The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-16

tempted to strike her, saying, you're
not going to call the police for mel"
Riedinger and Klein then pushed
him out the back door, where he fell
off the porch. As he got up, he
said "l'll get you yet--Im going to
get the gun" Mrs. Riedinger watch
ed him enter the house and then tcle-
phoned Il taxi company to notify the
police.
Sees Husband With Gun
AS Romer drove up in a taxi, Mrs.
Thiele noticed her husband through
the windows with the door open and
a gun in his hand. She said to Mrs
Riedinger, Pauline, for Gods sake,
tell the police he's got gun" Mrs.
Riedinger rushed out the front door
and warned Romer, who smiled at
her and said, "I'll go around to the
back door"
A second or two later as Mrs.
Riedinger started across the dining
, room she heard five shots and sever
al seconds later saw Thielc come ont,
| coatless and brandishing gun, cry
ing. "My God, what have | done?"
How the man started downtown,
how he was captured by the sheriff,
Charles Mcdonald, and how he de-
clared after his incarceration that he
chad nothing against the chief of
police" was told by the states attor-
ney, who also told Of finding Romcr's
body on the kitchen floor Of tho
Thiele home. with cigar still in his
lips and his hands at his side.
When Oscar Morck. Mandan police
commissioner. was called, LANCER in
terposed several objections against
admission of testimony. He declared
that the facts As kelsch outlined them
did not constitute public offense,
and that the criminal information
fails to allege whom the de-
PENDANT designed to kill. He was
overruled and the case proceeded.
Child Tells of Quarrel
Mrs. Alex Riedinger was called to
the stand and said that the first in
timation she had of trouble at the
Thicle home was when one Of tho
children ran in and said, "Pa's throw
ing dishes at Ma The rest Of her
testimony agreed with the story told
by the states attorney.
"Hc looked crazy mad" she said in
describing Thiele's appearance when
he entered her home. Ills face was
blue and his eyes stuck out 1t was
awful-he didn't look human
Alex Riedinger testified in substan-
tial agreement with previous wit
nesses and also declared that Thiele
looked "craZy or crazy drunk"
Kelsch showed the witnesses six
| pictures Of the interior and exterior
of the house of after the shooting.
LANCER objected to admission Of the
photos in evidence because he declar-
ed they would prejudice the jurors.
He was overruled.
Ralph Klein, 10, who was playing
cards with Riedinger when Thiele en-
tered the house, told story in agree
ment with the ones previously told
He also said Thiele "looked crazy
but on cross-eXamination by Kelsch
admitted he had never seen a crazy
man before.
Charles Reynolds, acting chief OF
notice. and night policeman at the
time of Romer's death, told of find
ing memorandum on Romer's desk,
which said: "Call sos First Avenue
| Northwest (the Thiele honey 1901
LANCER asked Reynolds several times
if Romer had sworn out warrant
| before he went to Thiele's home, des-
| pite objections by Kelsch.
During the recess this morning,
Mrs. Thiele rushed to her husband
| threw her arms around him and
wcpt. Several other relatives also
| gathered around the accused man.
The scene was characterized by
| attorneys for the prosecution as {
grand stand play to sway the
| jurors"
Judge Jansonius informed Mrs
Thicle that she could see her hus-
band at noon and admonished the de-
Tense attorneys not to let such a
| thing occur again.