New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-10-08
Z DIN ; PTS MURDER
CHRIST SfHWER QUARRELS WITH Ed.
LEffkE AND THEN SHOOTS HIM.
BULLET HODGES IN lEMKE's HEAD.
SGHWER s0IVES t1InSELF UP AND is
LonqED IN THE COUNTY JAIL.

II
At moor Sunday this city was consider.
ably startled By the report Of a shooting
Iaffray that took place in schmucker's
brewery, p which Christ Schwer shot Ed.
Lemke, the bullet entering near the nose
on the iefeside and lodging below the.
brain near the ear in such position that
litis Impossible to remove it. Immedi-s
ately after doing the shooting schwer ran
out Of thee brewery into the alley and
then to Neumann's livery barn where he
asked for q rig to drive out in the coun-
try. He failed 20 get it here and went
to another where he met wlthlike results
and then be started towards Turner hall
where he met Albert Pfaender to whom.
he told what he had done and asked what
he should do. Mr.. Pfaender secured the
revolver ard Sehwer returned and walk
ed with Mr.. Pfaender to Minnespta street
where he gave himself up to the police
and was Immediately placed in the coun-
ty jail.
As nearsas can be learned the two men
were in the Schmucker's brewery and
were drinking, evidently in good humor,
when, one story is,reference was made to
some OF the inmates of low resort west
OF the city, to which Schwer took offepse
and quarrel followed. The words seem
ed to be ili good natured way on the
part of LeInke who said, "Here's no to
Daisy .9= a&~
This remark was more that Schwer
could stand anu after calling Lemke.
several vile names he said, "I'll shoot.
you,' and without further warning pull
ed bis revolver and fired. With the ex.
plosion Of the gun he said, "who loaded
my revolver $.@
Lemke was not unconscious by the
shot and was able to walk with assistance
to his home. At first it was thought that
blank cartridge had been used but later
the bullet was located. The man has
only one chance in a hundred Of recover
| ing. ..ssszs,s - .
Lemke himself says that there was no
quarrel and that he had just warned
Schwer to be careful with the gun as he
might do some damage with it and that.
he had replied that he didn't care. He
was 50 under the influence Of liquor that
lie evidently did not realize what he was
doing and IS soon as the gravity of the
deed forced itself upon him be was ready
to collapse. When taken in hand by Mr.
Pfaender he was in such condition that
there was danger of his taking his own
| life though he had made up his mind to
give himself up. 81
Schwer is absolute character and
saturday night was out to the resort re-
ferred to and became so boistrous that
they threw him out and this was no
doubt the reason for his indifference to
to results Of his actions. BIZ
County Attorney Olson came down
from Springfield on Monday and schwer
was taken, before Justice Brandt charged
with carrying loaded weapon with In.
tent to do bodily injury to Ed. Lemke.
The hearing in this case was put of until
Monday Oct. IS. he will be confined
I'm jail pending the hearing. Albert
Pfaender appeared as his counsel.
An expensive but lasting lesson in
honesty has been taught in the courts Of
Minneapolis by the convection of Fred
Ames Of receiving br1be while in the
employ mente OF the city. He was sen
fenced to sir and one-half years in the
/ penltentiary Tat Saltwater, q sentence that
hmeets Withsthe approval of most of the
people, While the sum Of money that
lit was proved he took was not large,
i SIS, the fact that he would stoop to such
methods atalI was the great incentive to
punishment Il is safe to say that when
. Minneapolis official accepts another
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