The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-09-06
CHAPTER TWO.
Uole-Kinneman Case Results in m Elope-
ment, Marriage and Almost q
Tragedy-Arrest Follows-H. ..
Cole Badly Injured.

The second chapter in the Cole
case began Saturday evening
last, by II. G. Cole coming to town in q
badly used up condition, having been
shot in the face and eyes in q SER
ious manner and alleging it had been
done by Jos. zimmerman who had eloped
with his daughter, Viletta. The city was
thrown into 3 high state of excitement
and officers started in several directions
to capture the clippers. |
It will be remembered that 9: veral
weeks ago considerable excitement was
occasioned by the arrest Of Jos. Kinne'
man at the instance of Cole for alleged
rape upon his daughter, Viletta, and
that the hearing occupied the court for
several days, the prosecution failing to
make out it's case and zimmerman being
discharged. That hearing developed
the fact thatthere was too much OF q love
affair between the young parties to
warrant the charge Of rape in their
behavior, and but for the feeling on the
part of the parents the matter had died
out of the public mind, and KinDeman
remained, working in this vicinity. A
secret correspondence has been kept up
between the lovers since that time, and
Cole meeting Kinneman on the street
here Saturday afternoon, hot words
passed between them. Kinneman was
then on the way to the livery barn to
get a horse and buggy to drive out past
the Cole place, and as he says was
hailed by Mrs. Cole and stopped and
talked the matter over with her for
about an hour. 1t was decided between
Zimmerman and Mrs. Cole that the girl
should remain at home for a year o
at least, but Zimmerman desired that
they should be allowed to correspond
during the time, as he said they were
bound to get married eventually any.
way. When zimmerman first drove up
| Mrs. Cole had asked the girl if she
wished to 20 out aud talk to him
but she scid, NO." and concealed her
self in her ROOM. But as zimmerman was
about 10 depart she came running out,
and getting into the buggy, embraced
her lover and said she was going
with him. He tried to dissuade her,
and advised her to 90 back to
the house and do as her
mother told her, as they were not ready
to get married. But the girl was per-
sistent i in her going, and her father ap-
pearing in sight in the distance, Kinne-
man did not stand long on the order OF
his going. A younger brother OF the
girl caught the horse by the bride but
Zimmerman gave the animala cut with the
whip which started him up in a way
that threw the young man to the side OF
the road and the young couple went of
at a rapid pace. holly pursued by Cole
who was some time in overta king them.
In the neighborhood of Henry Rlchter's,
Cole came up within fifty yards or less
and with an oath and ugly language de-
handed that they stop OF he would shoot
them, and as they continued on their
way he began firing lat them. The girl
was true stuff. She ducked down in
the bottom OF the buggy, took the lines
and whip and told her lover to shoot bel
fathers horse. This he proceeded al
once to do with his Winchester, which
was loaded with bird shot. Kinnemau
Gays about ten shots were exchanged
when Coles horse began to wander from
one side Of the road to the other, and the
lovers escaped. They then drove t.
Henry Robeck's, where Kinneman works
and fixed up in better shape, the CIR
having left home entirely unprepared FOL
extended travel. They then drove with
in a mile of Coles, passing the time un
til late in the evening and eluding pur
suers by driving into the fields occasion
ally. They next made up their minds t.
go to Howard and get married and acting
on this impulse, Kinneman drove
to James Cases place, statet
his object, secured the means
for he had mono of his own, and chang
Of horse and drove Il Howard, reaching
there about daylight yesterday. Her
he worked a little scheme with an &C
q%uaintance to get the operator out o
town hunting, which accountsl for tn
fact that no telegraphic communication
could be obtained here with Howard
He left his horse at Howard and tn
couple were driven to Villas where the.
put up at the hotel, and at 10 q. m, wen
back to Howard and we're married b,
the Rev. MI. Gray of that place, ant
have the certificate to show for it. The,
had just got back to the hotel abou
twenty minutes before Deputy Sheriff
Davis drove w and arrested Zimmerman
The latter was in excellent spirits ant
received the deputy cordially and wa
ready to return. But when the office