The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-10-02

time" He was bidding the children all
good bye, and then he came to me and
said he wanted to bid good bye to me-.
| asked him then what he wanted. He
said he wanted to kill himself. 1 said
"what for?" and he said 81 killed my
wife," l said "You won't kill yourself"
He said, ''Do you think / want to go to
the penitentiary | then said to him
"Look at your little children here, do
you think you want to kill yourself
where they are?" Then my wife talked
to him for quite while. After little,
he gave in that he wanted to give himself
up and 90 to Mankato. Then | sent the
girls out to find the boys and they
couldn't find them, they were gone. Then
| told my wife to watch Grams close,
and / went out and got my team ready.
When / came in Grams was at his paper
drawer in the clothes cupboard. He hand
ed me a big blue envelope with papers
in. He said: ''You keep this with YOU"
Then L changed clothes, and he wanted to
90 upstairs again, and my wife stopped
him and begged him not to go. He said,
81 don't want to 60 to Mankato, l want
to kill myself" Then / came out of my
bedroom and said: "Come on, the team
and everything is all ready" He said,
"Do you think they'll hurt me?" l said,
"No, they wont hurt you" He said,
"Well, if you say so, I'll go along with
you" He sat down on the lounge and
pulled on his shoes. When he had them
on, 1 said "Come on, the team and
everything is right here" He got up
and shook hands with my wife and told
her she should take those two little girls.
Then he got in the buggy, and Max, his
boy, ran ahead and opened the gate.
When we got to the gate he said to Max
"Good bye" He said to him: "Will you
don't know" ''Well, them Grams said,
you can 90 to mammals funeral" |
went with Grams to Mankato. He told
James Lundquist that he had killed his
wife, and Mr. Lundquist said: II don't
believe YOU" Grams said: Eyes | kill
ed her, and | gave her good shot"
Then we drove on. He wanted to turn
around and come back and he grabbed
the lines with his left hand and the
horses turned short and the buggy almost
went over, and when they were doing
that, the tongue broke. He told me he
killed her at Herman Pelliberg's. He
said she didn't want to kiss him and then
he shot her.
. Dora Grams. wife of Emil Grams Jr.,
said that when Grams ST.. returned to the
house he shook hands with her and said:
Il brought my wife to rest" He went
upstairs then and | was scared and called
for my husband and rang the bell. The
old man came out, too, and told me [
shouldn't be scared. He, went upstairs
again, undressed, washed himself and
combed his hair. He hunted up his blue
suit. When he came down he asked me
if | thought any woman had to be
ashamed of him. | said 1 didn't think
there would be- Then he went upstairs
again and came down and said good bye
to the girls. He didn't tell the children
why he was saying good bye to them.
Then he gave me good bye and said he
was going to shoot himself. | urged him
to think of his children, and he finally
said: Dora, l will take your advice.
Let Emil take me to Mankato." He said
he asked his wife why she was working
at Herman Pelliberg's and why she wrote
the letters for him to come to Mankato,
for he was in Mankato looking for her
and she was working down here; that she
should come back to live with him again;
and she said mo" He said to her that
she should give him kiss and she said
''No," and then he shot her. He didn't
say that she said or did any more than
this. saw no signs of intoxication be-
fore he left for Mankato.
Malinda, Rose, Max and Rudolph, chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Grams ST., were
next sworn. Malinda said that when her
father came home he went into her room
and said 81 am going to shoot myself"
She was in bed alone, and went down
stairs and left him there. He had the
gun with him. Rosie said that she had
seen her father drunk at different times,
and did not think he was drunk Thurs
day morning before he went to Mankato.
She had heard her father threaten to
kill her mother. Max and Rudolph testi-
fed the same as Rosie about their father
not being drunk while at the house. Ru-
dolph testified to going to Smiths Mill
Wednesday night to get his father some
l0-guage shells, No. s shot, at his re-
guest. When Grams returned Thursday
morning he said to witness, swell, /
put mamma to her rest" He walked on
fast to the house. Witness had heard his