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


sent bullet crashing through his
body The marks on the bullet show
! that they were made after hitting
the body The soft leaden bullet
would have been fattened on its
side if it had struck a solid object
and glanced. Hack naturally would
| lean forward little while running
which would account for the slight
! upward course of the bullet frou
| the point of entrance. If the bullet
| had struck another object first, il
would have undoubtedly entered
HACKS body sidewise. making &
larger wound than it did.
! If the Hack family hired an as
sistant to the county attorney, what
has that got to do with it? | an
glad to have had this assistance
! The law does not say that one kint
| of justice shall be melted out to &
| single man, and another kind of jus
tice to married man. The law
equally protects all kinds of citizens
when it says, you shall not kill
| A human life has been taken. How
sweet the word. A boy has beer
sent to his grave. There is a vacant
chair by the Hack freside. Was
not Hppy Hack as dear to his
mother as this defendant is to his
| family? Is he to be condemned be
cause he did not have schooling OF
was not brought up amid preten
! tious surroundings? His parents car
never again see his smiling face OF
hear him speak again. When the Tt
! tan Of in, OH
stations in life gave up their places
in the life boats for peasant WON
en- in the steerage. The question
| arose whether it would not have
been better to the world had it not
been SO; but the answer came back
that it was not so. Mrs. HACKS
! son was as dear to her as any other
mothers son. His life blood is on
/ the defendants hands. They are
stained and he cannot wash the
stain off.
Gentlemen, what will your verdict
be? If you find that Pollei took
HACKS life without Justification
he must stand the consequences OF
his act. If Hack had not been shot
some other citizen might have been
and there is no law that permits
this chance in making an arrest fol
a misdemeanor. OF course, women
must be protected from insult on the
street, but there are ways of en-
| forcing the law without taking hui
man life. ,
Mr.. Schmitt finished at $40 p
m. While he was referring to the
sorrow in the victims family, Mrs
! Hack was sobbing audibly.
The court recessed until this
morning, as Mr. Wilson said that il
! he began his argument he could
not complete it.
Wilson Argues For Defendant
S. B. Wilson gave the closing
argument to the jury this forenoon
! The question in this case was
whether the defendant was an out
law and a criminal, or whether he
stood as a monument of law en-
( fOrcement i'm Minnesota The de
Tense extended its deepest sym
pathy to the mother of the de
ceased. 1t was right and natural
that the mother should stand by
her wayward son, right or wrong
| 1t should be this way. But it will
to the dead in this case.
| Because a man is indicted does
not tend to prove his guilt, as the
defense is not heard, usually an
Indictment is voted as mere mat
| ter of form. done at the suggestion
| OF the county attorney. Prosecutions
are brought in the name of the
state, but in this case the prOsecu
ton seems to be pushed more al
| the instance of the Hack family
than of the people of the state.
The jury should consider the
standing and reliability of the de
| PENDANT. The undenied evidence Is
that he is good citizen, and that
! he was appointed by the mayor tC
the police force and stood the scru
tiny of the five city commissioners
before being confirmed. Peace Off
GERS are given important duties b,
law, with the protection of life ant
property day and night. They are
expected to make the streets safe
! daughters. When they fail to per
form their duties satisfactorily the
public is free with it's criticism
They have been supplied with re
vOlvers and clubs to enforce the
laws when necessary to use them
If the officers do not enforce the
laws they do not do what is ex
pected of them.
| The defendant is accused of hav
| ing committed murder without pre-
meditation. A motive is one of the
essential things in convicting O
murder. Can you imagine why Pol
lei wanted the life of Huber
| Hack? He had no malice agains
| him, he was on friendly terms will
him, his acquaintance was casual
HACKS death has filled Pollei will
deepest sorrow. HACKS death ha,
given him no pleasure or satisfac
ton. Why should Polei, enjoyin:
life with his little home, his faith
full wife and four lovely children
go out and seek to take the life
of a fellow being-to be snatchet
away and placed in prison?
PoIlei Was Not to Blame
The defendant is not to blame
for HACKS attempt to escape
Many an outlaw has effected hi.
escape in this year, amid shower
Of bullets, who took his life in hi!
hands by the act lent the escapin.
4 prisoner Who would see Pole
stand idly by and let this prisone
escape, and be the laughing stool
! of the city, and perhaps removed
from the police force. Why SHOULD