The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-10-28
JURY LISTENED TO
O'mAlLEY CONFESSION

was the sixth day of the O'Malley
trial. One of the witnesses for the
state was Julius Hortvet, state chem.
the condition of the stomachs of the
two children. DR. White of Montgom-
cry and DR.. McKeon of the same place
swore that arsenic was found in the
stomachs of the two step.children of
OMalley.
Testimony of the Coroner.
John Kaisersatt of Montgomery tes.
titled in substance as follows: 81 own
a drug store in Montgomery. l know
G. f. Burnett, the county coroner. Bur-
nett left a package at my store the
second time that the bodies of the
Bergl children were exhumed and
brought it there before supper. He had
two packages. He bought some formal
dehyde from me. One of the packages
the coroner left was a pail the other
1 don't know as it was wrapped up, l
think, in a newspaper. Burnett want
ed to put them under my prescription
case. l was not exactly stuck on this,
so 1 told him to put them in my back
room, and 1 would guarantee that it
would be as safe place as the other.
He put the package in my store room
back of the place where my paints are.
The brain was put in the woodshed. He
put the pail among some paint cans
probably six feet from the door and
after he placed it there l closed the
door and locked the door that leads
into the hallway. Mr.. Burnett came
and got the package the next morning
and also got the brain from the wood
shed and went away"
w. j. Ctvrtnik testified: II am an
undertaken at Montgomery. July 4,
1910. 1 was called to the O'Malley
home for the purpose Of taking the
bodies of two children to the Catholic
cemetery at Montgomery. l helped to
bury them and placed them into the
grave. July 6, 1910, l assisted in en-
huming the bodies and took them to
my undertaking rooms where n post
norton was held. l assisted in plac-
ing the remains in the grave then. On
July Is, 1910, 1 again assisted in ex-
huming the body of the boy. opened
the casket and DR.. McKeon opened the
body and took out some insides. l
then closed the casket and placed it
back into the grave"
Mrs. Budik of Montgomery told this
story: Il am a neighbor of the Havlis
family. l saw the defendant at the
Havlis home two weeks before July 4
and had talk with him. He said
that the boy has consumption and will
never live to be twenty -one years old.
The next time l saw him when he, his
wife and two sick children were
there. He told me then that the chill.
dren were eating every five minutes and
told him it was all right as long as
they were healthy. DR.. White told de-
PENDANT that the children were very
sick and that he better leave them
there and that he will fix up some
medicine for them at the drug store
Story Told by Detective.
Louis Chaser, a detective, told this
story from the witness stand:
81 am a detective from the Pinker.
ton National Detective agency. / have
known defendant since August 8, 1910
first met him at l0:40 p. m. at his
place. l hired Otto Thur to take me
out with his auto. Sheriff Traxler
went along. Traxler raped at the door
ard said: 4 want to talk TO you.
O'Malley said: Come right in ]
then told him / was a detective and
that / came to see him about the
death of the two children that died al
his house. / asked him to tell me
about the death of the children and he
said that he didn't know anything
about it and that if they were poison
ed that he didn't do it. / told him
the neighbors told me all about it. j
made no threats and used no force tc
obtain this conversation 1 made nc
promises. told him that l thought
he poisoned those children. Then l told
him about the remarks he made to Mr.
Kendall and others that the boy
couldn't live long and that he made
fun of the children after he returned
from Montgomery. He said this was q
lie. / told him that his step daughter
saw him giving the children water or
one occasion, when he had sent hi:
wife of the neighbors. I told him
about sending the note and the news
paper to the neighbors and that III
was laying a foundation for this.
asked him why he made the state
ments that after the children were
buried no one could do anything abou,
it. / repeated these things severa
times to him and he said that they
were liars and that he was telling the
truth. At about ll:40 / interviewed
his daughter and no one was present
The others then came in the room
again and we stayed until a. m
August 10. On August 10 / again went
there with the same parties. Traxlel
said: We'll, we are here again. ant
the defendant gave us seats. THU
STAYED outside most of the time.
made no threats and used no force Il
get him to talk that night. He was
a free and willing talker. 1 told hin
that l investigated further and wa!
positive that he was the party ane
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED