The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-28
WEST SAW BOY FALL
Man Who Returned Robbers Fire Up
sets One Theory.

Special to The Journal.
began to fire it's big guns late in the
afternoon session yesterday, and land
ed some damaging, convincing testl-
mony One of the pet lines of the de-
Tense was hard hit by the testimony
Of William West, the one man in
the saloon who was armed and returned
the fire of the holdup men. His tes-
NJ. Corners, who was also present and
stood beside West. az.
The testimony Of John Dorm was also
decisive and damaging. ="
Judging by the line of cross-exami-
nation pursued by Mr.. McGhee, the
defense has several lines, all Of which
are to be tried. If possible, an attempt
Then they will try to- show that if
Kalderwit was present, the other two
were not. Finally they will try to
show that one Of the shots fred from
the rear of the saloon killed little
Freddie King. =.
In support of the first line of de-
n they have 4a NAB Mabel Wara and 9thGs
Kraemer Of New Brighton, friend of
kolb s famil y, is also present. Nc
Ghee has asked several witnesses if
New Brighton cannot be reached from
the end Of the Eighth and Central car
| line. They may try to show that all
or part Of the trio went to that point,
| or that kraemer was on the car.
|. One Theory Full Of Holes.
The theory. that the King boy was
killed by a shot from the rear Of the
saloon was hard hit by the testimony
of West and Conners; still it may be
tried. 1t was for this that Detective
HELM was closely questioned in regard
to DETECTED bullets on Wednesday after
noon.
West, who is bookkeep Der for Gar.
rett,. Kelly & Co., Minneapolis, was an
ideal witness, and did not attempt more
than the facts of which he had actual
knowledge. He stated that he was
present and had just purchased a pad
die for the rattle, when the three en-
tered, and, after giving a command OF
hands ;up,' began shooting. He hae
a revolver and fired two shots toward
the men in the front Of the saloon
He then made his escape thru an oper
door in the rear Of the room. -
Running around the rear, he reache;
the SIDE door on the !Fortieth street
side Of the building in time to hear the
little boy scream and fall limp ant
lifeless in the doorway. This part Of
his testimony, as regards the point
where the boy stood and fell, is abso
lutely supported by the other witnesses
West then ran down Central avenu.
to the postoffice, two blocks away The
three prisoners smiled grimly as thu
witness told Of his double-quick figh4
from the scene Of action. West did no.
attempt to describe infinitely the three
hold-up men or to identify the prison
ers. He stated that he saw the mel
in the saloon lined against the wal
and the holdups 'going thru them
as he ran by the side door. He re
turned later and examined the walls fo1
bullet holes, finding two in the from
window and screen.
| Corners Corroborates.
G. M. Corners, 1901 Central avenue
was the next witness. Corners stoot
on the right Of West, and absolutely
corroborated his testimony in ,regart
to the entrance of the three men, tn,
command of 'thands up.V the shots AM
the return fire of West He backed
against the rear wall, but as the plas
ter began to fall "ducked thru tn
back door and made a getaway" H,
saw more of the three than West dix
and described their clothing. One mai
canvas coat and light SLOUGH hat an,
carried blued-steel gun. He saw thi
man fire one shot. A taller man, wear
ing cap and carrying nickeled gun
was we'll to the front. The shortest on
of the three was in the rear, and ais
carried nickeled gun. All wore masks
Corners did not attempt to identif7
the prisoners.
The first witness at the Afternoon
session was David Wright, who ties
titled that he saw the three prisoner
at the end Of the Eighth and Contra
car line. He was not cross examined
His wife was the next witness. Sh,
remembered seeing three men standins
on the corner and believed that Kohl
was one Of the three, rs
}, Conductor Not Positive.
Julian Gautfeld, the conductor on tn
Eighth and Central line, was hardly a
strong witness as had been expected
He identified the prisoners and told th
:. story of the trouble over the transfers
but was unable to back his stestimon,
by remembering other incidents on tn
!. same trip. He was unable to recall an,
Iother person on the car. This ma,
give the defense an opportunity to in
troduce Kraemer as a witness to sa,
that the three prisoners were not tn
three who quarreled over transfers
William Weisman, a pawnbroker a
224 Washington avenue s, testified tina
he had known Kalderwit for seven o
eight years and had sold him re
volver, similar to one produced i
court, on. Nov. 10, for $1.25. He be
lieved that the defendant wore a due
coat and sweater similar to those O
4 exhibition. sss ss
i John Goodman, pawnbroker at 4
! Washington avenue s. testified that o
Nov. IS, three days after the murder