The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-15

Donnelly failed to elicit any new in
formation from the witness, except that
he was unable to tell whether or not
the rear entrance was open or closed
when. he entered through il.
AS soon as GerenZ was excused from
the witness stand the noon adjourn
ment was taken. At o'clock in the
afternoon DR.. A. w. Miller, county cor
oner, was placed upon the stand. He
recited the details of finding the body
interior of the shop at that time. He
identified the bloody cleaver, which
was introduced by the state, as the one
which he had found lying beside the
body of Schindeldecker, and a bent fin
ishing nail as the nail which had been
found driven over the latch of the front
door Tor the purpose OF holding II fast.
BY the aid of notes which he had he
gave a technical description of the
thirty-two wounds found upon the
body of the murdered man, declaring
that ten Of the wounds found were
any one of them fatal alone. He said
that death was caused through in
juries and loss of blood.
He testified to having found the body
of Schindeldecker lying face downward
on the floor of the back room with
blood still ooZing from the cleaver
wounds The sawdust on the floor of
the front room had the appearance, he
said, Of having been disturbed by the
dragging of body along through il
from the front to the rear room. He
said that he made q haSty eXamina-
ton of the body and market and In the
cash drawer of the market found
Schindeldecker's buckskin money bag,
which was empty He did not remove
the bag from the drawer until the fol-
lowing Monday. The bag was intro
duced as evidence and identified by the
doctor. The blood stains on the bottom
We're still apparent.
Attorney Donnelly took the coroner
in hand for the cross examination and
secured acknowledgment from him
that the wounds or Commissions on the
forehead over the eyes of the muir
dered man might have been made
through falling upon a cuspidor or
cleaver wounds might have been in
flicted while the victim was either in
an upright or a PROSTATE position.
Upon the redirect examination At
torney Kane introduced as evidence
the short handled tinsmith's hammer
found in a basket near the murdered
man and asked the coroner If the
wounds spoken of might not have been
inflicted with that as a weapon. The
coroner thought they might have been
SO made.
Attorney Donnelly was not satisfied
and wanted to know what end of the
hammer might have been used. The
witness thought that ii was the blunt
end and that a glancing blow had been
inflicted. He acknowledged that the
wounds might have been produced
with a Ratchet sucn as was in the shop
or with a meat hook.
Peter F. Polanek, an IS year old
boy, the son of A. ]. Polanek, barber,
at 500 West Seventh street, gave some
interesting testimony regarding visit
paid by Gottschalk TO the barber shop
the Friday before the murder. He said
in answer to questions:
Gottschalk in Barbar Shop
"Mr. Gottschalk came into the bar
Der shop at about 11:45 Friday MORN
ing. 1 had known him for about three
years and had known his name for
about two years as Miller. l supposed
1t was Miller until after he was ar
rested, and then / found out Ii was
Gottschalk.
He came into the shop and sat
down by the window looking up the
street, towards Schindeldecker's meat
market. Mr.. Schindeldecker was in
the shop getting shaved, and when he
got through he passed close to Colts
chalk, and Gottschalk said to him:
Haven't got an old gasoline stove to
sell, have your Mr.. Schindeldeeker
replied: Yes, 1 have got one, but
guess I'll keep 1t to use in the shop
for heating water Then Mr.. Schin-
deldecker went out.
MIR. Gottschalk called me over and
asked me if 1 had any minnows, and
what kind they were. i told him I had
tubful in the back room, and he
said he might buy some from me.
Then he commenced TO read from n
paper, but / thought he was looking
out of the window most of the time 1
went to dinner and when / came out
he was still sitting there / guess he
! left about quarter to L.
Immediately the state had finished
| the direct examination Attorney Dom
! nelly took the lad into the tortures of
severe cross examination.
How do you know that 1t was
quarter to u when GottschaIk came
into the shop?" he asked.
Because il was just q little while
before / went back - elmer, and It
was just IL then"
How do you know il was just 12g'
My mother asked me what time IT
WASP"
And you looked at the clock and
told her II was just 12?'s
mo. The clock had Just begun 10
strike and / said that the clock was
striking so slow that IL must be about
run down and / had better wind
it mp"
when cid You first come 10 know
this man Indicating the prisoner) by
the name Of Miller"
bout n wear n GO