Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-23
THE EMMERT BREWERY ROW.
A Cloud of Witnesses but the Prisoner
Discharged

A Cloud of Witnesses but the Prisoner
Discharged '.-. .-.
The examination of Joseph Primm, charged
with oultivating a row at Emm ert's brewery on
Sunday afternoon with six-shooter. which
eliminated in the wounding of Thomas Ken
nedy and boy named William Herman, was
called in the municipal court at $50 o clock
yesterday morning. Several witnesses were
examined, and the testimony confirmed the
theory that the brewery is made the Sunday
rendezvous of the most degraded plug-uglies
in the city, whose Sabbath saturnalias are a
disgrace to civilization and the community.
Thomas Kennedy, the prosecuting Witness
was first sworn, test1fying to the origin of the
ruction. which began from a number of de-
| rogatory remarks the part of young EN-
inert, who applied opprobrious epithets..to some
of the crowd, who were ordered to t. Ike French
leave. Refusing to obey the mandate, several
force the crowd outside, one of whom welded
an Indian club with skill worthy Of an ath
lete. Immediately after the crowd had de-
bouched, witness heard two shots, one Of which
took effect in his left arm, and on looking to-
wards the door he recognized Primm as the
shooter. '.<-r
William Ternan,- who received a SLIGHT
scratch on the right arm, testified to sub. tan
TALLY the same as the previous witness. VIII
ness saw stones thrown at the brewery stimuli
taneously with which the prisoner appeared
and fred into the crowd.
john Dunkley, participant, testified to hav-
ing witnessed the bombardment, and to having
heard and seen the prisoner discharge his
weapon into the crowd.
Charles Emmert was sworn, and his testimo-
my did more to revive the true inwardness of
Sunday matinees at the breweries than all the
rest of the witnesses combined.
Witness said that six of the thugs had
formed u conspiracy to whip an EN- ploye
named Andrew Boland. The gang was headed
by Mike CrOnin, and If one of the sluggers
were thrown under the sidewalk they would
materlalze IN fifteen minutes ready for fresh
fight
Witness had ordered the gang to leave, on re-
fusing to comply with which he had thrown
two or three of them out. The brewery was
then assaulted with stones. in the midst of
(which q shot was fired, which called forth SIM
liar responses from the prisoner.
Andrew Boland, the ''big man. took the
stand, having bandanna handkerchief filled
with rocks, which were supposed to have been
hurled at the brewery, and which were not pro-
duced as evidence in the subsequent testimony.
Witness could not speak English, but his COM
mand of vulgarity in that vernacular was as
tonishing for one who could not speak the Ian.
guage. His testimony was devoid of anyt hing
new, and he was disposed of for the prisoner,
who explained that the shots had been fred
into the air to scare the crowd. The court
alluded to the disgraceful nature of the OF ie,
and advised their discontinuance. The case
was considered one in which all the parties
were equally culpable, in view of which the
prisoner was discharged. with instructions to
the county attorney to use Ills judgment about
bringing it before the grand jury. It is under.
stood that MIR. Emmert has decided hereafter
to close the breWervAOn Sunday