New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-21

that he was continually il danger 81
his life, having been repeatedly warned
BY his friends that GrnDner
had threatened to kill him; that he
had on several occasions been unmerci-
fully beaten, and that at Sleepy Eye on
one occasion Gr9 bner and his son beat
and stabbed him until he fell to the
floor senseless. and that he would prob
ably have been killed then and there
but for the Intervention of friends; that
he had on two occasions been chased
out of his own field by Grebner. once
when he was hauling manure and
again when he was examining his corn
field; that, on the latter occasion, al
though armed with shot gun, he ran
away and was chased by Grgbner with
a club until near Giliman's son, who
was herding cattle; that on the fatal
29th of July, between 6 and z o'clock
in the evening, while he was engaged
in cutting wheat with a self-binder,
Grebner came into his field and threat
ened to kill him; that he told Grebner
to go away as he did not want any
trouble. but as lie O5r9bner) Kept ra-
pidly advancing, when at least twelve
yards away he Ghe prisone) drew his
revolver and threatened to shoot; that
Grebner, still advancing in threaten
inc manner, said: Il am not afraid of
that pop;' that the fatal shot was not
fired until Grebner was within two or
three PAGES of the machine, with
the left hand reached out as if to
grab him and the right hand, which con-
tanned something, thrown back as
if about to strike; that he did not shoot
to kill, but only to brighten Grebner,
but seeing with what fatal effect he had
sped the ball, he fastened to apprise his
neighbor, Martin Hose, and then came
to New Ulm, and. finally. at about 3 o.
clock the next morning, gave himself
up in front of the courthouse to deputy
sheriff Gales, there:were but few. if any,
in the court room that would have vot.
ed to convict. The prisoner gave his tes-
timony in a straight. forward, intelligent
manner, and in not a single instance
contradicting himself on the cross ex-
animation. At $40 p. NJ, with the
prisoner still on the witness stand, the
court took recess until 10 a. m. Mon
day.
Nearly the entire afternoon Monday
was taken up by the defense with wit
nesses who had been intimately &C
quainted with Grebner in. his lifetime
and knew his disposition for peaceable.
ness and quietness. The testimony all
went to show that the deceased had been
quarrelsome, quick tempered man.
DR.. Marcellus testified that on the day
of the inquest Mrs. Grebner had told
him that the whiskey bottle which de.
ceased took with him into the field was
more than half full when he left the
house. Mr.. Jos. Fischer, the last wit.
messed examined on the part of the de.
tense. testified that last May Gr9bnel
came into his shop in Iberia and told
him about the row he had with the de-
PENDANT at Sleepy Eye, and said he
would have killed defendant had they
not taken him off; also that he (the wit.
messy would hear of him (Grebner) hav
ing killed And. Sellner before the har
| vest was over. The witness said thai
he had impaired this threat to defend
ant and warned him to be on the. look
out. The defense here rested its case
The evening session was mainly tax
en- up by the State in an endeavor Il
show that Grebner had not been :
dangerous man. Several persons testi
fed that so far as they knew he hac
been peaceable man, but all the wit
nesses had heard of him having hat
trouble with his relatives. MIR. j
Klossner gave some expert testimon,
! in reference to the harvesting machine
used by defendent at the time of tn
shooting. The State then announced
that the only other witness they desired
to put on the stand could not be pro
duced until morning. and the cour
thereupon took q recess until 9 a. III
Tuesday.
Only two witnesses were examine'
Yesterday, and at 1920 a. IN. Mr.. Car
began his three hours address to tn
jury. Mr.. Lind followed on the part Q
the defense, occupying less than Al
hour. At the conclusion of Mr.. Lind
address he was heartily applauded. Th
case was given to the jury about 4:45 p
m. After an absence of half an hour tn
jury brought in q verdict of mot gull
ty." The announcement was haile'
by the audience with demonstrations o
approval
The grand jury found an indictmen
against August Broscheit and ANN
Broscheit, against the former for gran,
larceny and forgery and against tn
latter for forgery. These are the par
ties that presented themselves at tn
Brown County Bank last July and Sc
cured loan of 81, 800 on notes stolel
from Henry and Mrs. d. Pfster.
At 5 pm. yesterday August Broschei
was brought into court to plead to tn
charge of forgery. He entered pie
of guilty. Sentence was postponed
Mrs. Anna Broscheit was arranged o.
the same charge and entered plea Q
not guilty.
I. No Indictment having been found q
gainst P. Peterson, the young man VIII
took an extended drive over the coun
try with Eaton & Cases livery team
last summer, he was discharged iron
custody.