St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-17

if she could take ten or twelve men for
the night. She said yes, but it would
take her about half an hour to prepare
the extra supper.
1.-TWO men. Luth and Cox, entered the
place. and Luth told the woman not TO
have anything to do with us. Leonard
was filing out an order on the company
for the amount, and was standing at the
counter Luth said that scabs could
not stou there. Mrs. Hanson said she
was pour, and needed all the business
she could ge'. and told her to take the
men and that the company would pro-
tect her with officers if necessary. L
had hardly said the words when L was
knocked down by Luth. By the time L
got UP I.lth was on top of Leonard, but
no shots had yet been tired. l plainly
saw Luth with his hand OH Leonard's
neck, add saw the shots distinctly when
they were tired. did not hear whether
Luth said anything to Leonard Or not,
lie might have done SO while L was
down"
Questioned by the coroner, witness
said the shots were fired as rapidly as
the trigger could be pulled, and that
Leonard held the gun above his own
head. In response 10 question, witness
said that he was not armed, and did not
know that Leonard was armed. ihey
had not anticipated any trouble. Leon
ard had remained cool through the en-
tire difficulty.
MAX WOLF
was called next. He was In the back
room, eating supper. He heard some
noise and then shot, and came out to
see what the trouble was. When he
came through the door the counter fell
over, and then he heard the other shots.
Both men were down on the counter.
He told the jury upon question that
he did not think he could save the mans
life. Il saw the little man shoot right
through his head. The little man
(Leonard) had his arm around the big
mans uuth's) neck. ."And Luth. he said,
had hoId OF Leonard, but he could not
tell where. He was positive that the
counter tel / al!u Ne fist shot
had been fired. He saw it fall
down, while Mrs. Hansen had run
cut to the street to call the police. He
only saw the last four shots fired. Cox
was on the other side of the stove, and
Leonard had nred the last shot into the
floor before Cox got hold of the revolver.
He thought that the man wGs dead
when he fell down with the counter, but
could not say what made him think so.
Theodore Wolf andWillam Machonta
were called. but neither could throw
any light upon the case. The former
was in the kitchen at the time and the
latter Was eating supper, but was at
point where he could not see the front
room. tie became scared when the
cb rod ntNH ron nIt n
the back door.
DIR. FINNEL,
who conducted the autopsy, gave a
minute description of the wounds.
They had discovered four bullet holes
and taken out three bullets. The de-
ceased, he said, was about six feet tall
and weighed about two hundred pounds.
The ball which had pierced the ear was
a Clean shot, leaving powder marks on
tie front of the ear. The ballet In pass
ing had not touched the skull. The
shot into the left shoulder had plowed
along in straight line, and lodged at
the base of the neck. The fatal Shot
had penetrated the lung, the blood YES
sci called the aorta, and lodged i'll the
spinal column. Its course had been
backward, inward and downward.
Detective Daily and Officer Lawton re-
lated the story of the arrest. after which
the room was cleared and the jury
shortly afterward handed up their yer.
dict. They found that on Saturday,
July II, about 6 O'clock p. m, "Luth
came to his death by being shot with a
revolver in The hands of one Charles E.
Leonard"
Leonard will be arraigned this morn
ing in the police court. The defense
will then move for continuance for a
few days. G. ID. and T. ID. O'Brien
ard.