"75 Years of Sully County History, 1883-1958:
The murder of Miss Ada Carey, of Blunt, on May 21, 1937, which was one of the worst crimes ever committed in South Dakota, brought a sudden end to a planned crime career of two Chicago youths, Howard Christensen, 16, and Norman Westberg, 17, whom Miss Carey had picked up as hitchhikers, but who later beat her up and shot her in an attempted hold-up on the highway several miles north of Onida. Miss Carey, who had been teaching school in the town of Frankfort for two years, had stopped in Gettysberg to visit a friend en route to her home in Blunt..."
"Onida Watchman": Miss Carey had grown up in Blunt, the oldest daughter of Guy and Fanny Carey. After graduating from Blunt High School in 1927, she attended Huron College for two years.
Miss Carey had been described as, "one of the outstanding rural school teachers in the Blunt community." She had taught rural schools in Sully County, also. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star #86 in Blunt and taught Sunday School, sang in the church choir, and coached girl's class in physical education.
The murder of Miss Ada Carey, of Blunt, on May 21, 1937, which was one of the worst crimes ever committed in South Dakota, brought a sudden end to a planned crime career of two Chicago youths, Howard Christensen, 16, and Norman Westberg, 17, whom Miss Carey had picked up as hitchhikers, but who later beat her up and shot her in an attempted hold-up on the highway several miles north of Onida. Miss Carey, who had been teaching school in the town of Frankfort for two years, had stopped in Gettysberg to visit a friend en route to her home in Blunt..."
"Onida Watchman": Miss Carey had grown up in Blunt, the oldest daughter of Guy and Fanny Carey. After graduating from Blunt High School in 1927, she attended Huron College for two years.
Miss Carey had been described as, "one of the outstanding rural school teachers in the Blunt community." She had taught rural schools in Sully County, also. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star #86 in Blunt and taught Sunday School, sang in the church choir, and coached girl's class in physical education.
"75 Years of Sully County History, 1883-1958:
The murder of Miss Ada Carey, of Blunt, on May 21, 1937, which was one of the worst crimes ever committed in South Dakota, brought a sudden end to a planned crime career of two Chicago youths, Howard Christensen, 16, and Norman Westberg, 17, whom Miss Carey had picked up as hitchhikers, but who later beat her up and shot her in an attempted hold-up on the highway several miles north of Onida. Miss Carey, who had been teaching school in the town of Frankfort for two years, had stopped in Gettysberg to visit a friend en route to her home in Blunt..."
"Onida Watchman": Miss Carey had grown up in Blunt, the oldest daughter of Guy and Fanny Carey. After graduating from Blunt High School in 1927, she attended Huron College for two years.
Miss Carey had been described as, "one of the outstanding rural school teachers in the Blunt community." She had taught rural schools in Sully County, also. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star #86 in Blunt and taught Sunday School, sang in the church choir, and coached girl's class in physical education.
The murder of Miss Ada Carey, of Blunt, on May 21, 1937, which was one of the worst crimes ever committed in South Dakota, brought a sudden end to a planned crime career of two Chicago youths, Howard Christensen, 16, and Norman Westberg, 17, whom Miss Carey had picked up as hitchhikers, but who later beat her up and shot her in an attempted hold-up on the highway several miles north of Onida. Miss Carey, who had been teaching school in the town of Frankfort for two years, had stopped in Gettysberg to visit a friend en route to her home in Blunt..."
"Onida Watchman": Miss Carey had grown up in Blunt, the oldest daughter of Guy and Fanny Carey. After graduating from Blunt High School in 1927, she attended Huron College for two years.
Miss Carey had been described as, "one of the outstanding rural school teachers in the Blunt community." She had taught rural schools in Sully County, also. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star #86 in Blunt and taught Sunday School, sang in the church choir, and coached girl's class in physical education.
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