The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-11-14
Henry Horejsi, "a, Shot in
Jaw Monday Evening,
Is at Hospital
Maurice Gilbert Transferred
To Renville County
Jail Tuesday

A suspect, Maurice Gilbert of
Minneapolis, former cook in the
Mint cafe who was discharged re-
Gently, is being held in the Rem
vile county jail pending investi-
cation of the mysterious shooting
of Henry Horejsi, "a, of Bechyn
whose lower jaw was shot away
and right lung punctured with
his own Is gauge shot gun at
about p. m. Monday.
His condition, which was
termed critical Tuesday was
described as "about the same" by
physicians in the Redwood Falls
hospital Wednesday.
Captain H. A. Vail of the bur-
eau of criminal apprehension, st.
Paul, has been here since Tuesday
morning questioning members of
the family and others concerned
in the affair. The condition of
Horejsi was regarded as too seri-
Gus for intensive questioning and
he will not be interviewed at
length until today.
1t is probable that Russell
Frazee, Renville county attorney,
will call grand jury soon before
which Gilbert and others will be
called for questioning.
Denies Suicide
Conscious since the shooting,
Horejsi insists that he did not at
tempt suicide and that he was
DOING in a chair in the lower
floor of his bachelor home when
it occurred. He does not believe
that Gilbert did it, according to
officers.
Gilbert tells a varying story
each time he is questioned. Sheriff
L j. Kise arrested him at the
Redwood Falls hospital after be-
ing notified of the crime by physi-
clans. He was later taken to
Olivia. He states that he went
upstairs to bed while Horejsi
began a letter to his fiance,
a Fargo girl whom he was to
marry next week. A short time
later, he heard two men talk
ing downstairs, then a shot and
the sound of a car, driving away.
AS he ran down the steps, he says,
he saw Horejsi wounded, pacing
the floor and crying, "Gib, Glib,
Glib, help me-" AS the injured
man has since been unable to-
speak, that part of Gilbert's hy-
sterical testimony seems incredi--
BILE to authorities. The gun, with
one shot fired, was found lying on
table in the downstairs room.
Drove Own Car
Horejsi drove his own car, ac-
companied by Gilbert, to a neigh
boring farm where a friend took
the wheel to bring him to the
hospital according to the written
communication Horejsi has had
with officers. Gilbert had no
shoes on when he came to town.
The son Of the housekeeper at
the Bechyn parish house, Horesji
lived alone on his mothers farm
about two miles north of Bechyn.
Gilbert had been staying with
him lately and Monday the two
had gone, according to his account
of the days happenings, to Oil
via and from there to assist Frank
Horejsi, a brother of the victim,
with butchering. They returned
to Olivia where they visited the
liquor store, then took Frank
back to his farm and returned
again to town. There, Gilbert
says, they met John and Tom
Senkyer whom they accompanied
home for supper, returning from
there to their home. John Senkyer
denies having gone with them to
his home, but says they drove his
wife out to his farm.
Gilbert's story varies on that
point as does his account of hear
ing two men talking to Horejsi.
He might have been talking to
himself" he told Sheriff Kise.
The gun was handled by investi-
gators too much to make reliable
fingerprinting possible, making
the shooting even more difficult
of solution.
81 don't know a thing about it,
Horejsi writes repeatedly to in
quirers.
The banns for his marriage to
the Fargo girl who rushed to his
bedside Tuesday have been pub
ished the last two weeks and he
purchased his wedding suit in q
Redwood Falls store few days
ago.