News and Gossip
Minneapolis Journal-Aug 17 1896
Severe Storm at Ellsworth
Ellsworth, Minn. Aug 17-The southern portion of Nobles county has been visited with very heavy and continued rains.
The heaviest electrical storm that has visited in this county occurred Saturday night. Yesterday morning lightning struck the
barn of Fred W. Ash from which two boys, who were asleep in the hayloft, made a very narrow escape. The fire
company was powerless.
Duluth News-Tribune-Oct 17,1915
Governor Offers $200 Reward For Murderers
St. Paul Oct 16--Governor Hammond today offered a reward of $200 for the apprehension and conviction or for
information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of Jesse Thiel, believed to have been responsible for the murder
of Charles Dillehay on the night of Sep 22 at Ellsworth, Nobles county. The authorities of that village already have one
of the men charged with the murder.
Dillehay was a moving picture theater proprietor and was known to carry considerable sums of money. While on his
way home Sep 22 he was struck with a piece of gas pipe and his skull fractured. Dillehay died the next day.
Suspects were traced to Omaha where one of them was captured. His companion, Thiel is still at large and his
apprehension desired.
Minneapolis Journal-June 10 1898
Clever Counterfeiting
Nobles County Man Arrested
He Claims Innocence but Circumstances Are Suspicious-The Bills Were Raised
Worthington Minn, June 10--T.J. Sheehan, United States marshal of St. Paul, came and took into custody Louis Nimmerfrau
of Kinbrae, this county, on a charge of uttering counterfeit currency. Nimmerfrau is the mail carrier between Kinbrae and Dundee
and it appears that on last Saturday he, together with one Herzig drove from Kinbrae to Dundee and stopped in front of a saloon run
by Louis Johnson. Nimmerfrau handed Herzig what appeared to be a $10 bill , requesting him to go inside and purchase a half pint
of whiskey and bring back the change, which was done. Soon after the men had left, Johnson discovered that the bill was a $5 silver
certificate raised to a $10. Johnson at once went to F.D. Lindquist, the banker of Dundee, with the bill, relating the circumstances.
Mr. Lindquist at once called to mind a transaction with Nimmerfrau which he had a day or two before, in which Nimmerfrau had paid
him some money in bills. Upon looking over his currency in hand he found among the lot a $2 bill raised to $10. The work on both
bills was very cleverly executed and would pass very readily unless very closely examined. The counterfeiting was done by taking from
Confederate bills the proper figures and letters and pasting them over the bills raised, and by very ingenious work with a pen, which
could only be discovered with a glass, the pasters were worked to a good imitation of the regular $10 bill. Mr. Lindquist at once
hunted up Nimmerfrau and charged him with pasting the counterfeits. He remarked that he had received them from a travelling man
about a month before, and that if the bills were not good he would make them good. He was at once placed under arrest and brought
to Worthington and lodged in jail and the United States authorities notified.
Worthington will hold a race meet on the 10th and 11th which promises to be the best ever in the colony. The largest field of horses
are already on the grounds, being now over sixty horses here. The racing association has hung up good purses and there will therefore
be some fine racing.
Worthington is enjoying the largest building boom this summer that is has for years. The Omaha railroad has commenced extensive
improvements to cost $50,000, including a new depot of modern style and new coal sheds. W.W. Loveless is building a brick block
that will be a credit to the city when completed. George W. Lear is making extensive repairs and improvements to the Worthington
hotel, which when completed will make one of the finest hotels in this part of the state. Steam heat and baths will be added.
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