The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-08
NOSHIK MUST 60
THE MAN WHO MURDERED JOHN
LEMKE Is FOUND
GUILTY.
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
THE CONDEMNED MAN PRETTY
CERTAIN TO HAVE TO GO TO
THE GALLONS.
MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
HORTICULTURIsTs IN SESSION.
Edifyins Discussion of Berries, APP
pies, San Jose Scale md
Other Things.

The slayer of John C. Lemke must
hang for his crime. John Moshlk shot
Lenke twice and beat in his skull Oct.
%, and yesterday, forty-sfx days az
terward, a jury found Moshik guilty of
murder in the first degree. Justice has
moved with so much greater speed in
this matter than is common in Amer
lea, that it is worthy of special note.
In France or Spain the perpetrator OF
such a crime is generally put to death
within thirty days, but in America 1t
is common for a murderer to get
lease of life of from six months to five
years from the date of the commits
sion of the crime.
The Jury in the Moshik case retired
at 1880 yesterday morning and reached
verdict Immediately, but. not to ap-
pear in unseemly haste, remained out
until after II o'clock. coming in with
verdict of murder in the first degree.
The speedy return of a verdict was
not a surprise to any one. Even Mo-
shik showed no surprise. When brought
into Judge Simpsons court room,
where Judge Elliott was on the bench
to hear the verdict, he walked with
a somewhat more nervous step than
usual, and he dropped into his chair
with a collapsed air, but he showed
no signs of weakening as Deputy Clerk
Kobler began to read the verdict which
pronounced him guilty.
1t seemed to take the prisoner a mo-
ment or two to realize the meaning of
the words as they fell from the clerks
lips. His eyes dropped when he fully
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there was no other sign His attorney,
T. A. Clarity, turned and spoke a few
words to him, which he answered in
diligently.
The state moved for sentence at
once, but Mr.. Clarity asked for a day
or two in which to consider what fur
Their course to take, and the court
granted him until Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock. The irons were again
clasped on Moshik's wrists, and he was
taken back to jail. The jurymen all
stopped to shake the hand of Mr. Gar
rity as they passed out, and many of
them congratulated him on the heroic
effort he had put forth TO save his
client. It is possible that Mr.. Garrity
may carry the matter to the supreme
cour on motion for a new trial. His
exceptions to the rulings of the court
point in that direction.
The murderer was sent to Saltwater
four years ago for having held up sew
eral farmers, near Minneapolis, at the
point of revolver He had served
several terms before. A few days prior
to Oct. he was liberated from Still
water and went to the home of his
people in st. Paul, a sister and brother
1n-law. Oct. % last he came to Min
neapolis, and at the union depot met
John Lemke, a machinist who had been
at work at Cloquet, MINI. He entered
into conversation with him, and dis
covered that Lemke had some money
and he proposed trip about the civ
Lemke hrst went and bought a watch.
and then the two took a Camden Mace
car and went to the end of the line.
once out at the end of the line +bo
two seated themselves upon tn ,f,E
by the river, where Moshfk told of his
past life, and wanted his companion
10 enter the ranks of criminals. as
ROPER. The two walked from there
toward the road, and, when near the
ROAD, Moshik stated that he would 90
ana rob farmer to show how it was
zone. He took out false mustache
N--N 80 II OliJ anu started to walk
toward the road Lemke took This on
portunity to make his escape, and
turned to run away. Moshik turned
and shot him through the back.
After he fell, Moshik rolled him over
with his foot shot him again. and
then beat in his skull with the but of
the revolver. Then he dragged him
into the bushes, apparently lifeless
BODY and no one was the wiser. Had
Moshik killed his man, he might have
been free.
Lemke's strong constitution stood
him in good stead, for ne came to-
and walked to house some distance
away. While he was there talking to
a man, Moshik went by, and Lemke
pointed him out as the man who shot
him. Several people saw him The
wounded man was carried to the hos
pital, and detectives followed Moshik
to st. Paul, where he was captured
after strong resistance. Lemke died
next day after identifying the MUIR
derer, and making an ante-mortem
statement