The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
HUESZY SINKING.
The Physician Forbids People
Seeing Him.
The Course Which the Bullet Took Dis
proves the Suicide Theory-.May
Have Been Accidental.

Thomas Hueszy, the wounded man
who is at the city hospital, is In very
critical condition, according to DR..
Davis, and the chances are more
strongly against his recovery than at
any time in the past. His condition
had taken turn for the worse yester-
day morning, and it was still worse last
evening This morning he seemed to
be little better, and his temperature
was not so high,
The Inflammation that has been
dreaded has begun to set in and has
attacked the lining membrane of the
sack of the heart, with effusions. In
fiammation has also started in sthe
lower lobe of the left lung, and may
spread until it involves the entire lung.
Dr. Davis this morning gave orders
not to permit anyone to see or talk with
Hueszy except the Sisters who are
nursing him. People have been going
to Hueszy and trying to induce him to
talk for one purpose or another, and
this has had a bad effect on him as well
as putting accounts of the shooting in
his mouth that he is not responsible for.
He does not understand English very
we'll and does not speak it very
WE'LL and mutual misunderstanding
have led to his being reported as saying
things that he did not say or did not
intend to say,
DR.. Davis, from conversations had
with Hueszy and a close study of
the man, is convinced that his account
Of the shooting is true statement of
the affair His investigation of the
wound has led him to come to the con-
clusion that Hueszy'could not possibly
have shot himself, as the course of the
bullet proves The man could not have
held the revolver in position to send
the bullet where it went. The flesh is
cooked at the point of entrance, as
though the revolver was held vefy'close
to the flesh.
A new theory of the affair that will
no doubt be found to be the correct one
if.Hueszy should happen to recover is
now held by those who have given the
matter careful thought. 1t is that the
shooting was accidental in a measure.
1t is thought that Hueszy was held up
by two men, as he states, and that in
order to terrify him the cold muzzle of
the weapon was pressed against his
barred breast and that he was told to lie
still and give up his money or he would
be shot. Not understanding very WE'LL
or to resist being robbed, he grappled
with his assailants, and in the scuffie
the revolver was discharged.
The robbers then hastily searched the
pockets of Hueszy's trousers, neglect
ing the vest pockets for want of time.
EThinking that the shot would attract
people to the spot and fearing possible
capture, the foot pads determined to
have no evidence of their crime upon
their persons and therefore threw the
| tell-tale revolver with it's one empty
chamber into the weeds and threw
away the extra cartridges that they
had. They may have done this for the
purpose Of misleading the officials in
to the suicide theory, but it is more
| likely that they did it as a measure of
self protection 1t was easy for them
to have gotten away unobserved among
the weeds and outbuildings, 1t will be
remembered that the theory of the
state in the murder of Harry Walraven
was similar to this.