New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-15

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that murder had been committed, left
the place in the keeping of guard
and came up town to notify the acting
mayor and the coroner. Later, about
eight O'Clock it is said, word was sent
to the sheriff.
Acting Mayor Eibner upon being
the crime promptly called meeting of
the council, and after conference
with the coroner, the sheriff and the
city attorney that body placed the sum
of $500 at the acting mayors disposal
to be used as he and the city authori-
ties might see fit.
The next day a Pinkerton detective /
was on the grounds, as was also
County Attorney Erickson, and by
Friday afternoon things were ready
for a coroner's inquest.
A jury composed Of Charles Stuebe,
Fl. D. Beussmann, Henry Bastian,
Gust. Goetsch, Ernst Pfeiffec and
Henry Rudolph was sworn in and
after viewing the premises and hearing
the. report of an autopsy performed by
Drs. Stricken and Scherer came to
the conclusion that Walther had come
to his death by criminal violence at
the hands of some person or persons
unknown.
Facts developed at the inquest were
these:
Walther had been struck behind the
left ear with some blunt instrument.
Two blood clots had formed there, but
there was no fracture of the skull.
The blow did not necessarily cause
instant death. but was sufficient to
cause Walther to fall and render him
unconscious. Exposure in this condi-
ton may have done the rest. He may
have been dead one day Or several
days: there was nothing to indicate
which.
Neither was there anything to indi-
cate whether or not the robbers Sc.
cured any booty. His diary, carefully
kept as to personal expenditures, gave
no idea as to what he was worth.
He was known to have withdrawn
money from the banks during the re-
cent financial furry, but whether hi
> had loaned it out or had it in his pos
y session at the time of his death it i;
impossible to determine.
= Old papers of no particular valu
y were torn by the robbers and scattered
. about the room in a careless manner
,, but an unpaid note for 5000 executes
- in favor of Mr.. Walther was crumple
. up and put back in the pocketbook i
" which it was evidently discovered.
The only money found in the build
! ing was the sum of eleven cents.
y A tin box, which Walther Away
~ took with him, when he went into tn
country for visit, was missing an
~ has not been found
- In the yard the officers discOvere
. an old watch, box of cartridges an
g an opera glass all of which were easil
VI identified by relatives as the propert
- of the murdered man.
The robber or robbers during the
80 work had apparently used a candl
One was found on top of a trunk whic
10 they had emptied, while an unuse
kerosene lamp stood on the drygooe
" box outside the kitchen door.
That the perpetrators Of the erin
- tried to leave behind whatever mig
~ afterwards serve to betray them
- only too evident, but that the
didn't take with them everythir
that they should seems to be esta
~ lished by the finding near the des
body of a piece of wood, freshly C
- from green sapling and differe
~ from any other wood scattered aroul
~ the house or premises. This piece
wood is undoubtedly the instrume
20 with which old Walther was killed.
~ Walther was man of near
=, seventy years. Forty-eight of the
he had spent in America and most
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His only relatives are his brother
Fred and William, the former res
dent of Cottonwood and the latter
farmer near F'ulda. Neither has al
~ definite idea as to the extent of t
~ murdered mans worldly possession
up to the time of his death.
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A civil service examination will
N, held in ST. Paul on January 9th
lily persons, either male or female, des
'ss ing to enter the government service
stenographers and typeWriters.
H.. County Auditor Weaver of Manka
ol has under consideration the advisal
'ce lity of his becoming a candidate t
ry the republican nomination for &C
ler gress in this district next fall, a