The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-12


alley entrance and remained there.
There we waited until we saw
him at the corner OfKron's stOre,with
Hack at his arm. is this the man
the policeman asked us and
Miss Werts replied Yes and Officer
Pollei then led him across the
streets, after he had told us to fol
low to the station to file charges.
"We saw Hack break away and
run down Main street to the railroad
crossing and Miss Werts> saw the
policeman shoot. / went on up to
the station, intending to wait for
them, as ! did not hear any pistol
shot during the din of firecrackers."
Miss Werts was then seen and she
said that when she heard the shot,
she ran after the policeman and
came up to where Hack was lying
face downward. She said she did
not hear the policeman call to Hack
to stop, and heard only one shot
Later, when Officer Pollei's revolver
was opened at the police station, it
was found that only one cartridge
had been used.
Saw Him Pull Gun.
81 saw him reach down in his
pocket and pull out the revolver and
shoot" said Miss Werts, and when
came up to the fallen man, | saw
two men and one woman in blue
dress standing over him beside the
policeman. The officer then told
them to wait while he ran to the
station to secure aid.
ut seemed as though the two
interested men we had seen a few
minutes before, were there also and
when | saw the wounded man on the
brick pavement, i made an exclama-
ton and he retorted: Well, that's
what you get for talking on the
Streets And when the officer ran
up the alley to chase after Hack,
this same man remarked: That
policeman had better look out and be
careful what he does, in that alley
think the officer can take care of
himself there. a.
Woman tainted Away.
The two women waited at the pO-
lice station for some time, and were
then told that they would not have
to stay there any longer. AS they
were walking down the street on
their way home, they met Officer
ROmack, in company with a reporter
who had just returned from the
scene of the shooting. Mrs. Lied
loft asked the policeman if Hack
was dead and when he replied that
the man had died, she nearly faint
ed, falling back in the policeman's
arms. He steadied her for a mo-
ment, and then she walked on with
her sister. They said they did not
know the woman in the black dress,
whom they said, Hack insulted
first.
..... Story Told BY Officer.
William Bohrer of North MankatO
was a few feet behind the police
man when the shooting occurred, and
he said that the distance between
Hack and the officer when the lat
ter fired, was about fifty feet, while
Hack ran thirty or forty feet be-
fore he fell. He was walking home,
he said, when he saw Hack run
past him and the officer follow. He
was carrying a bundle of flags for
the Fourth of July celebration and
dropped these when he heard the
shot. He ran after the officer to
where Hack fell and helped raise
him up. .- r.
After the shot Hack did not utter
a word, he said, but groaned as he
was turned over, and then fell for
ward, as though dead. Mr.. Bohrer
waited until the arrival of the au-
tomobile. Mr.. Bohrer did not think
hnf dr,,n NIrc ial
loft and Miss Werts had said, for if
he had been drunk, he would not
have been able to run as fast as he
did. ,.
Some Stories Afioat.
Some people claim that Policeman
Pollei had frequented several sa-
looms that evening and had taken
a few WHISTLES, while others say that
he was calm and knew what he was
doing every moment. 1t was re-
ported that Hack had been drink,
ing considerably that evening, al
though his friends deny this. His
cousin, Paul Dubke, was with him a
few minutes before the shooting, and
he said that Hack was not drunk
then
Phil Landmark said that Hack
| came into his barbershop shortly
after nine o'clock and had his hair
cut and at that time he was sober.
| After Hack had been brought
to the hospital. DR.. J. w. Andrews
was called, and he said that Hack
had been shot through the left side
| from the back, and that the bullet
evidently passed through his heart.
! The report that two shots were
| fired proved without foundation.
Story Told BY Officer Polle.
Officer Pollei returned from the
hospital to the police station and re-
manned outside for short while,
and then went inside. Chief of Po-
lice Donahue and Sheriff Osten had
been notified of the shooting. The
chief arrived at the station shortly
afterward and was closeted with
Officer POllei for some time. To
him Officer Pollei said that he was
approached by Mrs. Liedloff and
told that man was molesting them
and had abused her and her sister.
They pointed out the man and he
told them to remain at the corner
while he went to arrest Hack. He
said that Hack espied him and
turned down the alley in the rear
of Kron's store. He, pursued him up
the alley to Mulberry street. Hack
ran around the corner and entered
the Inn saloon, owned by H. E..
Brand. The officer followed and en-
tered the saloon also, although he
hut :