New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-01-26
day of the murder he was dressed in
"a cloth cap, blue overalls, jacket and
sweater and low overshoes.

| Gay Oh 2.CHe lHutueT lie Was SuTeSSeQy In
a cloth cap, blue overalls, jacket and
sweater, and low overshoes
Big Sum Missing.
An interesting development in the
coroner's inquest was brought to light
when Mr.. Choinard testified that he
had given the murdered man $40 in
casha little more than week ago, as
payment in full for the balance due
him for his summer wages. At the
time Kuznen told Chouinard that he
was not going to take it toIa bank, but
that he believed he would loan it to
some farmer, and get more interest.
Chouinard declared that3to the best Of
his knowledge he had not gone to town
since he had been paid. No money,
other than $4.46 found on his person,
was found in the shack The theory
was advanced by some that the slayer
had taken his victims money before
making his getaway. The only valu-
able papers left by the dead man in
Guided a certificate of deposit for 5000
on lie Sueur bank and his first papers
for citizenship, granted him on January
20, 1920.
Only one of the brothers 1leighbors,
Mr. Chouinard, knew anything Of the
quarrel which caused the shooting.
He had no definite informa ton, other
than what William Kuzmen had told
him the morning of the murder, but
had suspicious that they had been
quarreling of late.
Picturesque Locality.
The scene Of the murder is one Of
the most picturesque in the Minnesota
Valley. Standing high on an imposing
bluff, looking down upon wooded
ravines, small streams and beautiful
woods, the spot is one of Natures best.
In ugly contrast to this was the wierd
scene within the little 2x4 shanty that
the Kuzmen brothers had called their
home.
Lying on the floor, surrounded by
pools of blood, three large woodsmen's
saws, three axes, and three guns, was
the dead man. In one corner was the
plain, small bed, covered with an old
fashioned red quilt; in another corner
was the living ROOM where the
brothers had eaten, and written letters,
and read their Russian newspa per, and
entertained visitors, perhaps In a
third were two small stoves, and
small supply of wood, harvested in
their own backyard" to keep them
warm. In the other was the store
ROOM with axes, saws, lanterns, and
the other worldly belongings of the
pair.
Murderer Was Ill.
On the lone window sill there was
a jar Of cold cream, and box of
aspirin tablets, and good supply of
druggists supplies, for the man who
did the shooting had been in i'll health.
Hanging on the wall was a Haunting
effort, Of a Russian pen and ink artist,
extremely funny, perhaps, but no one
knew. The explanatory lines were IN
Russian.
Effects Near Corpse.
By the dead mans side on the floor
was a grain sack, half filled with the
simple wardrobe Of overalls, jacket,
mittens, socks that he had come to
get.
By leg Of the stove, and near his
head, was the short-nosed rifle bullet
that had entered his forehead, bored a
CHASTITY path through his head, and
made it's, exit in the center Of the back
Of the head.
Pictures on Table.
/ On the table there were postcard
pictures, several Of the slayer, Rus
sian newspaper, and a letter from girl
in Pennsylvania. also in Russian.
The body.was brought to the under
taking rooms Of Klein Is Company,
where an autopsy was performed
Monday by DR.. F. E. Strathern, on
the order of Coroner Merritt. The
verdict of the coroner's jury, returned
Monday noon, declared the victim had
died as the result Of a rifle bullet
wound, inflicted by John Kuzmen, his
brother, at about $3.50 a. m. Saturday,
January Is.
ts : 4
The two brothers owned Is acres
Of timber land in Section 9, Lake
Prairie, which they purchased three
years ago. They came here about six
years ago, their neighbors said. Moth
Ling is known Of their relatives.