Martin C. Golden |
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Hilda Olson’s Testimony |
The following six witnesses testified in Uncle Martin’s Coroner’s Court
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Proceedings of May 10, 1906
Hilda Olson, being called as a witness and being first duly sworn by the Coroner in answer to interrogatories propounded by Mr. Pagelsen, testified as follows: |
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Where do you live? |
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Two miles from Dennison. |
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You were living at the home of Martin C. Golden on the 23rd day of April? |
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Yes sir. |
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Did you hear any noise - - did anything extraordinary happen there that evening? |
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Before the shooting? |
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Yes. |
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I heard their voices just before they shot. |
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Just state what you heard in regard to that matter. |
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The first that we heard was that we heard those voices before they shot. |
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What did the voice say if you know? |
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I could not distinguish a word. |
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Indistinguishable sounds, were they? |
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Yes sir. |
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Just go on then. |
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After we heard those voices and the shot I……..shooting, someone; I didn’t think anything…..shot the second time; I thought it was the boys coming from the store. |
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How long were the shots apart? |
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Just as quick as they could shoot, just a second. |
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Just one, two? |
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Yes sir. |
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Then what? |
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She told me to get the lantern, to run into the back room and get the lantern. I come back in the sitting room and she put on her coat and fascinator on her head and grabbed the lamp and went outdoors and I followed her. |
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How much time elapsed, approximately, from the time you were told to get the lantern until Mrs. Golden left the house? |
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Two or three minutes. |
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You had to go in the backroom to bring the lantern in? |
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Yes sir. |
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Then you tried to light it? |
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Yes sir. |
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And found it was empty? |
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Yes sir. |
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Then Mrs. Golden put the fascinator over her head and put the baby down, didn’t she? |
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Yes sir. |
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Put the fascinator over her head? |
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Yes sir. |
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Started out the door? |
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Yes sir. |
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Did you follow her? |
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Yes sir. |
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How far behind were you? |
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Just as close as I could get; she went out the door and I followed her. |
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Just state what you found when you got outside, or what you did when you got outside? What did you do when you first got outside of the house? |
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We went where Mr. Golden was. She called to him; I was right behind her. She told me to get someone and I went to Mr. Carr’s place. |
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Did she tell you that before you got to Golden or afterwards? |
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I was there by her side. |
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Where did you find Mr. Golden? |
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Beside the sidewalk there. |
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How far from the oil house was it about 20 or 25 feet? |
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No - - it might have been; I don’t think it was quite that much. |
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What did you do then? |
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I went up to Mr. Carr’s and got Mr. Carr’s folks to come down there. |
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Who did you see at Carr’s house? |
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Mr. and Mrs. Carr and George. |
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And George Carr? |
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Yes sir. |
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Who came down to the house, if anybody? |
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How? |
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Did any of the Carr’s come to Golden’s house? |
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Yes, Mr. Carr ran ahead of us and George and Mrs. Carr came. |
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What did you find when you got back? |
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Mr. Golden had been brought in the house and lay on the couch. |
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Who was there when you got back? |
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Tom and Ed Mc Carthey. |
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Any doctors get there at that time. - - had they gotten there at that time? |
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No Sir. |
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How long before any doctors got there? |
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I think it was 10 o’clock when the doctors got there. |
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What doctors got there if you know? |
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Dr. Smith and Dr. Bayer was the first ones that came. |
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Both of them |
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Dr. Smith was there ahead. |
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He was there first? |
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Yes sir. |
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How long was it after Dr. Smith was there that Dr. Bayer came? |
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I don’t know whether he came on the regular car but I think he came on the car, on the 10 o’clock |
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What was the matter with Mr. Golden when you fund him there, if you know? |
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I could not tell anything only he was shot and bleeding; he never said a word or uttered a sound while we was there. |
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Did you see any wounds on his person? |
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No sir; only on his head. |
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What wounds did you see on his head? |
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I just see where he was shot; I never looked at him. |
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Just indicate to the jury on your own head about where it was that he was shot? |
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Right there (indicating); that is the only shot I saw. |
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That is the only one you saw? |
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That is the only one I saw. |
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Did you see Ed and Tom Mc Carthey there while you were there that evening before the time you went to Carr’s? |
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They were in the store when I went over there about half an hour before it happened. |
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Did you see anybody around the store besides the boys you know around the country there? |
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No Sir. |
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Did you see Miss Cooney there that evening? |
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No sir. |
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Your daughter was there. (addressing a juror) |
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Juror Cooney: She was there to do some trading. |
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The Witness: I didn’t stay, I was over there after the mail. |
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What time did you leave the store? |
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20 minutes after eight. |
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About what time was it this shooting occurred? |
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15 minutes to nine. |
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How far do the Carr’s live from Martin Golden’s place? |
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I couldn’t tell just how far, it is not very far. |
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About how many rods, just a rough estimate? |
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About 50 rods. |
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About two city blocks is it? |
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(no response) |
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Mr. Pagelsen: I think that is all. |