The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1869-12-30

w wv S""oj WIG" 'aVAC per-
soma began throwing stones at.them,
from tho brush beside tho road ;spriso-*
nor said DO then pulled GU. bis pistol
aud began shooting At them and fred
six q seven shots, aud did not know
neither 10 had hit any Of tnsm Or not;
did not know Who the persons were but
guessed they wore soldiers; prisoner
when he began talking was Dragging
on hts shooting said he had pistol
that be could shoot very we'll With ;
telt IN lid pocket torsit, but On. exam
lining found that 10 had left it at home.
Henry ,Aqole., .porn--s.v C.rh,rt
and Tra'oor on morning Of Juno l4tb,
about Z O'Clock ). Twas coming in from
Arnold'' mill to St. Cloud, with load
Of -four I was near this edge or tho
prairie k!novn,.. 'Lovry's prairie =;
when 1 fir't sew them theyj, e.. were ri, COM
ling out Of the by-road At the right hand
side of the main travelled road !; they
came me to tho edge of the pr.irie and
turned into the road that I was o,
il to St. Cloud on i; they came on a
little ways ard then 1 passed them :;
after that, they followed along = short
distance I passed them ! short dis.
lance north from the forks Of the road :;
| last saw them about Is rods north of
Danton's' house; they were walking
along 10 the road when T saw them last
going from st. Cloud !; when I. got
near Funk's brewery I looked back
again and did not see them any more !;
Was driving slow. " .. 49,
+ Samuel Trolley, ..oor.-Have seen
prisoner; first saw him on the Steamer
| Hawk'Eys, below Prescott, on Missis.
s'ppi River; saw him next At ferry
house above Reeds Landing, that eve.
ming pretty late, in crowd Of rousta-
bouts, deck hands aud 1aftsmsn; I
n ext saw him At tho Bullard House, at
Reeds Landing; this vas the same
evening about midnight; C.rbart went
lup with the rest Of US raftsmen to
Reeds Landing the next morning
Carhart went on to the raft with the
rest Of us; had conversation with Car.
hart after he had been on rift an hou,
or two; I was fixing up kitchen; he
sald be was pretty handy and would
like to get'a chance If I wanted = cook.
:ee; the second day that We were On
the raft, had conversation with me about
a man being killed At St. Cloud asked
ME if I had ever been at St. Cloud
1 replied that I had he said that h,
kept saloon up there that spring
then hs said man came around to hi
place pretending that he had consider
able money, but he afterwards fount
out that he had not any ; said that tn
man came into the saloon one day an,
said he had some friends about eieh
or nine miles, out where they thereupo'
went as they came back they wer
resting under tree; that he, Ca,
hart) had a heavy gold watch an
= chain; the man told him that he want
red it; the man then told him he woul
} tako it; Carhart then said, s'you vii
, take it, you f. ola b-h !" junpe
Fup, turned around, and shot him; h
]said that he then got into the bugg
, and drove back to town !; he said tina
The .had;a trial and, that it cost, him 800
, to get clear !; after We had gone dow
the river farther, beard Carhart talkin
, with another man; heard the man .s
him if; be thought the trial he had ha
would clear hum; he said he though
it would; I could not say what thi
mans name was; heard nothing NOR
!. between these two men j.; heard Ca
hart say afterwards that after he ha
had his trial at st.. Cloud he left an
went down to Pennington, where
had saloon before heard Carhart sa
that he had given the pistol With whic
i, he shot the man to a man by the nam
:, Of Fred something, forget his la
name, to the same man that came dow
on the boat with him; Carhart shove
!, me bill, advertisement !; no said Ere
had gone to New, York; said he o.
pected to see him in Alton; this co,
versation occurred about the 22d Jun,
r 1870 m tho roft