BlockFillmore County, Minnesota - Chapter 36: Incidents and Events, 1912 (part 2 of 2)
From History of Fillmore County, Minnesota V. 1, published 1912. 209 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.
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209 wordsMachine-read from scans of History of Fillmore County, Minnesota V. 1, published 1912. Nothing has been corrected: fixing what looks like a misspelled name is how an invented one gets published. Source changes are marked where they occur.
After committimg the deed, Noonan went to Wabasha county, where he stayed three weeks. There he heard of Shinners' death. Driving twenty-five miles to Lake City, he boarded a train for Milwaukee, and from there made his way to Fulton City, Tl. Then he went west and had various experiences until arrested in Helena, Mont., and brought back to Fillmore county in 1902. The case was tried in November, the prosecuting attorney, John W. Hopp, being assisted by R. J. Parker, and the defense being in the hands of Thompson & Gray. Noonan was found guilty of manslaughter in the fourth degree and sentenced {0 one year in prison.
Abstract of Titles. Fillmore county has a complete and carefully compiled set of abstracts of title. It was eompiled and owned by Lars O. Hamre, who was assisted in this laborious work by 0. G Dibble. The undertaking was commenced in 1875.
March 1, 1884, the entire set of abstracts was purchased by the Thompson Brothers. Several years later, A. W. Thompson purchased the interest of R. C. Thompson, and is the sole owner at, the present time. The abstracts and index have been kept up to date, the work in the offices now requiring the attention of three persons.
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Text from History of Fillmore County, Minnesota V. 1, published 1912, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive.