New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-02-05
BROWN COUNTY, MINI WEDNESDAY, FE

80 1870
same evening at about $ O'Clock. he was
back at the " ellner farm and riding one
| OF the We liner horses at break neck speed
across county to Klossner station; jump.
led off the mare and ran down the track
larriv1ng there as the train stopped; that
the bagggageman saw him get of the
Iplatform OF cars at New Tim. The
motives for the crime, that Mrs. liner
lid not love her husband for some time
previous; made threats against HIM; that
| she loved Frank Tanke that their con
duct was immoral 10 the highest degree.
Expect to show what kind Of man he is !;
that he owned and carried 3S-calibre
revolver; expect to show and identify
that revolver, " hich was found in the
Minnesota river at New Ulm. That.
Tanke was seen in the vicinity of the
Eagle mill along the river on midnight
of the night Of the murder. Expect TO
produce witnesses that have heard him
and her say that they shot and killed
John Wellner.''
"Now gentlemen Of the jury, we will
leave to you to decide whether Frank
Tanke is guilty or innocent from the
evidence produced
The first witness on the stand was DR..
| O.. G.. Stricken of New Ulm. He con-
Quoted the autopsy at the coroner's in
quest and testified as TO the nature of
the wounds which caused Mr.. Wellner's
death. ~ !. s. 81
He found that Wellner came to his
death by two bullet wounds, either Of
which would have produced immediate
death. One was wound in the back,
the bullet entering the abdominal cavity,
also severing large blood vessels. DR..
Stricken thought this was the wound
first inflicted and the one which caused
his death. The second was a wound ia
the head, which he believed had been
inflicted after Wellner had been mortal
~ wounded. rs
DR.. G. F. Merrill, coroner of the coun-
ty, was the next witness. His testimony
also related to the facts brought out at
the inquest and corroborated the testi.
mony of DR.. Strickler. J. D. Billingsly,
an architect, was put on the stand to
identify charts and plots made Of the
premises.
| William Bieraugel, a brother of Mrs
Tanke, was put on the stand by the state
to prove that 'Tanke did not go to New
| Ulm at the time he claimed. Tanke stated
that he left the Wellner. home about 4
or.5 O'Clock of the day before the muir.
der to go to New Ulm, to attend dance
Bieraugel testifes that Tanke had ar.
ranged to go to New Ulm with him and
that between 4 80 and he drove to the
Wellner farm as agreed, but that Tanke
had not left the house. Bicraugel pro.
ceeded on to New Ulm, attended the
dance, but did not see Tanke.
Joseph Wild was on the stand as court
adjourned and had not completed his
story. He was around about 5 O'Clock
on the morning Of the alledged murder
and was asked to go to Wellner's. He
reached there between and 7. He found
the body and it was frozen stiff at the
time. Mrs. Wcllner testified at the in.
lqnest that the murder was committed
about three CLOCK IN the morning and
the fact that the body was frozen stiff al
Is o'clock IS intended to discredit he1
story ana confirm the theory of the state
THAT tile murder occurred the previous
evening.
Celebrated 0ptician Coming.
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