cargo, found floating also, and
the fact that they were both in a
beastly state of intoxication,
when they undertook the trip
across the lake, together with
the fact that they have not been
seen or heard from is held
sufficient to establish the authen
ticity of the tragic story.
Yesterday's Pioneer published
a story of the robbery of the tote
wagon and the discovery that
leads to the belief that the
twofrom
men were drowned was made in
investigating the theft.
This afternoon a party of
farmers are dragging the lake
and searching along the shore in
an effort to discover the bodies.
Yesterday morning when
Louis Smith, a well known lum
berman,who has his home in this
city, and is one of the firm of
Kirk & Smith, went to the head
of the lake where the tote wagon
had been robbed and began to
investigate he found the boat in
which the men had undertaken
to cross the lake sunk in about
three feet of water and a partyof
farmer folk who had arrived be
fore him had discovered the hatthe
of one of the men floating on theregarding
water near the shore* One of the
oars was found floating about
forty yards distant from the
boat and another close to it.
Gregory and Adams had been
in Bemidji in the afternoon and
are said to have been in an in
toxicated condition when they
left this city. They were accom
panied by two more men and the
whole party had supper at the
residence of a farmer named
Weaver, where Gregory was em
ployed. Later in the evening
Gregory and Adams went to the
home of a neighboring farmer
named Christianson, where they
remained drinking and carousing
until a late hour. They had pre
viously taken a boat belonging
to Weaver and about one o'clock
left the Christian son
the avowed intention
the tote wagon and stealing the
merchandise which was on it.
Since that time they have not
been seen. They were known to
have a quart bottle of whiskey in
Spoton Lake Hem il.ii Near Which flen flay be Drowned
house with
of going to
For Two Days
Friday1 Saturday
SEVERSON'S
MA N HASMAN
WIVES
Bemidji Woman Enlists Aid
of Police to Discover
Her Name.
PRESENT HUSBAND HAS BEEN
MARRIED FOUR TIMES.
William McKnight Has Had Four
Matrimonial Experiences and
Is Still at Large.
If-the story of Mrs.Lilla Mc
who yesterday enlisted
the aid of the police department
to discover her true name, is
authenticand will stand up under
investigation, William McKnight,
her husband, is long on matri
monial ventures and enters the
married state right and left with
a disregard that may yet involve
him in serious difficulty.
William first became acquainted
with Mrs. McKnight over a year
ago and the two were duly mar
ried. Mrs. McKnight had also
been married several times and
was last the widow of a Minne
apolis fireman who was killed in
the transfer Are. She has two
children, and when McKnight
undertook to chastise them there
was trouble which led Mrs. Mc
Knight to make public a rather
remarkable story. The woman
says that McKnight has two
wives living and one dead and
she is anxious to learn whether
or not he has ever been divorced
th twowiveswho are living
and whether her name is Irish or
McKnight, legallyas the outcome
of the matter will develop. Mrs.
McKnight, or Irish, states that
to her positive knowledge
Georgina Schultz, who resides at
Sauk Centre .and has one child,
was once married to McKnight.
He married a second wife at
Euclid, Minn.,and the couple had
two children. This woman died
at Brainerd some time ago. The
third wife is Mrs. Phoebe Mc
Knight, who at present resides
somewhere in Oregon and
hasmade
one child of which McKnight is
father. She is not positive
the divorce matter,
but is under the impression that
McKnight was never divorced
from the twowornen who are now
living. She has retained legal
aid to assist her in unraveling
this mystery.
Mrs. McKnight is a dress
maker and bears the reputation
of being a hard working, indus
trious woman. The couple have
never gotten on well since they
were married and there are two
sides to the story, as there
usually are.
McKnight is at present in the
city. He bears an unenviable
reputation locally and is said to
haue done little or nothing to
wards the maintenance of his
family.
their pocket when they started
on the trip and Christianson,who
was intoxicated yesterday morn
ing when the first alarm was
given, is authority for the state
ment that both were in a maudlin
Continued on Page Two, Second Column
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CHIEF BEMIDJI IS
VERY ILL
Aged Patriarch of Chippewa
Nation Suffers From
Pneumonia.
MA N AFTER WHO BEMIDJI
NAMED MA BE DYING.
Made His Home Here FOP Forty
Years and Was Always a
Friend of the Whites.
Word reaches this city that
Chief Bemidji one of the aged
patriarchs of the Chippewa na
tion, a prominent Indian, after
whom the city of Bemidji is
named and who has many friends
CHIEF BEMIDJI
in this city, is seriously ill of
pnuemonia at his home on the
Cass Lake reservation.
His condition is said to be
serious andowing to his advanced
years his recovery is in grave
doubt. Bemidji is about ninety
years of age at the present time,
but according to the Indian sys
tem of reckoning his age is con
siderably beyond this. Chief
Bemidji is very well known in
this city. Long before the possi
bilities of Beltrami county were
known to the white man Bemidji
his home near the Mississ
ippi river where it empties into
Lake Bemidji. He was the head
of a small band of Chippewas
who made their headquarters in
this vicinity and is said to have
made his home here for more
than forty years. The city^of
Bemidji bears his name and
translated from theIndian tongue
it means Big Crossing. In the
early days all travel through this
section of the state crossed the
Mississippi at this point and the
lodge of Bemidji was often the
shelter of the white traveler. He
was always a friend of the whites
and is personally known to many
of the old time residents of this
vicinity. It is told of him that
at the time the Mille Lac In
dians gave trouble to the whites
some years ago, when Bemidji
was but a small settlement, the
Indians contemplated swooping
down upon this city and massa
creing the settlers. In the coun
cil of his tribe the voice of Be
midji was effectively interposed.
He counciled the young men
against their intended action and
it is said that but for his individ
ual effort they w^uld several
times have carried out their in
tentions.
During the recent Grand
Army encampment Bemidji was
induced to visit this city and was
much honored. He was highly
pleased with the treatment he
received. He is said to-be quite
wealthy. He is very much averse
to parting with any of his posses
sions and is one of the few In-
5peclal Bargains In
Underwear a^nd
Hosiery,Neck Furs.
Suitings this week
Next Door to First National Bank
IB
WASceive
INDIANS ARE GLAD
Good Goo Goos of Cas:, Lake
Reservation Get Gold
Today.
Five hundred of the Cass Lake
Chippewas arrived in Cass Lake
yesterday to be on hand to re
their annuities from Uncle
Sam. The payment of the an
nuities was begun this morning
at nine o'clock under the super
vision of Major Scott at the office
of the Indian agent. The Indians
for the most part arrived yes
terday, but a few of the strag
glers are expected to arrive to
day. They commenced a big
dance yesterday and are expect
ed to remain in Cass Lake for
several days. The reds are said
to be in a particularly happy
frame of mind, are out for a good
time and will do everything pos
sible to have it. Thev
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dians who will not sell his pro
perty when the money is in sight.
Henry Buenther,the taxidermist,
last summer offered him ten dol
lars for a small black stone pipe
which he owns and is said to
havecarried for more than twenty
years. The chief refused to sell
it, however. Tourists and souv
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experience several times.
Line Being Repaired.
The logging train between Sol
way and Mallard which has been
working for some time past has
been taken off to admit of repairs
to the track. Travel tp Mallard
is necessarily by wagon at pres
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