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

that anything OF its character
should take place. When asked
what action he would take regarding
Officer Pollei, the mayor replied
that he must wait until after the
inquest was held and it's results
made known before deciding what
he should do.
Mayor TAYLOR learned of the shoot
ing shortly after it occurred and he
called at tie police station, con-
ferred with Chief of Police Domaine
few minutes and then left the
building.
Postmortem Examination.
At a postmortem examination held
this afternoon it was found that
Hack came to his death by bullet
entering his body through the back.
The bullet went through the left
shoulder blade, penetrated the edge
of one lung and passed through the
lower part of the hart. Drs. j. w.
Andrews, Roy Andrews and A. G.
.Liedloff made the examination
From Saturdays Daily.
I'VE, the jury, find that Hubert
weapon in the hands of one Charles
Poiiei, an officer on the police force
of the city of Mankato, at about ten
p. m. of July 8, 1912"
At the inquest held yesterday after
noon over the body of Hubert Hack,
who was shot and killed at the foot
of Main street, Wednesday night,
several parties, who witnessed the
shooting, were called to the stand to
testify. Coroner Kennedy and COun-
ty Attorney Schmitt conducted the in
quest. William Bohrer was called,
and he told story similar to the
one he told reporter and published
in The Free Press of last evening.
William Kroeger's testimony was a
reiteration of what Mr.. BOhrer said.
He said that he could tell an officer
was the pursuer of Hack, because OF
his uniform. He said he heard no
cries of halt.
William Page testified that he first
saw Hack and the policeman when
they were crossing the street, and
when he saw that Hack was in the
custody of the officer, he intended to
follow to the police station to see
what the charge would be against
Hack, but the latter suddenly darted
down Main street.
Henry Murtaugh stated that he
saw two women going north on Front
street, and when near the corner of
Front and Main streets, saw Hack
accost them.
"'You had better get Officer
Budde,' l heard Hack say, after one
of the ladies had told him that she
would get an officer because of his
remarks"
mo, We'll not get Budde,' l heard
one of them reply. One of them, the
women, said something about HACKS
being arrested before, and after a
short quarrel, they crossed the street.
There one of the women saw Officer
Pollei and walked up to him. Later
saw the officer and Hack cross the
street toward the Saulpaugh corner"
Mrs. Anna Liedloff of 604 North
Front street, was called and she told
the same story as was quoted from
her in The Free Press of yesterday.
She said her husband, Elmer Ellis.
worth Liedloff was railroad man in
Illinois and had not been home
since April
Testimony of the Doctors.
DIR. J. w. Andrews, after making a
postmortem examination of the sub
ject of the inquest, with DR.. Roy
Andrews and DR.. AdOlph L1edlof1,
was called to the stand. He said he
found several bruises on the body of
Hack, one of which was on the
right knee above the knee cap, the
knee cap He had been scraped or
hurt on the right side of the chest
about an inch on the inside of the
nipple, and an inch above, the skin
was discolored The only other ex-
ternal mark, was a small hole en-
tering the skin, under the left Shout
der blade. 1t was impossible to pass
probe up this hole very far, as it
struck rib.
1--WE then opened the chest and ex-
posed the organs, the lungs and the
heart and the covering of the heart,
and found that the opening below the
left shoulder blade extended through,
just skirting the base of the left lung
but the bullet had made hole in
the border of the lung, and from
there it went straight through the
covering of the heart and entered
that organ" He described the diff
ferent organs of the heart. it's upper
and lower cavities, and said that the
bullet went through the heart near
one of. the valves. through one of the
cavities and through the right ven
tricle and from there into the chest
wall on the right side and into the
heavy muscle of the wall A large
amount of -clotted blood was also
found in the cavities. The bruises on
the skin, he said, were not sufficient
to cause death, and hence, he said
that the bullet, going through the
heart, was the real cause of death.
Dr. Roy Andrews was called, and
also Dr. Liedloff and both those ply
sicians confirmed what Dr. j. w. An
drews had said DR.. Liedloff said
that the bullet struck the back bone
and was detected through the heart
One Witness Heard Officer Say Halt.
Miss Susan Wertz then took the
stand and told what was quoted from
her in the Free Press of last even
ing. d. A. Simonds added some new
testimony, that did not quite agree
with the stories told by Messrs
Bohrer and Page. He said that he
saw the two crossing the street to-
ward the Saulpaugh hotel, and when
they reached the corner, he hear?
Officer Pollei say, "You STOP" or
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