New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-06-18


Tanke became angry and sosdid Raj
mann and they pulled of their coats to
fight. Then Taake is alleged to have.
said:
81 killed one may to-day and it does.
not make any difference if | kill another.
sauer interfered and prevented fight.
The trio afterward met in another saloon
and made up.
Anton Raffmann was then called and
corroborated Sauer's testimony. Fred
FRANKIE was sworn and said he had been.
employed on the farm with Tanke, and
that they had worked together the fol-
lowing year. He said that Mrs. Wellner
and Tanke had been intimate, and gave
other testimony.
In the cross-e8 summation he was made
to say. that he had been told to spy on
the defendant, and that he had been ar
rested at one time for adulterating milk.
FRANKIE said that on one occasion the
prisoner (Tanke) said to HIM that he had
carried out his scheme and was boss
there. Z
Frank. Stolz was recalled to give addi-
tional testimony. VIM. Bieraengel was
then placed on the stand and corrobo-
rated testimony previously given. He
met Tanke and talked to him that even
ing in saloon, and Tanke told him he
would 60 home with him at given time,
but that Tanke did not put in an appear
ance. "
]. H. Block, state treasurer, was sworn
and testified that he was the sheriff Of
Nicolett County at the time the crime
was committed and knew the prisoner;
that he had talked with Tanke, who told
him that he was at Union Hall, New Ulm,
on that evening from 1 until 4 o'clock.
Mr.. Block was asked to examine the bull
lets found in the body of the murderer
man, and said that to his knowledge the
bullets were from SO caliber cartridge.
Edward Lemmke of New Ulm testified
that he saw Tanke in Schmucker's sa-
loon where he was barkeeper, that light
between II and 10 o'clock. He saw
Tanke, Raffmann and Sauer at the bar at
the same time. lei
The first witness for the state in the
Tanke murder trial Friday was Jehn
Schultz, chief engineer of the Eagle
Roller Mills, New Ulm. His story cor-
responded with HerZog's relating to the
search made in the river last last January
for the revolver. He told Coleman that
if the gun had been thrown in the river
in 1898 it would be necessary to dredge
farther toward the centre. He did not
see the revolver found. Herman Apitz
of New Ulm testified that he was eight
miles from New Ulm on New Years eve,
1898. and hence could not have seen
Tanke at New Ulm resorts that night, as
the latter had told Sheriff Block.
Fred FRANKIE, recalled by the state, tes-
titled that while he was working at the
Wellner farm shortly after the murder,
Tanke and he talked about overshoe,
tracks and Tanke said it was lucky his
overshoes were not looked at, for he had
new ones. 's...-
Anton Wiesner, who runs bus line in
New Ulm, then took the stand. His story
was that it was his idea to dredge the
river for the revolver and that he had
conceived the idea as soon as Herzog had
told him of Tanke's visit to the mill on
New Years eve 1898. He had insisted
Ion making the search two months before
Coleman and had paid men for the search
Witness was also present when Sheriff
Mcmillan served papers ON Tanke LAS,
fall for his arrest. When the sheriff
went out in the field to arrest Mrs. Tan.
ke, the defendant had said to Wiesner:
Il don't see how they could have found
out I never said anything to anybody
about it. .. ,.s
| Wiesner replied, frank, they must
have known something or they would
mot arrest you"
Christ Schwerr of New Ulm corrobo.
ated the former witness as to Wiesner's
hiring two men to dredge the river fol
revolver. schwerr assisted and dug up
q revolver at about 4 p. N. January ~
1902. The revolver was imbedded in
two or three inches of mud. He wash.
led it of and turned it to Coleman. The
revolver was then shown the witness,
lwho identified il as one he had found.
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