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Armenian brothers escape genocide, one bludgeoned to death in North Dakota

The attack occurred in 1925 at the brothers' boxcar shack along the Sheyenne River, with Mike Azadian, around 29, beaten and drowned, and Sam Azadian reporting the crime.
Local reports describe transients pressing homemade brew and offering to split cached liquor before the attack, indicating a robbery-related dispute involving the brothers and transient suspects.
Investigators found a makeshift sandbag from a denim jacket sleeve, heel marks, clothing items, a stopped watch at 10:05, and $70 among recovered items, with autopsy indicating Mike was stunned but alive when cast into the river.
Prosecutions faltered as charges against Walter Steiner and Ed Welch were dismissed in 1925, with cases against others also dropped, according to court records.
Decades after the 1925 murder, the case remains open, with flags at half mast and the community's shock still evident, and records requests pending nearly 101 years later.

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Armenian brothers escape genocide, one bludgeoned to death in North Dakota

WEST FARGO, N.D. — Sam Azadian awoke with piercing pain from the back of his head. Slowly, his eyes adjusted to the darkness. Scuffling noises to his left. A puppy whined. Was it his brother’s puppy? Without moving, he could make out the box car shack where he and his younger brother lived along the Sheyenne River. His knuckles ached. With every heartbeat, his head throbbed. Something warm and wet blurred his vision. A terrifying avalanche of me…

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