The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-16
4 COLD FLOODED MURDER IN
LESUEIR COUNTY, NEAR THE
BLEE E4 RTH LINE.

A German by the name Of Frank
Weishar, living in lie Sueur County, in
Il small house, near the Blue Earth
county line, was murdered apparently
in cold blood, on last Sunday night
The family cons.sting-of Weishar, his
wife and four children were living in
the house, which is situated near the Man
kato and st. Peter public road. There
is an air of mystery about the whole
transaction. The wife, who is gypsy
looking woman, of about 2S years ofage
with piercing black eyes, seems TO be
the only witness in the case. She de-
MES being gypsy as she has been call
ed, but says she is a pennsylvania
Dutch woman having been born and
reared in that State. 1t was near there,
three miles away in the timber, that
Shoemaker was killed two years ago, by
Mention. 1t appears hat Weishar had
been at work the day Of the murder,
Sunday seeding for neighbor. The
circumstances Of his coming home in
the evening has not yet been told, but
it is supposed that he stopped at Smith s
saloon on the way. The wife gives the
following statement to the reporter Of
the Pioneer Press which Is all there is
Enown as to the murder preceding tie
coroners inquest
"My name is Mary Weishar. ! am
the wife OF Frank Weishar, who lies
dead there. Last night between
9 and 10 o'clock, two men came sud-
denly into the house. One was dark
complcxioned man about five feet ten
inches high, and had black mustache
and whiskers. The other was about
half head shorter, and ! think had
whiskers. Both wore dark clothes and
light, o. white shirts, and ] think no
shirt collars, and black slouched hats.
They asked if Mr.. Weishar lived here,
and he said, ayes, ! am the man.
Then they shut the door and said to
him, You must give up your money,
now" My husband replied, II have
not got any" The taller one said, ayes
you have. We know better than that
| stood back near the side door and ran
out and went to +. Kunse and halooe0
to them and then went back TO the house
and found my husband lying on the
floor. He just
BREATHED ONCE OR TWICE,
but never spoke. They rumaged thu
bureau drawers, but found no money
was at Mankato Saturday, received
1915, and gave it to j. g. Fowler, al
but $24, which, took home and put
, into the clock. The men did not get it
No person saw me get the money excep
some boys who were standing by til,
window of the bank. The murderer
were we'll dressed, gcntlemanly ap
pearing. and did not look like tramps
We came to Blue Earth county five o
six years ago, stopped awhile in Man
, kato. and have lived here in this nous
two years. One of the robbers locke,
e like a man ! knew several years age
o NV husband had trouble some two o
three years ago. He was jealous of every
body, but we have had no trouble for
s year or two. None of my neighbor
knew we had money.
q AT the inquest held on Tuesday, b.
r fore John Sunkenheimer, corner, an
o Asa Cheedle, Thos. Moses, Tom Nasol
e Tobert Territan, Frank Ward and {
h Pettis, jurymsn. Nothing of impo
,. lance, above what is given, was elicite'
o further than that the man received tv
shots, instead of one. The fatal sh'