St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-17
FRITZ BLOCKING BAGGED.
He is Charged With the Murder Of Henry
Hosli.
Louis Heffner an Accessory In the
Mysterious Crime. 81
Testimony of Prominent Witnesses
The Jury's Verdict. t
The saltwater Murder.

! conclusion of the testimony in the inqueS
examination. The examination of the wit
neSSeS was resumed at 10 a. m. and closed
shortly after o'clock. DR.. T. G. Clark,
the deputy coroner, presided. and Fayette
Marsh, ESQ.,, appeared in the absence of G.
2. Gregory, the prosecution for the county
just ten witnesses were examined. The
testimony of only two of these threw any
new light on the tragedy. These were
Heffner and Cock, whose testimony wa:
rather damaging. The auditorium and the
entrance were packed with an interested
crowd all day, many persons being refused
| admission, and the crowd was difficult to
manage.
Chief of Police Shortall was the first wit
ness examined, and testified to having founG
the revolver carried by Blocking, which BIT
showed to DR.. Willard.
DR.. Willard was the next witness sworn
and said that he saw blood on the revolver
| and empty shells. but was not sure whether
the blood was that of human or an ami
NAL.
JOSEPH LUKINGER,
the young man found lying in the room in
an Unconscious state was sworn and teSti-
fled as follows:
I am % years old; I went to bed between 4
and o'clock; yeS.I was drunk, but not so that
L staggered; when got up l stumbled over
something; heard some one breathe; when
got back to the bed felt and saw man lay
ing up against the head of the bed; 1 saw ii
was Hosli and just supposed hewas paralyzed
drunk; l thought it was too late for supper
when got up and did not go down stairs;
did not know whether it was Hosli breathing
or not; when l woke up in the morning I felt
sick; did not hear any noise then at all and
don't think the electrict light was burning
then; when next woke up it was about
O'Clock; thought 1 was struck by something
heard Heffnerr say to Fritz. Ibid you hear
that noise?" to which he said ''Oh. it's the po-
iiceman, he has thrown something against the
Window" Fritz got me drink which drank;
L am not sure whether he handed me the
water from the foot OR the side of the bed
yes, he had light heard Louis and Boeck-
ing talking after he gave me the water; the
light from the lamp shone in my face and
closed my eyes, as it hurt them; Fritz said to
Louis, there is revolver on the floor" and
then he picked it up; he asked me once OF
twice who hurt me and said to shut up; was
then crying, and he told me that 1 acted like
an old woman, and if did not shut up he
would go and get the patrol wagon and send
me to the hospital; after Fritz picked up the
revolver he walked across the floor and put
revolverin the drawer; in the morning asked
for some more water, which was brought tC
me; when Louis got up he called to Hosli
''Henryl Henry!' and Fred and Louis came
up little later and 1 heard them talking
about Hosli and say,
HE IS DEAD;
when I heard Louis come up Mrs. Goeck
said "Oh, Lukinger! Oh, Lukinger! whats
the matter?' This was after daylight; Louis
was then at the front of the bed; the man
heard breathing when I first woke up don't
know whether it was Hosi or not; Henry was
laying against the bed when [ first woke up:
yes, he was in different place and position
when Louis came up after daylight; when
got up first it was not very late; heard peO
pie passing on the street; yes, I know that
was not out at all in the evening; on Friday
morning Hosli and Louis were in the room
drinking whisky; Louis told me to go over to
VOLTS and get a bottle of whisky and have il
charged to Hosli and get some sandwiches 81
Heitman's. After 1 came back he said he
ought to have some beer; he told Fritz to get
some beer, which he brought up. There were
| three or four of us in the room then; when
We went down stairs went out and went tC
the barbor shop, where remained till dinner
| time; about $3.50 l drank some beer at VOLTS
brewery; this made me feel bad and / went
over and went to bed; the last saw of Hosl
| was in the morning about 10 O'Clock; yes, ]
know Mary; Fritz always got mad at any one
who talked to her; he was jealous; Fritz told
me once not to talk to her; Fritz and l were
good friends; was not in the room when
Fred Baker was there on Friday: sometimes
we made fun of Fritz for being jealous; he
did not appear to mind this; yes, am sure
that Fritz and Louis were talking when
awakened up in the morning and asked for 9
drink; Fritz was not gone after the water
more than ten minutes; Fritz and Louis
made fun of me because was all over blood,
and at Henry because he was laying on the
floor and did not have sense enough to get
Harry hpan N aot
when got up; in the morning Louis said
Hosli was killed by whisky; Fritz said, why
don't you ask HOsli to get you water, when
l said he is not here; it was Thursday even
ing that was in Joe Becker's, and not Fri
day; l boarded at the Farmers Home five
weeks: slept in that room all the time
Fritz never went to bed early, but Louis often
did: l have heard Fritz complain of having
to work from o'clock till midnight; Hosl
went to bed at different times, sometimes
early and sometimes late.
DR.. Willard then explained the course the
bullet had taken in Lukinger's head and the
effect therefrom.
LOUIS HEFFNER
was recalled, with John Smith as interpreter
and testified as follows: l went to bed be-
tween and s. The bed clothing on Joe's
bed was all up against the wall when I wen,
to the room. In the morning when l got uL
.scnry was in the same position that he was
) in the morning. The first noise heard
after l went to bed was Fritz calling, Louis
LOUISE During the night after the electric
light was out heard some person walk from
the chair where Hosli was found to Fritz
bed and get in. This must have been about
or 2 o'clock. Yes, 1 heard Joe ask for 8
drink. At last Fritz got up and got him s
drink. I have been around the Farmers
home five or six months. I knew them all
and never knew Fritz to go to bed but once
tii half
| went to bed so early was about four months
ago. He was drunk that time. Fritz went te
bed about or half past ON Friday night.
was sitting at the table in the saloon with
Fritz about half past 5. We sat there 6
short time, and he showed me his revolver,
| and said, II have it loaded for those &C
d-m Switzers." On Monday evening.
think Henry was sitting in the saloon with
me, suddenly he got up and said, 81 must &c
| into the kitchen and see Mary" / calico
Fritz's attention to this and he replied by
saying, "Never mind, 1 will put him out Of
| the way for that The night the murder
| took place Fritz told me he had revolver ant
| said he would fix the Switzers and would pu
| one or two of them out of the way as not
| Yes. l heard Fred Baker say that if he wa!
| Cock he would fire me and him out of thu
house. That made Fritz mad, and he got ex
cited. I heard something fall just before thu
! person walked over and got in Fritz bee
early III tlie HorHiIlg' wien "eliU uOWi
| stairs on Saturday morning Fritz called me tt
| one side and gave me my usual
MORNING BITTERS.
He looked excited then and did also on Fri
| day evening. Fritz asked me in the mornin.
| to go up and see LuAnger. He was ahead O
| me and walked up to Hosli first and felt hi
| pulse and said he was dead. AS soon as h
| said this hurried down and told Goeck.
| don't know whether he looked at Lukinger O
not. Hosli was in a different position the
than he was early in the morning. When
got up out of bedI saw Hosli and shook him
saying, Henry, Henry get up its cold. wa
| cold and hurried down stairs.
John Lent and Albert F. Drews were tn
next witnesses sworn, but their testimon
| wa unimportant.
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