People's Pilgrimage, 1937

More than 1,000 left-wing protesters gathered at the Minnesota Capitol. on April 4, 1937, to support Governor Elmer Benson as he tried to persuade the legislature to pass a $17 million aid package for the unemployed. About 200 of the protesters stayed overnight in the senate chamber after someone jimmied open the doors with a knife, and two organizers were later convicted of the gross misdemeanor of preventing senators from assembling.

MN90: The Price of Murder

In this episode of MN90, Britt Aamodt investigates the case of a Minneapolis man accused of murdering his third wife by pushing her off a cliff.

Jurors inspecting the site of Mary Fridley Price's death

Jurors inspecting the site of Mary Fridley Price's death

Jurors in the trial of Fred Price for the murder of his wife, Mary Fridley Price, inspect the site of Fridley Price's death. From "Price Trial Defendant and Jury at Scene of the Tragedy," Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 7, 1916, 1. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Carrie Olson Price

Carrie Olson Price

Carrie Olson Price, fourth wife of Fred Price, visits her husband in jail after his conviction for the murder of his third wife, Mary Fridley Price. From "Etchison Ready to Stand Trial; Price Plans to Appeal," Minneapolis Sunday Journal, January 16, 1916, 4. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fred Price

Fred Price

Fred Price during his trial for the murder of his wife, Mary Fridley Price, in 1916. From "Unfriendly Kinfolk Cooked Wife-Slayer's Goose," Minneapolis Morning Tribune, November 28, 1954, 42. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

David Fridley

David Fridley

David Fridley testifying as a witness at the trial of Fred Price for the murder of Fridley's daughter, Mary Fridley Price. From "'Price Wanted to Get Into My Bank Roll,' Says Father of Tragedy Victim," Minneapolis Journal, January 12, 1916, 8. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society

Charles Etchison on the witness stand

Charles Etchison on the witness stand

Charles Etchison testifying as a witness to the murder of Mary Fridley Price. From "State's Star Witness Completes Story of Alleged Murder," Minneapolis Journal, January 11, 1916, 6. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Jurors inspecting the site of Mary Fridley Price's death

Jurors inspecting the site of Mary Fridley Price's death

Jurors in the trial of Fred Price for the murder of his wife, Mary Fridley Price, inspect the scene of her death. From "Price Trial Defendant and Jury at Scene of the Tragedy," Minneapolis Morning Tribune, January 7, 1916, 1. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Jurors chosen for the trail of Fred Price

Jurors chosen for the trail of Fred Price

The twelve jurors chosen to serve in the trial of Fred Price for the murder of Mary Fridley Price. From "Price Case Likened to the Famous Hayward Trial," Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, January 9, 1916, 7. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society.

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac

Fred and Mary Price in their Cadillac, 1913–1914. Mary holds her dog, Chum. From "Etchison's Story is Unshaken Under Severe Grilling," Minneapolis Journal, January 11, 1916, 1. Mary and Chum exited the same car on the night of November 28, 1914, and fell to their deaths from a cliff. Image reproduced from microfilm at the Minnesota Historical Society with permission from the Minneapolis Journal.

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