The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1898-03-17

Hal could not remember how many
times he was hit The first was the
one causing the scar extending from
the nose under the left eye, the second
tore the ear, and another was on the
right side near the ear. Other blows
with the first followed, as we'll as the
kicks. Here Hal showed His Honor
relics of the assault, in the shape of
the slowly repairing facial bruises,
and then the washee told the county
attorney that he did not know what
kind of weapon was used at the time
of the assault, because he did not see
it then. He thought the first blow
knocked him senseless. The assailant
was standing on side and behind him
when the first blow was struck. Hal
said that he had bad night of it,,
after the assault, and the sores still
hurt him. He saw the shot bag after
the assault and also the shot scattered
oyer the floor.
1t was here that Wing gave his most
sensational testimony. He said that
he could not recognize the man then,
but that he had talked with Rollins
many times before the assault, and
after Rollins was arrested, he detected
a similarity in the voice of Rollins
with that of the assailant Asked for
a description, further than that al
ready given, be said that his assailant
wore long overcoat, couldn't tell the
kind of hat or cap, was medium sized,
and he didn't know whether there was
anything on his hands.
Wing then identified his underwear,
all covered with blood, and said that
the blood came from wounds received
in the assault. He also identified the
shot bag.
On cross examination Wing was not
materially shaken in his evidence.
He told the assailant that he was
writing to his cousins at the time, and
he, suspecting an assault, tried to get
out before it was committed. He
tried to avoid all blows after the first
by placing his arms over his face. He
denied Rollins coming iu!a day or two
after the assault had been committed
and asking him whether he was the
man who did it. On redirect he
thought that the bag contained sand,
the way it felt when it struck him.
Mrs. Augusta Jaehn,stated that she
heard Hai's cries and sentsshe little
girl out to see what was the matter.
The latter returned and told her Hal
Wing had been whipped. She then
went to his place, and found him
standing just inside the door. There
was blood over his face and sleeves.
She helped wash Wing, and found
that his nose and ear was cut, his face
badly swollen, thumb and elbows cut
and bruised. This was about 8 o'clock.
She saw him at 6:45 and he was al
right then. She thought he was
sensible when she first saw him after
the assault.
Chief of Police Crooks stated that
Hal was in rather a dilapidated condi-
tion when he saw him after the assault
between 8 and 8:15 o'clock looked as
though he had gone through a saw
mill, the Chief said. He was covered
with blood. There we're marks on his
face and it was swollen-a cut on the
bridge of his nose and an ear was
broken in one place. He identified
the shot bag, and some of the shot
which he had picked up from the floor.
He said that the shot in the bag would
make dangerous weapon.
At this junction a legal clash oc-
CURED, that absorbed an hour or more
of time. Mr.. Clague wanted Mr..
Crooks to give the nut of an interview
Mr.. Clague had with Rollins at the
county Jail on February 2Sth, at which
Mr.. Crooks was present. Judge Bow
ers went over the details leading up
to this confession, and finally got Mr..
Crooks temporarily excused for the
purpose of worming something out of
Sheriff Pease, Mr.. Bowers saying that
he proposed to show that Mr.. Pease
held out false promises to Rollins, if
he would make confession that is,
he would try to have the case reduced
to simple assault and battery, and that
Rollins acted on this statement when
he made confession to Mr.. Claeue.
"The sheriff made very wrong