Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-03-08

senseless like. but stood up; went to
the house, washed and put a. hall
dollar ON the wound; about three
minutes after I was struck someone
said Il man was lying in the gate,
dead: 1t was my father. There were
nine kegs of beer at Mahcia's.
CIRBANE MAHCIA,
at whose house the party was, testi-
fed that he was playing cards In the
house and did not know anything OF
the row until his son told him; saw
Andrew Kunza about hall an hour
before he was killed; talked with
Richardson when he was In the house
drinking beer about II O'Clock; saw
Hanson in the granary about IL
O'Clock; did not see Lawrence Ohutta
or Peter Sobieck at the house; was
not on good terms with Ohutta. The
rest OF his testimony was unimpor-
tant.
JOHN MAHc1A,
who lives in Swanville town testified
that he was at the wedding; did not
know Richardson, Meyer or Hanson,
but knew Sobiek; saw him in the
garden by the plum trees about l a.
m; asked him what he wanted and
he said "nothing"; he went toward
another man and they commenced
throwing stones ut me; Joe Pollock
gave me a neckyoke; did not see
whether Paul Kunza got hurt with
a stone or not; it was the night after
Paul got hur that I saw Sobieck;
he pulled his hat down but I knew
him; was at the plum trees until l
heard kunza was killed; saw Rich
ardson and Hanson at the granary
and saw John Kunza put them out;
I went out behind them; they ran
around the house to the road; went
to the plum trees to hide; was afraid;
in about ten minutes heard kunza
was killed; had the neckyoke. Wit
ness was shown the car link found
near Kunza. He denied having seen
it before. Had drank ten glasses OF
beer; did not see anyone drunk, my
wife found Kunza first.
ANNA MAHCIA,
the woman, who found Andrew
Kunza. testified as follows: Came
out OF the granarv after Richardson
and Hanson, and went to the house
and saw Paul Xunza with wound
in his head; came right out and found
Andrew Kunza lying at the gate
south OF the house, with his head to-
ward the house and his feet outward;
it was not more than five or ten min
utes from the time Richardson and
Hanson left the granary; when I
went from the granary to the house
he was not there; Richardson and
Hanson ran toward where Andrew
Kunza was found; somebody told me
my husband was outside and l went
out and found kunza; my husband
was on the north side Of the house
all the time.
PETER SOBIECK,
one Of the men ', no was arrested on
the charge of assault before kunZa
died, and who is out on bonds, was
next called. County Attorney Rhodes
commenced asking him questions
and A. p. Blanchard, attorney for
Sobieck, objected to his testifying at
all. After considerable talk he was
allowed to testify. He denied that
he was at Mahcia's, or that he said
he was going there.
MRS. ELIZABETH kCNZA.
widow of the murdered man, was
called while Attorney Blanchard was
talking with Sobieck and testified as
follows: Was at the Machia we'd
ding; saw Richardson and Hanson
come in the granary about - o'clock;
Mrs. Pollock forbid them the room:
saw John Kunza put them out;
stayed in until Paul came in bleed
ing; then went out to look for John:
did not see anyone, but went In the
house with John to see Paul, then
someone told me my husband was
killed; remained with my husband
ten minutes and then went after
John; was with husband most of the
, time till he died. l asked him If he
knew what had happened to him
and he said. Eyes, I know; this was
the last time he spoke. TWAS about
ten minutes after the boys were out
that I knew that my husband was
hurt, Heard John Mahcia tell about
meeting Peter Sobieck under the plum
trees.
| MRS. HEDwIG KROTTOsCHINsK1
was the first witness called after
supper. Her testimony regarding
the row was substantially the same
as the others. but while 1t was 20.