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Name: Ernst Axel
Tunander or Thunander County of Conviction:
Custer |
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Allegations: On Sept. 24, 1918, said at Hobo Jim's (Holler &
Osborne's) saloon in Miles City that he
would not fight for U.S. and that he would fight for the Kaiser; that he
would go to jail before he would fight for the U.S. Comments: Witness
said another man hit him with a spittoon. Defendant said he was drunk.
Witness said defendant told him his girl in Michigan said if he fought
against her mother country she would never love him anymore. Personal Information: Born
in Hjulsjo, Orebro Lan, Sweden, one of six children.
Arrived in Boston on May 21, 1913, aboard the Laconia from Liverpool. Went to
Iron County, Michigan. Worked in Crystal Falls, Minneapolis and Dickinson,
N.D. before arriving in Custer Co. Had been working for a farmer at time of
his arrest. Later married and had three children. Son Elton killed in action
in Korean War. Ernst died in August 1979 in Alger Co, Mich., at age 92.
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