Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-07-13
KILLS AN OLD Man

6onSaII, the PuSIIISt, muI-
ders a Melrose
Frank Bonfall, who fought contest
here with Curly Orlich about two
months ago, is in jail at St. Cloud,
charged with brutal murder on Wed.
nesday last week The st. Cloud
lines Gays:
The testi mony brought out at the
inquest held at Melrose tends to show
that the murder Of Mich. O'Connor
was one of the most brutal in the
annals of crime in the state. There
were hut two eye witnesses t. the ter
rible treatment which the old man,
stopped with age, was subjected to
and tortured until he tainted and fell
on the floor, and then, according to
the evidence, Bonsali placed one knee
on the old mans abdomen as be lay
on his back and with the welQht Of
his body literally pumped up and
down, crushing the last breath out of
the old frame.
1t was shortly after + o'clock on
Wednesday evening when Bonsall and
q friend by the name OF William Mat.
chinsky entered the saloon of Michael
burke. according to the testimony.
AS they passed In. Bonsall tore
flag down which was hanging to the
awning and as he passed into the ea-
\ loon be waved the flag and said,
''Why cant I have flag as we'll a.
ANYBODY else.' Those who were in
the saloon when the two men entered
we're William Griffin, Joseph Unger
and Henry Quick, the latter being
the bartender, and the old man Mich
ael O'Connor When the old man
saw the flag waved in the air he
yelled out, ''Hurrah, for the red
white and blue. Whether Bonsall
misunderstood what the old gentleman
said or not is not known, but he
dropped the flag and made dash for
the cid gentleman, his head down like
mad bull. O'Connor threw his
arms up presumabl5 to protect his
face and then grabbed Bonsall around
the neck. The testimony was to effect
that they scufaed there for moment
and then fell to the floor, Bonsall on
tor OF the old man, shaking him up
in good shape. Matchinsky who was
a friend Of Bonsalls pulled the lat.
ter of and at that Bonsall became
infaristed and made for the man who
had pulled him away from the old
man. Bonsall is great big man and
most of those who know him are
afraid Of his proves and strength.
So Matchinsky few out OF the door
scared to death.
The testimony Of all three men,
Griffin, Unger and Q7ick, was to
the effect that as soon az Matchinsky
mad been driven from the saloon
Bonsall returned to his victim, OC'on-
nor, who was then laying PROSTATE on
the floor and STOPPING down on one
knee he paced the other knee on the
ola mans abdomen and literally
nnmped every breath OF life out of
him. The testimony of these men
was to the affect that. Bonsell after he
had fixed the old man. ran out of the
back door and up the street. Quick
was the only one of the three men
who did not see the old man after
ne went back to his victim the second
time, He had gone for policeman.
One of the men testified that when
the old man was on his back on the
door he begged Bonssll to leave him
alone that he was an old man and
did not want to fight He even stated
that he did not say anything but
called out, "Hurrah for the red,
white and blue Borsall was appre-
hended by the night Waterman, bat
he could not do anything with him
80 City Marshal Ciedrich was called
up and he, after some little difficulty
landed his man In Jail,
= It is understood that Bonsall had
hean very much of bully around
town, all the evening and he was
looking for trouble he was in a.
.aloon next door to the Burke saloon
2 short time before the trouble started
with O Conner and he is SAID to have
cleared the place out. &c threw a
chair clear the length of the bar room
when in that saloon. The trouble in
the Burke saloon dl1 not last over ten
minutes.
Drs. Campbell and Dubois, who con.
Quoted the post mortem testified at
the inquest, that they had found upon
examination q rupture and liberation
of the liver at the juncture of the two
lobee. The laceraion was about three
inches long. !
hemorrhage. which In the opinion Of
the doctors as the direct cause Of
death. In their opinion death resulted
in about fifteen minutes. All the
other organs of the body were In a
normal condition. The laceration
such as was found Is usually caused
from q sudden heavy pessur9 against
the walls of the abdominal cavity.
Bonsell's home is at Monticello.
He was born and raised there but his
parents are dead now. He only came
to Melrose Saturday after being absent
for . long time
RICE Lake
July 1.-THE strawberrys are nearly
all gone now.
0.Wssn Lamb Haa q .itklo Falls Ziai :.