The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-24

this girl bought a garland Of flowers for
ms wife's grave, the wife VINO had pc
TreRd her ths a cost too
And now, because she made that simple
Offering of her loving heart to the first real
friend she had known I'm this land, ne uses
IL against her in this trial; why, gentlemen;
IL was such spirit as this that actuated
the betrayer of Christ You viii rem t PSe
children she loved some Christmas presents,
and. with loving hands she had laid them mem
were asleep; she called Charles Koesters's
attntion TO them. expecting him 10 ENJOY
with her, in anticipation, the gleetul' open
eyed wonder of the children in the morn,
ing What did he do? He simply turned
her and said. "Oh. Annie. it costs too
much. This is the same man VINO tesu,
fed that Annie had made him present OF
that is not true. that il was his nother-in,
law. who was a witness on the stand ana
and I have no doubt that Charles Koes-
tiers is to-day wearing that SHIRT al 'i'lS
trial
"This is the same man who, after Mrs.
wetkoske had testified, upon false pre-
lenses got her to come TO a neighoor
house and tried to talk TO her about her
testimony, no doubt intending to foul the
pure waters OF Justice by inducing her 10
change her testimony. This is the same
man who met another witness, Charl9s
Baden, and asked him not 10 90
anything against them at this trlal: anu
tried to get him to suppress the truth.
We find Mrs. Tanner, also one OF the nidIi
witnesses for the State, going 10 MIS- S;
Wetkoske and saying to her, Don you
do ANYTHING to help Annie Wagner; she -
no good: you must testify that you con
know when you got the poison az 6I ~ ne
citadel Of their case. whom they claim Is
an honest disinterested man, saving 10
Mrs. WetkoSke Don't you ~ NC 10 e a,s t she is
a nice one Gentlemen, do y You
not begin to see me, 1ne na s,oLs
have joinei together to prosecute this poor
girl Is it because they want to hlde Soliio -
body elsss crime? l accuse no one eIse ,o ~
the murd n OF these people; that is not my my
duty, but do say that If any one else mas
committed this crime, If crime mas oe esl
this is s the g BT0p1 many M presents
TO the children, that is true, but IL was
because she loved them: she gave presents
to her sister, to her prothe[-niI1 os al lind
their children. and she was always kl ll
and obliging and gentle. They say she was
afraid of the ghosts of the dead people, as
evidence Of her guilt in this case, puS' gen
tlemen. according to the testimony of their
own witnesses, during the time when she
was carrying the fearful burden or the
murder of Mamie and Frank Koesters upon
her heart no one discerned any change in
her conduct, as Mrs. Tanner sald' we
always liked Annie because she was always
so happy; always full of jest and KIND
heartedness'
"They say that this girl Is guilty of this
triple murder. and yet, gentlemen, she was
released by the examining magistrate upon
s., 800 bond, and when the grand jury found
an indictment against her, they did not
even have TO arrest her; she went and gave
herself up, relying upon that God to whom
she appealed when arrested, and, gentle
men. He Is and will be with her. She is q
devoted woman she loves her religion and
has trust in the justice of her God, and oh
how tenderly He has borne her in the arms
of His love during all the weary weeks of
her confinement, and with His help and the
consciousness of innocence, she had re-
manned staadfast. the same true and beau
tiful character depicted by the witnesses
L can imagine such woman she bound
to the stake in the Roman arena, with the
bloody Nero and Roman rabble surround
ing her; with the bowls of the wild beasts
and still more savage rabble about her,
laundering in her ears; bound to the stake
patient long suffering. with her eyes
fastened on that heaven where her God
dwells, never waverinS in her faith of His
goodness and mercy. But Annie Wagner
will go free, gentlemen of the jury; she
has not prayed to her God in vain He
who hears the ravens cry in the wilder
ness will not forsake his daughter in this
the hour of her deepest trouble"
Court adjourned at noon till TUESDAY,
when Mr.. Spaan will continue his argu-
ment.