The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-04
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State Versus Rinsler Case Con-
Guided Tuesday.

Monday afternoon. Ell. Jones anf
III. A. Town for the state, Geo. W.
~ Wilson and Son for defense. Abou'
two hours we're consumed in secur'
ing a jury, the following being the
Jury selected: J. M. Kimel, A. p.
Is Madison, ". R. Grapes, Jacob Vail,
Nv. DeJong, Geo. Buick, Ed. San
u ger, Jos. Gown. VIM. Tentler, John
\ Schwetzer, A. Lestico, J. r. Blue.
County Attorney Jones opened
the case to the jury, stating that the
n case was one of assault in the first
VI degree, the defendant, Peter Ring
Ter being charged with an attempt
to kill Mrs. Anua Scmeisser at her
. home in Lorain on Dec. Is. 1904, by
\ shooting at her with shot gun.
s Mrs. Anna Schlueisser, the COM
1 planning witness, was sworn, and tes-
\ titled:
N. That on the morning Of Dec IT,,
1904, about 8 o'clock, defendant
1 came on horse back to my home in
Lorain. FIRST I saw of him was at
the door, when he called to me 20
open the door, hut I wouldn THE
door was locked. He5asked for my
husband, and l told him he was 60
ing to town. Ringler seemed mad.
He called Inc fool and ---,
and left, going east. He lives about
a mile and a quarter east of our
house. I next saw him a short time
after, coming toward my house,
across the field. He came to the
house and yelled at~me "Hey! Hey !!
come out here and / went out i'll
the kitchen, on the east side of the
house. The door TO Kitchen is on
northeast eorner There are two
windows on east side-One window
being close to the door "a full de-
scription of the house, etc. was Civ
en- to the jury. Ring]er was near
the kitchen. He:wantel me to open
the door, but l wouldn't. He called
me and red headed old Nor
weigan, and thief, and he was going
to tell my husband something, to
make him med, pointed shot gun at
window where l was looking out. |
said don It shoot, " and jumped be-
hind door. He says johnson is in
there. He called me more names.
He shot through the door, the charge
going over my shoulder. l had a
revolver, but ! didn't shoot it. /
told him to go away before he shot,
1 but he said he wouldn't. l after
ward hid in a closet in the main
part of the house, near a window on
the south side. Ringler kept on
yelling. peeked out Of the win
dow and saw him about rod and a
half away from the house. He kept
calling me ---, FOOL, thief. He
went away and was gone about half
an hour, when he came back, yelled
some more and finally left. I got
the revolver as a protection from
Ringler. Had had some trouble
with him ever since a suit between
Ringler and my husband. Their
was one empty shell in the revolver.
fRevolver and four loaded and one
empty cartridges were placed IN evil
denoe.) I shot the revolver at some
one about two weeks before the
10th. was alone at the house. l
went outside the house and saw a
man. called who is it, three
Z times-I'll shoot. | shot the revol-
tver in the air. l don't know who
the man was. He went away. He
had something over his face. No
J.. one was in the house with me on
Il the 10th except my baby.
Cross I an % years
I. old. Have been married four years.
Knew my husband about two
4 months before I married him. Was
married at Sibley. Moved on the
farm right away. Then met Ring
|: Ter and his wife Used to visit some
stayed all night at their house
about year ago when Mrs. Ring.
4 Ter was sick. Families were on
friendly terms until after the law
suit. Riugler was at my place the
i day before Dc. l6th, )" on horseback
4 Gus johnson, our hired man, wal
n there. I was in the door,and Ring
ler asked where schmeisser was.
said in town. Rlngler said he want
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