Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-31

saw him about IL O'clock Sunday night; he
and two men tried to fight in the bar-room
of the European; VIM. johnson, Ole Soren-
son, Pete Benson and witness had been in
the room; johnson pulled his coat off and
wanted to fight; witness wanted
to go for policeman, but
they locked the door on him;
they had been drinking and playing cards;
witness got out of the house to go for an
officer; just after leaving he heard shot;
witness was on Fourth street about 200
feet from the house,; found an officer near
the Union house; when they returned
johnson was lying on ROsabel
street; he could not talk;
witness had been absent about fifteen min
utes; did not see johnson have a weapon;
did not see any weapon before; had NOS
seen Sorenson before Sunday night.
John Larson, a boarder at the house, tes-
titled to having been present during the
quarrel.
Pete Benson, Ole Sorenson and the de-
ceased were present; Pete Benson took de-
ceased by the collar and shook him, telling
him to behave himself; he had been calling
names and quarreling; sorenson went IN
stairs; o5nson aiiiS+. deceased went outside;
witness saw Sorenson go up stairs; don't
know where he went.
cHAs. KRIETsTRAM,
the bartender of the house, then testl-
fed: Witness had seen the deceased on
Sunday cat; there had been row there;
witness told johnson to go out and go to
son; the quarrel had been between Benson,
md tIo 1offor fnnly off
his coat to fight; witness ordered Johnson
out, and he went out the front door;
Benson went out the back door; Soren-
son went up stairs; witness locked the door
right after they went out; witness told
Benson to go to bed; he would not comply;
Benson made noise outside; Sorenson
came down stairs again in two or three
minutes; Sorenson went out the back door;
witness went out the front door; witnes.
found Benson bleeding; he was at the sidtt
of the house; his head was bleeding; wit
ness got water to wash him; johnson came
along from the Scandinavian house; he
came along Third street; Sorenson made q
remark to Jonson; johnson followed him
around the house; witness heard shot
Sorenson came into the house; he said
the other fellow tried to shoot him but
missed him, he then went to bed; witness
locked the door and went to bed; he only
heard one shot. A Lone Star five shooter
was then produced but witness did not
identify it. The weapon had four charges
| missing.
OFFICER O'KEEFE.
Officer VIM. O'Keefe was sworn: Sunday
night about II o'clock at Third and Sibley
street witness heard shot; witness ran
| down and met Holton; he asked if he had
heard shooting; Holton replied, "My God,
yes; some one has shot my partner" wit
| ness then went up Rosabel street and
found johnson lying on the walk; suppos-
ing him timber drunk he had him put to
| bed. The witness then detailed the visit
| to the house the next morning and to the
arrest of the men. Witness had found the
| revolver in Sorenson's trunk and on being
shown the one hirtherto produced identi-
| fed it.
DETECTIVE BRERET
testified to e conversation with Sorenson,
who had said that he heard the shot but
could not say who fired it. Witness testi-
fed as to the number of charges tho re-
volver contained when found.
OLE sORENSON
was IuCu SWOTll tllO tt6tluSu DIS lOl1OWS.
Witness and Benson came into the saloon;
johnson was drunk; Benson and johnson
had quarrel; witness went up stairs; he
came down again and saw that Benson
was bleeding; witness went out;
johnson came at him with club when
witness shot him. The witness narrated
what took place before the fight as sub
stantially given above. Ongoing up stairs
he took off his coat; he had had the revol-
yer in his pocket before going up; on
| coming down witness went out the back
door; had had the revolver since May LIST;
carried it occasionally. On going out
witness helped wash the blood from Ben
son; this was at the corner; johnson
came up and talked to him; he picked
up club or weapon and came at witness.
johnson had not struck him; he was about
ten feet away. After the shooting witness
took the gun up stairs, Had fred it five
or six times since he had it.
PETE BENSON,
partner of Sorensop, and A. Suason were
sworn, but their evidence was not consider
ed material.
THE VERDICT.
The jury found that death was caused by
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| hands of and fred by Ole Sorenson.
The prisoner was remanded.
Ole Sorenson, the prisoner, is a tall ,rath-
er intelligent looking Norwegian; he wears
sandy mostache, converses in fair En-
glish, is thirty-four years old and single.
He is carpenter by trade and his general
air is quiet and inoffensive.
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The ROehl-C Collins Shooting.
Mr.. Leonard Roehl, one of the actors in
the ARRAY at his saloon, University avenue
near Mackubin street, Sunday night, in
which man named William Collins was
dangerously if not fatally shot, was ar.
raigned in the municipal court yesterday