The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-29
VOICE AS CLUE IN
THE BADER CRIME
MAN DECLARES HE COULD IDEN-
THY MURDERERs.
Ralph Milen, Who Saw the Holdup,
Testifes at Coroner's Inquest that
Tall Bandit Spoke in Gruff Tones and
Shorter Man in Soft voice-Jury at
Sea.

10 what extent the human voice is
valuable in the hunting down and prose
cution Of murderers, perhaps will be
tested by the police in their search for
barroom Saturday evening and muir
dered the proprietor, Charles o. Bader.
Ralph Milen, employee at the hotel,
who was in the saloon at the time
Of the holdup, made the voice proni-
nent, while on the stand at the coron-
er's inquest at the county morgue to-
day. Tho the Importance Of the clue
had not been realize by him before, dur
Ing his testimony, he remembered that
he had noticed peculiarities in the voices
OF both the murderous holdups and de-
clared his belief that he would recog.
nize both it he heard them again.
The tall man, the man whom I be-
lieve fired the shot that killed Mr..
Bader, remember now, had an extra
ordinary gruff and cold blooded tone and
he spoke several times, SO I was able to
obtain a good impression Of it. The
voice OF the shorter man, who stood near
the door and kept us covered was-unus-
ually soft, now that think Of it, and I
believe that I would recognize it if
heard it again.
Talking Almost Constantly.
"The men were talking almost con-
stantly. The fellow at the door, who
seemed to have an excellent knowledge
OF the saloon, kept telling his partner
to look to the left for the money drawer,
which he seemed unable to locate. The
big fellow behind the bar, who was
rumaging thru all the drawers, once
hollered to Mr.. Bader to stop his groan.
| ing, saying, 'Shut up, you amt hurt
much He also cried, evidently to
Bader, where do you keep your
money!, [ will always remember thei,
voices.'
Tho no Importance has yet been at.
tached to the voice clue, 1t was noticed
that the ears of Detective Helm, who
was in the room pricked up, when the
possibilities in the statements were real
lied and that he took Milen aside fol-
a long interview after the inquest Miller
said he had not considered the value Of
this before and therefore had not at
tempted to associate the peculiar voice.
with others he had heard in the hotel
i That at least one of the men had beer
there before is shown by his knowledg.
Of Bader's habits and the places h
kept his money. Milen will rack hi
brain in an effort to place these voice
and tho his success in establishing thei
owners necessarily will be kept secre
cradle Importance is being attached t,
the clue. ~
! Well Disguised.
i The fact that the robbers were 81
we'll disguised. that not one Of the eye
but practically valueless description!
Of their persons lends significance tt
the peculiarities q their voices. q
Milen. can recognize, after delibera
ton, the voices Of the, holdups as those
Of men he had seen in the hoteI-ant
the holdups must have spent some time
there to gain the knowledge of thu
place1,the, police will have their frs
Milen was the last witness called b,
the coroner. Dete Give HELM was pre-
pared to take the stand, but after h,
had been in consultation with Corone
Kistler, was advised by the latter no
to let go Of the evidence he has 'Eu,
his Sleeve What Helm knows will
not be divulged by the police, but tn
fact that he was advised to hold it, in
made in the search for the murderers.'
Charles o. ,Bader had died from inter
nal hemorrhage caused .by bulle
wound inflicted by person unknown
to them.
Jurors at Sea.
The testimony had left the Jurors a
much at sea as is the general public
) DR.. T. F. Quimby who presided at tn
; post-mortem, described the course o
the fatal bullet from it's entrance O.
the right side, seven inches below tn
shoulder until it was found imbedde
/ in Bader's spinal column. He state
: it was the direct cause of Bader'
: death.
g. G. Swallender, who was eating i
+ the dining room at the time of tn
: holdup, and who run into the barroor
after Bader was shot, recited his fol
mer story, but could furnish no descrir
| ton of the robbers. G. F. Cool, anotf
| er man who had been in the saloor
, like Milen, had been too frightened t
attempt to penetrate the disguises O
. the robbers. He had summoned the pt
4 lice. Anna Fores and Minnie Whale1
4 mattresses, who had merely peered int
: the saloon, could offer only general d.
Q scriptions Of the robbers.
r It was established by the testimon
g that the tall man had done the Shoot
s ing, firing into Bader before his a,
y complete had finished uttering the sci
e tence, cit g holdup.'' It was he VIII
= then hurried over Bader's Drostrat