Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-11
ers, or from anyone. in legitimate manner.
it would be to his advantage.
FRANK sIoArMAN TESTIFIED

FRANK sLoATMAN TESTIFIED.
Live at Brownsville; was at Pages house
that night; went with Mr.. Sachse; went in a
double spring wagon; did not go in the house;
Sachse went in; stopped at the gate, close
to the barn; my team was headed towards the
south and turned my team around close to
the gate; o.; did you see any person or persons
while at the gate?) was on my wagon; the
night was pretty dark; saw two men coming
from the north and one of them stopped when
right opposite the wagon in the road; the other
one came up and PUT MS foot the wagon
hub, and said good evening, sir, it's pretty
dark night, amt it?" told him it was, and
guessed we would have some rain yet; he said
he didn't think it would rain and walked off;
the men were one behind the other, the taller
one ahead; they were coming from towards
Austin; drove from town TO your (Page's)
place; did not pass these men on the road: the
smaller staid out in the street;
the men were strangers TO me;
the man who came up to the wagon. l should
judge, was five feet nine and half; had long
beard; heavy set man; the men went south;
when they left me, the larger one ahead, they
were walking slow; this was while Mr.. Sachse
was IN the house; saw nothing of them after
they had gone two rods when they bore to- the
east; when Sachse came out, be said, ''Hallo,
Frank, where are your and as soon a. ne was
in, we started; l met O one-horss buggy on my
way, twenty or thirty rods away with two per-
walking; IL was between and O'clock in the
evening when went down there; heard no
gun fired.
CIV. sAcHsE TESTIFIED.
Reside in town of Red Rock, Mower county:
heard of the shooting the next morning after; L
was at your place the night before; went there
with Frank SIoatmsn; went in at the kitchen
door; saw you in the. dining room; you were
eating your supper; staid few minutes; went
out of the front door on the porch on the south
side; you showed me the door and told me TO
GO TO the left and could find my way TO the
gate; when reached the fence called TO
Sloatman; did not see any one else.
Cross-examined-I saw no one and paid no
attention to passers-by; recollect passing q
team; don't rscollect seeing any one on my
way to Judge Pages.
JUDGE PAGE RECALLED.
This gun was brought to me at my house by
Mr.. 81. J. Minar and DIR. G. 3. Staples; it was
brought to me about one north after
the shooting; the gun has been
in my possession constantly since,
except while being brought here by Mr. Minar;
when the gun was brought to me the left hand
barrel was empty; the right was loaded; 1 first
examined the gun with reference TO its appear
ance as to barrels, stock, ramrod, locks and
the rust on it; the rust had inundated about
the locks, having the appearance OF being
recently corroded; on the left hand l drew
back the lock and found the nipple the
color that is the result of the explosion of a
cap on gun of this kind, indicating that it
had been shot; the right hand lock moves very
hard; there we're no caps on either barrel
when brought to me; found charge In the
right hand barrel of the gum then drew the
charge in the presence of Mr.. Minar and DR..
Staples; first drew out this wad, bunch of
grass; then poured out the shot that we're in
there and found there were ffty-f0ur; then
drew the wed that was over the powder. (The
wad found on the floor in his room after the
shooting was here exhibited and compared.
The shot taken out of his neck were also pro-
duced). part of the powder L took ont; there
was over one inch of powder. (The un CORE
spends to the one described by witness previ-
ously). The gun will carry a heavy charge
| without bursting; the shot would never be
pronounced duck shot by sportsman; they
are twice as large as duck shot.
| Cross-exsmined-WhenI examined the gun
| the left hand barrel bore more recent evidence
| of having been fired.
| ]. G. NINAR TESTIFIED.
| Reside in Austin; am in ightning-rod bust
ness; have seen this gun before; had been
attending court September ed last;
| started about 5 o'clock for home;
| went west from court room to Church street,
and down Allegheny street, which.I live; as
| turned west on Alleg haney street, at the cor
ner d couple of little boys, one of whom is DR..
| Staples boy, eight years. and BOlden's boy,
| about six, came running up to Inc crying Mr..
| Minar, there is doubls-barreled shot gun IN
| der the walk; l went to where it was, and
| kneeling down, found the gun; there were two
| or three children playing very near the gun; I
| thought at first l would not move IL until some
| one came; the first person who came wss Chsr-
| ley johnson, who drives wagon for MIR Sol
ner; he came and saw it; 1 then tried to draw
| 1t out on the north side and could not: l got it
out on the other side; found one barrel load
| ed with six inch charge, and the other empty;
| l then made note of the matter and gave it
to Charley Johnson to preserves; the gun was
| moist and the rust was fresh: carried il home
| and put it away where no one could modest it {;
| while was hitching up my team DR.. Staples
| came along and wanted to see the gun: 1 went
| in with him, and showed him the gun. and adj
| vised with him, and we took the gun 10 The
| house of Judge Page that evening; when
| found the gun, found cap on one barrel,
and took it off but lost it; the charge Is e1hib
| tied in court was drawn by Judge Page-there
| were fifty-four shot as counted by me; the gun
was left with Judge Page, and We went home;
| the walk where the gun was found was the first
| one between my house and town; the road
| coming from Judge Pages house, where this
| road strikes the walk, is where the gun was
| found; it is the same place near which the wit
| ness, Hill, met man that evening.
| Cross exaninei-It was seventy TO 100 rods
] from Judge Pages house to where tbs gun was
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house you pass a slough and grove; examined
| the tubes of the gun and my impression was
that one barrel had been fred and the other
| not; one tube indicated effects of powder and
| the other not.
| DR.. STAPLES TESTIFIED.
Reside in the town Of Red Rock; lived at
Austin when. the gun was found. (Wituess
| identified gun and charge and coiroborstes
Minar)
JOHN RUsTAD TESTIFIED.
Reside in town of Austin lived there August
last, at work for Ira Jones; he had two hard
ware stores; he sent me after gun TO the
store Curt Austin had charge of; told me to
| go over to the other store and get the doubled
| barrelled shot gun; we were in his store at the
| time went and told Mr.. Sutton Ira sent me
over for the shot gun and he gave it to me and
| l carried it over to Ira; do not know if Ira
had any guns in his store before brought BIN
| that; Mr. Jones took the gun and said he vas
| going to clean it ont; he Put in a couple of
| charges of powder and a loose wad and put on
| some caps and shot OFT one but could not get
| the other charge off; MIR. Brockway then came
| in. (Brockway's evidence corroberated.)
Jones said he was going to sell it, as they could
| not seliit at the other stors; examined gun
at your (Page's) house; it resembled the one 1
| took to Jones; never saw the gun afterwards
in Jones stere; worked for
him until the last of August; L
tried to buy the gun; Jones wanted SIS; told
him could get it at the other store for $40;
about one week afterwards went in to make
some bargain for the gun, but did not buy it;
did not see Curt Austin when went for the
gun.
MR WILLIAMS RECALLED.
Examined gun in Jones' store serysal times
and believe it to be the same one as the one
In court; Mr.. Austin, in charge of the store
said he would take ten dollars for it, though it
was worth twelve, as it was the last one on
hand.