St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-04-17

lying in the front rcom Oh the IAoersts i'm
neman'so Hotel; Ivlooked at the external
wounds. but made npp post. .mcttsm ye4ap'
:inssion ;:;the won ,ds seem to hs{e~ been
made by common buck shot the lwosndl
were on ths throat and chin, ind also Oh
the shoulders, there xere about ! DOZEN Of
these wounds these gun shot Wounds Up
on the neck I CONSIDER to be the cause Of
his dcatf, J. 9 ws .H1t*o:, .1a 40 :" &or ds
re y Cross lcxstnincd.-ftA is'eeight
miles from St: 10 to 81. Cloud l left: 81,
%Clopd fof St. 10 between eight and nine
~ clock I don't recco1lect the exact time;
it was about that time Il ~
: Michael Losern,"n called and sworn
7 am sheriff If "Stearns County II had =
comm t,nicatioh'Twith the prisoner on the
day Riedcr ,xss shot I next talked NTH
him in the st. Cloud jail; he p:aas con,
fessions to me- in relation to Riedcrss death !;
!!;sa m;ae e. es:ss's o. premise: Of reward
| Here tEss @coprt. E llowcd thss. counsel
for the defense ST. to cross que'tioeb the Wit
ness. yvn r?n {. p,~ 3yr@ !.
I No attempt .vss made II, this way!or any,
other to qee'him TO cop pfess; r came down
With the tfisoheS try % St. Jo;, ! did mt
strike the prisoner With :. ha9 9d:suf j. no
pt! er person struck him with a hang a.cutf !;
the prisoner, was at my house aAer We got
10 St. Cloud y He Was not struck With =
11un to make him confess J. heard tho
prisoner say he was afraid the Peolk would
hang him; there, was much excitement in
the town.; / was excited myself !; laeaid
hard words to the prisoner there was. arm,
ed men and guns afonh nd the Jail when he
e"n4 -sed't1 me; + think the defendant
was H. great fear ot ot'being hung; he v rs
tiled 7wi,hra rope on his arms. !; y" ~
81 Dhecttesamed. .-Tbers were. no threats
made ut the time Of the confessjop; i, did
not tcll him it would be better or<hjms to
confess there we're men in the frontroom
sof the Jail to: :prote Jail from any ,,ass
|satilt from the outside, T., +. 49, . .
I asked Anton What hi shot Nike, ss,f3%2;;xske
said be was .sofluy tor, what he had done; ;
that if he had shot him in the srm orleg
it. would have been better; be kas'spoke Il
about it frequently; three or four weeks
from this time he, again said he was sorry
be had done it.; he did not at this time
say anything more he never gave me any
reason. why he did II. "'' |"" .
* *'" cross examination resumed. II
] have stated the exact words of the :defen.
|dsnt>as 6eaf as / 'ca,, remember. ,o.,
!: 3 Gen, *e;fert.-i live At s.. 10; am
acquainted With A nton Edelbrock ]; p = al
at St. DO the day. Kieder Was shot Edel.
brock said If any ybody come FROM ST: Cloud,
especially" Peter Kramer, he would SHOOT
him if he ~ss,in the middle of the street
this was one, or two. OF three days jbefore
the shooting; this was after Edehfock
got the. beating in St. Cloud; it VS. The
same spring, that Rieder was shot that
Edelbrock made, these threats Of shoot
ing.l 9. r~' 81" =, - "* :
H. <: :*;o Cross axap,ined. Edelbfoek said
|h3 wsy beat badly BY Peter Kramer, and
| If he came ;;up he woulh shoot him, and il
others came with him he would shpot:them
also; .Edelbroe'k, did not tell me whep The
got the ,beatipg, in. St: Cloud. g" i.
IN With this, witness the evidence for the
State vasj closed,g - 'GoHA .tSi H9fSE
= The case for the defense was opened by
L. lsstAltsmept' a l of the facts they expect to
prove. r..,lfr<I,aa - ! p" Hwr
.Ffqak. We1er.-1 reside in st. ;Jo; /
was It St! 10 on. the Eth of May. 1881;
Fl was at Anton Edelbrocks house % The
afternoon Of that day Edelbrock ,'x.s
there, himself; there were other persocb ]
in, the house; Anton Weising WIS thefe,
and he went: hpto Alton and told him
something I could nof hear, he talked %
low i6' 4 minute ANTON sent the boys
to hit Up tie shutters; shis was about
six o, clock IL then started for myohouse ]
l saw Nike Rieder 3 coming towards the
door he then struck the tin in tie, doprr
| r 3as inside when he lin was s{ruck in ;
George Marshall. rePt mp to Reader, and
said, 8 Mike, iyopn must;no& do that,p you
mus, notloommence a2iuss here t. liiig ght''
Edelbroek; was sin.his house at this time
THE shutters we're Put up al the windows
The door was; about thtee feet wood, and
the upper part tin a nd glass; Mike went
,fpm here TO Linnemsh'+ with soine 'gfl,
who came : oqt Of Edelbrock's house I
|,tt'ea |:'!tA1 xsnt home; II a. !, .; ysx,
.,id. s.* : y Crossa .examined.-1 have: lived
in Sta 10 seven, yeass ! l have !besn ii
Edelbtocks' house on Sundays; DON Rhox
what hour hsf'elosss his shutters ; !, have
|esea 'tlle esBStte!s slo.ed N the dsy. sipe;
II. S*as 1e4r' si1, q clock when the e;shuttsr,
xere put up:o the .da{oi the shooting /
don't know what w eiisiEg said to Edel-
brock ghe tsltsd 'so, ,lor: j Rieder E.4t oply
.tStsip a e 9r = txo - 1. ifosm s the door ~hfnr !
hin be, came up and struck the tit 81
DID not hear what, he said; it was after
tse shutters were'pat up that Rieder struck
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