On This Date in Minnesota History: July 28

July 28, 1908 – Ernest Jacobson, connected with a carnival company currently performing in Faribault, was killed around 3 this afternoon by a shock from an electric wire. Jacobson was pulling a small ladder up to an elevated platform for the dog diving performance. He used a wire clothes line that accidentally came in contact with the wires of the Faribault Gas & Electric Company and received a shock of 2,300 volts.

Doctors Davis and Smith worked over the unfortunate man for nearly an hour but without avail. Jacobson’s home is supposed to be in Chicago. Authorities sent a wire to an address found in his pocket. This makes the third death this month through shock from the same company’s wires.

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Third Electrocution by Faribault Wires”; July 29, 1908; p. 1.

http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Faribault.htm

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 27

July 27, 1903 – Not yet 21-years-old, three times married and the mother of three children, Minnie King occupied a cell in the Ramsey County jail this evening charged with bigamy. Alongside of her in the cell was one of her children, a boy three years old, from whom she refused to separate when arrested at Bangor, Wis., today by Sheriff Irwin, of Wadena.

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 Only the steel bars and one floor separates her from the man for whom she left her second husband and her children, for he is also under arrest, the couple having been found living together in the town of Bangor, just above La Crosse, in Wis. Urit Burnhard is the man’s name, and up in Aitken County he has a wife and seven children, whom he has not seen since June 17, when he and Mrs. King eloped and went to Wadena, where they were married.

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The parties were neighbors in Aitkin County, living on adjoining farms. Both were married and had large families, but this did not dampen the ardor of their love for each other, so they planned an elopement and went to Wadena, where they secured a marriage license and were wed June 17.

A search for his young wife by Mr. King, led to the discovery that she had eloped with their neighbor, and upon learning that the couple had been married, King swore out a warrant for their arrest, charging them with bigamy. The warrant was sworn out in Wadena County, because the marriage had taken place there, but it was only a few days ago that Sheriff Irwin was able to locate them. He learned that they had taken up their residence at Bangor, and when he went there today he had no trouble in finding them.

With them was the woman’s three-year-old son, whom she had taken with her when she ran away with Burnhard.

Sheriff Irwin arrived in St. Paul with his prisoners this evening and placed them in jail for safe keeping overnight. The following morning he will take them back to Wadena, where they will have to answer a charge of bigamy, which will be prosecuted by both the woman’s husband and Burnhard’s wife, who was left almost destitute to care for their seven little children.

The St. Paul Globe; “Girl Charged With Bigamy Takes Her Baby to Her Cell. Wadena Woman Refused to Be Separated From Her Child at the County Jail—Husband Is Also Arrested.”; July 28, 1903; pp. 1 & 6.

¹http://townmapsusa.com/d/map-of-bangor-wisconsin-wi/bangor_wi

²https://www.discoverhumboldt.com/local/changes-in-speed-limits-for-the-town-of-wadena

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 26

July 26, 2013 – On this date, in front of a full St. Louis County courtroom, Joseph John Couture testified that he beat and stabbed Trina Louise Langenbrunner to death as she was hitchhiking near Brookston Road in the early morning of Sept. 3, 2000.

“Couture, 42, of Cloquet pleaded guilty to intentional second-degree murder, first-degree aiding and abetting aggravated witness tampering, and aiding and abetting first-degree arson.

“Judge Dale Harris accepted the plea agreement reached between the defendant and the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office and immediately sentenced Couture to nearly 40 years in prison.”

http://www.pinejournal.com/event/article/id/273525/publisher_ID/36/

Joseph John Couture 

http://mugshots.com/US-Counties/Minnesota/Carlton-County-MN/Joseph-John-Couture.4705356/details/

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 25

July 25, 1918 – Eighty-six draftees, 75 from Washington County and 11 from towns nearby, today entrained for Camp Wadsworth, S. C. A banquet was given them at the Sawyer House by the citizens of Stillwater. Each drafted man received a comfort kit and a smileage book*. Home Guards escorted the men to the train.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Stillwater Honors 86 Departing Draft Men”; July 26, 1918; p. 13.

