St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-08

Mrs. Kohlmann Was Absent,
Hence the Adjournment-Man
Pistol Shots Heard by People
on the Streets-Policeman Re.
fused to Go to the Scene Be-.
cause 1t Was Or His Beat.
The coroner's jury empaneled to in
Llndolf, who was murdered by masked
robbers last Wednesday evening, held
session yesterday AFTERNOON.
Albert Pankopf and his son Otto. who
live couple Ut doors from the scene of
the murder, testified. to seeing two
tougli-looking characters in front of the
saloon few moments before the shoot
Ing. The elder of the Pankopfs de-
rscribed the men as. tall ana short,
man. Both wore dark clothing and
SLOUGH hats. The smaller man ha,i light
hair and horid cohpiexiotl.- The other
had dark complexion. smooth face.
was about five feet eight in height,
and the lower part of his face was very
broad. He told Lindoif about the men,
and suggested that they were robbers.
George Thompson, all expressman
living at i2S Martin street, testified to
being in the saloon when short man
with white handkerchief tied around
his face entered by the back door. The
man said Islands up!' and a moment
later began shooting. He did not see
Lindolf have revolver, but saw him
stOop down behind the counter. He
thought there were four shots fired
before the other man came in the front
door. The man who came in the front
door he did not see, but was positive he
shot several times. After the shooting
he ran to the corner of Seventh and
Wabasha streets and notified police
man. The officer did not wait to go to
the saloon, saying it was III the Rondo
street police district and not on his beat
He heard Pankopf tell Lindolf about
the men looking In the window.
E. d. LOTUS, employed in shoe store
at 543 Wabasha street, testified to leav-
ing the saloon minute or SO before the
shooting. He had just reached the west
side of Wabasha street when he heard
shot. Immediately afterward he heard
three more shots. Looking back after
the first shot he saw tall man standing
in the front door, and saw him shoot
three times. The revolver the man held
was nickelplated one. as he saw the
weapon shine i'll the light. After shoot
ing, the man ran down College avenue
toward Cedar street.; The man was
about five feet eight or nine inches in
height.
d. f. Coffey, a teacher in the Hess
business college, gave graphic &C.
count of the shooting. He was coming
up Wabasha street with young lady,
and just before the corner Of College
avenue was reached three pistol shots
were heard. A second after another
shot was fired. and then four more.
Over the curtains in the saloon he could
see the smoke rising. Just then a short
man. dressed in dark clothes, ran out
of the side door of the saloon Oh Col
lege avenue and down the street to-
ward Cedar street. A moment after a
woman ran out of the same door and
ran down the street after the man. She
was shouting something but the witness
could not tell what she said. He then
heard the front door of the saloon slam
and saw a man make three jumps to-
ward the middle of Wabasha street. He
put pistol in his hip pocket and then
turned as Ii to go back in the saloon.
AS he reached the sidewalk, however,
he turned to the right and ran down
College avenue in the same direction as
the man and woman had gone. The
man he thought was about five feet,
seven, little stoop-shouldered, and
wore dark sack coat, light trousers
and black sIouch hat.
DR.. Hanley, who lives at 90 College
avenue, about 100 feet from the saloon,
said he heard the shots and went to the
door. He saw woman who he after
ward learned was Mrs. Kohlmann. She
said man had just been shot in the
saloon. Both he and Mrs. Kohlmann
ran down College avenue to Cedar
street, and he went as far as Twelfth
street. Seeing no one. he returned TO
hind the bar in crOuching position.
Lindolf said: II hit one" Afterward,
while lying in the back room of the
saloon, the wounded man again repeat.
Ell the remark that he had hit one Of the
men.
DR.. FinneIl. who assisted at the au-
topsy held on Lindolf's body, described
the five bullet wounds. In the body
was found two IS and one 32-caliber
bullets.
Mrs. Kohlmann, the coroner said, had
been told to be present at the inquest,
but she, he understood, had gone to
Minneapolis, and as she was present at
the shooting and an important witness,
he would ask the jury to adjourn until
this noon at IL O'Clock, when she would
be present.
The police have not been able as yet
to locate either Squires or Fisher. al
though Bert Wilson, who claims to
know them. has been making search
of the town for them. Dr. HanIey is
convinced that the man who visited his
Office the morning after the murder was
the tall man who answers to the name
OF Squires. The bullet wound the man
had III the right groin, the doctor SAYS,
is of nature that he must be laid up,
and the chances are it will result in his
death.
The Pioneer Fuel Company has re-
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