The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-16
GETS HEAD hit
AGAINST cuRB|Nc
Dropped BY Men Trying to
/ Place Him III an Automo-
bile After Mishap.
"oNLY "A DRUNK :.
SAID OFF issst. ~,
Witness, Says He Rcmonstrated At tho
Manner in which tictom was Han.
dled Defense Charges that Herdi-
gan and GetI Threatened Goodrie.

Judge G. M. Cooley this morning
denied the two motions Of the defense
made last Saturday to. the effect that
tho state b eobliged to call Messrs.
Tom Hanan and Gus Kleven, witnesses
at the preliminary hearing. and that
the court render an advised verdict.
The defense Immediately opened it's
case, tho feature Of which was the
statement that Getz had been dropped
TO the pavement by those putting him
into the automobile, his head hitting
tho curb.
Would "Get" Goodrie.
In his preliminary statement Attor-
ney George Bangs said that the de-
tense would prove that Frank Herdi-
gan and Joe Getx. while in East Grand
Forks had agreed to get" Frank
Goodrie that night the affair happen
cd: Frank Herdigan and Getz were
drinking that night. they having re-
ceived their pay checks from the
Great Northern railroad. Leon Fetti
had accompanied Getx across the
river and when ready to go home ask
ed Getz to 60 home with him. This
Gets refused to do, saying that he
vas going to help Herdigan get
The defense would. also prove. said
Mr.. Bangs. that Getx was dropped
heavily to the sidewalk after being
felled the: first time. 1t would also
prove that Goodrie twice asked for
the, gun and was twice threatened
with q blow fro NIT at the hands Of
0etz before he struck Getx and knock
ed him down. .gi
ss Duttss Testimony..
The flrst witnG Nj "a lied 66y the 49,
1enes sNaS Jacob D,ltt. sos DBL aye-
anats :. iea \. \! knosn
~ sssisS ais as ~ 'said az ilst sssss III
had gone. to the sGetz home on the
Sunday following the brawl and had
there met Fetti, who told him the cir--
icumAtAnces surrounding the case when
It started on the East side. F'etti told
him how he had tried to get Getx to
60 home with him, but that Getz had
told him that Frank Herdigan wanted
because he wanted to fix Goodrie. Il
James Edwards. q street car conduc-
tor, was then called and gave clear
account Of what had happened.
He was running the Riverside park
car down DeMers avenue to the Great
Northern depot about 1890 o'clock
when he saw a group Of men gathered
ct the cornsr Of Fourth street and
y He gave the emergency stop call and
Jumped of the car. He said he raw
thre men trying to put an unconscious
man into an automobile, two Of them
holding him by the shoulders and ono
by; the feet. When they had gotten
his feet Into the tonneau Of the ma
chine. the man holding, the feet ran
around the car and brabbed the feet
from the other side. AZ he did 50 the
two mon holding Getx by the shoul.
ders suddenly dropped him to the
pavement. AZ he dropped his head
struck the curb. He was dropped
from height Of about two feet. Om-
Ger Nels Dahl was one Of the three
men, said Edwards.
ssHell Of . Way to Handle q Man"
Edwards said that he told Dahl and
the bystanders that 'that 10 q hell Of
q way to handle man." and that
Dahl replied to the effect that Getx
was "only = drunk When Edwards
asked him why, he had not taken Inn
mediate steps to put him in the car,
Dahl replied that he had Just come
from the hospital and that he didn't
feel strong. 5sst 4 4, u t.53 I .s.s
VI Ordered Taken to Police Station.
Edwards then put his arm under
the shoulders Of Gets and with the
help OF others rot him into the car.
When he was In the car the chauffeur
asked whore to take him. Somebody
Gaid. take him to the hospital" Dahl