The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-07-11

he. stated. tt3i.
What did you do when you opened
the door, asked County Attorney
Phillips.
Stein Broke Down.
Stein broke down, held his head on
his hands and then gulped, That's
ALL"
After few moments he continued:
81 saw her on the floor. saw stripes
around her mouth and / thought
someone had been in. l knelt down,
saw the blood and the pistol in her
hand"
"She was lying on the floor, one of
her knees drawn up. She was lying
on her right side, her left arm In
front Of her facing the chiffonier,
arms extended in front of her."
The pistol was introduced as evil
dence and Stein said it was his PTS
toll. After this he said he did not
know what happened. He called and
his, uncle or Mr.. Burnstein entered.
: Describing the bedroom he and his
wife occupied he said it was a room
about ten by twelve feet and des-
cribed the furniture in the room. A
! door. leading to the entrance hall Is
located in one corner OF the room.
f, The bed is Immediately opposite this
door. with the head just across from
the doorway; a chiffonier also oppo-
site the door; dresser to the left OF
the chiffonier and three or four feet
from the bed; two windows in the
room, the small one at the foot OIL
the bed and the the larger windows
facing Fourth street, opening out on
a screened porch. He said the win.
dows were open Saturday night ano
Sunday morning when he left.
:, Stein broke down, sobbed mo
ment, controlled himself and con
,tinued. The note left for Mrs. SteiI
was introduced here. Stein identl
fed it and said he had seen it in TIT
same position he left it.
Did you and your wife have an!
. trouble" asked Attorney Phillips.
l. ~ Were Always Happy. g
There were no two happier peopl
in this world" stated Stein. 3
'Did you have any trouble Satur
, day night?" "a
"She and Miss May were holdinI
cigarettes at the golf grounds t.
; keep the mosquitoes away and / toll
her / did not approve OF 1T as people
might think. they were smokins
, They laughed and, / think they threN
!, them away as they did not have Their
, cwhen l looked back. The matter wa
,, tlaughingly referred to in the Burn
stein apartment"
Stein testified that the back kitchel
> door was locked he thought. He sal
! it had a Yale lock and he neve
! knew such a lock to fail. He sal
the pistol was laying on her hands
Was Too Mortified.
81 was too Mortified to know wha
to do" he said 81 picked up tn
! pistol, touched it, let it drop, think
ing If / touched it people might thin
: 1 wanted someone to see how sh
: was found. The pistol was all blood!
!. |. don't know what 1 thought. / wa
too terrified"
Weak and shaky,, and with DIR
| sobs of anguish Stein left the room
:, after his testimony. s 49,
81 Albert Savers, living in the lowe
= apartment. was next called He-tas
Q titled that neither his wife. daughte
or himself heard any talking or pis
n toll shots from the Stein apartment
: He first learned of the tragedy whel
t.. he returned from church.
o /, The only noise he heard was abou
r. nine o'clock when heheard something
e fall in the. Stein apartment and re
II marked that someone might hav
tipped the table 'oysr Mrs. Ros
e Sauers also testified 10 the same eff
g feet as her husband. She also hear
e the heavy thud on he floor, de
r. scribed by Mr.. Sauers
IS Mrs. Savers also testified that sh,
:. was home when Stein went upstairs
e heard him moaning and other!
n screaming and heard several people
!. hurry to the upper aiartment. Sht
went to the Burnstein fiat few mo
# ments later and it wa here that sh,
g learned of the death. Miss A. Sauers
!, nineteen year old daughter of MI
" and Mrs. Savers was sworn in ant
e gave practically the anne testimon.
d as her mother, @8f->' -fw
nj AT four O'Clock the nry took a re-
If cess and there werea number oil
" witnesses yet to be called at that
J. time.
lie Mr.. and Mrs. SaueT are occupant.
n tof the fats on heisednd floor of the
n Plaza Immediately bow that one
l. which the Stems octpied. Z.