The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07
STORY OF THE CRIME
As 1t Appeared in Evidence at the
Trial.

Several days were consumed in Sc
curing jury and Musgroves actual
trial opened Tuesday, County Attorney
Allen conducting the prosecution with
the cooperation of Attorney General
Childs. Frank Vorrba, a farmer with
whom the prisoners rode to Glencoe,
and Benjamin Matthews testified re-
garding the alteration north of Glen
coe which led to the issuing of a war
rant for the arrest of Musgrove and
Cinq- Mars. Justice w. c. Russell gave
short testimony as to the issuing of the
warrant.
Then Louis Link was called-the only
eye witness of the terrible tragedy
His description led up from the first
sight of the men wanted, to the time
Rogers got out of the carriage when
the horses stopped few feet beyond
the two men. Then, Link said, Rogers
said Il want you fellows" The two
men said, II guess not" The witness
said Cinq-Mars shot his revolver, but
didn't hit Rogers, he thought Rogers
stepped forward and pulled his re,
volver. The two men told him they
would shoot, after he pulled his re-
volver. At that they aimed at Rogers
and he said, Blaze away" Both
CinqMars and Musgrove shot at the
same time. Rogers did not shoot nor
poiat his gun. Musgrove held his rife
toward Rogers breast. Then the wit
ness drove the team ahead saw the
two men pick up Rogers revolver and
shoot at him-Link. Musgrove, he said
| did not have his rifle pointed at Rog-
ers when the latter reached for his
| pocket. and Rogers did not aim at
either man. AS Link drove away the
two men shot at him three times. He
got three farmers, drove back, picked
up Rogers body and drove to Glencoe
about o'clock. Cross he
said he did not hear the men beg Rog-
ers to keep away; said Cinq-Mars did
not shoot through his pocket, and that
both Cinq-Mars and Musgrove shot at
about the same time.
Carl Jegtz and daughter Pauline,
who live near the scene of the shooting.
testified to Rogers walking about 1870
steps after he was shot. JentZ also tes-
titled to seeing six shots fired and hear
| ing seven. He said, too, that Rogers
| lay for half an hour where he first fell.
then got up and started towards Jentz,s
| house.
DR.. G. B. Day described the wcur ds
! found in the body at the autopsy. One,
he said. was in the right forearm
! While the trousers and drawers were
! being removed DR.. Barrett found a
| bullet on the table. Three inches be-
low the top of the right pelvis bone
| was a bullet wound, and about the
middle of the inside of the thigh was
another. In the right breast was a
wound, one inch to the left of the nip
| pie. The bullet had passed through
| the lower portion of the right lung.
through the liver and lodged little
below the lower edge of the shoulder
blade, in the muscle.
The cause of death was the shot and
internal hemorrhage from the wound
in the breast. The testimony of DR..
Barrett and DR.. Miles corroborated this
in the essential points. They said the
hip wound could not be se1f-infiicted
The fatal bullet was offered in evil
dence, as was the bullet taken from the
arm. There was quite a dispute over
the admission of the bullet found on
the table, but it was finally admitted
The murdered sheriff's clothes were
also put on exhibition as evidence No
bullet hole was found in@ the coat One
! was found in the leg of the drawers
| One more was through the vest.
| Wednesdays session was legal
! fight on admission of confessions as
evidence. E. E. McIntire, who was
one of the party that brought Mus
grove to Glencoe was called to tell of