Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2022 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The (Bemidji) Pioneer May 1, 1903 HIS AGONIES UNSEEN Old Man Burns to Death Alone in the Fields New Paynesville, Minn., May 1 - CHRISTIAN HELMER of this place was burned to death while burning brush and grass upon a tract of land owned by him a few miles east of this village under circumstances which will never be known, as he was alone, and no one knew of his trouble until his dead body was found by a party of searchers who had been sent out by his family. ==========================================================================