The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-08
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHIER
THREE PRISONERS AWAIT IN
CURRY INTO THE DEATH OBJ
CHARLES LARSON
CHARLES KENNY INVOLVED
He Was n Member of the Party That
Larson COIIided With the
Night He Was
Hurt.


da hospital shortly after o'clock yes
terday morning. from injuries sustained
in a fight early last Sunday morning, as
stated in the G e, resulted in the ar
raignment in the municipal court yester-
day of Henry McCool, Andy Fallen and
Charles Kenny, the alleged assaiants Of
Larson, on the charge of manslaughter
The autopsy, conducted over Larsons re-
mains by Coroner Nelson yesterday after
noon, showed that death was due to con-
cussion Of the brain and a ruptured blood
vessel that caused a hemOrrhage of the
brain. It is alleged that Larson sustain
ed these injuries in the fight last Sunday
None of the prisoners were required to
enter plea yesterday, having been give~
time in which to secure counsel. Ac-
coTding to the individual stories of each,
however, 1t appears that if Larson died
from injuries sustained in the fight, Nc
Cool IS chiefly responsible for he admits
having been the only one of the trio to
strike Larson, while both Fallen and Ken
ny also claim this to have been the case;
IN fact, MCCool assumes the entire re-
sponsibility and without any show of
oraggadOciO. appears anxious that his
friends should not be involved in the
affair. He is deeply concerned over the
death of Larson. but tells a Straightfor
ward story Of the fight, whether true or
not remains for the authorities to prove,
and entirely exonerates both Fallen and
Kenny. He claims, however, that he
was justified in attacking Larson. though
NE declares he only struck Larson with
his fist and had no intention of killing
him. McCOofs story, even to the details,
IS cOrrOborated by his companions.
According to McCOoPs story he was sit
ting with Fallen and Kenny on the side
walk in front of his home, 1891 Payne
avenue, about l o'clock Sunday morning.
when Larson passed. McCOol admits that
he had been drinking during the night.
He says Larson went by the group and
turned into the yard Of the NIcCool home.
Young McCOol says he wondered what a
stranger was approaching the house for
at such an hour, and watched Larson.
He says Larson went to the front en-
trance and shook the door, afterward
walking to the rear Of the house and
trying the back door McCool says he
does not remember Of having seen Lar
son before and that he ran around to-
ward the back Of the house to ascertain
what the stranger was doing. He claims
Larson was still on the rear porch, try
ing the door. McCOOl says he grabbed
Larson. demanding what he wanted, when
he claims Larson struck at him. Then
there was a scuffie, according to young
McCOol. who says several blows were eX-
changed. McCool admits that he knocked
Larson down during the fight. He says,
however, that Larson got up unassisted
and retreated, apparently uninjured. Nc
Cool says Fallen went to the rear Of the
house just as the fight was about over,
while Kenny remained in the front on
the sidewalk.
The above story IS corroborated by
both Fallen and Kenny. Fallen says he
j, and McCool had been about the Payne
avenue district during the evening drink
the way home by Kenny, sat down on
the walk in front Of the McCool home to
talk. He tells of Larson coming along
and going to the doors of the house and
how young McCool went after him. He
says he went around to the back of the
house where he heard the sound of the
fight, but that when he got there Lar
son was going away. He says he saw
no club or weapon of any kind in Nc
COOl's possession, but that McCool com
planned of having hurt his hand when he
struck Larson.
Kenny's story IS quite like that of Nc
Cool and Fallen up to the point where
Larson went into the yard. Kenny says
he started home when McCool went af-
ter Larson and saw nothing of the fight.
He says he went to the municipal court
voluntarily yesterday and was arrested
there, though the police had interviewed
him the previous evening
The police are inclined to doubt the
story of Larson having tried to break
into the McCool home and think there
was simply a street fight. It is claimed
Larson told Miss Nelson, at the house
Of Nels Nelson, 1892 Payne avenue
where he boarded, that he had a fight
while going home Sunday morning, not
mentioning the alleged intrusion at Nc
Cools home. Furthermore. the police
claim to have learned that Larson was
acquainted with n least ATNCcn1 To
len, while all of the young men under
arrest assert that they did not know Lar
son The police say that Larson told
Miss Nelson that he had a fight with
two men, and named McCool and Fallen
as the men.
Larsen reached his home about O. clock
Sunday morning and retired. He was up
and about Sunday, when he told Miss
Nelson OF the fight, but complained Of
no serious injury. The only evidence Of
the fight were several apparently slight
bruises about the right temple and a
badly discOlOred eye. Sunday afternoon
Larson returned to the boarding house
and complained Of being ILL., He went to
bed and Dr. Whitney attended him. Dur
ing the night Larson became unconscious
He was taken to Bethesda hospital Mon
day afternoon, and remained in a coma
tose condition until he died. Beyond the
story told to Miss Nelson by Larson,
nothing about the fight was learned from
Larson.
Larson was about twenty-five years Of
age, and came to this city last spring
from Fergus Falls, where he worked in
a stone quarry. His home is at Royalton
Mimi, where his parents live. The body
VIII be sent to RoyaltOn tonight.
Coroner Nelson will hold an inquest to-
day al the county morgue.
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