St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-18
THE BRUTE SHOULD DIE,
DANCER THAT he MAy RECOVER TO
Be PROSECUTED
FOR HIS REVOLVING CRIME.

mitted Without Bail-Dr. Anc-.
ker, by Examination of the
ThirteeE.Year.Oid Girl. Finds
st tong Corroborating Evidence
Against the Father-Shocking
Revelations.
Herman N. Dickman, who was shot
by his son. Henry Dickman, Monday
evening, is reported as in critical con-
dilion. The bullet. thirty-two caliber
one. entered between the fifth ana sixth
ribs and is thought to have penetrated
the right lung. The physicians. In at
tendance probed for the ball yesterday,
but were unable to locate 1t. The
wounded man was resting easily last
evening, but the doctors are fearful
that Inflammation will set in, and in
that case the chances for his recovery
will be slight.
Henry Dlckman, his son, who fired
the shot. was arraigned in the police
court Yesterday morning and the case
was continued tor one week. The lad
was committed to Jail pending the ex.
animation, Judge Cory refusing to ac-
cept bail.
The more the facts leading up to the
shooting are investigated. the more re-
voting and horrible the story becomes.
Yesterday morning Capt. Boerner, of
the Margaret street station, accompa-
MED by Dr.Ancker, visited the Dickman
residence, at 969 Fauquier street.
Mary Dicknan. the thirteen-year-ol
daughter who wrote the letter that was
the immediate cause of the shooting.
was examined by DR.. Ancker. The
doctor found that the statements made
by the child were verified by her
physical condition. In talk with the
doctor and the police officials the little
girl stated that for the past three
mouths her father had repeatedly
wrOnged her. She was brought to the
office OF the chief of police, and from
there taken to the rooms of the police
matron at the central station. where
She will remain for the time being.
The condition of affairs in the Dick
man family, so far as it related to the
conduct of the father toward the eldest
daughter, Hannah, has been known to
number of persons for over two years.
In the spring of 1892 Mrs. Eliza Dick
man began suit for divorce frJm Her
man n. Dickman. alleging as the ground
for the action that he had been guilty
of adultery with one Johanna Dickman.
The relationship of the defendant to the
suit aud the woman was not alleged OR
limited at in the divorce papers, but the
acts were alleged to have occurred MAY
10, 1891. and Aug. "a. the same year.
The defendant made no answer to
the complaint, and when the case
came up for hearing in the district
court it was heard in chambers by
Judge Otis. The difficulty in securing
the divorce was that when the case was
to be heard the witness Johanna Dick
man could not or would not take the
stand, and rthreateped if she was
brought in to testify against her father
ihat she would poison herself. Mrs.
Dickman.whO. previous to herznlarriage
to the defendant in the suit on May Is,
1890, was Mrs. Eliza Roettgering, left
her husband, and since that time has
been earning. living for herself and
y
under the name she bore before her
marriage to Dickman. = ='
Rev. Theodore Buenger, pastor of the
church to which Mrs. Dickman be-
longed. took greatinterest in the case,
and it was at his solicitation that the
girl, Johanna Dickman, left her fathers
house shortly after the suit for divorce
was begun and went to Chicago. Ac-
cording to the statement of the attorney
who was retained by Mrs. Dickmap,
the girl came back to st. Paul from Chi
cago at the solicitation OF her father
and renamed at the family residence
for, some, time, but finally left home,
and since that time has been living with
Mrs. Dickman. or, as she now calls her.
h self, Mrs. ROettgerlng. and her brother.
Otto Dickulan, who is blacksmith in
the employ OF the Schurmeier Wagon
company. :
Two months ago Mrs. Dickman began
another action for divorce from Dick
man, alleging cruel and inhuman treat
ment. Ii. q. Tardy was her attorney.
and yesterday an answer to The sum-
mons and complaint were fled with
Tardy. The attorneys for Dickman in
the suit are Kuetfner. Fauntleroy. Il
Searles, and the answer denies each and
all the allegations set up by the plaintiff
la the suit.
L. T. Fauntleroy, one of the firm who
are attorneys for Dickman in the di-
yOrce suit, has been retained to defend
Henry Dickman for the crime of shoot
Ing his father. MIR. Fauntleroy was In
consultation with the county attorney
yesterday afternoon, and in case Dick
man RECEIVERS from the effects of his
wound the state Will indict and prose-
cute him on the charges already out
ined.
The following is the letter written by
the daughter Mary to her stepmother on
Monday afternoon, and which her
brother Henry carried 10 the house, POS
Granite street. Mrs. hickman was not
cid sis er, was there, and, OH learning
who the letter was from, she opened
and read it. After reading the note she
handed it to her brother, who perused
it. and then said he would shoot his
father. The letter vas in German, and
literal translation is as follows:
Dear Mother: You must pardon me
that write. You told me on Friday
that if the old man attempted to assault
me again that ! should come to you.
will send this letter to you by Heinrich,
but lie must not be acquainted with its
contents. Ii do come hope that it
will not be like the last time, and that
he will come and bring ME back again.
But cannot take all my things with
ME alone. aud some one must come
and help me with them. /
would very much desire that some
one came who is some what acquainted
with the circumstances and knows how
things stand. He who comes must come
Friday afternoon at 1880, for at that
time will be prepared to leave here.
You can show Hannah this letter, but
not Otto, for he must know nothing of
the matter, as the old man goes to the
shop every evening and questions him ]
thoroughly as to how matters are run
ming here. Don't forget Friday after
noon at 1890.
He has assaulted me again." This
paragraph was underscored as though
it were written after the previous por-
ton had been penned.]