St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-21
A Renville County Horse
Thief Comes to Grief in
St. Paul.
Herman Scheffep Is at the
Head Of the School EoaPd
Investigation.
Yesterdays Events and Incl
dents Comprising the His
tory Of a Day.

| the stand. Chief of Police Clark. Off
| GERS Calvin, Weinstock and Hopping
testified to finding the articles, pro-
duced i'll court, upon the prisoner
George and Charles Hazard identified
the articles as being the property OF the
murdered man. DIR. Hoyt spoke of the
injuries to the dead man, and said the
two cuts on the head penetrated the
skull, and were each sufficient to
| produce death. He was called to attend
Kohn early in the morning. He died
about fifteen minutes after his arrival.
He expressed the opinion that the
| wounds had been inflicted rot more
than three or four hours before he got
there. b. ii. Schrieber, in opening the
case to the jury, said:
Il feel that we are in a most impor
tant position. We are called upon as
jurors, officers of the court and officers
of the law 30 try the question of this
mans guilt or innocence. l am not here
as hired attorney, but by appointment
of the court to defend this man. [ come
here to simply perform my duty by aid
ing you, as far as possible, to ascertain
the facts in the case. The county at
torney has stated that great crime has
been committed. There are two ele-
ments to be considered in such a case
guilty act and guilty mind. 1t must
be proved beyond reasonable doubt that
the guilty act was performed with
guilty mind. l have no knowledge of
this case other than you know. / am
unable to throw any light upon the hon.
iclde. The defendant is dumb as post.
am willing to go with you and eX-
anime and discuss this case.
1t is the glory of the Anglo-SaXon gov
eminent that a man shall not be pun
ished physically unlesS he has mind
capable of being punished. | maintain
that the state has already shown. by
preponderance of evidence, that this
man has an insane mind. l have been
as diligent as can be to ascertain all
the facts. to lay them before you.
before you as a map it
will show conclusively that he
is unable to distinguish right from
wrong. He was born in q foreign cline
and his habits and associations since
coming to this country make it difficult
to present all the phases of his life by
outside testimony. l will put Kill Oh
the stand to detail the facts of his life.
l will show you that he had a diseased
organization and disordered mind.
He was injured when a boy, by
which he lost part of his skull
He afterwards had Sunstroke. His
habits, since he came to Ramsey county,
show that he has a diseased intellect.
| may not be able to show his insanity
by a single act, but by taking all to-
gether il will leave no doubt Of his in
sanity. l will show by the testimony of
physicians that he is a kleptOmaniac. l
will show that he knows nothing of the
crime. He was in the insane asylum at
Rochester, and l will show his
condition while there. 1 will
show his actions while in
Jail. He has been insane at one time;
he may be sane at other times. He has
not always been as he now appears to
the casual observer, apparently sane"
The Prisoners Story.
Nicholas Kill was sworn and took the
witness stand in the cool, indifferent
manner that he has preserved through
out the trial. He held his handkerchief
in one hand, with which he frequently
wiped his hands in an awkward man
ner and did not relinqnish chewing
gum except for few moments
while on the stand. He frequently re-
sponded to questions with Yep" 81
guess so,'' Il don't remember" or like
indifferent responses. He said he was
born in LuXemberg, Germany, and is
forty years old. He lived in France
| three or four years, was married and
| lived with his wife f0y three years. His
wife was under seventeen and he was
| thirty years old when. married. He left
his wife about a year before coming to
America in 1856. He said at first that he
| had no trouble with his wife to amount
| to much, but Oh croSS-eXamination adj
| mitted that he left her because he could
| not get along with her and worked a
| year for his father afterwards and be-
| fore coming to America He was
| kicked on the head about sixteen or
seventeen years ago but could recollect
but little about it except what his
mother told INN. He remembered that
his mother pulled piece of bone out
| of his head with the scissors.
| He WAS in bed three or four months
after being kicked. He afterwards
worked for man in france who owned
| vineyard and made wine. He received
| francs month and fifteen bottles of
wine 2 week as pay. He had sun
| stroke while working in France, but did
! not remember much about it, except
that he was picked up by the hired
| girl and taken into the house.
| He went to Il hospital and re-
manned there four or five months.
| After coming to ST. Paul he worked for
| Theodore Jams, near the market house,
and for other parties. When he was
asked what he did after June, 1887, he
| said he could not remember. and when
ever Mr.. Mum, i'll his cr0ss-eXamina-
| ton, frequently referred to the time
! after June. 1887. he said he could not re-
| member about what he did until a
| time dating over a year after he
went to the Rochester asylum,
| When asked as to what he
remembered about his experience in the
Rochester asylum, he said he remem-
bered being taken from 'B. 81 to &c.
90 in the hospital. he said he told
Mulvany at the asylum that he did not
like &c. @" and if he would not take
! him back to ''B. 8" he would go out of
said he did not like &c. % because
he could not get along with
the boys. He was taken back
to ''B. 81 where he remained
| until he was brought to ST. Paul. He
| say that he did not know what he was
| brought to st. Paul for. He said: "One
| day Mulvany told me man wanted to
see me. | said all right, let him come
In. was in my drawers. He wanted
me to dress. | said it is all right. am
ready to see him. Kinney came up
1 difu otfu iitliO. L Sdlu -UCilO. lie SAID
| came to take you to Ramsey county,"
L said i will not go to Ramsey county
with you unless you will bring me back
to B. g. He asked me to take ride
| and went with him to the depot, and
| he brought me to st. Paul.
When asked what he was brought to
| st. Paul for, he said: II don't know.
| The boys at the Jail told me they were
going to hang me. L guess they are
| going to hang me.'
He said he did not know Jacob Kohn,
| and denied knowing several other per-
| sons who had testified TO knowing him
late in the summer OF 1887.
Joseph Koalska testified to seeing Kill
go into his garden during rain and
dig up the seeds he had planted, and
pick up handfuls of dirt, examine it
| and throw it down. He kept that up
| for fifteen minutes. He left after
| Koa!ska had gone into the house,
4 rrt 81,