As a raging blizzard tore across the state of North Dakota, Adolph Martel sat warm and safe inside a mental hospital. A former drifter named J.J. Murphy stood talking with him, helping the time to pass. Little did they know it, but a patient’s presence nearby would result in the death of one of them and the near demise of the other.
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Inmate Armed With Knife; Taken When Hit by Automobile. The Bismarck Tribune, 11/21/1941
N.D. Hospital Inmate Kills Guard; Is At Large With Knife 2 Hours. The Fargo Forum, Daily Republican, and Moorhead Daily News, 11/21/1941
Launch Probe In Slaying of Guard by State Insane Hospital Inmate. The Forum, 11/22/1941
Stabbed Man is Likely to Recover. The Forum, 11/23/1941
State Hospital Staff Commended. The Bismarck Tribune, 11/25/1941
State Board Commends Asylum Aides. The Fargo Forum, Daily Republican, and Moorhead Daily News, 11/25/1941
State Board Commends Asylum Aides. The Forum, 11/25/1941
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Predict Blizzard Will Blast Most of State Today. The Bismarck Tribune, 11/21/1941
Year: 1940; Census Place: Homer, Stutsman, North Dakota; Roll: m-t0627-03015; Page: 27A; Enumeration District: 47-28