The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-11-17

affair to The Free Press. He says
that he and Mr.. Rogers were on
their way to ST. Peter Wednesday
afternoon and stopped at the NicOl-
let house where CATER wanted to
see Mrs. John Quincy Adams, whose
room is on the third floor. Mrs.
Adams is a daughter of Mrs. Alice
White. who is CATERS housekeeper.
81 wanted Mrs Adams to go to
my home and remain over night
with her mother. We ascended to
the third floor of the NicOllet house,
knocked on the door of the room &C.
cupied by Mrs. Adams. but received
no response. We retraced our steps
down the stairs and had travelled
one flight. On the landing we en-
countered Mr.. Hoffman, who remark
ed: What are you doing up here?
Before either one of us could reply
Hoffman struck Rogers and knocked
him against me and I tumbled down
stairs. / did not hear Mr.. Rogers
say anything to Hoffman, and l
know | made no remark to him."
Not Looking for Trouble.
81 was not looking for any trOu-
BILE | know that | reached the bot
tom of the stairs all right, and
picking myself up started back up
stairs. l had heard Rogers cry out:
4 am stabbed Or cut | saw blood
him to a doctor as soon as / could.
Il would not say that Hoffman
had a knife, in his hand. On the
way to the doctors office | met one
of the Richards brothers and asked
him if he would notify the police
station that man had been stab
bed at the Nicollet house. / could
not say whether Mr.. Richards did
as | requested. After the slash in
Rogers neck had been attended to
| took him to my home where he
remained all night"
Claims Neither Was Drunk.
| CATER stated to The Free Press
that neither he nor Rogers was in
toxicated when Rogers was stabbed.
81 had drank only six glasses of
beer that day, and ! do not think
that amount should intoXicate me-,
said CATER.
| The doctors who dressed Rogers
wound found a large slit in the
windpipe and so quickly did the
blood flow from the cut that some
| of it ran down his windpipe. The
knife had entered the left side OF
the neck above the jugular vein, and
had passed through the muscles OF
the neck and into the windpipe.
! The loss of blood rendered Mr.. Rog-
ers very weak.
One of the police officers states
that he tried to gain some informa-
ton from CATER about the cutting
affair, but CATER declined to tell
him anything.
! 1t was not until yesterday after
noon that Chief of Police DOnahue
learned of the stabbiDg of Roger $,
and during the afternoon Sherlfl
Osten and his deputy made an III
yestigation of the affair.
Mr.. Hoffman, proprietor OF the no
tel and the one accused OF the act,
states that people have been run
ming up and down the stairs SO
much in the past without being
roomers there that he has decided
| to put stop to it.. =
Mr. CATER could not say at just
what hour the cutting affair occur
red. He thought it was about the
middle of the afternoon. However,
the physicians who dressed Rogers
wound state that the man was
brought to their office between hve
and six o'clock. Hoffman denied 10
Chief Donahue yesterday afternoon
that he stabbed Rogers.
! CATER states that he is acqualht,
ed with Hoffman, but Rogers Is not
Warrant for Hoffman.
Late this afternoon warrant
was gotten out for the arrest OF
Joseph Hoffman. He will be charg'
ed with assault in the first degree
The officers were to arrest Hoh'
man at once.
| 1t was said this afternoon by al
officer that Hoffman used putcnet
knife OH Rodgers. An attempt Will
be made to find this knife.
Yesterday Sheriff Osten saw d
pocketknife that belongs to Hoii'
man. but there was no blood on IT.
| From thursdays Daily.
It was reported today that \. y.
Rogers of South Bend was seriously
! ct,bbod last evening at the NlcOl'