Although two North Dakota men including one family member were tried for the crimes, they were both acquitted. A wooden museum box still holds a possible weapon used in the murders: a stone.
Many people in Grygla, Minnesota, had never heard of a hometown girl who had been murdered in the 'big city' of Fargo in 1921. But when they found out they decided to do something about it.
"On the day preceding the tragedy his mental condition showed plainly in his physical appearance but so highly respected was the man that none of his friends even dreamed of such an ending."