Jan. 24: Rose Eiler killed; St. B train wreck; Tuxedo is incorporated; Jack Matheson died.

January 24, 1913 - "Tuxedo" is incorporated as a town. It was a subdivision created by Frederick William Huebach and the Tuxedo Park Company Limited which he founded in 1905. Also see here and here.

January 24, 1916 - Three crew members are killed when two trains collide in St. Boniface. Read more here.

January 25, 1939, Winnipeg Tribune

January 24, 1939 - Winnipeg is shocked by the murder of six year-old Rose Eiler. The Tribune wrote: "All the resources of the police were mustered today in an effort to track down the unidentified slayer of of 6 year old Rose Mary Eiler, choked to death with her own underwear which the marauder stuffed in her mouth to stop her cries as he ransacked her father's suite Tuesday night and carried off some mysterious papers."

It didn't take long for police to zero in on the father as the culprit. Going through a messy divorce, he cooked up a fake robbery to remove valuables from his suite so that it wouldn't be part of the settlement. Things went wrong when the child suffocated.

Steve Eiler received a nine month sentence and hung himself in prison just weeks into his sentence.. (To read more about the Eiler case.)

January 24, 2011 - Jack Matheson died. The long-time sports reporter began his career with the Winnipeg Tribune in 1947 and remained there until its demise in 1980. (Also see.) 


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