The Saint Paul globe., 1896-11-11
FIND WHITE GUILTY
JURY THAT HEARS THE STORY OF
HIS ATTEMPT TO KILL TILLIE
SCHRUMPF
QUICKLY REACH A VERDICT.
THE PRISONER GIVES HIS SIDE OF
THE AFFAIR PRECEDING THE
SHOOTING.
BLAMED THE WOMAN FOR 1T ALL
Said She Kept Sending for Him to
Come to Sec Her-Their Testi-
mOny Didn't Agree.

Henry B. White, accused of shooting
and attempting to kill Miss Tillie
Schrumpf, in this city, July g. was
found guilty of assault in the first de-
gree, as charged in the indictment
against him, late yesterday afternoon.
So conclusive was the evidence in the
case against White that the jury re-
Quired but little more than an hour
in arriving at a verdict. Attorney
Bowe, for the defense, will probably, at
the opening of court today, move for a
stay of judgment.
White occupied the witness stand
most of yesterday in detailing his side
of the story which led to the shooting.
He affirmed that he had endeavored to
strangle his sentiment for Miss
Schumpf, and declared that when she
testified that it was she who wished
to end their growing fondness for each
other her statements were false. When
he came to St. Paul White swore that
he had no intention Of killing the girl,
but said he had intended to take his
own life, and only wanted to see Miss
Schrumpf once more before taking
leave Of the world He insisted that
AS uctU d OS6p dnSCllOH 4OF IlST, anu
meant to do her no harm. He denied
having said, when he heard that Miss
6chrumpf would probably recover from
the effects Of her wounds, that he
wished he had made a better job of the
shooting. AS told by himself, Whites
story is as follows:
He is thirty-nine years of age and
has lived in Minnesota about twenty
years, originally coming to this coun-
try from Austria. He had worked as
q carpenter, farm hand and had been
engaged in a hardware store at North
field, where he lived with his wife and
family Of six children. White said he
had known Tillie Schrumpf some years,
and that when she came to his house
saying she could not get along at home,
he had advised his wife to keep her,
although he could not afford to pay her
wages. She lived at his house a few
weeks and then left
The prisoner testified that he did not
know whether or not his wife was
aware of his fOndness for the girl
though he admitted that he had heard
there was some talk about the subject
From Hamline, where Miss Schrumpf
worked for Mrs. Botkin, he said she
had written to him several times and
asked him to come and see her. She
had warned him to tell Mrs. Botkins
that he was her uncle, or they would
not allow him to see her. He had seen
her two or three times, and once she
had met him at the Market house and
gone to Minneapolis with him. On
one occasion the girl had written him
to send her a blind telegram that her
father was i'll, and that she would
come to Mortified to see him. She
went to Northfield, and inquired for
White at the store where he was en-
ployed.
He had met her in the evening, and
they had made an appointment for the
country, and that evening he had his
team ready and they had ridden out
On the Dundas road.
What happened there?" asked Mr.
BoWe, for the defendant
Objected to, and the court observed
that the defense had not yet been made
to appear, and questioned if that were
competent or relevant.
Mr.. Bowe addressing the court:
Il want to show that in the woods
at the time Mr.. White attempted to
take his own life, and that she took
the pistols away, and twice after that
he proposed to kill himself and she
took the guns. He wished to break
off with the girl, and she would not
consent. Then he took to drinking
heavily and for a long time before he
went to Hamline he was drunk"
White, on the stand in the afternoon,
said he had been drinking for three
weeks and did not know how he came
In front of the Botkin house nor why
he shot at Tillie.
why did you not kill yourself at
home?''
Just one reason; I had decided to
kill myself, but l loved her; the only
thing in the world I loved; she had
1xxyoxv lit,
wanted to see her once more before
I died"
White further testified that he was
drunk when he came to st. Paul and
that he continued drinking while here,
using two pints Of whisky before he
went to Hamline. He did not know
how he got to Hamline but was intent
upon seeing Miss Schrumpf
Miss Schrumpf was again called to
the stand and asked if she recalled a
ride she took with White at Northfield
on July 4th. She said she did and
that White was not drunk, as he had
testified, but had threatened to kill
her. She had at that time taken a re-
Nolver away from him. Miss Schrumpf
also denied that White was drunk
when he called on her at Botkins resi-
dence at Hamline, the day of the
shooting. Witness also denied even
asking him to come to st. Paul, but
that he had asked her to meet him
and she had done so.
Officer Braak, recalled by the state,
testified that White was not drunk
when he arrested him at the engine
house after the shooting.
Arthur Ames, a hardware dealer of
Mortified, from whom White pur-
chased the gun with which the shoot
ing was done, testified that White was
sober when he purchased the weapon
With this testimony the state rested
and the assistant prosecuting attorney
addressed the jury.
He reviewed the evidence in the case
and administered severe condemnation
He said 'if bullets were to have been
exchanged between this man and some
one else, Mr.. Schrumpf, the father
of this girl, should have held the gun