The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-22
NEWS OF THE CITY
HARTMANN INQUEST
TO BE HELD TODAY
Chief O'Connor Confident His
Chain of Evidence Cannot
Be Broken

With the inquest over the body of
Joseph Hartmann to be held this after
noon at o'clock, the police are rest
ing for the first time since the muir
der of Christian Schindeldecker was
reported. Everything is in readiness
and a chain of evidence strong enough
to bind Gottschalk to the gallows is
said to have been forged.
1t is expected that the evidence pre-
scented at the inquest today will be of
conclusive nature, as the police have
decided the time is ripe to show their
hand. Chief O'Connor and the county
attorney had long conference yester-
day and both wore satisfied smile at
its conclusion.
I'VE have plenty of evidence" said
Chief O'Connor last night, and 1t will
be an easy matter 10 show that Gott-
schalk is responsible for the murder
of Hartmann"
The police are known to have OBJ
tanned many damaging facts concern
ing the habits and past life of Gott-
schalk, and they say they have Gott-
schalk and Hartmann traced to the
dam on the Tuesday Hartmann was
murdered. Witnesses will testify at
the inquest today who saw Hartmann
and Gottschalk at the dam on Tues
day and saw them on Pixies island.
WIN ioSnllIy .0OttSCndk
These witnesses will tell in detail
the arrival of Gottschalk and Hart
mann at the dam Tuesday; they Will
follow the movements of the men up
till late in the afternoon; they will
positively identify Gottschalk as the
man who was with Hartmann and de-
scribe his actions on the day Hart
mann was murdered Thomas Ryan, a
track walker in the employ of the
Omaha road, and F. Sanders, an oper-
ator at the Cliff station, will both tes-
ufy to hearing cries for help coming
from the direction of the dam on Tues
day evening. Another witness viii
swear that he observed Gottschalk
staring intently at the water on the
evening of Tuesday, Feb. 81.
This practically completes the chain
that the police have linked together
and they believe it is strong enough to
defy all efforts to find a flaw in it.
Detective Peter Lavalle of the CEN
trail station, who left for Kansas City
some time ago to look up Gottschalk's
record there, returned last night and
Immediately reported to Chief O'Con-
nor The chief declined to make known
what had been learned by Detective
LaValle, but said that several inter-
estlng facts had been learned about the
prisoner.
LavalIe Comes Home
Nothing SO very startling was dis
covered by Lavalle," said the chief,
but several things, of small impor-
lance in themselves, but important as
n whole were learned, that will be of
great aid to us in the future. We have
not the slightest doubt of the final out
come of this case and are ready for the
trial at any time"
Albert Gottschalk, brother of the
prisoner, and Stan Donnelly visited
MENDOZA yesterday and spent the great
er part of the day in the vicinity where
HartmanHs body was discovered. They
returned early in the evening, but had
nothing to say as to the outcome of the
trip.
While his brother Is working every
minute of the day to secure the free
dom of Edward Gottschalk, the pris-
oner remains Indifferent. There is not
the slightest change III the prisoners
demeanor and he remains cool and col
1ected at all times. Gottschalk was al
lowed the freedom of the entire corri-
dor around the tier of cells on the
third floor of the jail yesterday, and
spent the greater part of the day in
pacing up and down.
When visited by his brother yester-
day morning the prisoner appeared to
be far the more cheerful of the two
and remarked that he was feeling very
good and was satisfied with the present
state of affairs. He repeated what he
has said every day since he was arrest
ed, that he was innocent, and asked
about the condition of his mother. The
prisoner eagerly reads all papers that
he is allowed to see, but makes no
comment on the stories relating to
himself
Knows Nature of Blood
N. Lehnen, the chemist, who analyz-
ed the blood stains found on a pair of
Gottschalk's overalls now knows the
nature of the blood and will probably
make the discovery public after the in
quest over Hartmann's body is over.
He has known definitely for some time
the nature OF the blood but has with
held the information at the request of
the police.
James Hartmann, father of Joseph
Hartmann, is a sick man as the result
of the discovery of his sons body. In
the last few days he has grown sud-
denly old and appears TO have lost all
interest in life. Mrs Hartmann is
Frustrated and continually prays that
the murderer Of her son be brought to
justice.