The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-11
Then He Tries 10 Put Bullet In.
to Everybody Else.
Town Marshal Couldn't Phase the
WouIG-Be Murderer.
He Deputies a Tramp to Bring the
Fellow to Time.
From Wednesdays Daily.

mousse mistress IaSC evening, ana IdllnS
in this he then tried to "shoot up the
town" but was laid low by a tramp who
had been deputized by the marshal to
capture the tonsorial artist.
Kimball was in love with Mrs. Michael
Toomey, with whom he was boarding,
but the lady did not reciprocate this
affection. Kimball wanted her to dis
charge all of her boarders, but she could
not see her way clear to do this. Kim
ball became angry, and on Monday he
INDUCED freely in liquor. While in an in
toXicaed condition he went to the board
ing house and had trouble with two of
the inmates, throwing them out of the
house. Yesterday afternoon he again
became intoxicated and about five o'clock
entered the boarding house and shot
Mrs. Toomey in the arm, after which he
went out on the street and commenced
to shoot at everybody in sight
The following special to The st. Paul
Pioneer Press gives further details of the
affair at Sleepy Eye:
Charles Kimball and Mrs. M. j. Toom-
ey are the central figures in a tragedy
enacted here this afternoon. Kimball is
member of the barber firm of Ham
mond & Kimball. Mrs. Toomey is an at
tractive divorced woman about thirty
years of age, and is the daughter of a
well-to-do farmer. Kimball, for two years
has been boarding at the home of Mrs
Toomey, and was, it is said, very much
infatuated with her. Instead of GO
ing to his barber shop as usual this
morning he remained at the house OF
Mrs. Toomey, and it was at this time
it is reported the trouble began Kim
ball accused her of paying her attrac,
lions to another man.
The quarrel continued until noon when
some of the boarders came home to din,
ner. Mrs. Toomey, it is said, nodded hel
head at one of the men motioning towards
Kimball and winked, meaning to infer
that Kimball was very angry and ugly
The boarder recognized her meaning and
winked in return, at the same time nod.
ding his head, meaning he understood.
Kimball saw this performance and evi
IDENTIFY thought Irritation was going on
for he jumped out of the chair and be-
gan ordering all of the boarders out OF
the house, threatening to shoot any one
who dared to remain. A second invita-
ton seemed unnecessary and immedi
ately boarders were streaming from
every available door.
The quarreling, it is said continued un
til about 5 o'clock this afternoon wher
Mrs. Toomey came running out of hel
house and started for the house of g
neighbor across the street, Kimball fol
lowing her with revolver in hand ant
ordering her to return. She paid no at
tention to his command and entered the
house of her neighbor secreting herself il
bedroom. Kimball followed and rush
ing into the bedroom began firing his re
volver at Mrs. Toomey, two bullets tax
ing effect, one in the shoulder and one il
the arm. He then took her in his left
arm and with the revolver in his right
hand started to cross the street to hel
home.
By this time a crowd had gathered, at
tracted by the shooting and excitement
and it was here that City Marshal Fran.
put in his appearance. He ordered Kim
ball to drop his weapon and throw VI
hands, and Kimball replied with tive
shots at the marshal, neither of which
reached their intended victim, but cam,
very near hitting some women in tn,
crowd.
The marshal not being an exper
marksman with his revolver, started fo
one of the hardware stores three block,
distant to get rifle In the meantim,
Kimball had become perfectly crazed, anC
had given orders in loud voice to tn,
crowds in every direction that he would
shoot the first person that made NOV,
toward him. During this excitement Mrs
Toomey succeeded in getting away from
him and rushed into her house, locking
the doors.
Kimball then very deliberately took
drink from a bottle he had in his poke
and began making speech to the crowd
ordering them again to stand back, anc
to advance at the risk of their lives
Several times some person ordered him t.
down his weapon, but each time he repli
ed with bullet from his revolver.
In his speech he said:
"She fooled one man too many, anC
thinks she can fool me. have given hel
all the money | earned and now she turns
me down and now goes winking anc
flirting with others. Toomey will b,
glad when he reads this in the papers anC
finds what 1 have DONE"
BY this time the marshal returned
with the rifle and again ordered Kimbal
to put up his hands and surrender. Kim
ball again shot at the officer, this time
nearly ending his life with well-direct
ed bullet. Franz was too exhausted tc
take effective aim, and offered the rifle
to several men standing behind trees
and ordered them to shoot
No one seemed anxious to expose his
body and take chances with Kimball
until an inoffensive-lo looking stranger, who
proved to be tramp thresher, stepped up
and took the weapon. He walked
straight toward Kimball, who was to-
ward the opposite side of the street, and
commanded him to surrender. Kimball
shot again, the bullet passing through
the rim of the strangers hat. The
thresher kept on walking, and when
within twenty feet of his opponent he
saw Kimball once more take aim and
fire.
Kimball never pulled the trigger, for
quicker than flash the stranger rails
ed his rife and fired-Kimball dropping
to the ground, throwing his
revolver some ten or twelve feet away as
he fell The bullet had taken effect in
the top of Kimball's head and entered
from the front.
Medical assistance was then hurried.
Mrs. Toomey, who was nearly dead from
loss of blood, and Kimball were taken
to doctors office for examination. Kim
ball regained consciousness and, excite
ment being high, the city officers
thought best to remove him to the hos
pital at New Ulm, and he was hurried