The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-06

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bench and a pool of blood near the
bench. | also saw SpaIuer on the
pier about two feet from the ground
near by. | saw two tracks, one
made by bare feet and one by a
shod foot. The size of the shoe
was about No. Z, very wide at the
sole and pointed. The tracks of the
bare foot were about the same size.
A light colored hat that was torn
in two was brought to the station.
The dead man was about five feet,
ten inches tall and weighed about
100 pounds. The shed starts about
100 feet north of the station and
is about 100 feet long and fifteen
feet high from the ground. i ex-
amined the tracks about ten o'clock
Sunday morning. There was an Of
ficer there to see that nobody inter
fered with the tracks, etc. These
foot tracks were very plain and
could be easily distinguished.
James Reilly-I am a brakeman.
/ went through LIE Sueur on July
29." j met the hind man and he
came on my side of the train and
we picked the dead man up. The
body was cold, his coat was off and
the left arm was laying on the coat.
He was lying fat on his back. Half
of his head was. off and one of his
ears. We carried the body to the
depot and l raised my lantern and
looked up, thinking that he might
have struck some parts of the shed.
He weighed about $50 pounds.
John McClean-I am brakeman
for the Omaha railway. saw HALEY
Green about seven o'clock in the
evening on the platform at the west
end. 1t was raining and he asked
me if had seen his little brother.
He was barefootcd and was out in
the rain.
T. A. Brew-Brakeman, / was on
the main line July 20, saw an OBJ
ject lying on the track Indicating
on plat the place where body was
found).
Testimony of Max Distel.
Max Distel-I reside in LIE Sueur.
went to the depot at about 1:25
with Swiningson July 20 last. | saw
a body on a truck wagon. I looked
over the body and then went to see
where the body was found. | found
small remains of body on the track
and blood, in front of the north pill
lar of coal sheds. l found some
blood on pillar. / again examined
the body and clothes. l found the
inside pocket of the coat turned out
ward and the hip pocket of pants
was filled with cinders. l took a
lantern and went outside. l found
one-half of hat and near where
found the hat l found peculiar
tracks where something was drag
ged along there. l then called the
boys up. found that the north
end of the bench was covered with
cinders. I stirred the cinders with
my fingers and l found fresh blood
cinders. l found blood on both pill
lars on each side of the bench. I
found a stick of wood 2x4, and I
found blood on the stick and fresh
brain under it. (The stick was in
treduced) The hair is still on it
that was there when found it.
followed that path through the
sheds to the north end and there
was some pipes lying there. I found
blood on them. l took Coroner
Gene Burnett over the grounds.
accused Pat Masterson of the crime
before municipal court. The man
weighed about IT'S pounds. There
were foot tracks on each side of
this path where the body was drag.
ged-heavy shoe tracks, of labor
ing man and size number 10. There
were two tracks, one of shoe tracks
and barefoot tracks. l saw the
barefoot tracks from the bench up
a little way. The distance which
the body was dragged was about
211 feet. / found a tooth fresh
and bloody at the first turn that
was made.
G. E. Burnett am county coro.
ner l arrived at LIE Sueur at a. m
July 20 and found body at the
depot, and then in company with
others went to see where the body
was found and there found blood
and brain matter. then followed
the trail where the body was found
through the coal sheds to the bench
in the southern part of the sheds
/ found cinders on the bench and
large pool of blood and brain
matter under stick. We walked on
the sides of this track and I ordered
the constable to come and guard
this trail SO that no one would