St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-26

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Examined by Dr.. wheaton-v 1ou live
IN St. Paul. Mr.. Meyer? A. Yes. sir.
@. Were you at the metropolitan hotel on
the night OF the 22d OF June? A. I was
there.
8 o'clock in the evening, believe.
O.. Until when? A. About 8 next
morning.
O., Did you know John h. ciapp? A. Yes.
sir: knew him.
@. Did anything unusual occur at the
Metropolitan hotel thrt night?
A.. Well, there was Il was in the barroom
at the time; should think it was about
maybe fifteen minutes to II. and there was
man out in the Office stabbed Sci ran
out, and went. looked around there for o
minute, didn't know who he was. lex
pected crowd. There was nobody around
him. There was nobody that l see any
where's nearer the man within twenty-five
feet.
Q. Whit was he doing at the timer A.
He was sitting in this chair. one hand hang
ing down like this, and he was about in that
position: (Witness leans head forward
@. What else did you notice about him?
a. Then looked to see what was the m at
ter with him. I saw his front was all blood.
Icou.dn't see where the blood was coming
@. You were there alone then, with him?
A. No. there were people in the Office at this
time.
@. What did you do then? A. Well. then
looked, and saw the blood was coming
from his neck some place, so went over to
hi In and sat him back up in the chair. He
held bis head down over the cut. saw his
neck was c ut when put him back.
G. Go on. A. / got O towel from one OF
the clerks there and put il around his neck
and held 1t there pretty tight. Sent up for
another-we: towels, these were The second
one put on held it until the doctor came,
which was. guess. about ten minutes.
q When him ha vxoc
in the chair? A. He " as sitting in chair;
yes. sir.
G.. Did he remain in that position until
the doctor came? A. He remained in it un-
til sat him back.
@. Was he on the floor? A. No; he was
sitting in the front of the char. like this, and
/ sat him back IN the chair.
@. Did he move after that? A. He didn't
move until we sat him on the floor again. of
course he gagged little. ] didn't notice
much movement otherwise.
@. How long before the doctor got there?
A. About ten minutes from the time l saw
him.
O., How long did he live after that? A.
Well, don't know; think he lived about
maybe twenty minutes.
q. Twenty minutes in all? A. He took
one breath after the doctor left him, or made
a cape of some kind.
Examined by Mr.. Butler:
@. Whereabouts in the hotel was he when
you first saw him: A.: Well. he was about
Q. Sitting on the chair? A. Yes, facing
the corner of Third street and Market.
@. Corner of Third and Market? A.
Third and Market; and this chair was within
maybe six inches of the post there
@. That post-is almost directly in front
of the clerks deskg A. That post is almost
directly in front of the clerks desk.
O.. Did he speak after yon came to him?
A. No; he didn't say word.
@. Did you observe whether he had any
thing in either handY A. Yes did
Q. Which hand? A. He had something
IN both hands.
had cigar, Ill the other ring.
In the II right. h1a' manu- ''u ne nave ''s'f' a.
Q. How was he holding it? as am hold
ing this one? A. No.
Q. Well. how? A.. The cigar setting
right there in the middle was half-burned
cigar; sitting right about like this.
@. Between the first and second fingers
of the right hand! A. Between those two
fingers.
O.. Did that cigar remain in that position
until he died? A. don't know; suppose
wnen we moved him on the floor he dropped
it down. He didn't til. his hand was moved.
until we set him back.
@. How long did he remain in the chair
until you moved him to the floor? A. About
ten minutes
A. A ring: his ring on one of his fingers.
@. A ring on his hnger? A. Yes.
@. Which one? A. This one.
g: Ring fngerg A. Yes, plain gold
ring.
Q. You say he was pretty well covered
with blood in front Was the floor bloody
where he was sitting down. A. Yes; there
was blood in front of the chair
@ considerable amount of 1t, or just
little! A. Well, there was considerable;
guess there was pint of blood there
@. Vas his hat on his head when you
saw hims A. didn't notice whether 1t
was or not.
@. Did you sees A. No, know his hat
wasn't on. The hat wasn't on.
@. Did yop see any hat theref A. No,
didn't see any hat.
G. You we're the first person to his sides
A. was the first person that touched him,