The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-09-15

Scuffle. 1t seemed as though
someone wanted to hollow awful
loud and was prevented. 1t seemed
as though someone was trying to say
something. The whole thing was
done very quickly. Heard no one
come or go away at the time of the
occurrence. The noise seemed to be
in front of my bedroom door which
faces Broad street. The voice was a
screechy one, and it seemed as
though the person was twisting
about and trying to say something
and screaming. This woke me up,
and the shot occurred in about half a
minute. Saw nobody about the
house previously. My. dau ghter
looked at watch five minutes after
the noises and it was 1.3O, as
near as she could see in the moon
light. The trees ca st heavy shad-
ow in front Of the house.
DR.. j. w. Andrews was sworn in to
prove the death of Harry Walraven.
Fred BOehmer was sworn. Think
I left the restaurant Sunday morning
at 1910 o'clock, and it was about one
o'clock when I passed Fred Kron's
house. Witness testified to hear
ing someone whisper twice to another
"hold on'. The noise.seemed to come
from the. rear of the stone wall be-
tween Fred Kron's house and the Nc
Broom house. 1t was so dark that |
could not see anyone. Did not think
that the whisper was meant for me.
There was no light in either OF the
three houses.
VIM. BuckholtZ was sworn and gave
the same testimony as at the croner's
inquest. I went into the house and
saw Mrs. Walraven first at the top OF
the stairs. The door was open and
the screen door was unfastened, and
there was light in the hall. Mrs.
w. berated herself for not getting up
when she first heard the shot, and
said she had long expected this, as he
always brought his money home with
him. Harry's head was toward some
bushes, he was lying on his face, with
his hands and the cane under him.
1t was not over one O'Clock when we
found him.
Geo. Brooks, the hostler at the Am
erlcan House, was sworn, and gave
the same testimony as at the cor,
oner's inquest. White returned tC
the hotel Sunday morning at about
Ills o'clock.
A. @. Hartung was sworn and ties.
titled as to locking the American
House at the usual hour, between
HOO and 1900 Saturday night. The
boarders who were out late and did
! not take their keys with them could
, get into the office and get their keys
from the keyboard. White was in
the office about ten O'Clock.
w. III. Parsons, bartender at the
American House, and a resident OF
Mankato for the past six weeks, was
sworn and gave the same testimony
as at the coroner's inquest. SawWhite
in the bar room at HOO O'Clock Satur
day evening. Closed the bar at about
midnight, and Mr.. Hartung and
went to bed.
friedrich Heinze was sworn ant
gave The same testimony as befOr
the coroner's inquest HE had heard !
good many people say they had n
use for Harry Walraven, and he wa
not surprised to hear White say so.
The state asked for an adjournmen
at 5:15 o. m. Mr.. Hughes objected
and Mr.. Pau stated that during TIN
previous six hours some new matter
had come to light which must b
looked into. The state had no objec
or desire in sec curing the conviction Q
the defendent, if he is innocent, gu
is anxious to get at the truth. 1t ma
develop that we should ask the cour
to discharge the prisoner.
A recess was taken until 1000 a. n
Monday.
The animation was resume
promptly at ten o'clock this forenoon
VIM. Conrad was put on the stan
and gave about the same testlmon
as at the coronor's inquest. White Wa
in Walraven's saloon half an hour b'
tween ten and eleven o'clock, a n
when he went out / gave him drinl
: There were no strangers there viii
White was there. White never sal
: anything to me about loosing none
! in the upper room.
Chas. Stewart was sworn and gay
the same testimony as befOrethe cor
ner's jury. White played cards in IL
: upper room over Walraven's about
week after Forepaugh's circus. /
played with Harry Walraven and 10
$40 or S12. Cannot swear who ell
played. except that | think Harry di
. Harry left the night he was shot clio
tol:3O O'Clock. He went down stat
: and out the front door, and when {
the sidewalk shouted back for me