The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-20
HE DID NOT RAISE HIS Gun
EYE-WITNESSES OF MROZINSKI
TRAGEDY AGREED ON
THAT POINT
THE RIFLE WAS BY HIS SIDE
Yesterdays Evidence Tended to
Show That Deceased Was Not
Given a Chance to Make
Any Resistance.

Yesterdays proceedings in the Corhett
trial were confined to evidence given on
behalf of the prosecution. In one i'm
portant respect all the witnesses agreed
and that was in being positive that the
elder Mrozinsh had no weapon in HIS
hand when the fatal shot was fired by
Corbett. The testimony was confined al
most entirely to eye-WitneSses of the
tragedy, and save in one instance, they
told stories reasonably corroborative.
One CLEAN of humor illumined the 9TH
erwiSe sombTe recitals of the various
witnesses, and that was when one was
called whose name no Anglo-SaXon could
be expected to pronounce The county
attorney, the clerk of court, and even
the learned court, all took random shots
at 1t, and the attempts were so far wide
Of the mark that the possessor of the
name did not know that he was wanted
He was finally located, and gave
Blckaejlla as the correct spelling There
after he was referred to as "the man
with the name"
The 11rst witness was John Mrozinski,
who testified to Identifying the remains
OF his father at the county morgue. DIR.
j. M Finnell and w. D. Richardson the
morgne keeper, gave evidence as to the
appearance of the corpse and the wounds
found thereon.
THEY SAW THE FIGHT.
Then came John De Mako, an Italian,
living at 40 Phalen creek. He was en-
ployed at cleaning cattle cars by the
Milwaukee road, and was an eyewitness
of all the details of the killing His
command of English was limited but his
delivery was dramatic, and did not weak
en- under the severe cross-eXamina ton
to which he. was subjected by Mr. Don
nelly In par his story was as follows:
saw two boats coming up the river
A little boat was ahead. Two men were
In it. A big boat was quarter of a
mile back. The little boat tried to land
The gasoline boat called the other boat
to stop. There were five men, 1 think,
In the big boat. They had guns, and
said: Move your feet and you are
shot "
To counsel for the defense witness tes-
tilted that he watched the whole pro-
ceedings with the closest interest The
elder Mroznski had gun on his knees,
but did not attempt to take it in his
hands. He was shot while he was in a
understanding position, and one of his
hands was hanging down by his side.
AS soon as the smoke had lifted a little
the old man toppled over into the water.
At the time of the shooting, witness
judged that he was about 300 feet away.
lie shot came from the rear or middle
of the launch
41'SA -AACCOIlOuSu, VINO was al o
working at the cattle cars, told prac-
ucalIy the same story, except that he
turned away before the shot was fired
lie heard the report He also testified
mat ne was not working in the same car
as was the Italian.
THE AFTERNOON SITTING
The first to be called after the noon
recess was the man with the name. y
he gave his evidence with an easv
abandon, and was positive of everything
ne said His version was quite different
TO lhat of any preceding witness. and he
proved an easy mark for Mr.. DonneIIv'e
croSS-eAamlnation. Like the precedinG
Witnesses, he was working on one of thu
STOCK cars, and professed to have seen
the shooting. He saw the launch con
talnlng the deputy wardens and the
smaller craft in which were the two
Mrozinsl1is
When he first saw them the deputies
were quite close to him and he hear
one Oh them shout: stop, or YOU arr
dead man. The son was rowing han
Gid not stop. Seeing this, the launch an.
proaehed the skiff quite closely. and ms
as the two boats seemed to be about r
touch, the shot was fired and Mrozinsl,
fell into the water.
When Mr.. DonnelIy took the witness II
hand, he told another story. To hin
witness swore that he saw the dennfias
with their guns and revolvers leveIed