The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-09
seemed wrong, but witness couldn't
tell what it was.
Interview Put in Evidence

Interview Put in Evidence
Z. F.. Soaring, city editor of Tn,
Daily Free Press, was the last witnes.
called yesterday afternoon. When tn,
state sought to bring out an inter
view had by the witness with Hall
on the forenoon following the shoot
ing, in the county Jail, the defens,
sought to get it ruled out on the
ground that Hall was in restraint OF
his liberty and because Sheriff Dona
hue was present at the interview. The
court, after carefully questioning the
witness and learning from him that
no threats had been made to Hall OF
inducements held out to get him t.
make the statements about to be ties
titled to, but that he had made them
freely and voluntarily, knowing how
they were to be used, overruled the
objection. After the witness had ties.
titled, Mr.. Benedict moved to strike
out all of the testimony for the same
reason, and the court also overruled
this.
The witness repeated the substance
OF the portions Of the interview that
were pertinent to the case, much the
same as it appeared in The Daily
Free Press of Monday, October 3
In this interview. Hall told of his
troubles with Crook his resentment
against him. acknowledged his part in
the shooting affair of the evening
before, expressed his qualification that
Crook was dead. and explained some
OF his acts from time to time. Hall
at this time had not claimed that
the shooting was accidental.
Cross questioned, the witness said
that Hall, during the interview, APP
peared to be under an unnatural ner-
vous strain, which was illustrated
when he attempted to drink from a
glass of water but could not raise
it to his lips without spilling. The
witness had known Hall for about
two years and had frequently seen
him.
John LoetIler. bartender for James
Mape at Madison Lake, this morning
testified that he saw Hall in his sa
loon October about 4:30 p. m. or
a little later. The defendant was in
the habit of drinking some, and drank
two or three glasses of beer when in
the saloon October l. He was not
intoxicated, but seemed as he always
had been.
He Could Sing Glory Hallelujah.
Frank Franciscus, city editor of The
Mankato Daily Review. testified to
going to Madison Lake the night Of
the shooting. lie came back in the
automobile that Hall was brought
back in. In passing the Crook resi-
dence the defendant stod up and said,
You - - -, I'm glad | did
it. Good bye in passing the under
takers rig, instructions were given the
undertaken where to get the body.
Hall said, ''The body?" Deputy Sher-
i'll klugherz said, ''Yes, the body. You
killed him." Hall replied, Il am d
glad | done it. There will be no more
of that kind of business going OH
there. Now / can. sing Glory. Hallelu-
jah.' The witness related an inter-
view had with Hall Oh the afternoon
OF October in the county Jail. The
defense made the same objections as
it had in the case of the Witness
Soaring. The court overruled the OBJ
lections, after offering to hear au-
thorities, which Mr.. Benedict did not
have at hand. In the interview tes-
tilted to. Hall made admissions as
to the shooting. Hall had been UNI
able to account for the rifle being
near Crook unless Alma had thrown
1T there. When reminded that Alma
was in the village that evening, Hall
had said that possibly he, himself,
had thrown it there, but he could
not remember. Hall had expressed
qualification at having rid his niece
OF SO undesirable a husband as he
had described Crook to be. He show
cd intense hatred of Crook.
Cross examined, the witness said
that on the evening of the shooting
Hall Hall seemed nervous and excited
The defense tried to bring out that
the witness had for some time been
employed as detective by the state
III 10 NdoSS Uut Hc Ucllleu IlllS.
On redirect, the witness said
that Hall did not, in the converse
ton in the Jail, say that the gun had
gone off accidentally.
More Medical Testimony.
DR.. r. c. Kelly testified as to the
findings at the post norton exam
nation, he having participated in it..
He described the wound substantially
as DIR. Bigelow had. He said that
civilized man would drop when shot,
with such hemorrhagc as Crook
must have had, a man would not be
conciOus more than two or three
minutes. 1t would be possible to 20
as far as Crook did before being over
come. Crook might have lived two
or three minutes, and might have
lived little longer The general
course of the bullet was downward,
backward and to the right. Death
was due to hemorrhagc from the
wound.
Cross examined, the witness said
that he and DR.. Bigelow were sur
prised that there was only one per-
foration of the bowels, and could not
understand it. The fact of man
leaning forward would not materially
change the position of the bowels,
but, if anything, would cause them
to bug the wall of the abdomen,