The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-13

ago and lived here ever since eX-
, cept in Ceresco township. His ia
ther seven brothers and two sisters
are living. He was common la
borer and worked for II. r. Cough
, Ian, Fowler & Pay and the Omaha
railroad before he was appointed to
the police force in April, 1911, by
Mayor Taylor, and continued Oh it
until July, 1912. He knew Hubert
, Hack. He went on duty at 6 p.
m. on July 3. working nights that
! month. He met Mrs. Liedloff and
, her sister that evening while he was
/, returning to the city hall from his
beat. He met them near the Kaiser
!; hoff saloon. He knew Mrs. Liedloff
. by sight, but not her sister. Mrs.
Liedloff said that a man had in
suited her and had Rugged a wom-
an in front of the Rex and she had
struggled hard to get free of him.
Witness had asked where the man
was, and she had said back there"
lie asked her to go with him and
point him out. Just then she saw
the man and said, There. he goes
now" He recognized the man as
Hack. ..
The defense tried to draw out
evidence as to previous alleged bad
acts of Hack, but the state object
ed to anything previous to the night
Ill question. The court held the de-
tense down to HACKS reputation
in a general way
The witness said that he knew of
HACKS reputation as to commit
ting similar offenses on the public
streets of Mankato-as to insulting
women. His reputation as a law
abiding citizen was bad The wit
ness had followed him past Krons
store into the rear entrance of the
White Front saloon and the bar
tender said he came in running
The deceased was in there drink
ing glass Of beer and the witness
told him he was under arrest and
would have to accompany him to the
police station. He asked for time to
drink the beer, which was granted
and when they went out he asked
what the trouble was and witness
said he would find out when they
met the mountaineering the three
They met the two who had COM
planned. and witness had asked him
as they crossed the street who the
did not know. When at the Saul
paugh corner, Hack said: mo po-
lice station for me- and ran for the
/ bridge. They were within few
! feet of the corner of the curb and
Hack rem. q little to thes right
Pollei had pursued and called three
times to him at intervals to stop,
shouting "Halt," and "Stop" He
! had run 100 feet or more by the
time he called the third time. After
Hack got on the sidewalk he was
three feet from the building, with
witness in the same relative posi-
| ton After shouting the third time,
! he drew his Colts 3S-calibre revol-
YER. This was after passing two or
three people ~"who were walking
abreast on the sidewalk He shot
/ in the air, intending to shoot over
him. Hack was about, ninety feet
ahead, running about fifteen miles
an hour Hack Vas running in
ian erect position ard continued at
! the same speed asnhbefore the: shot
was fired Witness had fired to
scare Hack so asj' to make him
! stop He did not shoot low for fear
the bullet would glance on the
! pavement and there &were people on
/ the sidewalk Witness believed at
the time that he was performing
! his duty as a police officer in his
(, efforts to capture Hack. He be-
lieved Hack had committed a fell
ony. He did not itYtend to hit or
/ injure or kill Hack He had no
other motive for shooting than to
make Hack stop running. He did
not aim at Hack. While running,
he believed, the gun pulled easy
and he probably did not get his
hand up high enough
On Gross Examination.
Cross examined by Mr.. Ellsworth,
the witness said that he had started
out on his beat at 1880 p. ~, going
north. He was near the Kaiser
hof saloon, going south, when he
met Mrs. Liedloff and her sister.
The account of the 'hugging of an
other woman was told by Mrs. Lied
loft. The officer had not witnessed
the occurrence. There was no other
conversation about this than what
was testified to. His belief as to
a felony having been committed by
Hack was based solely on the
statement made by Mrs: Liedloff and
her sister. He~ had known Hack
and would at that time have con-
sidered that the latter had COM
mtted felony if he took hold of
girl on the street. After Hack
started to run, the first command
given by witness was Halt" the
second STOP and the third, Twill
you stop?" He did not shoot until
he had gone 100 feet after giving
the last command. He pulled bis
gun at the cafe entrance. He re-
membered passing Mr. Bohrer and
a lady, but did not remember see
ing Kreuger or SimmoDds or Page.
After shouting the first time, hej
concluded to draw his revolver He !
fired as soon as he drew the re-
volver. After firing, he did not know
whether he had hit Hack or not.
After Hack fell, he did not know
but that he might have stumbled
and fell He thought at the time
of shooting that the weapon went
off before he intended it to, but did
not think that it went off toward
Hack. He had since concluded that
it must have gone off prematurely. |
He had intended to shoot at an
angle into the air, and he thought
he did this, but his, hand might
have dropped, or he might have trip |
ped but he did not remember that !