Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-10-05
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nialeA Ding We, the undersigned
iurorl wish to say that said in
EqaestW was held tat Parshall's hotel,
in the village of Randall on Sept.
27th. That the coroner and his
scribs.L, D. Brown and Sheriff Rider,
were the only persons present except
jury and witnesses. County Attor-
ney Lyon was not here. That the
body of Gust Winberg VAS not dis
interrt {, ), but lay where buried about
seveasmiles from where the jury sat.
That they did not at any time
disagree and took only one vote.
FhataWe did not ask nor desire the
presence OF the coroner until the
verdict was reached, but that the
coroner came into our room unbid-
den and told US to hurry up. that
we had no right to disagree, but
mustglve full note one way or the
other. Furthermore more the Jury
did not think Gus Winberg-kllled
himself rs there was no evidence to
show that he did. The coroner in
sisted the body of Gue Winberg held
in bissright hand pistol, that said
hand was in a certain position and
every witness testified that the right
hand was in q different position than
stated by the coroner. That there
we're no officers to express theiropin-
ion on the4verdict, :as there was none
present except the coroner and the
sheriff. That the sheriff was present
ouly 9 part of the time and went
home before Mr.. Dahlgren had in-
ished his testimony and before Mrs.
Dahlgren had been called to the
stand Therefore there was no Of
icer TO express surprise at the ver-
dict except the coroner. The Jury
did n6t believe that boy fourteen
years sold. who was we'll and healthy
and had no vicious habits. when>he,
wished to leave Mr.. Dahlgren's,
would write to his father to get his
consent, then kill himself before he
could either hear from his father or
get hs letter back. This boy wrote
q letter to his father asking permit
to leave Mr.. Ddhlgren's. The letter
vas written in the hay field, ther.
came up shower of rain that wetthe
letter. Instead Of going home, he
went to John Olsen's, wrote another
letter and got Mr.. Olson to mail it.
The letter was mailed in Little Falls
on August 14th.. There was a re-
quest on the envelope to return in
ten days: 1t took two days to 20,
therefore two days to return, so you
can see that it was impossible for
that letter to get hack to the Little
Falls Office beforesthe 28th of Aug.
The boy was shot the night of the
23rd of Aug. We would like to see
those letters translated and printed
insome paper. There was quite diff
ference in the testimony of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dahlgren, but we did not think
it sufficient to warrant us in bringing
a different verdict. We did not let
outside feelings enter into our dis
cussion of the matter, but we could
not help but smile when the coroner
insisted that the shed where the body
lay, was clean and that there was
no COW manure there. His scribe, L.
D: B., spoke up and said there was,
for he stepped in it. ...s.
Dated at Randall, Minn., Sept. 20,
1900. : - ,
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