St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-27
TUESDAY AT SALTWATER.
Brooker, the Murderer, Refuses TO
Talk to Reporters.
STORY OF THE SHOOTING.
Richard hagen Killed by a "Side-
winder". --Linn's Suit For
Seduction.

The murderer William BROKER, who
was brought from Pine City to the
Washington county Jail Monday even
ing, was seen in his cell by GLOBE re-
porter yesterday, but he refused to
make any statement whatever until he
had consulted an attorney. To the
sheriff, who said: "You have got your
self into a pretty tight halter" he SIM
ply replied: 81 had to do it." BROKER
gives his age as fOrty-nine years and
England as his birthplace. He appeared
deeply detected, and lay on his cot wear
ing about his forehead coarse
wooden cloth. from beneath which
struggled locks of gray hair. His full
beard is also streaked with gray. He
is not Stoutly built, and is somewhat
under the medium height and has not
the appearance Of a naturally vicious
man, though he evidently imagines him
self person of unusual shrewdness. 1t
appears that after BROKER had shot Mrs.
COOmbs the latter'S twelve-year-Old son
ran and seized his own gun, intending
to kill the murderer, but Mrs. BROKER,
a sister of Mrs. CoOmbs, seized the
weapon and short struggle for it's pos
session took place over the body of the
after being struck terrific blow in the
face with the gun, succeeded in diSarm-
ing the boy. BY this time COOmbS had
run i'm from the barn and was shot down
by Brooker. The latter's farm was
six or seven miles from Pine City.
while CoombS' place was about mile
from the village, or just across the creek
near ChengwatOnna.
In the district court yesterday the case
of William Sim against Christian Dit
man was OH trial, the plaintiff seeking
to recover $1,000 for the alleged Seduc-
ton of his wife by Dittman at st. Paul,
in January of this year. A st. Paul po-
lIceman named Babe was put on the
stand to prove that at the time in queS-
ton he found the defendant and Mrs.
Sim in a compromising situation in a
room in st. Paul. AT previous term
of court Sim sued Dittman OH the
same ground, though for previous
offense, alleged to have been committed
in 1886. and the jury found for the de-
PENDANT. Mrs. Sim is young, bright
and pretty woman, while Mr.. Dittman,
with whom she made her home before
her marriage, is fatherly old man.
Richard O. Hagen. an employee at
Brotherton's camp on Pine river (O'Neal
Bros.), was instantly killed Monday
afternoon by what is known in wood
craft as ''sidewinder," a small tree
which is bent downward and then sud-
denly released by the descent of
neigh boring tree felled by the chopper.
The body was brought to Saltwater last
evening and taken TO the undertaking
rooms of Wing & Simonet. Hagen was
twenty-SiX years of age and unmarried.
Hagen was struck on the right temple
and never stirred.
Supt. BasSett, of the street railway, is
endeavoring to place the line IN good
shape for winter by going over the en-
tire length of the trolley wire and
strengthening it. Yesterday morning,
while at work on Chestnut street, the
men, who had cut the wire. accidentally
allowed one end to yet away from them,
delaying traffic for time.
The Saltwater Gun club will interest
their friends on Thanksgiving forenoon
at a live pigeon shoot. 800 of the JirdS
having been secured.
The projectors of the octagonal skat-
ing rink propose to organize, in cOnnrc-
ton with the enterprise, a curling club.
The GLOBE will give tomorrow a list
of the various Thanksgiving day attrac-
tons. ..-......-. .t--.
On Deco and the ladies of the Uni
versalist church will hold kirmesS at
Music hall.
Gustav Falgren, of Ramsey street,
died yesterday at the age of siXty-one
years.
Ex-senator Sabin returned from the
East yesterday.