St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-28

changed his uniform, and went back to
kohiman's to get beer aud tell of the
suspicious actions OF the two men to the
bartender. When he went in he saw
man tErmlsch) looking into the saloon
window. When he came out the two
lErmisch and Milhsusen) were seated
on the threshold of the door
Ing. Mr.. Pankopf showed by it's
ting on the top step of the witness
box just how they sat. The witness re-
manned home a few .'min-utes" and
then went out again to look for the
boys. They were gone, and being
frightened, Pankopf went to look for
policeman, which, it is needless 10 say.
he could not find. He then went home,
and after locking up carefully, went to
bed. Mr.. Pankopf had seen tho two
men three times, and when asked to
sddentify them, he came down from the
stand. taking first Ermisch and then
b W.onnigkeit by the collar.
|. The cross-examining failed to shake
his testimony in the least. When asked
ii he drank that night. he said. NO"
Mr.. Bigelow -''What, no beer%'
little cup of beer, but beer no
|, drinking. Whisky. drinking"
|, Again Mr.. Blgelow asked him, "Dld
you or did you not, tell me you could
remember only one man?''
{ Pankopf replied, No. Stree"
when did you first 60 to see the
sprisoner?"
tat his mothers house. He was very
sick. Could not recognize him because
he wasin bed. Next time at the city
hospital ne lookeddffferens. There l
knew him."
: Are these pants the ones he had on
fhn rf.rI,t
down and eXaming Ermisch's pants
you talked over the case at home?"
"You bet" And that was all MIR.
Bigelow got from him.
E. b. Lotus was across the street at
the time of the shooting. He heard
fired possibly seven shots. Saw the
man that stood by the screen shoot and
come out and run down College avenue.
The crOss-examinalion ELECTED the
fact that the man by the screen went
into the saloon after two shots were
fired. and that he (the man by the
screen) fired three shots under the cigar
case.
George j. Hanley. assistant city ply.
stefan, lives less than block from the
to the saloon, saw Lindhotf, aud attend
ed him until he died. DR.. Hanley after
ward attended Ermisch when the latter
was sick. Came into the room where
Ermlsch was Monday, May IA. Chief
of Detectives McGinn urged ErmIsch to
speak. McGinn said: I'VE know all,
anyway"
Ermlsch said. "You are going to hang
me.''
McGinn's reply was to the effect that
Ermisch would not hang. but that he
would not promise him any protection
as police officer, but would help him
as man. McGinn further said: 1--WE
have got the other fellow. He told,"
to which Ermisch replied, "lf he want
ed to squeal he can. l won't" How
ever, he did confess later in the con.
versation.
Charles E. Chapel. sheriff of this
county, had had the defendant in his
keeping. While In jail the defendant
had confessed to him. Mr.. Bigelow oh.
jected to the testimony of both of these
last two witnesses until it would be
conclusively shown that the influence
which led 10 his making confessions to
the witnesses had been removed from
the prisoners mind. MIR. Bigelow
cited several legal authorities Oh the
subject.
Before Judge Kerr ruled on the point
ne Hau tue jury dismissed so tnat ne
might hear just exactly what the testi-
mony of Messrs. Hanley and Chapel
was going to be. This being done, first
DIR. Hanley and then Sheriff Chapel re-
lated just what occurred in their re-
spective interviews with Ermisch. How
he told the Bloody details of his awful
crime, fully corroborating Milnausen in
his testimony when he ''peached" The
judge decided that Messrs. Hanley and
Chapel could not repeat the confession
as testimony.
In the afternoon Henry Gruber told
of tine arrest of Ermisch and Mrs. Err
miscn. now Mrs. Louis SCHNEIDER. the
prisoners mother. related the finding of
Erlnisch's revolver in the room he occu-
pied on May Z. Her son was with her
until May IL. when he was arrested. aad
removed TO the city hospital on the 18th.
The state now rested its case, and
what followed is given at the beginning
nf this oort