St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-11
STILL TAKING TESTIMONY
Regarding the Sunday ARRAY at Bass
Lake.
SIX SWEDISH WITNESSES
Identification of the PoisOners Difficult,
but Clubs, Knives and Billies
Abounded.

Examination of the persons under
arrest for the row at Bass lake recently
came up in the municipal court again
yesterday afternoon, Messrs. Mum and
F. F. Davis, of Minneapolis, appearing
for the state, and MeSSrS.
Wellington and Erwin for the
defense. The prisoners were grouped
around the table at which sat their.
counsel. There was also large num-
Der of spectators who derived consider
able amusement from the testimony of
the six Swedes examined. The only
feature of yesterdays examination was
that one witness thought he recognized
Jay Mcnamara as the man with ball
bat, and another Sam Tyler with knife
1t was also brought out that there was
beer on the picnic ground,
which has heretofore been denied.
AXel Johnson, of sos Cedar avenue,
Minneapolis, was the first witness. He
testified that on the Sunday in question
he and two others saw a big crowd
around one of the games. They went
over and zone man made a break for
another" but he did not strike him, be-
cause the man ran away. Then they
began fighting at the tents, where two
men were knocked down. He couldn't
recognize the man, among the prisoners,
who
KNOCKED THE MEN DOWN.
Then another man ran out of the
right hand tent and struck man in the
neck. He fell down and turned black.
They left him on the ground, under a
tree. The witness did not know
whether the man was dead or not. He
didn't see the fight at the house.
TO Mr.. WellingtOn-The man who
knocked the two men down was kicked
twice when he was knocked down af-
forwards. The last one was man
with black mustache. He did
not look like Scandinavian.
Isaac Eckberg, of 1l01 Eleventh avenue,
South Minneapolis, was the next wit
ness. He related very disconnected
story of the fight. He saw men being
knocked down and getting up, but
didn't know who they were. When he
went up to the house a man ran out and
another one ran out behind him. The
man with the bottle hit the other over
the head and broke the bottle. The
man who was hit kept on running after
he was struck. Two more men came
out of the house. One had club and
the other had something like club.
They threw the clubs away. Then he
saw man running over the bridge
chased by another man. When the first
one got in the bushes he heard a scream.
He thought it was the one who was be-
ing chased. The witness saw Scandi-
navian at Bogg'S place with cut III his
right side. That was johnson. 1t was
about an inch and half long. He saw
another Scandinavian with his arm
wrapped up i'll handkerchief, and two
more with cuts on their heads.
The witness here pointed out Jay Nc
Namara, who, he said. asked for re-
volver and said: ''Give me a revolver
and I'll shoot the first man who
COMES AROUND THIS TENT
On his cross-eXamination he said that
Mcnamara had the ball club Or shovel
in his hand, he thought, and that
he threw it away. He had
on light flannel shirt and
striped pants. He could not say
exactly what Mcnamara said when he
called for the revolver, but thought he
said. "I'll shoot them if they come
back" The witness saw beer on the
ground, but didn't know whether it was
sold or given away. 1t was there for
any person who wanted it. He didn't
see any of the guards drinking.
: To Mr.. DayiS-The men who ran
down from the house were SwedeS.
Frank Bruce testified that he ran up
to Boggs' place and saw them fighting
in a saloon. He only remained a second
or two. He saw 2. X. Englund get hurt
on the head. The remainder of Bruce's
testimony was similar to those who pre-
ceded him.
John Swenson was at the picnic and
heard that a man was killed. He went
up to the house when the row was
going on and saw Staples with bottle
and Tyler with knife in his hand. He
did not see Tyler cut any person.
The hearing was continued until 2
o'clock this afternoon.