The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-06-08

Herman KortZ testified as to Con-
way working for his father on
foundation in North Mankato. Con-
way injured his thumb while working
there, in the last part of August,
few days before the killing. Think it
was the right thumb, and it had the
skin abraZed
Ludwig Monske was admitted to
citizenship.
A recess was taken until 200 p. m.
j. G. Cook was recalled to answer a
question by a juror.
| VIM. Conway was then called, and
every eye was Immediately rivited on
his face. He said that he was 81 years
old last May, was born in England, but
his parents were Irish. When four or
five years old he went to County
Down, Ireland, remaining there until
nine years old. Went to Liver
pool afterwards, and stayed there I'M
til thirteen years old. Was bound as
an apprentice for twOand half years.
Was drafted into the British Navy,
sailing to India. Went to Madagascar
and other places. Was on the Indian
station three years and eight months.
On my return | went into a training
ship, learned gunnery and became an
instructor. Then went into torpedo
ship and learned the torpedo service.
There | met with an accident, being
ruptured, probably by lifting heavy
shops. | went home with a small
pension, to my mother at New Liver
pool My father died when | was five
years old. l went to sea again, to
Alexandria, Egypt; then took
another trip to Calcutta. From
/ CHI tn
York, thence to Boston, thence to
the West Indias. Returned to Liver
pool in 1885. An uncle had come back
from Indiana for visit, and | deter
| mined to 60 and see him, which did.
After seeing him [ went back to
Chicago, and through an employment
agency got work on a construction
train not far from Algona, Iowa.
| Went to Ledyard, Iowa, and soon Sc
cured employment with j. G. Cook,
four miles from Ledyard. Then went
to Chicago and worked for commits
sion man, Worked for Mr.. Cook
again during the summer and winter
of 1886. Then worked in the coal
mines in Iowa. Then worked one of
| Mr. Cooks farms on shares in 1888,
| became discouraged and went to an
other place and put up hay until fall.
| Worked at various jobs the next two
or three years, especially masonry. In
| 1891 | went to Cherokee. Iowa, and
worked for contractor until fall In
| the spring of 1892 worked at Rock
Rapids. Went to Sioux City and
worked there after the flood at differ
ent jobs. John q. Layne wanted to
know whether l wanted job from
the Omaha road, one morning at
Sioux City. He said l could get 81 a
day, as | was getting $3.50 Went
with Layne to Emerson and Wake
field, Neb., and put in scales
and culvertS. went to
see my sick wife at Algona,
and worked there. Then went to
Cherokee, and worked at different jobs,
one job at So a week and board myself
| Was out of work for while, until the
season opened up in March or April,
1898. Did little contracting for my
self. Having no work for few days,
| started north about Aug. 18th, 1893,
and stopped at Rock Rapids, thence
to Adrian, MINI. learned that Layne
was putting in the cutters at
| WorthingtOn. Went there looking for
work and met Layne, and we went to
Heron Lake, and | was promised work
| there if | would wait a week. Layne
and | came to MankatO, | expecting
| to get work sooner here, having heard
it was good town and much building
going on. Got here early on Tuesday
morning, and and met VIM. Conrad,
whom Layne knew We went into
| the Walraven saloon and had a drink.
Looked for work and Mike COughlan
promised me work on the Normal
school in day or so. A week passed
and he did not give me job. Con-
rad directed me to go to Henry Kartz's,
| in North MankatO, and | went and got
| work there. | had sent for my stone
hammers and they came that evening,
and | left them on A. III. SchWartzen-
boch's poarch, by his permission. |
took them to McDermott's blacksmith
shop to be sharpened. This was about
J Aug. 18th to 2lst 1898. Worked for
Kartz from Tuesday until Satur-
! day night following. Layne
called there once or twice.
| He called with Schwartzenbach once.
On Friday | got my right thumb jam
med between two stones, and had to
i tie it up. The next week | did not
do anything, but had the promise of
work on the Normal school. On Tues
day morning following the work for
Kortz l went to new >postOffice foun-
datiOn and met man who turned out
to be Geo. Empey. We walked down
second street toward the Commercial
House. Did not say anything to him
about any way to making money
easily, or had any talk about it. Had
never seen Empey before. Did not
see him again until Wednesday night
following. We talked only about
commonplace affairs, and had had
no talk about making money. May
have seen him on the street again
that week, but do not remember it.
Talked with the brickmakers about
a device l had invented for burning
brick On the Friday night before
Walraven's death L took supper at
the Commercial House, slept there
that night and breakfasted there the
next morning. Had made up my
mind Saturday to go back home. I
got my hammers aud took them to
the second hand store and sold them.
Went to the Omaha road and asked
when a freight train would go out.
Met Layne during the fore noon and
said he was figuring on a a job on
cOurt hOuSa at WortbinUton opd