*WWI Smileage Books contained coupons that could be exchanged for entertainment tickets. They were issued by the Commission on Training Camp Activities for men in the various camps and cantonments. The books were made up of 20 $1-coupons and 100 $5-coupons. They were considered acceptable presents for soldiers and were honored in any camp in the country in the purchase of tickets at Liberty theaters and Y.M.C.A. auditoriums.
– Popular Mechanics, March 1918

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 24

July 24, 2014 – The Twins announced today that former player Chuck Knoblauch would not be inducted into the Twins Hall of Fame on Aug. 23 at Target Field as originally announced. Knoblauch would have become the 27^th member of the Hall of Fame. The cancellation came after Knoblauch was charged with misdemeanor assault on a family member.

Star Tribune; “No induction for Knoblauch”; Minneapolis, Minn.; July 25, 2014; pp. 1D & 6D.

Chuck Knoblauch 

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 23

July 23, 1915 – Some people look upon the story of Chief Little Crow and his forgotten deposit of $1,500 in an unidentified St. Paul bank as a myth, but they will have to “show” Jesse Williams, his grandson. Williams says he is from Missouri.

Williams, or Wakeman, which he says is his church name, and who also answers to the Indian title of Chief White Star, called at the Minnesota Historical Society a few days ago and asked for assistance in finding a forgotten bank deposit left by his grandfather. Incidentally he was permitted to look upon a few relics of Little Crow, consisting of the Chief’s skull, his scalp and two bones from his forearm.¹

Chief Little Crow²

Though informed he was on a wild goose chase, the grandson today carried his grievance to the office of Attorney General Smith. At the same time he delved deep into musty records, concerning his grandfather, and the account of the Treaty of Mendota, in which Little Crow participated. It was at the consummation of this treaty the lost pot of gold figured.

“They may call it a myth,” said Chief White Star, “but they will have to show me. We have a record of this money in the family, and it is not a wild dream by any means. What I am trying to find out is the name of the bank in which the money was deposited.”

According to the grandson, a relative of Little Crow located in Nebraska has the certificate of deposit, but he refuses to give it up, or permit an examination unless he is given a share of the money. White Star says there are ten heirs and all of them will come to the Twin Cities shortly, and make a systematic search for the deposit.

Major R. I. Holcomb, of St. Paul, who told the grandson today the story is without foundation, says that seven Indian chiefs participated in the Treaty of Mendota and he finds from the records, they were given $2,800 each. At the time many considered the money as a bribe, to facilitate the ceding of a vast amount of Indian land to the federal government.

Little Crow, however, protested vigorously and forced a number of concessions. Among them was a house for each of the chiefs.

The late Governor Ramsey was one of the treaty commissioners, and it was he who conceived the money payment as a solution to the controversy. The Indians were reluctant to part with the lands, but finally gave in after the promise of money, and affixed their marks to the treaty. Little Crow had five wives. One of them is still living. Four of his helpmates were sisters, and his explanation was that he married them all to keep them from fighting. Chief White Star, his grandson, is a field agent among the Sioux tribe for the Y.M.C.A. He is a runner, and informed the capitol officials today he was ready for a contest if they could find the proper man.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “’Show Me,’ Demands Grandson of Little Crow; Told Gold Is Gone”; July 24, 1915; p. 14.

¹The Minnesota Historical Society received Little Crow’s scalp in 1868 and his skull in 1896. Other bones were collected at other times. In 1971, Little Crow's remains were returned to his grandson Jesse Wakeman (son of Wowinapa*) for burial. A small stone tablet sits at the roadside of the field where Little Crow was killed.

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Little_Crow

*Wowinapa was the son picking berries with Little Crow when he was killed.


²http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Little_crow_c1862.jpg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: July 22

July 22, 1914 – John Lundin, 5 years old, reached Duluth this evening, en route to his uncle, Frank Jokinen at Orr, Minn. Alone and without funds he had come from Quincy, Mass.

John was accompanied by a tag giving his name and age, his destination and stating that he had been placed on the train by the overseer of the poor at Quincy. At the Union Station the small traveler was taken charge by Miss Elizabeth Gunn of the Travelers’ Aid Society. He was bathed and fed and kept over night at the YMCA, starting on the last leg of his long journey the following morning.

While at the institution it was noticed, that the small boy was limping. Although he didn’t complain, Dr. I. J. Murphy, police surgeon, was called in to examine the boy. He found a big blister on his toe and reduced it. During the procedure John didn’t whimper.

The Duluth Herald; “Five-Year-Old Travels Alone. Little Boy Finishing Journey From Massachusetts to Orr, Minn.”; July 23, 1914; p. 5.

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