The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-22

handle There was also sand or earth
on both The knife, as produced ir
court, was free of dirt, but there was
blood on it, tho not as much as or
the day>it was found.
Witness McMurdy, on cross-eXaml-
nation, said that one Of the detectives
carried the knife away in his hanC
and afterward in his inside coat peck
ct. He could not say that there was
more blood on the handle than on the
blade. 1t was pretty -thickly smearec
! all over.
d Detective Grumpy Called.
Detective Andrew Grumpy corrob-
/ GRATED the evidence of the two pre-
ceding witnesses regarding the find.
Ing of the knife, to the pool OF blood
the trails of blood and the bloody
finger prints on the side rail of the
bridge. #
Changing the subject, Mr.. Board
man asked rather suddenly:
DO you know Antonio calderone' the
Eyes, l have known him for nine OF
ten MONTHS
''How did you come to know him?"
HE brought vegetables to our house
once or twice a week, I believe. l spoke
to him often, but was not we'll ac-
auainted with him. cir -
Did you have q talk with him at the
county Jail last November?'
Eyes, l talked with him in the Hospital
ward of the jail"
when was THAR
ION the night. of Nov. 81. The night he
came to the sheriff. rs7 90 -+
Tell your story, re T.. -...
He then went on to say that he
had met Battalia and another man.
a stranger, at the confectionery store
on Sixth street and sHennepin; they
went to South Minneapolis and to the
Franklin avenue bridge.
II asked him what car he, took and he
said, I think it was the. Riverside line.
He said that as they were crossing the
bridge he was suddenly struck on the head
and then on the hand with a knife.
started to ask him some more questions
when he got a spasm and could not talk
/ left and Mr.. McGhee went over to talk to
Calderone. When Mr.. McGhee left the
room. 1 went back to Calderone, but he
refused to talk any more, and only said
See my lawyer 81 could get no more out
Of him"
THAT wasn't the first time you saw
me that night?" inquired Mr.. McGhee
abruptly.
II didn't say it was
Neither did I. am just asking You
if it was the first time you saw me that
night" ..7
The witness said that he had seen
the lawyer earlier in the evening, but
II WAS not ulSClOScu WIlSlS.
caiderone's Story to Grumpy.
deputy Sheriff Jones was Sitting by his
bedside when / came. I said. Hello,
Baba. I didn't know him as Calderone
at that time. He answered, Hello, Crum-
my / said You seem to be in pretty bad
shape. He complained about his wounds.
asked him about the affair with Bat
Italia" -
The witness had been in st. Paul and
boarded the car that night on Wabasha.
McGhee Takes Another Tack.
You don't usually have any difficulty in
understanding Mr.. Boardman, do your
inquiredl Mr.. McGhee, with a rapid change
of inquiry.
mo; certainly not. He expresses him.
self very clearly"
>"Why was it necessary for the county
attorney to call your attention to the
statement of Calderone as to who had
struck him-that it was the stranger?'
There was no reason for it. 49,. =. 3d.. .e
:s''Your answer contained the whole truth
as you had sworn to tell it?''
r. Yes, sir, it did. Calderone said that
1t was the strange man that struck him. -
Max Smaller Sold a Knife.
Max Smaller followed the detectives
on the stand. He worked at a pawn
browking place at Sc Washington ave-
niue S. F. w. Hermann was sworn as
interpreter, as Mr.. .Smailer's knowl-
edge OF English is limited. His
answers We're given in German, but
, he sometimes used broken English. ;
" He related the particulars of the
sale of knife to a man answering
Calderones' description. K
The witness did and pulled out Of his
lis that the knife?" asked Mr.. Board
man. -.5&& "a - -.
'Das ist der Messer"
t'How much did Calderone pay for the
knife?' - '~ :
Zone dollar and ten cents" answered
the witness promptly, without waiting 70,
the Interpreter.
do you recognize this knife?" was
asked.
pocket a long package wrapped in
paper which appeared to contain a
long 'bladed knife. AS he started to
unwrap the paper, Mr.. McGhee OBJ