Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-25
EVIDENTLY TOO MUCH BEER.
The Details Of the Affair as Related by
an Eye Witness.
THE MURDERER UNDER ARREST.
Sundays Budget Of News from the
Sawdust City.


that the man killed was Joseph MARI, who
lives at No. s23 North First street. A
GLOBE reporter, in company with the coun-
ty coroner, who had been notified in the
meantime, drove to the house, where it was
learned that MARI and his wife lived with
the parents of his wife. Mr.. Zweick. The
coroner made careful examination of the
corpse, but could find no exterior marks
which would indicate a very severe blow
from any weapon, and concluded that
post mortem should be held to determine
the actual cause of death. There was
slight depression on the top of the head,
however, which might have been made
with some hard instrument. The wife
states that MARI, in company with John
Hurley, a butcher employed at Helms shop
on the corner of Sixteenth avenue north
and Fourth street. and Matthew S. Gate, a
member of the Tentonia Hose company,
started to go toEast sideTurner hall at about
80 t.'tlast evening, and that about s
o'clock MARI was was brought home in a
sleigh in dying condition. He only
breathed few moments after having been
brought into the house.
JOHN HURLEY,
being interviewed, gave the following YER
sion of the murder: He in company with
MARI went over to East side Turner hall
to engage it for a German dance to be
given about New Years time. On their
way home MARI and Gates were a short
distance ahead of him, and arriving about
a block from Plymouth avenue bridge they
came in contact with threee or four men
and large crowd of boys. Hurley, hear
ing loud talking, hurried up to them.
When he had arrived some one called
him a vile name, to which he
retorted. The three men kept
on Walking towards the bridge, but the
mob followed, assailing them with insults,
and number of the boys began throwing
stones and missiles. Finally one of the
boys came up to Hurley and cried out,
This is the - who struck my brother
tall, powerfully built man rushed up to
Hurley and struck him a fierce fist blow on
the side of his neck. Hurley prepared to
defend himself, and turned around just in
time to see another of the party strike
MARI with club on the head, telling him
to the earth. He started for Marz's side,
when he was struck second
blow staggering him. At almost the same
instant the man who had struck MARI
struck him across the nose with the club,
knocking him senseless. When conscious
ness returned there were three of the mob
on him. Gates, who had run away when
the first blow was struck, had now returned
to the assistance of his comrades. He
pulled off one of the men, so that Hurley
managed to regain his feet. At this juno
tnre team drove up, and the driver called
up, Hello /! What's the matter here?"
The mob only responded, 'Hello, Nick"
and then began to disperse. Hurley rec
ognized the new arrival as Nick Mengen, a
blacksmith who works in shop near the
Minnesota Soap company's works on the
East side. Not thinking that MARI was
dangerously hurt, he told Mengen that
they had little scrap and got the worst of
it. After little further talk Mengen
drove on. Attention was then turned to
MARI, who was still
LYING MOTIONLEss ON THE GROUND.
Failing to arouse him sleigh was pro-
cured, and Hurley & Gates hired some boys
to assist in hauling him to his home. Ar
irving there he was laid upon lounge in
the sitting room, where he died few mo-
ments later.
The reporter then went to the Plymouth
avenue hose house, where he found Gates,
but failed to elicit any new facts. He
stated however that the party had drank a
number of glasses of beer, but he insisted
that none Of the three were intoxicated, al
though he himself gave undoubted ev-
idence of the effects of the beverage at the
time Of the interview He also asserted
that
THE MURDER WAS UNPROvOKED;
that MARI said nothing whatever to the
assaulting crowd. MARI never spoke after
receiving the blow. He was twenty eight
years of age, beaving wife, but
had no children. Neither Hurley
or Gates was acquainted with the murder
ers, and are doubtful If they would be able
o identify single member of the party.
Chase and posse of police, taking the
clue furnished in the fact that Menger
knew some of the mufderers, started out
at once in search of them, but up to 1890
had not returned. Hurley in the melee
had his nose badly broken. It was exam
ined and treated by the coroner.
AN ARREST.
At about o'clock this morning Captain
Chase arrived at the central police station
with Jno. Gurrigan, an eight year old boy
in custody, whom he arrested at his faith
er's house, 1.O29 Sibley street, East side.
To the coroner the prisoner gave the state
ment that he, Ed. Canary, Henry Canary
and number of small boys var ying
in age from two to eighteen years, met the
men who were Under the influence of liq-
uor. One of the smaller boys called out
to Hurley, who kicked the boy. The
prisoner was also knocked down
e.1a kicked b. Hurley and by MARI. At
one time lie states the three men were upon
him. They chased the boys about. the
BLOCK until Gurrigan, in sheer desperation
aud for self protection, picked up club