The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-02
SHOT KUEHN in GOLD BLOOD.
Sunday Tragedy in the Town Of Sherman in
Which Gustave Metag Shoots and Kills
His Neghbor, Fred. Kuehn.
Metag Armed Himself With Revolver and Two
Guns Before Leaving for Kuehn's Place,
and then Fired Four Shots at Him.

out the crop on the leased contract
commencing Tuesday morning, the
machine to be run on to the farm Mon
day afternoon or evening, at the set
ting of stacks near the house. His
mind being made up he notified Kuehn
last Sunday morning, by message car
ried by bis son, that he proposed to
commence threshing on the Kuehn
farm on Tuesday morning. When the
oral message was delivered Kuehn de-
telling the son, Henry Metag,
that he didn't want any threshing done
on the farm until after the blowing was
done, work not yet commenced at
that time. The young man told Kuehn
that he didn't believe he could prevent
his father from carrying on the thresh-
ing, but without saying anything more,
returned to his home, and informed
his father of what Kuehn had said.
The elder Metag was greatly in
censed at hearing the message, par
ticularly after recalling the trouble he
had had with Kuehn in the past. He
ordered his wife to hurry the Sunday
dinner, and after the same was served,
the elder Metag and the boy, the lat
ter on instructions of his father, hitch
ed a team to the carriage, The elder
Metag went into the house and Sc
cured the revolver, and box of car
tridges he had purchased in Morgan
but few days previous, and the
double barreled shot gun, breech-load-
ing, and loaded for both barrels, the
former of which he placed in his pistol
pocket and the latter in the buggy,
and the two drove off to Kuehn's farm
house. .
Arriving there Kuehn met them
about twenty feet from the door. They
greeted each other with "hallo," and
then Metag told Kuehn that he pro-
posed to run the threshing machine
on the farm on Monday night with the
expectation of commencing threshing
on Tuesday morning. To this Kuehn
demurred, saying that he did not want
the threshing done until after the
blowing had been done. Metag said
that the threshing must be done al
once; Kuehn replied in the negative
Hot words we're exchanged, and final
ly Metag told Kuehn that inasmuch
as he (Metag) was in possession of the
laad by virtue of the farm contract
he (Kuehn) could prepare to move of
the land at once. To this Kuehn re-
piled:
"Well, you are not the man to pu
me off,"
! Metag insisted that he could anc
Kuehn told MetagIthat if he woulc
leave the buggy he would give him {
good thrashing. Metag jumped ou
on the south side of the buggy, rar
around behind the vehicle to the nortl
side where Kuehn stood. The latter
placing the left hand in his pocket
drew back the other as if to strike Me
tag. Metag pulled the revolver from
his pistol pocket, and at distance O
two feet, pulled the trigger continuous
ly until the revolver had fired fou1
successive shots. Kuehn fell bacl
dead, and Metag jumped into his car
riage and drove to Morgan with thu
results stated above.
AS soon as the news was reported tt
this city Coroner Gibson and Sheriff
Pease started for the scene of the mur
der. They left here about eight O 'clocl
and arrived there about two hours lat
er. They found the body under wag
on box, which had been placed over il
by some unknown person for the un
doubted purpose of keeping dogs ava,
from it. There was no lamp in tn.
shanty and they were obliged to buile
bonfire for the purpose of making al
investigation of the premises. Afte
making cursory examination the,
decided to postpone any further ex
animation until Monday morning
They came back to town early Mon