New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-18
In B IDENl 1E.
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the state to have been Nellner's s. NIX
4 MILAN admitted he was interested il
! the prosecution Of the elmer case
but only as sheriff Of Nicollet county
He knew rewards had been offered, bn
!. knew they could not be accepted by
public officers. He had beg IAN investi-
cations of the case as soon as he was
detected to office. ItsWas athis sugges.
ton that the Minnesota river had beer
searched for the revolver.
The state rested At | rs Monday sitter
noon and w. Leeman immediately
opened for the defense. He promised
i to prove an abb for Tanke, showing
that he left the w elmer farm at 5:1s
instead Of about las the state contends
and took goose to his parents at New
Ulm, reaching that place at 8 O'Clock
instead at $50. He then changed his
clothes and went to the dance al
Schmucker's hall, where he stayed I'M
til IL o'clock, going from there to
Union hall where he remained until 4
a. m.
Leeman outlined the story that Mrs.
Tanke will tell as follows: She and
IWellner Whose wife she then Was) were
awakened by noise on the night Of the
31st of December, 1898. Wel1ner dress
ed and went out and a few minutes later
she heard shot. She started out but
was met at the door by a. man who
| forced her to sit down and tied her
Hands. He then demanded her pocket
book securing it and a watch and chain
and left. She sat q short time and
then called her daughter wfo united
her and together they went to her
fathers who returned with them and
found the body as the state claims.
The defense also purposes to show
that Wellner had number of enemies
and at one time had four horses poi.
soned and that he might have beer
killed by some malicious person with
| whom he had trouble
! J. K. Morrison, a conductor on the
Minneapolis & st. Louis railway was
sworn, and testified he had charge Of
the passenger train which arrived al
New Ulm on the night of Dec 81. 1898
He produced records showing that the
train was on schedule time that even
ing, leaving Winthrop at sos, Lafa
yette at 1924, Klossner at8:39, arriving
at New Ulm at 1855. I'd"
Prof. Levenworth of the stateuniver
sity testified that he had made q study
of astronomy. He said the moon rose
at New Ulm Dec. 81, 1898, 8:45 p. m.
and that the sun setat4:49p- M, stand
ard time. >,.a.>g ~
Peter Ulerick ofKlossner was sworn
and said that he did not see William
Willmert at his home that evening. 81
was corroborated by Mrs. 5Reiter, ,
neighbor.
Mrs Tanlze was then placed on th'
tstand, and testified thatshe had dresset
q goose, which Tanke had purchased
from Wellner, and that Tanke left tn
house at about Sis p. M. that evening
for New Ulm, not returning until Mon
day afternoon following. Shetestife,
| that on the night of the murder she an
her husband and two children wer
home alone and sleptin one room, eac
:: parent sleeping with child.
I They retired at the usual hour
O'Clock, and some time in the nigh
were awakened by noise in the YARD
Wellner went out and then Mrs. Tank
heard shot. As she started for tn
door to investigate shewas stopped b
a man in the centre of the room an
} told to sit on lounge if she kne
J what was good for her. Then anothe
man entered and they tied her wit
ropes. They took Wellner's watcl
\ found the purse and departed. Mrs
Wellner then aroused one other chilt
rem, who released her, and she went
! her fathers home and gave the alarm
The testimony Of Mrs. Amelia Tank
continued from Monday, discloses th
: she had offered reward of $500 for tt
1 apprehension Of the party or parties wi
killed John Wellner, also that she al
her husband had had no trouble in ma
ried life. -sz "a. y I.=.
G. r. Davis, for the state, then p
her. to severe cross examination viii
carefully went over the alleged circul
stances attending the murder of her hi
band, as related by her on the star
She thought that the two men came .
tied her hands before midnight, and tt
she sat on the lounge until after 2 .. I
when Rose, her daughter, cut the twil
The state endeavored to show that sol
Of her testimony yesterday was at va
ance with statements made to Shel
Block during former examination
. When pressed as to answers made ID
9 she either made flat denials or stat