Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-04-21

1here who looked like him. except
bat he had gold tooth, and this one
Aldn't. He said he never was there.
Khe other negro did no talking. The
AL one was about six foot. with q
arercoat on his arm. Couldn't say as
g color of overcoat, but was not
ufight or tan. His weight was about
16O to 175 lbs. Wore fair clothes, but
seiied and worn. Had a soiled white
high rundown collar, coat buttoned
up, dark SLOUGH lat. Didn't notice
the short man much, as was talking
to- the other. He stayed near the
door, leaning on the counter. Was
middlesized. very dark, other ma n
was lighter, both had smooth face.
They walked out and sat on pile of
ties to eat their lunch, afterwards
moved west. Did not zee them after
wards. On Sunday, the 10Th, after
Mr.. Coenen had been up there, went
to church with his brother and car
penter. Opened q window and they
went in. Near the window were
three or four sticks of wood and lots
Of bark. Near the stove was an oil
quart can used to ill the lamps It
was empty. There were matches and
cigarette papers near the stove. On
one of the benches saw status like
blood spots. This was in the third
pew from the front. Saw bent iron
rod, supposed to be stove poker. This
was afterwards shown to have been
used in the stove. Understood that
Peter Nylen's children had seen ne
gfoes on Sunday morning, the 9th.
| tOtis st. Dennis, farmer living a
half mile from where the body was
found. across from the store, but q
little further up, testified that on Sat-
urday, April 8th, while he was plow-
ipg he talked with two negroes. They
came up and he talked with them 10
OF ID minutes. The larger one was
about s feet 10 inches or 6 feet. and
Weighed about 17O lbs. He wore dark
clothes, dark brown overcoat, and
het. He had q white shirt and white
collar. Had smooth face, flight CON-
olexion, aged rs to 80. Witness was
plowine and grubbing up roots. 1t
was about o'clock. The negro said
Good day. I've done lots of that
kind of work" Asked him where
he was from, and said that he was
from Oklahoma, the Cherokee strip.
place called 9enesee. Asked the
yre.~vvha kind sof a eeuntry~it%was,
Replied that it was not very good
when the people first went there, but
now it was much better. Said his
folks we're doing we'll. The smaller
negro was 5 feet 6 inches, weight
about l45 pounds to 100. didn't say
anything. Wore dark clothes, over
coat with collar turned up, cap, soft
shirt, much darker than other. They
vent up the track, northward. Wit
ness lives across the track from store,
little Further up. They were coming
from the south just before going in
the store.
It was reported that Mr.. Langmade
OF Randall had seen four negroes
Tuesday evening, but could only give
indefinite information.
Mr. Fredrickson said there was
Sunday school the Sunday after the
negroes had been seen, that nothing
out of the way was noticed.
G. V. Johnson was the next wit
ness. Re said that week ago SIM
day, on April 9th. he had gone to
the church to help the janitor, who
reported that he couldn't open the
door. There were two locks used, one
an ordinary lock, the other a pad
lock. They couldn't unlock the door,
although the paddock was unlocked,
90 boy got in through q window
and with his help from the inside
they got the door open. He ex-
amined the lock and it appeared that
someone had pressed against the door
so hard that the lock was janmed,
and the catch was bent In the even
ing the Young Peoples society met,
and in closing the church it was
found impossible to lock the door ex-
cept with the paddock. On Sunday
morning, the 10Th. he had gone to
church, met Mr.. Fredrickson, who
told him that Annie Kintop had been
murdered, and he told the children to
60 home. With the Fredrickson broth
ers he went in the church. Found in
front of the southwest window wood
! which had been thrown in, and saw
the blood stains on the bench.
The church faces east and west.
There was cigarette papers matches.
around the stove, and candles under
it, which had been taken from the