The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-03
HELD FOR MURDER
IN FIRST DEGREE
Kalderwit, Harmon and Kolb
Must Stand Trial for Death
of Freddie King.
STATE rs REINFORCED
BY TODAYn,ss. sEVIDEN CE
Witness Slater Tells How He
Heard the Hold-up Plotted
by the Men.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Anoka, Mimi, Dec. 3.-Orlin Kalder-
wit, Charles III Harmon "a and 4 81; John Kalb,
who held up Ed Mingo's saloon in Col
umbia Heights Nov. % and killed
9-year-old Freddie King, will have to
stand trial on charge of murder in the
first degree. AT noon today, after hear
ing the evidence against the men, Judge
F. S. Stewart held them without bail
to await the action of the grand jury.
They were taken to Minneapolis and
will be held in the Hennepin county
jail.
Slowly, but surely, County Attorney
A. F. Pratt wove the network of evil
dence about the three suspects. When
he rested the case, the defense decided
to offer no evidence and the men were
held without comment. .-.. .
Heard the Holdup Planned.
The most important witness for the
state at this mornings session of the
court was George Slater, who has a
lunch wagon near the Grand Central
hotel. He told how he had overheard
Kalderwit and Kolb plan to hold up the
Columbia Heights saloon on Thursday
night before the raid was made.
| nave huOWn hOlD LOT dDOuG lOur
weeks" said Slater. "He came to
the lunch wagon and bought sand
witch and then we got acquainted. Just
before the murder he was in the habit
of coming and helping me run my wagon
in late at night. He brought Kalder-
wit to me- ne and h toa fans to treat him
! About five nights before the hold
up, I heard Kalderwit say to Kolb,
Let's get together and go out and get
that joint at Columbia Heights Kolb
said, If l go out there, I ain It going to
go for nothing When I heard about
had heard and he told Detectives Brown
and, Crummey, who arrested the three.
4 " On the night of the murder, Kolb
i came to; my lunch wagon about 6
4 o'clock and, bought a sandwich. He
didn t pay for it, but said he was going
pay for it when he came to help me
take IN the wagon. l did. not see him
\ again that night. - zs ~
1 Slater also Identified the famous wine
colored sweater, which was found near
it belonged to Kalderwit, and that his
attention had often been attracted to il
because it was so dirty about the collar
: Kalderwit' S though Walk
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dorm of CO
lumbia Heights, who stopped at tn,
door of the saloon on the night of thu
1 holdups and murder, Dorm entering tt
buy a drink while his wife remained
outside, were called to the stand.
Both sWore they saw three men OF
$ the outside, one of them having pc
s culiar, swinging walk, or "toug]
= walk as they expressed it. When tn
a ward their home they turned at tn
$ top of the hill and looked back an
e then saw the three men at the bac]
I door Of the saloon. It was brigh
+, moonlight night and they could Sc
II plainly.
to T r. s% 5as Saturday s9ayy both
, three murder suspects. Mr.. Dorm, i
:, torney, said: 81 couldn't Just swea
q to it, that they are the particula
- ones. - ~, q 49," ,-a
It Mrs. Dorm swore that the prisoner
n were walked back and forth befo1
70 swinging gait as one of the men see
20 by her at the Mingo saloon
- Paul Erickson, 264O Fillmore sire
e. NE, one of the victims of the holdu
w positively identified Kalderwit al
d Harmon as two of the men. He W;
highwayman was more in the bac
ground. .s t- r=a@.>
/, Gist of the Evidence.
of The salient points brought O
ur against the defendants are given
v brief as follows: 49,.
ny The man who shot Mingo had a st
ed on the back Of his hand. I saw the sar
er mark on the back of Kalderwit's hand
ld Michael Krisko, Jr. ,4-
Michael told me about that star the d
re- after the murder and before Kalderv
=. was arrested or had ever been heard
~ by him.-Michael Krisko, ST..
i ~ Kalderwit, Harmon and Kolb rode
-. - my the night of the murder. One
~ them got of at Thirty eighth avenue a
10 the other two rode to the end Of the lii
~ will swear that they are the men
70. M. Marley, conductor Columbia Heigl
- street car line.
TO- Three men,, who look much like
re. prisoners, rode on my car from -Four
700 street to Twenty-ninth the night of
me murder. They got off after QUARREL
about extension transfers. 1 would
positively identify the men, but think tt
are the ones.-Julius Caulefald, Eigl
and Central street car conductor.
SSI Orln Kalderwit purchased a revol
~ from me for SLAB on Saturday. before
~, murder. 1t is the same revolver that '
ny ~ shown to me after the murder and S
nnJ to have been picked up on the railrt
tracks William W1seman, paWnbro
i+b in Minneapolis.
lor. John Kolb pawned a satchel contain
ROE la pair of patent leather shoes, revol,
she cartridges and the like with me after
one murder. He got SO on the lot-Jt
ing Goodman, Minneapolis pawnbroker.
Kalderwit and the other two came he
ne about II o'clock the night of the murt
hen The following Friday Kolb gave me a
to caliber revolver and box of 38-caI
We cartridges to sell.-A. J. Smith, nj
tor clerk. Grand Central hotel.
low I heard Kolb and Kalderwit planr
to RI hold m the Colnmhia Heights sal
hat ~, 1b,,rsda1, -Iiobt before tho Mr..
J it. Tbat vine colored sweater belonged
Kalderwit. George Slater, lunch wa
man near Grand Central hotel.
10y positively identify Orlin Kalderwit
,.ns Charles Harmon as two of the men
Tho held up the Columbia Heights saloo
fta1. am not SO sure about Kolb as the t
: III man kent more in the background.-