Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-07-12
1s 1sz x 1910
Life fIMPIRlSONMf.N I
is SENTENCE aMETED OUT TO
MURDERER. OF MRS. NETT1E
PAGE TUESDAY MORNING #:

Anton sajter, alias Tony Y schiter,
through his interpreter, pleaded guilty
to the charge Of murder in the first
degree, having been indicted by the
grand jury Tuesday morning, for the
killing of Mrs. Nettie Page, wife Of F.,
j. Page, on May IL last spring, at the
special term Of court here late Tues
day morning and wasisentenced to life
imprisonment at hard labor in the state
penitentiary at Saltwater as the penal
ty for his crime. - J
Judge NJ. D. Taylor presided on the
bench at this, special session which
opened Monday afternoon and which
closed Tuesday afternoon at 8 p. m.
Mike Hladt was sworn in as inter.
prefer for the confessed murderer and
through him Sajter stated that he had
committed the crime for the purpose of
robbery as he wanted the money. When
asked for what reason, what purpose
he killed the woman, defendant was
interpreted as saying that some farmer,
his neighbor, had told him she had $500
and he thought he could get it, but he
said she didn't have cent on. her
when he looked for it. 3
He stated that he had killed her
first and then searched her and that
she hollered before he killed her. Ask.
ed if he would. have killed her if she
had not hollered, his Interpreter said,
emo, he don't like-because she know
him, you know; he think if he don It
kill-well she say somebody will catch
him."
In drawing out little of his history,
the man gave Lokacz, Hungary, as his
birth. place; said he had been in this
country 81 months, working II months
in the Pennsylvania coal mines and had
been in Minnesota during the past 3
months working on farm. He stated
he had no relatives in this country but
had no property; had but six years
schooling; could neither read nor write,
being bearly able to scribble his name.
Donat Trettel, who acted as his
counsel, stated that he had studied the
man and found that he was not legally
insane but simply man Of abnormal
traits, degenerate and very ignorant.
Citing the fact that it was one Of
the most cold blooded and revolving
crimes ever committed, the court then
sentenced the prisoner to life imprison-
ment.
Sheriff Frank Armstrong and T. J.
Monahan took Sajter to Saltwater
yesterday morning on the $500 O'Clock
train, and had very little trouble in
: taking him to the train, the convicted
man though trembling somewhat, will
mg1y placed His own hands in the
irons, this in spite Of the many threats
he had made to make break for free
dom or kill himself.
Peter Kanton on Monday afternoon
was granted a divorce from his wife,
Inga Kanton, on the grounds Of de-
sertion, and Ella Hiscock was granted
divorce from her husband, Andrew
Hiscock, Tuesday on the grounds that
he was an habitual drunkard and had
deserted her.
The motion made for the re-opening
of judgment of 1908, prohibiting g
Matthias and Paul Gendron from OBJ
structing ditch in Two Rivers, was
taken under advisement.
Besides the Indictment against Anton
Sajter, the special grand jury returned
an Indictment against George Olson of
grand larceny in the second degree.
Defendant is charged with having on
January 25 last taken some cattle be-
longing to Nick Maier of Pierz and
shipped it to South St. Paul in a car
together with some Of his own, but on
collecting pay for the cattle, abscond-
ing with the money belonging to Mr..
Maier.
Olson was arraigned in district court
and bail fixed at $500. AS he was un-
able to furnish same, he will await his
trial at the fall term Of court, in the
county Jail.