St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-16
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
Who Murdered George Morrow at the
Stock Yards Sunday Morning Still
Remains a Mystery.
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Entertain an Audience With Lit
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Monday.

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Monday.
The coroner's inquest on the body OF
George Morrow, who was murdered at the
stock yards about four miles below ot.
Paul Sunday morning, was commenced
Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock. The muir
der having occurred in Dakota county, the
INQUEST was held by the coroner OF that
county. Michael Heinnen. A jury COM
nosed of A. j. Shea, Edward Ro-
barge. w. H. Shea l.. D. RObarge.
Timothy Sweeney aud B. Hesse was
impaneled and the testimony of DR..
Wheaton. Joseph Snyder, Frank ROgan
Edward Young and Andrew Russell heard.
The testimony Of the witnesses examined,
while very voluminOuS. did not throw
much light on the affair beyond what was
published in the GLOBE of yesterday. All
the persons examined. with the eN-
ception of DR.. Wheaton, related the
circumstances leading up TO the
Quarrel and described the actions and con-
versatiOn of the murdered man and swan
son. Anderson and johnson up to short
time before the fatal blow was struck. No
one. so far as known'at present saw the
except the three men arrested on suspicion
of being concerned in the murder
The testimony yesterday was to the
effect that johnson and Swanson came
back to the place where Morrow
Law after the stabbing and stood looking at
the diving man. while young Lewis Snyder
and Lewis. who came out of the saloon
and found him were moving the body away
from the door. Sheriff Connolly, County
Attorney Scholler and Coroner Heinnen
returned to st. Paul last evening, having
adjourned the inquest until O'Clock this
morning. County Attorney SchOller said
the testimony was not very clear as to
which one of the trio now under arrest COM
mitted the murder, but it was certainly
one Of them.
WHAT THEY SAY.
Nels Swanson, one of the men charged
with the murder, in an interview yesterday
said he mad been drinking heavily from TO
II o'clock on the night of the murder.
About II O'Clock johnson. Anderson and
he left saloon and started for the boarding
she'd Morrow met them and had some
words. and Anderson and johnson took
hold of Morrow. He told them to let Nor
row alone. and they did so. Morrow then
went toward Ats saloon, and they went
on toward the camp. After going about
200 feet he and johnson went back toward
the saloon, and Anderson walked on to the
camp. When they reached the saloon,
Morrow was lying on the ground with a
crowd around him. Nothing was said, and
in few minutes he and johnson went to
the camp. Swanson says he has been in the
country four years, is 81 years old. and
has never been arrested before. He says
he did not know Morrow and had nothing
to do with killing him.
Knute Anderson tells story which is
corrobOrated by the others. He says he
had not drank much during the evening and
started home with Johnson and Swanson.
About six hundred feet from the saloon
they overlook Morrow and a companion.
Morrow turned and said: There comes
them id Swedes." Thinking Morrow
meant to harm them, he told Morrow
not to trouble them and at the same time hit
him on the shoulder with stone which he
had in his hand. Morrow didn't say any
thing but started back toward the saloon.
Johnson and Swanson followed Morrow
while he went right along to the camp.
Johnson and Swanson. he saws. were very
drunk, and Swanson had big stone in his
hand when he followed Morrow. He did
not see johnson or Swanson again until al
hour afterward, when they both came in
the boarding shed together. Swanson was
mad and swearing in Swede something like
Cd the Irish" and used Swede
word which means in English licked OF
whipped" Anderson says he did moi
know Morrow and did not know he was
dead until the St. Paul officers arrested him
at o'clock Sunday morning.
JOHNSoN'S STATEMENT.
Pete johnson says he was very drunk
and don't remember much about the even
jng's occurrences. He had no knife and
did not carry one. He says he saw man
with Morrow when he and Swanson started
back to the saloon after Anderson left them.
The man whom he describes as working
man struck twice at Morrow before they
got to the saloon and then ran away. When
he and Swanson reached the saloon,
Morrow was living on the ground and two
or three people were standing about
johnson speaks very little English and is
terribly frightened at being locked up.
The body of the murdered man wa:
shipped to Bancroft, Mich, last evening
as requested by telegram from his father.
The inquest will be resumed this morning
at o'clock.
A THEORY.
The stories told by the three men WoulC
seem to bear out the theory of the st. Pau
officers. that either Swanson or johnson
struck the blow which caused Morrow:
death. All of the prisoners agree in the
statement that about six hundred feet from
the saloon a struggle ensued during which
Anderson struck Morrow with
stone. After this, Anderson wen
TO the camp. which is in an opposite direc
ton from the saloon, and Swanson anC
johnson followed Morrow, who ran back
toward the saloon. The theory that it was
during this row that Morrow was stabbed
and that Anderson did the stabbing
is not very strong. from the fact tha
there were no traces of BLOOD
except at point about fifteen feet from
the door of the saloon. Had the stabbing
occurred when Anderson, Swanson ant
Johnson were together it is doubtful i
Morrow could have made his way. some 60(
feet TO the saloon, and certainly there
would have been blood stains along the road
Johnson's story about seeAg an unknown
man stab Morrow few feet from thu
saloon door, just before they reached him
is considered very gauzy. and there is bu
little doubt in the officials minds that eithe
johnson or Swanson struck the blow which
resulted in MOrrOw's death.
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