Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1894-04-27
9 hole in Il meta some kind
from a stove and lie had 81 souvenir

WY VIVA II EiiHieS fuIliFOnIlSsU5 III
Ils93, and some more she did not re
member; last saw the box on the 23r,
| OF September.
JOHN WELTER, Sc
the prisoner, was put on the stant
about 10 O'Clock and ondirect exami
ton testified as follows: Knew
kosanke only since came here: WI
were good friends. left him about
7:30 On the evening Of Dec. 1, ant
went to Little Falls House; was
there about five minutes and wen
to Cavin's saloon; was. there about
an hour; spent some money; played
cards and got three or four drinks
went back to Little Falls house and
played cards with Dan mccarthy ani
some other men for an hour; LEFT
there and went to Market saloon
where lplayed cards and drank beer
left there about 1890 and went tc
Sheney Annie's sporting house; was
there about twenty minutes and
then went to Little Falls house and
went to bed, probably about
O'Clock; got up about Z O'Clock and
went to Geo. LaFond's to saw
wood; left there about 1l:2O and
went to his Office for some money
and then to Market saloon; went
from there to Little Falls house for
dinner; went to McDonaId's saloon
after dinner and from there to La
Fond's where | was arrested and
have been in Jail ever since. Had
$1.4S on Friday; had pennies, got
them from KOsanke on THANKSGIVING
day; gave them to Clayin; kosanke
gave me IS cents; there were thirty
pennies, a five cent piece, a three
cent piece and the new fifty cent
piece. Had worn the clothes on that
day that were taken by the officer;
saw revolver, watch and chain for
the first time in court; never had
them; first known Of killing was at
ter defendant was in Jail; defend
ants fingers were sore; one was
scratched by VIM. krent's little
girl; did not know how the blood
came on clothes.
On cross examination the defend
ant told substantially the same
story.
Came here on Oct. q; pawned sill
yer watch for 81, and was here
about ten days before getting work !:
had sawed wood and built fires for
kOsanke; defendant had offered to
build fires for Kosanke all WIN
ter for the Columbia half dol
lar; he paid defendant twenty-fv
cents for piling wood and then gave
him the rest Of the pennies and the
three cent piece and nickel; defend
ant knew Kuborn and was present
when he and kosanke had the con-
versation about money on the 9th:
got IS cents from Kosanke; got 60
cents from Chas. LafOnd on Friday
for saving wood; brought some
wood in for Kosanke Friday night,
three or four chunks; did not know
how much was put in the stove. Be-
fore the cOroner's Jury he testified
that he did not put wood in the
stove and when Attorney Lyon called
his attentian to it he said he was
not sure. He described KOsanke as
sitting at his desk writing and as
he afterwards said reading and
writing down play. The rest OF
his testimony regarding the murder
was the same as given at the inquest.
Had been in America five years and
was German from the Province of
l. Luxembourg; before coming here he
worked for Mr.. Stock near Morris;
before going there had worked for
the Sisters of Charity at Morris;
while working for them he was sent
down town to get two $3.50 checks
cashed and after getting the money
LETT the town; was captured plead
guilty and got twenty days in gail;
had spent about $3.50 when captured
and had about that much coming to
him from the sisters: this he turned
in to make up for what he took
Was pretty full when he took it.
S. P. CASEY
testified that he was present when
DR.. FOrtier removed the dirt from
Welter's nails; when he was cleaning
the long finger Welter WINGED; the
DR.. asked him if it hurt and he said
he had cut it little.
$. f. BETTs,
Il jeweler, testified that the chain on
Kosanke's watch was of a very COM
mon pattern.
DIR. TRACE
testified that there was no definite
time when rigor norris might set in;
it might set in and pass Off; in his
opinion it was an unsolved problem
SHERIFF HOUDE
testified that he was present when
Welter's nails when cleaned; noticed
Welter finch: Or. asked him a cues.
ton the answer to which the sheriff
did not notice but thought it was
something about sore finger.
The court then adjourned until
o'clock.
There is very little more evidence
to go in and the case will go to the
jury this afternoon.
II Curiosity.
The latest thing out in the city is 6
chicken with four legs and -four
wings Matched this morning at J. p
Frampton's poultry yard on thu
West side. There are two perfect
bodies joined together and the croIs
and the head comes up in the middle
1t lived only few minutes but J. 2
is still confident that he will yet sue
coed in introducing this new breed 0
chicken especially adapted for board
ing houses. The main feature il
that while there are two chickens il
ovarE 1you fhnu cpJy nom; ro tho foo.