The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-17

to take off their hats so she would
know them. Her parents do not know
OF the occurrence. She did not know
Joe Salfer before. On redirect exam
ination, witness said that after re-
naming at Kasota for two days, she
was taken to st. Joseph's hospital at
st. Paul for treatment. Her family
| physician of Minneapolis visited her
there. This closed Miss Watson S testi-
mOny.
Clerk Anderson Sworn.
| VIM. Anderson, clerk of the Ka-
sofa eating house, testified that he had
lived in Kasota twelve years At
alb out 70 80 a. m. on August 4th he
heard a rap on the window and man
requested that he come out He went
and the man said to him, 81 have a
sick lady. Take her to room while I
put up my horse 1t was dark and
he could not see who the man was.
The lady was nervous, weak and I'M
able to stand. He took her up stairs,
partly carrying her, and put her on a
bed She then said, ''Leave me here
and look at those men, so you can iden-
tify them He replied that it was SO
dark he could not see them. She di-
rected him to get doctor for her.
Her waist was torn and wet and her
hair in disorder. He telephoned for a
doctor fifteen minuets later, and went
back to the room and found the lady
grooming as if in pain. He asked her
if she wanted water and she said
Eyes. ;" When he offered her glass,
she struck at it and said, "Take your
drugged whisky away A train
whistled then and she screamed and
jumped at him and was frothing at
the mouth. She said, Take your
knees off my breast, ;" 'Leave me
alone, ~ s"Take your hands off my
mouth, . "Boys, don't you know you
are committing a crime. The doc
tor came half an hour afterwards, and
Miss Nellie Kunde came about the
same time as the doctor. Witness
identified Miss Watson as the lady
whom he had taken in
Miss Nellie Kunde.
Miss Kunde testified that her home
is in Waverly, Mimi, but that she
worked at the Kasota eating house
She saw Miss Watson lying on a bed
there at about O'Clock on the morn
ing of August 4th. Heard her scream
ing and went to her room. Miss Wat
son was very sick and seemed out of
her head. She seemed to be scared
and was raving. Witness identified
the clothing which she took from Miss
| Watson that night. She did not notice
the condition of her body
DR.. w. iii. Powell
DIR. w. H. Powell testified that he
had practiced medicine at Kasota a
little over four years. Miss Watson
was in Mysteries when he arrived at
the eating house at 80 a. M, August
4th. she was in rigid condition,
with fingers clinched, frothed at the
mouth, and her mouth was constantly
in motion, and her eyes turned up to
the right with only small portion of
the pupils showing. Her head had
been pounded and was very sore, and
she had severe headache. Did not
examine her body at that time. Gave
her chloroform and remained with
her until 80 a. M, she remaining in
that condition almost up to that time.
She was not able to move from bed.
! At first he could not make her think
that she was with friends. He ex-
amined her after eight O clock the next
morning and found bruises and
scratches on the lower part of her alb
domen One bruise was four inches
long and half an inch wide. Did not
find any bruises on her head, but her
mouth was swollen and looked bruis-
ed. She told him her story of the ride
about two hours after he came to see
her, and wanted one man arrested
John Salfer. This was the only one
that she knew the name of. He visited
her four times and she was in spasms
at intervals during Saturday and
Sunday. She would go into spasms
whenever a train would go by. Saw
her last on Sunday evening, August
9Th, and found her in normal condi-
tion.
| Mrs j. b. Hodge.
| Mrs j. b. Hodge testified that she
resides at Kasota, her husband being
'talaoranh nnarator She saw Miss