St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-06
DID SCHULTZ DO IT..
Judge Mahoney Trying to
Find Out if He Killed
Joseph Klatke.
Testimony introduced Yes
terday Looked a Little
Bad for Him.
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The examination of Theodore Schultz
the bartender, who is charged with the
murder of Joseph Katke, at Keegan's
lake, began yesterday afternoon before
Judge Mahoney in the municipal court.
The state. represented by Assistant
County Attorney Davenport, introduced
number of witnesses, whose testimony
occupied the attention of the court until
time for adjournment, when further
proceedings were postponed until this
morning at 9 O'Clock. Schultz is of the
opinion that ne will be cleared of the
charge, inasmuch as he says an ''innO-
cent man need have no fear" but the
testimony of several of Yesterdays wit
nesses gives his case thunder cloud
aspect. Inspector Simon McNulty, who
arresten Schultz and Frank Graef, the
murdered mans. nephew, made state
ments Oh the stand which certainly
sounded very damaging. and the APP
pearance of the face.of defendants at
tOrney, Judge DOnahue, when he listened
to it evinced anything but pleasure.
The Graef family, Joseph. john and
Jacob, proved anything but good wit
nesses, although their testimony showed
conclusively that brotherly affection,
when beer enters into their discussions,
is as scarce as teeth in the frivolous
hen.
Joseph was the first witness. He ex-
planned the circumstances surrounding
the drunken debauch which led I'D to
the family fight in ,Heckrick's saloon,
and detailed the many little pugilistic
pleasantries which passed between him
self and brothers as direct result of
drinking dozen and a half glasses of
lager beer. His brother Jacob. he
SAID. had struck him on the
nose i'll retaliation for his inter-
ference in fight which Jacob
and John were indulging in. A general
fracas ensued, and when Joseph had
recovered from the effects of the blow
on the nose he saw that Klatke was
bleeding from wound in the head. He
did not know how he received it or who
the assailant was. He saw him after
wardlat his house, and was present when
Klatke die;s at O'Clock the next morn
ing. His LrOthers, Jake and John. had
accompanied Klatke home: also assisted
him in washing the blood from his
wounded head.
John was the next witness, and more
eXasperating one would be hard to find
any WuclC. hc Coulu IeHltInUeT HOtH'
ing with any degree of clearness, save
that he had ''guzzled' good many
glasses of beer during the evening the
fatal row occurred. The defense, in
examining him, endeavored to secure
hold which would justify the
belief that the brothers had
quarreled with Klatke on the
way home, and in some way inflicted
the fatal wound. This failed, however.
John said he saw that Klatke was in
jured and bleeding, but how it hap
happened he could not recollect. He
was positive, however, that there had
had met no strangers. and klatke had
not fallen and injured himself. He had
asked Klatke how he came by the
wound, but could not recollect that he
had answered him. Neither he nor his
brother Joseph had seen Schultz make
hostile demonstrations during the even
ing.
Jacob proved more voluble. The beer
he admitted he had taken while at the
lake did not seem to have befuddled his
wits as in the case of the brother who
preceded him on the stand. He said
that Klatke had struck Heckrick in the
face ard knocked him senseless, and
that while he (Jacob) was scranblng
through the back door he saw Schultz
standing at the end of the bar with a
chilly" in his hand. When ne ventured
to return Klatke was struggling
up from the floor. There. was
horrible wound in his head,
and he said: boys. Pm hurt"
But Jacob was positive that nothing
had occurred on the homeward trip.
though he acknowledged that, being
very drunk. he had fallen repeatedly
into mud holes and bitches. Joseph's
son Theodore cOrroborated the testi-
mony of his father and uncle, and gave
the court to understand that he was
struggling hard to emulate his relatives
in the beer-drinking line. Though a
youth of scarcely fifteen summers, he
testified that he had got away with his
share of the beer. His brother Frank
younger still. also testified that he had
drank beer, but lie stoutly maintained
that it had not affected his organs of
vision.
He gave the most important testimony
of the afternoon. He swore positively
that he saw Schultz emerge from behind
the bar with Misunderstanding
"billy" in his hand and walk up to
Klatke, whom he deliberately struck in
the head, knocking him down. The
young fellow said he'asked his uncle
later in the night who struck him, but
lie was unable to artlculate. In
spector McNulty stated that Schultz
confessed to him that there had
been general row in the saloon
and that he had been mixed up i'm it.
1t was ali as matter of self-protection,
however, the same sentiment which
actuated him when he struck some one
with chair and used billy"
Inspector Menu lty stated that Schultz
declined to say whether he struck any
one with the ''blly' or not. The in
spector afterwards found the bloody
club where Mrs. Heckrick HAD thrown
it, Schultz having given it to
her after the row. Altogether
the evidence given yesterday afternoon
was diverting, and the audience ap-
peared 10 enjoy it largely. The defense
agreed to coneede that Klatke came to
his death from a wound Inflicted in the
row in the Keegan's Lake saloon, in
order to avoid taking the attending
physicians testimony. The defense
will make an effort TO show. however,
that the wound was inflicted by some
other person, who participated in the
row, and not Schultz at all.
THE "BOBBIES' WORK.