The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-09-22
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he was over on veigers lawn when
! the trouble started. This is across
the street from where the dogs
| fought.
| O.. Do you know Mr.. Brandrup?
A. Yes, ! was across the street
from Brandrups on the Veigel lawn.
saw the dogs. Mr.. Hughes knock
ed Mr.. Brandrup's glasses of and
broke them.
| @. Did you see the stick? A. He
went to hit Mr.. Brandrup with it,
and Mr.. Brandrup got hold of Mr..
| Hughes's arms, and he could not
hit Mr.: Brandrup. Mr.. Brandrup
tossed the cane in the gutter.
that time? A. They were on the
sidewalk, and the dogs were in the
middle of the road.
Mr.. Hughes asked where Mr..
Baker lived, and then he knocked
on the door and some one came.
The Cross Examination.
]. w. Schmitt-Q. Do you know
Mr.. and Mrs. Brandrup? A. Yes.
@. Since this matter came up
have you been in the Brandrup
house, and has Mrs. Brandrup given
you good things to eat and gave
! W Anu sho saw Joo oo'o iieS'
@. Didn't this dog fight take
place near the rear OF the house
from the street? A. Yes.
| @. Mrs. Brandrup talked about
this more than once to you did she
Q. State whether or not she told
you how this happened. A. Yes.
| Q. George can you tell us about
how far you were away when the
two men came together? A, About
twenty feet.
ing to strike Mr.. Brandrup? A. Mr.;
Brandrup got the cane and he could
O. Did you talk to Mr.. Baker
about this case? A. Yes.
l/0. Did Judge Hughes's hat stay
on his head? A. Yes.
@. Did his hat fall of? A. NO.
| Q. Did YOU see any blood on his
face? A. Yes.
Q. Did you see DR.. Wood? A.
Yes.
g; Did you see him that even
Edward P. Meyer. being duly
sw orn, testified as follows:
| Q. Please state your name, resi-,
uenCe anu OCCupdIoh' n. -
IP. Meyer, 624 Byron street. am
O. Were YOU at home on the
evening Of April first? A, Yes.
Q. Where were you at that time!
O. Teli the jury what attracted
YOUR attention. A. I was sitting
reading the paper, and l heard The
dogs barking and got ND and went
lover to the window to see what the
noise was, and saw Hughes and
lBrandrup's dog fighting. Mr.. Brand :
rup's dog had hold Of Mr.. Hughes's
dog. When looked down. l rec
lognized Mr.. Hughes, VINO mad ms
cane and was trying to whip on me
ldogs. This was on the north slde
tof Shaubut street He struck at
the dogs a few times. Then my at
ltention was drawn to some one say
ling. Don't strike my dog l watch :
ed him, and then saw Mr.. Hughes
with his cane raised in the air, and
hen they got over the sidewalk
ithey came together. Mr.. Brandrup
i grabbed out and got the cane. Then
Brandrup hauled off and hit Hughes
and the fight was over. Then Mr.;
Brandrup souatted down and tried
to pull the dogs apart: Mr.. Hqghes
came DdCK anu SoI iiio oos. -
he looked for the cane, and later
went down Byron street. -,
| o. You saw only one blow
struck? A. Yes. one blow. .
q. After that what did you see?
Ia II saw Mr.. Brandrup make a
throwing motion with his hand.
10 What hand did he strike Mr..
Hughes with? A. His right hand,
he had hold of the cane with his
The Cross Examination.
O. Did Hughes's hat remain on
Ibis head? A. 1t fell off.
| @. What condition was Judge
Hughes in? A. He acted as II ne
% was it a hard blow? A.
W ould call it a hard blow. He gave
him a stiff blow
O. was Brandrup coming fast?
"A. He was coming across at a
s0 g. Was Vas he ,uade A. I do not
O. Did he yell in a loud voice
Don't beat my dog'2 A. heard II
in the house. ~
ton as to whether the cane was
taken away before the blow or az
| t6rWarQS! A. 1 Ihihh
cane was taken away afterw ards,
| O. 1t might have been on the
@. Did You notice Judge Hughes
after he was struck? A. He was
WIZ q. Did you notice blood on his
face? A. No, but noticed, blood
On his shoes. At the time thought
that MI. Hughes was ! dazeo he
started to do one thing, and then
walked back to do some other
thing. A..
Mrs. ]. R. Brandrup, being FIRST
duly sworn testified in part as 1ol-
lows:
Testify as to your entertaining MN!
la. Yes for several years have en-
teytained all of the children IN the
neighborhood. 81.
O. On the day that the dog tight
occurred, were you at home! A. !
was, It was after our evening meal,
between six and seven o'clock.
Q. Where were you? A. In the IL
@. Then what happened? A. l
called Mr.. Brandrup's attention 10
the dogs fighting. / could see the
dogs fighting from where I stood
near the library window.
| @. Then what did you observer
A. AS he went down the corner out
side heard him say. stop hitting
my dog, hit your own If you want
to-" Then glanced across the street