Wise, Elizabeth 1864 - 1900

WISE

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/19/2024 at 21:00:38

Source: Decorah Republican May 31, 1900 P 7 C 4

HORRIBLE CRIME,
Effort Made to Annihilate an Entire Family near Anoka, Minn.—-Shot Through a Window.
Anoka, Minn. May 29. — Sunday night shortly after eight o’clock as William Wise, a farmer, ten miles north of here, was sitting at a table playing cards with his wife and four children, some one fired through the window with a shotgun and a Winchester rifle- William Wise, Jr. seven years old, fell dead, a bullet striking him in the back and emerging from his cheek. James Wise, 11 years old, was shot through the right lung and lost two fingers of his right hand. William Wise, 38 years old, was shot in the right shoulder from behind, ten buckshot entering his body. He is paralyzed and will die. Mrs. Wise was shot in the back, the bullet emerging from her abdomen. She was also hit in both arms and will die. Eliza and Martha, the daughters, escaped by jumping into a closet. It is not yet known who did the shooting, but the suspicion of the authorities falls on two persons now under surveillance.
In all ten or eleven shots were fired. The Wise family had recently moved here from Wisconsin, where they are said to have been involved in a feud. They had also had some litigation since coming to Minnesota.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows Mrs. William Wise (Elizabeth) is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Anoka, MN and was born in March 26, 1864 and died May 29, 1900. It shows her husband survived.