Saturday, July 8, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 8

July 8, 1933 - Conservation Officer John Linklater drowned while on patrol on Basswood Lake in Lake County, Minn. The canoe he was operating overturned and he was thrown into the water. The motor on the canoe then struck him in the head, dazing him. His body was not found for five days.

Officer Linklater was survived by his wife and daughter.

http://www.odmp.org/officer/8157-conservation-officer-john-linklater



John Linklater

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Friday, July 7, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 7

July 7, 1904 – Mabel Benson, a passenger, was accidentally shot by Brakeman McCue just after the train pulled out of Northome this morning. The brakeman had picked up a rifle belonging to a passenger and that was not in a case as required by railway rules. After emptying the chamber, McCue started to carry it to the baggage car.

One shell, however, remained and was discharged, the bullet passing through Miss Benson’s arm and through the empty seats behind her. She was taken back to Northhome and left in charge of a doctor. The wound is not believed to be serious.

The Minneapolis Journal; “Shot on a Train. Miss Mabel Benson Accidentally Wounded in the Arm by a Brakeman.”; July 7, 1904; p. 6.




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Thursday, July 6, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 6

July 6, 1904 – Thirty wounds on his bald head were submitted in evidence at the trial of W. H. Adamson, the money lender, against his wife Jennie Adamson, in police court this morning. It was Mr. Adamson’s battered head, and in connection with the man’s story of 13 years of family troubles, it served to convict the wife of the charge of beating her husband. Mrs. Adamson was fined $10.

While Adamson gave his testimony against his wife, she read a newspaper. The more startling the testimony, the more interested she became in the news, never looking up until she was called as a witness.


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 The complainant testified that he came home late for supper last Sunday and was ordered out of the house by his wife. He promised her that he would go as soon as he changed his clothes, and while getting some linen from a dresser drawer she beat him over the head with a lamp, breaking it in fragments.

Cocking his head on one side, the man showed the court his bald head, cut in more than 30 places. He said that after the assault he tried to leave the house, but his wife stood guard at the door with a revolver and a butcher knife, and he was compelled to allow his wounds to bleed for two hours. He then went to a barbershop and had the glass removed.

Mrs. Adamson said that her husband came home intoxicated, as he had done nearly every night for 13 years. She said she had cared for him like a child ever since they were married, and many times had carried him upstairs in her arms when he came home intoxicated. She denied beating her husband, saying “He is a good man when his is sober, and for all the money in the world I would not strike him.”

Judge Dickinson refused to believe the woman’s story and told her plainly that she had perjured herself. On this account, more than for the trouble, he said, he imposed a fine of $10.


The Minneapolis Journal; “Thirty Cuts On His Bald Head. Mrs. Adamson Fined for Beating Her Husband. Evidence that She Broke a Lamp Over Money Lender’s Pate—Wife’s False Testimony Prompts the Court to Impose a Fine of 10.”; July 6, 1904; p. 6.

*http://static6.depositphotos.com/1008317/596/v/950/depositphotos_5961861-stock-illustration-old-woman-reading-newspaper.jpg

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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 5

July 5, 1937 – Hormel’s canned ham product was reintroduced to the public as Spam. It was originally named Hormel Spiced Ham.

http://timelines.ws/states/MINNESOTA.HTML




Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 5, 2017,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 4

July 4, 1933 - Kate “Ma” Baker and members of the Barker-Karpas Gang reside at Idlewild Cottage on Bald Eagle Lake’s east side in White Bear Township. They kidnap millionaire William Hamm Jr. and receive $100,000 for his safe return.

http://www.ci.white-bear-township.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7B801D228F-081F-4123-B371-0DC5894FC6D6%7D/uploads/%7BC459BB85-FE9B-48EF-BD64-4A2FA70A3744%7D.PDF



Ma Barker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Barker

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Monday, July 3, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 3

July 3, 1839The Sioux and Chippewa meet in battle in a ravine just north of Stillwater. The conflict begins on July 2, when a son-in-law of the Sioux band, named Meekaw, is killed and scalped by two Chippewa of the Pillager band near Lake Calhoun. This act begins to stir unpleasant sentiments among the Sioux and war parties are immediately sent out in pursuit. On [this date], the Kaposia band of Sioux finds the St. Croix Chippewa in a ravine just north of today’s Stillwater. They attack. By the end of the battle twenty-one Chippewa lay dead with another twenty-nine wounded. However, the Sioux suffer no casualties. The location of this skirmish becomes known as ‘Battle Hollow,’ and later becomes the site of the Minnesota Territorial Prison.”1

A plaque commemorating the battle is in the parking lot of  the Terra Springs condominiums in Stillwater, which is on the site of the battle today.2





1http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/battle-hollow/

2http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/territorial-prison-fire/

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 3, 2012, as long as acknowledgement included.



 

Indian Battle Ground
In this ravine at daybreak July 3, 1839, a body of Chippewa returning from Fort Snelling where a Sioux had been killed by other Chippewa. A bloody battle took place in which the Chippewa losses were about 50 killed and wounded. The Sioux losses were small.

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Sunday, July 2, 2017

On This Date in Minnesota History: July 2

July 2, 2011 – The six-fatality fire at the Bohemian Bed and Breakfast, [New Ulm, Minn.] was the single biggest fire death incident in Minnesota in 2011. The July 2 fire, which claimed the life of owner Bobbi McCrea and her daughters, Abby and Savannah, and three guests, was caused by unattended candles. The Bohemian fire was one of the region's worst fires and possibly the worst in New Ulm history.”

http://www.nujournal.com/page/content.detail/id/527366.html




Vacant lot where Bohemian Bed and Breakfast once stood in New Ulm

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 2, 2017,
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