The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20

the defendant is about to hear the tale
of her alleged crime in all its horrible
detail told by the states witnesses,
has produced no visible effect upon the
woman g nerve.
The crowd that packed the. main floor
and the galleries Of the big courtroom
was the largest during the trial, and
the services of several deputies were
needed to keep them quiet and in or
der.
TELL THEIR STORIES
Various witnesses Describe Details Of
Murder and It's Discovery.
William H. Folsom, photographer,
was the first witness called by County
Attorney Smith today. He introduced
pictures Of the house, kitchen, sitting
room and death chamber Of the Bren-
nan residence, 1922 Fifth avenue N
where the tragedy occurred. Mr.; Smith
pictures and, thru the witness, showed
the relative position Of the various ar
| ticles of furniture and features of the
pictures in relation to the big plats Of
the premises prepared in the county
| surveyors office and introduced as evil
dence yesterday by W. E. Stoopes.
Peter Morton, Hennepin county
that on the morning Of Nov. 4, 1905,
| he took possession Of the dead body Of
Elizabeth Brennan in the bedroom on
the second floor Of 1922 Fifth avenue
N. He sWore that he found the dead
bodies Of the two little girls, that they
were each shot thru the head and that
the gun had bene held SO close that
there were powder marks around the
| wounds. He said that there was after
.Ic I,o, ,r1,+ h
Brennan child, little boy.
Describes Mortal Wounds.
l. DIR. Emil H. Beckman, city physician,
was sworn and testified that he, assist
ed by DR.. j. W. Little, performed a
postmcrtem examination upon the dead
body of Elizabeth Brennan. @-> He de-
scribed the body of the deceased as
that Of a large, well-developed girl Of
about Is years. He swore that the
body was in good condition. except for a
mortal wound at about the. middle Of
the, right temple. The bullet, he testi-
of the brain and practically instanta-
neous death had followed it's passage.
| On cross examination Mr. Cary asked
whether Or not the person shot was
| lying down or standing up, and the
doctor said she might have been in
either position: He also questioned him
powder marks about the wound, but
the witness testimony was clear, di-
rect and positive. After one of Mr..
Cary's questions, Mr.. Smith remarked:
,"He's answered that once OR twice
already.'
IF yoq1,.yezsgot. any objections to
make, put them onzsthe record',''~T ex'
III will If T want to-, the county
attorney quietly replied.
cried defendant s counsel. The court
frowned reproof ;1d the exam ltill'
J. DR.. John W. Little, one Of the doc
tors who performed. the -post-mortem
examination, was sworn and corrobO
rated DR.. Beckman in every detail. q
Policeman on Scene. 6
Police Lieutenant Frank FERN next
took the stand and testified to being
tragedy and to going to 1922 Fifth
avenue. N about 3 am. q. %s 4
| "When we got upstairs, he sait
in reply to a question by Mr.. Smith
eve found three children in the bee
lying side by side, shot in the heads
"Were they dressed or nndressed?''
"They were in their night clothes.'
Shown a picture of the death cham
Der, the witness pointed out to tn
j jury how the bodies were lying in tn
bed. -:~.".
"The little girl, lying on the OUTSIDE
of the bed, seemed to be dying. Eliza
beth, in the middle, was dead; tn
alive, but was evidently suffering, ant
/ saw wound from which blood wa
flowing in the back of his head.'' =.
"What was done with the littl
boy2r -, . = - :, n.,,1;+., !,
"What did you do with the girls?'
"We left them lying in the bed AM
called for the. morguekeeper.
"Did the little girl die before yo7
left9n - -.
"She did, and her body was take'
=, &: aid you go after you lef
this rOOmY' I.
1--WE went into the front bedroom
"What did you find there?''- q
"a: bed and woman on It, -
s'Who was that :woman?''
, / ':Mrs. Brennan ~ \
t'What was she doing9'
, "she was lying on the bed-she wa
. wounded in the breast =,
, "Was there any one. else in TIN
ct didn It see him at first, but late
, II saw a boy there.'
"Did you examine the curtains o
, | the different windows?'
''I did, and they were pulled down.
= 'What else did you dos"
IT looked thru the place, but didn
fn ab 5ERYo geu th find a revolver in tn
}. place?' r.
He Found the Revolver.
IT found a revolver in the little sit
ting room.'
Tin what condition was it when 20
: found it?''
! CIT had five newly fred shells in tn
chamber
elbow did you determine that the
were newly fred?o
EBy the smell.''
a "Were they new or old shells?''
|, New shells. -
= "Did you see or smell any smok
y when you went up there?'
= eyes, sir. There was smoke in tt
q sitting-room and in the children be,
g room..''
q 'Was there any smoke in the roo
where you found this defendants"
y Il didn't notice any
9 The witness was shown 32-calib,
g revolver and identified it as the or
9 he found in the Brennan house.
= MI. Cary, on cross-examination, que
= toned the witness in regard to his e.
/ animation Of the premises and abo7
the shed. The officer knew little
o,,%o;Io of +Lo Lo,,,oS; L,,4 ii. = :.