, 1860-12-01
THE CITY.
Proceedings Of First Dny.~EmPan.
nelIlnK d Jury.--SpeecheE OF C0un.
sel-TcsttmunY Commenced.

THE HOLSTEIN MURDER TRIAL.
proeeedlnes OF First Day--Empan-
nellluK 4 Jury.--SpeecheE OF C0uns
se1--Tcsttmony Commenced.
Tho trial Of Adam Hnsemann for tho ii.
legged murder Of Hcnrelcl,, oiias Henry Castor,
ut uolstein last summer, WIS brought before
Judge atannlerrc Of the Circuit Court, ycstcr-
dny morning.
We gave brief summary Of the principal
points In this caso in previous Issue, but 1t
may be well enough torccapitulate the subject
thls morning, as we foresec 1t is to DO very |
interesting trial, and some Of our readers may |
have overlooked the article ulludedto.
Adam uagcmann was baker at HolstcIn, |
andiutbelattcrpart ofAugust had in his employ |
rs journeyman German named Henry Cas- |
to1 Gu Hagcmann returning from the city one |
evening, ho found that the journcyman had |
allowcd some bread to burn in thcoycn- Highly
inccnscd, he sought out tile offending man, fill
upon him, beat him cruelty, kicked him out Of
tho house, aud then seizing piece Of Lard
wood, struck him repeatedly with it. until the
man fell dead. By the defense 1t will bc at
tempted to show that Hagcmann had previously
met with severe mental atillctIons, ,anl was more
immediately highly inccnsed by finding on bis
premises drunken loafer he Lad several times
ordered never to darkcn his door.
Considerable difficulty was experienced In
impannelling jury to try the case, and it was
not until dearly three o'clock in the afternoon
that ono was obtained, consisting Of the fol-
lowing persons:
]. ". Hoffman, G. II. Gcrmain, E. Dcnman,
c. Barker, John B. Whiting, Luther Burlcy, c.
J. Wilder, John kuhl Bennett Smith, T. AN
rich, John G. Newcomb, Newton c. Brown.
A1ter the jury had taken tho proper oath,
Prosecuting Attorney, Carlos Haven, read tue
Indictment and opened the case for the people.
The Indictment contains these counts, charg-
Ing the facts against Hascmann, As related
above In as many distinct shapes, any one Of
which will, If found true, convict the defcn-
dant Of murder or manslaughter. The law On
the subject Of couyictionstfor three crimes
WAS then read. and with few well-ti1nea re-
marks Mr.. Haven closed.
4. G. Aeay, who, with Mr.. Millard, conducts
! the case of tho defendant, then addressed The
jury, showing the line Of defence to be fol-
lowed. At this juncture, the little boy Of the
prisoner, perhaps some six or seven years old,
came into the circle where Ills mother had al
ready taken her seat aud passed to the chair
occupied By his father. Hageman met the
child with fearful eye and quiycring lip, and
then followed scene most aiIcctingto behold.
The boy hnd probably not seen his parent late
! y. 1t least he put bis arms around his neck
nJ16 m fn S1,a1 mil Cnfk nn31h1t
! This seemed only to add weight to the grief
! Of Hagemann, and Mrs. 1Iayycmaun, who until
: then had shown but little interest In tic pro.
: ceediugs, held down her head and cried with
: them. If the prisoner had desired to hare
! produced an effect upon tho jury, the scene
| could not haro been better managed, hut 1t
! was too natural for that, and was undoubtedly
| spontaneous.
/! The wife Of the defendant is fl!r.haircd,
modest, quite respectable looking woman,
dressed in good taste; the boy also was neatly
and clcan1y clad.
The prisoner himself il man Of medium
height, ,!has dark hair and wlskcrs "A round not
il1-looking countcnancc anu Of rather 4 prcpos-
eessing general appearance than otherwise.
His physiognanly docs not indicate man Ct
bid heart, but rather a., impulsive, passionate
temper, and only dangerous when fully
aroused. He ia probably between IS aud 10
years ofagc.
The testimony for tic prosecution com.
nlenccd by the introduction Of Airs. Maria E.
Hendricks. a German woman, unable to speak
English. The aid of an Interpreter was called
and she testified as follows:
I live ut Holstein; know IIagcnann; knew
him last June; lived opposite his house
knew the deceased for three or four weeks
don't know his name; saw dis
turbance between them; the journeymuI
baker came to my house In the after
noon, near night, between tivc and eis
o'clock, in either July or August last man
by tic namc Of Beck and MY husband were
present; the baker eat down ut 4 table in one
corner Of the room, and Hngcmaun came in
and struck him OH the head with his clenchee
hand, chased hiul through the room, aud oui
Of The lousc, striking him With stick as Lt
out: 'lluge1nann, let nc go! could not hell
it"'--alludins to the burning Of the batch o1
bread-hc then threw tile baker III the ditch
near the fence; l saw nothing more aage
mann, when he came in, said the man lac
spoiled Ills bread; HagcMaun struck the bakcl
over The shoulders and on the neck with j:
narrow board; Ia bedstcad slat was here
shown her,] that is the stick; it wat
with three more like it lying in front Of nis
house; saw the defendant stooI down ane
pick 1t up; Ha.,amaMu struck The baker gout
many times, but did not count the number
, Of the blows; can't tell whether Ac held tht
stick by tue middle or the end; I WAS standing
! in the dour when he struck him; the last
saw Of the deceased le was near this fence
which is about eight or nine PAGES from tlIt
door OF my house: he lay in the ditch on tht
I ri fnr eli ff$fJ 4,s
; fence nearest the house; there is a stree,
there; the ditch is Oh the side Of the fcucs
nearest the housc; the fence is between tht
houee and the ditch; saw him 20 into the ditcl
with his legs up i'll the air; one Of tue middle
boards Of the fence WAS otl; when dctcndau
threw him in the ditch hc went body first All.
legs afterwards, 1lagainann was arrested in til,
evening; ut O'Clock in the cyenin:; went on
and found the baker lying in tue ditch, dead
went out to water the cattle; was about fort,
PAGES from my house Wien / saw him dead.
Cross-e1aminat;on By IcJt7sc.-.rhc fence spo
ken Of runs from my house toward tho ci5y
my house is OIL tic sa1nc side Of tlc street a:
llnEaman's house, nearer toward the rolling
mill; the ditch is OIL each side Of the street
Ilaganann was nigh the baker when he went
through the fence; lie pushed him OF threw
him through; don't know whether lie did i
with his hands or the board
THASKsG1vtSG At COTTAGE GRovE.-Ihurs
day wills the occasion Of classic and clarac
tcr;stic gathering at Cottage Grove. Th1
fancy; the sporting men; the tiger huntcra
aud tiger keepers; the gentlemen with 1arg
plaid vesturc, aud huge seal rings, and magui
hccnt oaths the young men who make small
salary 60 great ways, md the individual
who make no visible means Of support 20
great deal further; the shoulder hitters. lover