The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05

Edward Gottschalk was arraigned
yesterday morning in the police court
upon the continuance of the hearing
taken from Friday morning. Through
his attorney, Stan j. Donnelly, he
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
numbering Christian H. Schindeldeck
err and asked for an immediate exam
ination. Assistant County Attorney
Hugo Hanft, upon behalf of the state,
objected to an immediate hearing and
asked for the ten day continuance al
lowed in such instances. Accordingly
Judge Hine set the day for the prelim-
mary examination as March IA, at
o'clock, and after this formality Gott-
schalk was taken back to his cell in
the county Jail.
The continuance granted the state
does away entirely with the prelimi-
nary examination, as the grand jury
will begin an investigation of the case
at an early date, as. soon as the evil
dence of the state can be shaped for
presentation. and whether or not the
prisoner must stand a jury trial upon
the charge for which he is now held
will be determined by that body.
GottschaIk Silent
Throughout the hearing yesterday
morning Gottschalk did not say a word.
He was brought to the court from the
county Jail to the police court man
acled to Deputy Sheriff Picha and at
tended by Sheriff Miesen and Chief
Deputy Frank Robert. Once in the
bullpen the decision which he had been
advised TO make in favor of Stan
Donnelly as his attorney was commu-
nicated to the clerk, who sent for Mr..
Donnelly.
After a five minutes conversation
with the accused man, as he sat In his
cell Of the bullpen, the attorney de-
clared that they were ready to pro-
coed with the hearing.
Gottschalk was led forth, looking
much as he did Friday, although he
seemed to carry himself with more
confidence, possibly because he felt Sc
cure in the services of his attorney,
where Friday he was alone in the midst
of the policemen, attorneys and court
attendants.
Attorney Donnelly asked to see the
complaint filed against his client 1t
was shown to him. He read it hurried
ly through and said:
Enters Plea of Not Guilty
1--WE desire to enter a plea of not
guilty and we would ask a speedy
hearing"
"The state asks for the ten days
continuance allowed by law" inter-
jected Attorney Hanft of the county
attorneys office.
THE case is continued until March
IA at 9 o'clock in the morning" re-
sponded Judge Hine.
Gottschalk was Immediately led
back to the Jail.
After the hearing Attorney Donnelly.
who has consented to act as counsel
for the accused man, paid visit to his
client in the latter's cell in the jail
After he had left, having spent about
an hour there, he gave out a brief
! statement in which he expressed conf
dence in making a strong case in favor
of his client.
Attorney DonneIIy Talks
"Gottschalk tells me he is entirely
against him. said Mr.. Donneny. Il
did not have time to go into the mat
ter with him as deeply as 1 wish to do
in the future, but he seemed to be
telling me good straight story.
He is clean habited man, / be-
lieve. He tells me he does not drink
and has never used any kind of drugs.
| that is, dope such as morphine, CO.
caine and the like. And his appear
| ance bears this statement out, in my
| eyes. He has good, clean cut face,
with none of the marks of dissipation
common to heavy drinkers and dope
| fiends.
He is bright fellow, too. He talks
we'll when he is not under a feeling of
constraint and he shows a remarkable
knowledge of the worlds doings Nat
| urally he is angry and discouraged be-
| cause he has been kept for so long a
| time shut off from all communication
with the outer void, not even being al
lowed to see the newspapers or to talk
| to an attorney.
He tells me that he can establish his
| innocence by his movements on the
| day that Schindeldecker was murder
ed, and while he is chatting more or less
| under his isolated confinement, he is
| not worrying nearly so much about his
| future as are great many, other
people.
- ut is too early yet for me to outline
our defense even if I cared to do so for
publication. l am not even thoroughly
| acquainted with the facts in the case.
| The most l know of the case is from
the reports which l have read in the
| newspapers. But 1 will say that we
| have a case which am perfectly willing
TO defend, and l certainly would not
| wish to stake my reputation on the
| cause of a man for whom / could see
no other possible fate than hanging"
Gottschalk in Cell
Meanwhile, Gottschalk, In his cell. is
! spending his time in reading maya
zines and other like literature. sup
| piled by the sheriff.. He reads con-
stantly, the turkeys say, and he eats
with the appetite of a fisherman hunt
er, such as he is. His sleep, too, is
comparatively untroubled and he has
gotten his regular quota every night
since he has been incarcerated, save
the first one or two.
The chase for Hartmann still con-
tinues. Fresh clews, which promise 10
lead to his present whereabouts. are
chased to a fruitless end daily. The
country surrounding ST Paul. and the
small towns within a radius of sixty
miles, have been gone over as with a
flne toothcomb, and no trace of the
missing man has been found But the
police are fairly confident that he is
still alive and are sparing no effort to
effect his capture, for the feeling is
growing stronger. day by day. that ne