133 years ago a shootout in Minnesota left one Millerville Township man dead
At the center of it was a “very unlucky man” named Henry Schecher, according to Brittany Johnson, director of the Douglas County Historical Society. Written By: Al Edenloff | ×
The grave of Henry Schecher, a suspect in a deadly shooting in Millerville 133 years ago, is in the Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria. (Celeste Edenloff / Echo Press)
ALEXANDRIA, Minn. This is a story of a heated land dispute, a deadly encounter involving a one-armed suspect, a murder trial, allegations of a buried gun, and ultimately, redemption.
It all played out on a small plot of Minnesota farmland in the southeast corner of Millerville Township back in 1888.