St. Paul daily globe., 1890-02-26
room, owing, no doubt, to their fear,
situated as they were, nearly
A Mile From a Neiehbor.

A Mile From Neighbor,
in the midst of wood. The murdered
girl occupied the bed in the northeast
corner of the room, while the three boys
slept on a couch in the southwest quar-
ter of the apartment. This room is per-
haps twenty feet square. '''fhe first
thing heard," said James Markell, the
most composed of the two boys. twas
some one stamping on the floor, and
then after little while some one struck
match. then said to John: There's
some one in the house, He replied: No
there isn't But said: Yes there is
and we jumped out of bed. As we did
some one fired revolver and man be-
gan to groan. We afterwards found
out that the injured man was Frank
Weiner. After the first shot Tina
Jumped out of bed and began to scream
and call to John and her brothers. Then
Jlndra, for he was the intruder, grabbed
Tina and fired twice, and she fell dead.
Jindra then went out through the back
window of the kitchen, / think, for it
was Open." At the time of the shoot
Ing OF these two persons 1t appears that
Jindra " ore No Shoes.
He had taken them off outside the
house in order to enter without making
any noise, and as some seem TO think,
in order that ne might be able to follow
Weiner from the house of Frank Washa
to that OF the latter's mother without
attracting the notice of his quarry by
the sound of his walking on the hard
crust. Others assert that Jindra
did not know that he was
following Weiner, but that when he
came out of Frank Washa's house he
saw man in advance OF him and took
him for more favored lover of the
murdered girl, one frank Wadras. and
that when he shot he supposed that it
was Wadras, and not Weiner, his con-,
vlvlal companion of few hours BET, + ).
This secret, however,
Died With the Murderer
OF defenseless woman. When
GLOBE reporter reached Montgomery
the excitement in this little town, as
we'll as the whole eastern portion of LIE
Sueur county, was intense. The re-
porter arrived in Montgomery at z
O'Clock, and was soon speeding across
the country behind fast-stepping team.
Although the curious-minded and the
many friends of the Washa family
had come in crowds during the
day there were not less tiIan 2O0 persons
gathered around the house aud crowd
ing its rooms at 9 o'clock this evening.
The cOroner'S jury under the charge of
Coroner Coe, of Waterville, had COM
menced its work early in the day, but
had devoted the entire time to examin-
ing the wounded man, Frank
Weiner. so that in case of his
death the case would not suffer for the
lack of the testimony of one of the prin-
cipals in the sad drama. The wounded
man gave his testimony with difficulty,
and cOrrob0rated the stories of Frank
Washa and John Markell In the maiu.
although he did not explain how ne
came to get into the house and down
alongside the great cupboard on the
north side of the room, near the stove,
where he received what will probably
Prove mis- Death Wound.
The evidence that he was first In the
room WAS direct and overwhelming, and
If he came in without the aid of an oc-
doubt that he, too. entered through the
kitchen window. He was followed
swiftly and noiselessly by Jindra. with
the dire result related. The weapon
that did all this deadly work was a ter
rible instrument. 1t was 42-caliber
self-acting bulldog revolver, and the
whole five chambers of the gun we're
empty when it was found beside the
murderer this morning. The five shots
were apportioned as follows: Two shots
were lodged in the breast of the mur-
dered girl, two were pierced almost d.
rectly through the heart of Jindra him.
self. while the fifth bullet is yet lodged
in the middle part of the back of Frank
Weiner. The bosom of the deceased
girl was not
Torn by the Bullets
and save for the blood which spurted
from her mouth and clotted on her face,
one might suppose her to be merely
asleep. Upon Jindra and Weiner the
bullets had different effect. presume
bly, from the fact that both wore heavy
clothing, some of which was carried
into the flesh by the bullets as they
sped toward vital parts. Owing to the
fact that only the thin night robe of
Miss Washa was between the bullet
and her tender flesh it was not LAGER
ated by the leaden messengers of death.
The head of the Washa family was one
of the early settlers IN this portion of
LIE Sueur county, and at the time of his
death. in January last, was estimated
to be worth considerably over $780,
600, and was one of the prominent citi-
zens of the county. The three eldest
daughters married well-to-do farmers
and were each given valuable farm
by Washa pere. At the time of Frank
Washa's marriage the old gentleman
excelied his previous record for igener-
| osity and gave him at least $4,000
worth of property. This fact is said to
| be one of the main reasons for
Jindra's Devotion
| to the younger daughter. Jindra came
to America some six OF seven years ago,
and had accumulated about $1,000
worth of property. If to this he could
have added one of Farmer Washa's fer
| tile farms his covetous heart would have
been satisfied, and this he determined
to do by fair means or foul. His threats
were unavailing when it came to
winning the love and the hand of the
fairest of Farmer Washa's daughter,
and in moment of desperation when
half drunk, and man0maniac on that
one subject, he started to carry out his
fiendish designs. The fac: that on his
way to the Washa homestead he
caught sight Of rival going in the
same direction but added fuel to an al
ready over-heated passion. The
match struck by Weiner showed
| Jindra where to shoot to strike his
| rival, and the screams of the girl and
the awakening of the household forced
the carrying out of the whole of his hell
ish plot. On Tuesday Jindra and the
object of his love were in Montgomery.
They came in together. in company
| with Mrc Washa who was on rauto h,