John
Brown
Nebraska Cattleman Killed.
Shot down by a supposed
Detective Near the Dakota Line
Hot Springs, S.D. July 17
- John Brown, a
prominent stockman of Sioux County, Nebraska, was shot and killed by Robert
Wallace of this county near the state line today.
Wallace is reported as a
detective of a large cattle corporation, and always went armed, claiming his
life was threatened. That section of country has been noted for cattle rustling
and it is charged that Brown acquired stock more rapidly than was regular. The
sheriff and coroner have gone to the scene of the killing, which is nearly fifty
miles from here.
The Nebraska State Journal, Lincoln Nebraska -
July 17, 1897
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Mrs.
Clinton Metz and Children
Mother and Children Perish In Blizzard
Harrison, Neb.,
March 8 - The bodies of Mrs. Clinton Metz, and her two children, who were frozen
to death in the recent blizzard, have been found about a half a mile from the
Metz ranch.
The children became lost on the way from school and other mother
became lost while searching for them.
The bodies were found about two hundred
yards apart.
Reno Evening Gazette, Reno Nevada -
March 8, 1906
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L. Williams
Henry
Weriz
Henry Weriz of Harrison, Nebraska committed suicide on
Tuesday of last week by shooting.
He was a native of York County and lived in
the vicinity of Taneytown.
Twenty-five years ago he went to Harrison and
acquired a ranch of several hundred acres and was engaged in raising cattle and
as a building contractor.
He was unmarried and visited relatives in the East two
years ago.
He leaves two brothers and three sisters, Nathaniel Wertz of East
Berlin, Emanuel and Misses Annie Sarah and Sevilla, all of Baltimore.
Gettysburg
Compiler, Gettysburg Pennsylvania - May 18, 1910
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L. Williams
Frederick
Zerbst
Aged Farmer Commits Suicide
Harrison, Neb.,
April 26 - Frederick Zerbst, an aged German farmer living ten miles northwest of
here, committed suicide yesterday afternoon by hanging.
For some time past he
has show signs of insanity and he had been closely watched by his family, but
eluded their vigilance and it is thought that he took his own life while in a
temporary fit.
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L. Williams
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