The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-13
EeIber on the Stand.

FeIber on the Stand. ~
Fred Felber-I live at LIE Sueur
and work in the coal sheds. / have
worked there for the past twenty
years. Carl Thurman worked there
for about twenty-six years. Hall is
only an extra man. On July 20 |
worked until about $50 p. m. and
so did Mike Hail. We then went up
town and stayed until about $40
o'clock. We then started home and
met a fellow and had fight with
him. Mike Hall knocked him down
first and then / knocked him down.
He got away and we were looking
for him. We were looking for the hat
which he had lost. We met couple
OF other fellows then. l got home at
1905 p. m. Mike Hall lives about
three blocks nearer the coal sheds
than | do. l met George Bones when
went home. l worked all that day
in the coal chutes. l had never seen
MastersOn and Rugs before. / have
known Mike Hall for twenty-five
years and we worked together that
day. John Green lives about four
blocks from me. l have known him
about twenty-five years and had a.
fight with him about twenty years
ago. 1t was raining the night of the
murder and we stayed under Co.'S
groves shed. l was not up town that
night. Mike went up twice and got
beer in pail. | weigh $50 pounds.
Mike Hall is as large as | am but is
not as heavy. Green has seven boys
and one girl. ] was arrested for this
crime on July 5, think. In the coal
chute there are about forty bins which
hold from two TO five tons Of coal.
was subpoenaed at the inquest but
did not testify. Carl Thurman brought
over the pick and said, How did my
pick get way over there" Mike Hall
was witness at the inquest. |
haven't talked with HALEY Green for
four or five months. The sheds are
about 250 feet long. My watch was
hit with rock and broken in that
fight. The pick was found the same
day and Thurman started to work
that noon.
Told About the Fight.
Mike Hall live at lie Sueur,
about eight blocks from the depot
have worked off and on for eight
year for the-failway company. Gle
testified in substance the same as
Nil fo hnin hnv
and what happened until they part
ed. We had two fights and the
second time Fred grabbed for him
but he got away. We then looked
for him in the machine shed.
got quart of beer and those two
men drove in and we gave them a
drink and they paid for another
quart. Fred made threats and said
that he would lick that man whom
we met OH the track. l have known
John Green for about forty years
and have known HALEY since he was
a baby.
Peter Iten-I live in lie Sueur and
am seventeen years old. | worked
for the Cosgrove company July 2e
and | saw Felber and Hall. l saw
he picked up stones. We went back
and looked for his hat and they met
again and had another scuffle. Mas
terson got away and they went te
the machine sheds to look for him
Bailey and | walked toward the de
pot. | saw three or four flashes OF
light under the coal sheds about
| where the bench was. l saw the
blood all along there afterward.
Saw Men in His Barn.
William Kast-I live at LIE Sueur
about four blocks north of the de
pot ! was home the night of July
80. When ] got up the next morn
ing | noticed that my barn door was
partly open so / went to investigate
II saw a man and asked what he
was doing there. He said: You
scared me. Don't tell my father and
brother that | am here. If they
know that / am here they will come
and get me- went to the coal
sheds and was told that murdeI
had been committed. / saw Hall
Green where the horses were and
one of the horsemen was talking
about the bare feet tracks. One OF
the men said: There is that darkey
he might have done it, | found
two bottles in the barn. | did not
see Hall Green after that. | cant
name a single individual there ex
cept Green and myself when that
remark was made by the hOrseman
There was big crowd over there
when the remark was made.
Green Was Nervous.
| Thomas Carroll live at LIE
Sueur, about four blocks from the
depot, near the convent. l was al
LIE Sueur at the time the murder
was committed and on Monday
after the murder Hall Green passed
my house at $3.50 o'clock. / said:
| Hello, what is your name?' He
said he was Hall Green. He asked
me il had been down to see the
dead man. l told him that / had
been and that his head was badly
cut up. Hall said that he did mol
look like that Saturday night anu
! that he had lots of money. My vile