New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-14
Jury Finds Christ Schwer Guilty
Of Assault in the First
Degree.
SENTENCE z IL YEARS u PEN,
! Jury Takes Six Hours to Deter
mime the Verdict Id
the Case. rs

II expected that the verdict would be
assault in second degree, but the jury
held to the Indictment Of the grand jury
and agreed on the first degree as the YER
Dict
Monday morning the prisoner was
brought in conrt to receive his sentence.
There were present only the officials oil
the court, the attorneys and one or two
Others when the judge read the sentence
that took from him the privileges of d
citizen and his liberty for seven and one
half years. The sentence seemed hard
and severe in the empty court room and
the emphasis that the judge laid upon
the words s'at hard labor" gave the
prisoner the first taste Of what is IN store
for him.
While there IS every reason to believe
that the seriousness of the crime was
sufficient to warrant the verdict, there is
no doubt that the man was so much un-
der the Influence Of drink that he vas
not in a condition to be responsible for
what be did, but because of that and the
fact that he bears the reputation Of 8
most dissolute character and had made
several threats upon different people IN
the city there is reason to believe that he
got no more than he deserves.
The crime for which he was tried and
for which he is to suffer punishment is
that Of he shooting of Ed. Lemke. The
shooting took place IN the Schumacher
brewery one Sunday last summer, the
bullet entering the mans head near the
eye and lodging near the base Of the
brain, that Lemke did mt die and il at
this time in apparently good physical
condition Notwithstanding the fact that
he still carries the bullet around in his
head, is due to the fact that he does not
seem to be constructed in as frall con-
dition as most men and not because the
wound was not dangerous. Lemke was
not anxious that the man should suffer
and did not care to have him prosecuted.
The grand jury lad nothing TO do af-
ter their work on this case except,to in.
spect the Jail and this they found in very
l. ~
satisfactory condition.. Nobody appear
ing against Jos. GALES before the grand
jury that body adjourned after. having
been in session less than day.
Albert Pfaender won his case in the
Isuit Of A. L. Ackerle vs. John Haenze
and the judge ordered verdict for the
Idefendent.
The case Of the Farmers Elevator
against Jas. Montgomery was not tried
but was referred to a.referee, who in this
ease is W. T. Eckstein, before whom tile
testimony will be taken ny . steno.
grapher.
Hoidale & Somsen secured verdict
for Aug, e. Matter in the the case Of the
Mosler Safe Go. We Aug. T.. Matter.
Albert Pfaender was also successful u
IN his defense IN the case of Henry
ltChristman VS. VIM. Abba case Of eject.
ment and one that was quite strongly
contested. He was also successful in the
attempt to free Mrs. Scherer from the
payment of damages IN the case Of
Louisa Gasink vs. The City Of New Ulm
and Mrs. Scherer In this case he proved
that part Of the city charter under which
it was determined that Mrs. Scherer was
held was unconstitutional, so the case
now lies with the city.
In the case of Frank Rebel VS. Town
Of Prairieville judgment was ordered FOL
respondent. Most Of the other cases were
dismissed, settle continued or to be tried
lin vacation.
Brown county Is to be compliments
on the shortness Of the calendar and the
comparative unimportance Of the case
that were on It. t Is something tina,
penhaps does not make the lawyers feel
ss well as more work would but it shows
that the people are, not swift 70 run in.
to trouble, aud i speaks well for the
county.
The remaining pubic lands .are The
heritage Of the people. 4 i the duty
OF our national Law makers to see to j,
that the people are not deprived Of thai
heritage b. land monopolists.