Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-04
THE HUTCHINSON MURDER.

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THE HUTCHINSON MURDER
| Continuation of the Trial at saltwater
| synopsis of the Testimony.
The trial of Young Hutchinson, charged
with shooting his father, was resumed at
Saltwater yesterday.
o. George +. finland next took the stand
He stated that he had made some expert
ments with rife, (Which ne exhibited on
(, the stand), the same kind and callbre as the
| gun in evidence. He showed pieces of cloth
on which experiments had been made. The
flannel in the experiments was fastened
against piece of frozen beef and the gun
discharged at the distances of one, two,
three, six and ten feet from the piece, and
also against the flannel and eight inches
from 1t. These we're put on evidence with
no description by witness.
| j. ID. Markham sworn-He identified sew
eral pieces of flannel used by former witness
in experiments.
Emma Hutchinson was recalled-Stated
she slept up stairs the night father died; did
not remember the time she went to bed, but
1t was before father came home; did not hear
them come home; was awakened by the dis
charge of gun and the scream of mother;
ran down stairs; before got down I heard
Herbert call to George; saw mother and
Herbert in sitting room, both crying;
went into bedroom where father
was; ran back up stairs
to call George; met him at his door; told
him. He said, sis that so.'' ran back
down stairs ahead of George; found mother
and Herbert still in the sitting room.
George and Herbert went in where father
was. They came out, and George went off
some where. We all went out on the porch.
Soon George came back alone. Herbert
! and George went off across the bridge;
| then Gid Wright, and Frank and Duane
Porter came.
Theo. Van Tassell, counsel for the defend
| ant, took the stand and stated that he was
present when the body of s. A.
Hutchinson was examined and the wound
probed, a description of which, as
given by DR.. McComb, is substantially cor.
rect. The probe slanted in down about six
| inches the wound behind being little lower
than that on the breast.
The defense rested here. Herbert Hutch
inson was then called by the State and stated
that he did not testify at the inquest that
father drank every five minutes on the way
home from Pine City; did state that father
drank every five minutes through the day.
said father said to me, ''ifyou don't walk up to
that window and actas you ought to I'll break
every bone in your body"
w. 81. Grant was called. Stated that he
did not at any time tell Herbert he had bet
ter confess or he would be hanged; after he
| confessed he asked me what would be done;
I said if he pleaded guilty the jury
might not hang him; no threats of indict.
maptG Of anv hind xuo~a yno1o
Capt. Gray WAS called. He was first in
the room where the body lay the morning
after the shooting; the trunk previously
mentioned was So that the door could be
only partly opened.
Mr.. Rogentine has just received new
barber pole.
For first class cutter, Portland or other
kind, go to the Saltwater Carriage works.
Over 200 reserved seats were sold at noon
yesterday for G. Paul Smith and rousing
house is expected.
Seventy SIX surprisers were present at Mr..
Ed. Judkin's Thursday evening and Jolly
good time was had.
Mr.. Il. Il. Murdoch has been engaged by
the Library association to deliver lecture
to eearly part of January to our citizens. The
subject will be 'In and around Europe
Mr.. Webb McKusick, our noted livery
man, claims to have the finest Portland cut
ter in the city at his stable. It was manu-
featured by Daw & Connors, of this city.
Jacob anderson, convict in the peniten-
tiary, was removed yesterday to Minneapolis
by the deputy sheriff of Hennepin, to ap-
pear as witness in law case at that place.
Damn ie Hawkins, an employe at the lower
depot, in this city, had the second finger of
his right hand badly jammed yesterday
while coupling cars. He was taken to Dr..
Gaines office and he, with the assistance of
DR.. Donald, amputated the finger, between
the first and second joint.
at the dedication service of the Uni
versalist church Thursday evening, Mr.
John Proctor made statement of the finan.
cial business of the Universaiist society, and
stated that the church was about $4,000 in
debt. A collection was taken at the close of
the services and some liberal donations were
made, ranging from SIS to 300. Eight
hundred dollars was raised, which will make
a first rate dedication.