St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-17
:>s APRIL: III Az : 1885,
not 20 homo u njkkt :thsy: W : yxatehioae
in the yatfl for toii IND Mn XIII YOU .

in the yard f6xt toi and will Kill YOU; /
|tbep seid, if anJyl ylub ubeay ok il ir NY ysrd gen
sec shout i ! ;hoka lanterp aud ereyolver
and went 70 zee il anybody was in the yard
back ii the store ind told .Ahtoh TO stop
With me that night, but hsssaid be must
10 home he said, "if they are bound to
kill me- they may as we'll lo it now d any
time o. tsid he xodld' 60 If be tidget kin.
|sa;' He then went out and. hitelel the
mnles 10 the wagon got, into tho wagon;
with his wife xnd / said ..you need not be,
afraid; if my one atts cks y0h. they attack
NE and I II shoot him n'H ~ wHe wept out
of ftbe yard three men were, standing there, !,
oge, of them; hid bricks ); / saw some Of the i
bricks fall fDm2 his. hands:: one IF the men
was Max: Casper zone Of the m I:*eoua not
,sse ~ho II was az! and the other w.s Quo
think that was ;his name: ~ ,,i.i, ... -.
Gross exam,nsd.l I, When ( went ont to
the yard the, men went IF ): >diJ not speak
70 them ); when Anton left we did not 4
slvs HIM IN M pisttSl rt9sl 1l il hsns ri N With
! 14ddeas Harstoa ii i ea1le,d - .livks ii sd
,Jo,;;' vas at home on the 5th Of May 1861;
was at tie Priests house J: did pot see
Micheai.< Rieder nthat' dssyy did not know
him; heard gun that evening about dark.
l then saw q man tall down before. Anton
Edelbroek''s house,; prior to fbis I cav 81
men and heard a noise Of q window break
ing It was the window 10 the door ( was
[ii the priest house when I saw the win:
dow broken; : one 81 three men; took 81
grrindstons frame and threw It against the
house; II was the smallest man-the one
Who was hsot T saw this man leaning with
bis arms on the doorr before he was shot.
. This witness 5xas cross examined q great
length but no important facts elloited.
Gertrudc ElelbrocE called III am the,
wife Of the defendant, Anton 'Edelbrock !;
at half past three7on. the fifth day Of May,
last Mike 'Rieder and some others came lin
TO uy+ house and gave lettet6to. the ser.
want girl; they. said they wanted aa1ans::
wei orcthe lettertbaek. i che gill said ,they
did not used >an answet sometime after,
wards 4 iWeptint the storeba1d taw tin
THAT come out! oft the door and askedss'W ho
done that - Carl Foulk said mike iRicd-
r done it,;s Anton w eising suid ;si4 men
had come up from ST. Cloud togive Anton
thrdshing ! s&id it was best to shut up
the door ,Jwe did shut the door xand put
the meat barrel against 1t ;"l then went
into; tho kitet,ee ] went up stairs to see
Emy sick mother heard the ratthne 8 ofthe
glass and heard the report Of q gun; ran
down stairs; >waso afraid about the Httle
children when came to;theE store Mike
|ihad his hand throa ash, the door trying TO-
push the! e!;barrel away ; ! toot the child
rea and went up stairs ; was afrtaaid the
ehildren would get killed. ~ !. t . II :"
l.lc*'* + GCross sxaiuinedl Isl testified be.
fore the justice On Anton's examination !;
WIS very uearaAnton when Wei,ingtoll
him shout tho six. men :" - I ) s ; =
II said lock up the door and put the barrel
against it ). It was between three and four
6oloek wien 'Riedrr came FIRST to the
house !; he was gone away before Weisipg
came in and told me about the six men
from ST. Cloud ;; when Rieder came into
1.-THE kitchen be did net attempt'any disturu
bance;' when l locke out of the ii indow
iur stairs and saw Ritder' and heard the
report Of The h,st gun + afterwards heard
another>gdn went down stairs and got
shsI chi,dfeu5y + don't know whether there
Nete'ahy guass in the store there were
! $50 gums! ia 1Anton's roon; i did not
take the boys up stairs ! Anton tWeising
! saso; down sstaitz.; :, my Rather was down
stairs @lao;;stha, sinGow from which i look:
ed from? Wa open !; whsn IL went, doxn
stairs / sxw my som standing by the wash
room window With. an ax.in his hana ';sas
soon as / heard, the alst shot + vent down.
stairs and told tho servant gill To Isoaie Up:
staiEH.l s.u: 1d&io n9loa -, : q Tia :
!, II Direct! resunedd,I the door To- 10 down
cellar was near the 1tote, in tkts sSAmei;' I.
am weilzaequaiated with Anton .Weising;
the last time b@w him was yoh the morn
Inns of the shooting { on the SIKH. day of
May ,ayi husband kept, groceries, beer,
-four; and whiaky.<,h ;"1|l % SO
f., Harry Roter, :called-I lived, ut :Antor,
Edelbrsck's the day Rieder was shoti;"s1
was ;ats work for them;s in: the afternoon
about three or four % clock three gentle;
men came there; Mike Rieder, Henry: Shy,
der, aud Mr.. ,Swattz;s Mike. .brought meaa
Letter; theyU vaatedt an answer back, or
that /; shodld write letter back; l told31
would not, ,cw1its Ihsiletxes for father and
mother would: not let me 90 up there this
talk was,ia thet kitchen the men then
went of; after supper I heard . noise out
side and, Tho glass rattling in the store
and zbeardi:k shot fired !; Itden1 t~eneaupS
stairs; after; ithissil heard anothera guh; ;i
before this Mike .Risder said,p Il mast 10;
in: 81 Anto. said + Eor. heayens'sake, Sand
baek-1 want hadnouoaeaxish ysai;"Aists