October
1, 1901 – It took a Duluth jury about three minutes to find
Andrew P. Hagen, a lumber cruiser, guilty of attempting to commit rape on Mrs.
Caroline at her home in Herman a few weeks ago. Hagen was given a chance to
plead guilty to a charge of indecent assault, a lesser offense, but refused. He
put in no testimony, not even taking the stand in his own behalf.
After Hagen committed his assault, Mrs. Holmberg escaped from her home and sought refuge with a neighbor’s family a short distance away. William Johnson, the neighbor, testified that though Mrs. Holmberg left her three young daughters, aged seven, five and three in her home, he was afraid to go back and see about them, and they remained there alone all the rest of the night. Johnson said the reason he did not go was because he was very tired and had no cartridges for his gun.
Duluth Evening Herald; “Shocking.”; Oct. 1, 1901; p. 2.
After Hagen committed his assault, Mrs. Holmberg escaped from her home and sought refuge with a neighbor’s family a short distance away. William Johnson, the neighbor, testified that though Mrs. Holmberg left her three young daughters, aged seven, five and three in her home, he was afraid to go back and see about them, and they remained there alone all the rest of the night. Johnson said the reason he did not go was because he was very tired and had no cartridges for his gun.
Duluth Evening Herald; “Shocking.”; Oct. 1, 1901; p. 2.
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