Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-07-27
Il asked him what horse he had.
He said it was Hens. Then he went


He said it was Hens. Then he went
upstairs"
How did his face look?"
II did not notice it at once. But
when he came down stairs his face
looked distorted"
did he say anything at that time
about shooting?"
Il can remember something. I
said, Boy, how you look!' And he
said, Hens say l shot them.'"
Then they went out of doors.
when you got out doors did you
hear anything more?"
Henry (John's brother) says,
What have you done? How did you
shoot? Whom did you shoot?' And
he said, I don't know Henry was
standing in the yard and shaking
him. And he said, Tell me, tell me
what you have done or l will choke
you.'"
What did John say?"
II don't know. I wanted to find
out from the boy what had happen
of him."
Then it was that Mueller and his
wife drove over to the Hens farm.
wife and John and Henry all went
back to the Hens home. John stay
ed in the buggy and the rest went in
the house and found the injured
family.
They questioned the Hens family
and were told about the shooting
and the appearance of young Muel
Ter. The father states that Hens
I@l - I,@
was mad, like a mad dog.
Prosecution Attacks Testimony.
The defense in the Mueller trial
has had a number of witnesses on
the stand since the report of the
trial in Fridays issue. Attorney
Thorp continued the questioning of
Mueller's father for several hours.
He brought up several answers that
it is alleged he had given in the
preliminary examination, with which
his testimony in the present trial
does not seem to e. tirely agree.
After Mr.. Muelts: left the stand,
the defense introduced Henry Muel-
Ter, w. A. Jones, Christ Mueller, Jr.,
and Valdemar Mueller.
The last named testified that he
received a letter from Johanna
Hens two weeks before Christmas
asking him to come to her house.
The night before Christmas he
went to the Hens home, as brought
out in previous testimony. He also
|corroborated the story that Johanna
and Valentine Hens had visited at
Mueller's two weeks before Christ
mas.
Valdemar was at home milking,
when John came home after the
shooting.
Mrs. Katie Kassman was next put
on the stand. Before her marriage,
she lived near the Muellers. She was
at Mueller's four years ago when a
number of young people were at
the barn. Some were dancing and
John was hanging by his toes. When
he called, Katie, who was then fif-
teen, pulled him down and he lay on
his face for perhaps 10 minutes.
Could Speak English.
The witness spoke through on
interpreter while being examined by
Atty. Knauf, but when Atty. Thorp
began the cross examination, she
was pursuaded that she could just as
we'll speak English.
Atty. Thorp asked, "How old are
you?"
Nineteen"
How old is your husband?"
"Twenty-two."
How many children have you?'
Myself"
"Yes?"
None
How many acres have you?"
"None acres"
The lawyer asked in conclusion,
What did John say when you pull
ed him down? Was he mad?"
mo, it was in fun"
Canadian Son-in-Law q Witness.
Lewis Frohlich, 35 years old, who
has come clear from Saskatchewan
to testify, was next put on the stand.
He is son-in-law of Frederick
Hens. He came down to Bismarck
when he heard that his father,
mother and brother were hurt,
thinking he'd find them in the hos
pital there, and later came on to
Jamestown.
Atty. Knauf asked, when you
talked with Mrs. Hens at the hospi-
tai, did she tell you that John Muel-
ler looked as If he was mad-like a
mad dog or something like that?"
eyes,"
did you tell Mrs. Hens that she
was liar"
mo"
Upon cross-examination it was
found that Frohlich had gone out
to the Hens home. found no one
there, and had kicked the door in.
The next day he came to jamestown.
What did you kick the old mans
door in for?"
WAS I going to leave my children
out in the sleigh to freeze when 1t