Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1891-08-14
Ended In Murder.

4ue suhrp report Oh u plSCOl IN Cne
fine two and one-half story brick resi-.
dence at 482 Sherburne avenue St.
Paul, Mimi, startled the multitude OF
nelghbors who were sitting out in front
OF their homes In the vicinity at $40
/ on the afternoon OF the 7th inst, and
almost before the echoes had died
away the news flew about that amur-
der had been committed.
Morltz l.. Weisser, an architect who
boarded at that place, had lust been
shot and killed by Christopher Koran,
who charged Weisser with undue init.
macy with his wife. Weisser died with
in five minutes; but before he expired
Koran left the house and proceeded
to the Rondo street station. just be.
fore he reached there he met Officer
Val Kruwiszkry, and informed him
that he had just shot man and wish
ed to give himself up. He was there.
tore led to the station and placed in q
cell.
Koran and his wife give conflicting
accounts, but 30 far as they do not
conflict the story is in brief asfollows:
The Korans came from Wisconsin
to St. Psul little less than three
years ago. Mrs. Koran ls the daugh-
ter of Antoine Wolff, brother of
Joseph Wolff, the wealthy brewer of
Saltwater, and had some fortune.
She purchased lot OF ground on the
south side OF Sherburne avenue, near
Mackubin street. aud her husband
put up the brick structure at his own
expense. The house must have cost
about $4,000. While Koran was con.
sidering the matter OF building the
house, by some chance he met Weis.
ser. The latter hearing OF his inten-
tions informed him that he was an
architect, that he was widower, had
two young children to care for, and
was in poor circumstances. Koran
told him he would give him a lift to
the extent OF employing him to draw
the plans for the structure.
The house was built and early in
August Weisser procured board and
lodging there for himself and little
daughters. Mrs. Koran is in the ear
ly thirtles and is very pretty. She
says her husband became
JEALOUS OF wEIssER
as soon as he commenced living at the
house, and Koran charges that he
caught the two in a compromising
situation on two occasions. Howev-
er, early in June last Koran left the
house and commenced boarding with
his brother on Blair street. He Is g.
carriage and wagon m aker and ironer
and works at his trade in Minneapolis
where he holds good situation and
draws high salary. After the separa-
tion he made periodical calls at the
home on Sherburne partly, as hes esays,
to see his three daughters, the Oldest OF
whom is thirteen and the youngest
nine, and partly to discuss with his
wife the differences between them. On
the afternoon of the tragedy his call
resulted in the murder mentioned.
Just how thu shooting came about is
told quite differently by the husband
and wife, he claiming that he happened
upon Weisser while he was taking i'm
proper liberties with Mrs. Koran,
while her account makes Koran's deed
appear wholly unprovoked.
The revolver used by Koran was
38 caliber American self-cocker bull.
dog. The ball entered the abdomen
through the floating ribs of the right
side and took an upward coarse to-
ward the left back. AS soon as he was
shot Weisser staggered up the stairs
leading from the kitchen to thesecond
floor, entered his sleeping room and
fell down on his bed. Mrs. Koran
and Mr.. and Mrs. D. Cook, who board
there, went up stairs moment later.
and as they entered Weisser's room
the wounded man rolled off his bed
onto the floor, gasped few times and
was dead.