The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-05-12

time he had trouble with Kuehn was
when the latter started to pillow the
land, and Metag told him he had no
right there, whereupon Kuehn came
at him with monkey wrench and
drove him off the place The third
time he had trouble was when Kuehn
came at him with a pitchfork and
drove him off the place. A fourth
time he had trouble was in harvest
time when he tried to get his horses
from the rented land into the pasture.
Kuehn, with gun drove him off the
place. A fifth row occurred over
Kuehn's chickens feeding on his grain.
A sixth row occurred while Kuehn
was in the employ of Metag, when
Kuehn told Metag that he would
shoot any one who attempted to
thresh before blowing. A seventh row
occurred over the use of wagon,
when Kushn told the defendant that
he was going to buy revolver and
shoot everybody that bothered him.
Coming up to the day of the shoot
ing he confirmed other witnesses up
to few minutes before the shooting.
Half an hour was here spent in get
ting in evidence regarding Metag's
contract to work the land in question,
and finally the contract was read.
Metag then identified the revolver,
saying that he had bought it four days
before, because he was afraid to go on
the land to thresh, on account of
Kuehn's threat. He bought the re-
volver in Morgan. He had two guns
in the buggy, which his boy put there
for hunting purposes, and which he
had used frequently on the rented
land.
Metag, continuing his story, said
that he told Kuehn that he was going
to thresh because he was out of horse
feed. Kuehn insisted on the blowing
being done and when Metag told him
that there was corn enough on the
farm to pay for the blowing Kuehn
said that he didn't give dam for the
corn; he wanted the blowing done.
Kuehn came at him shaking his fist
and calling him a Glow down man,
The compliment was turned, and then
Kuehn called Metag "a dirty dog
whereupon Metag told him that if
there we're any dogs around he was
one. Kuehn told him to come out of
the buggy, and on coming out he saw
Kuehn place his right hand in his
pocket, he thought to get gun to
shoot. Metag pulled his gun and
fred, he intending to shoot him in the
right arm, disable him so that he
couldn't take the defendants life. He
never intended to kill Kuehn, and he
was too frightened to know how many
times he shot.
Metag believed that the only way
to save his own life was to disable
Kuehn.
General Childs conducted the cross
examination, and while Mr.. Childs at
tempted to ascertain, through the wit
ness, that the land had been pur-
chased by Mr.. Welter for the benefit
of Kuehn, the witness claimed that he
had no such understanding. He de-
MED that he was to deliver the crop
to Kuehn, when threshed, or that Mr..
Welter had told him that he must do
the remainder of the business, after
the contract was drawn with Kuehn.
1t was in July when Kuehn threatened
him with pitchfork. The cross-ex-
animation on the scene at the homi-
eide, was a hot one, and practically
confirmed the testimony of the Dietz-
man boys and Ernest Pless.
John Garlic was called and stated
that Kuehn's reputation for being a
vicious and quarrelsome man in Sher-
man was bad, j. F. Dietzman said
likewise, M. F. Tolman ditto, after
which a recess until 2 o'clock was
taken.
At the opening of court Saturday
afternoon Henry Otto gave Kuehn a
bad reputation. Henry Hehne, who
owned the threshing machine which
was to have threshed the grain on
Kuehn's place, said that when Metag