The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-28


the Journal. which was ruled incompetent
by the court After this ruling By the court,
he said. Mr.. Spaan had sur
pings from newspapers. The prosecutor
then in order mentioned the giving up OF
her afteEnoons on By the me dsftsnd@n' Wine the
she admitted that she detested this KIND or
work that she voluntarily reduced her
he said ,f% "nt Is shown by the evidence that
she was continually talking 10 Charles
Soes ste, about marriage, 90 DO You think
as the defense is continually ringing IN your
ears? Do You believe the lowers put upon
Mamie were nut there from a feeling Of
love? l do not. The defendant knew when
she took the flowers 10 the cemetery on IA, Al
Souls day that Charles koesters would
visit the cemetery the following Sunday.
and that when he saw the flowers he would
inquire who placed them there. l believe
the flowers in both cases were placed there
from design by n cold cruel woman. and
OF becaus her heart was overio " no with
love for the child or the mother VINO lay
in the graves Koesters tells you that the
defendant tried 10 get him 10 forget his dead
wife. She told him IT was wrong 10 visit
this told him the priest had said that IL
was wrong. which was not true.
OF witnesses. He referred TO the testimony
of Mr.. Watson and Mrs. Tanner. To both
fe8 e Rooster m had said that the girl
Mamie would soon grow up and be able 70
take his wfeS place Mr Watso5n ,m Sai1 Ib 5ee
Koesters said that. and Mrs. TANNER says
and Koesters corroborates her, that the de-
PENDANT said. You can't depend upon these
American girls; ii is woman you want
The evidence as TO the sickness and death
find the old man sick-poisoned. 1t is true
the doctors did not say he was poisoned
at the time. but they say II now. ana
Reyer at that time, He is old enough TO
die She had poisoned him, and, of course
he was old enough 10 die She wanted
him to die There is no man in this city
that stands higher in the medical PROBES
sion that DR.. Reyer. He tells you tha An. ne
return In his case. in which he SAID ne
thought death was due to acute dysentery;
treated the old man before for that COM
plant. Now in the light of subsequent de-
velopments. he does not hesitate TO stake
his reputation a physician upon the
statement that he was poisoned
The prosecutor then detailed minutely the
actions OF the defendant upon the night the
corpse OF the old man lay in the house
"She explained these peculiar actions by
the dead. When little Mamie was dead and
the defendant took the ring from her hnger
was she then afraid of the dead Al this
Brown. who said that he did not believe
the prosecutor was Intentionally misrepre-
ther that the ring was given TIC her by some
one Mr.. Hoffman read from the notes I
ean t get r OVER tbat stateent by the de
PENDANT herself upon the stand" he an
severed.
tons between the defendant and Charles
Koesters upon the topic OF matrim0ny
marry as fong his s1 moher lived He then
came to the Monday morning of the picnic,
when it is said the defendant purchased the
timony of Mrs. Hoenig that Annie Wagner
had said she could not bear to see the picnic
they did return he saw the defendant take
something up to his mother in a cup. What
in the cup? Did the defendant think
the first dose was insufficient and was she
administering another?'
DOCTRINE OF DOUBT
Mr.. Hoffman continued his argument in
the afternoon. and gave the doctrine OF
reasonable doubt his first consideration. He
said Bradley VS.. The State was the first
case cited by the defense. Now / want to
show you the book from which that case
was read" He handed the jury a thumb
worn volume of the Supreme Court reports
and they examined it. ut is the book the
defendants attorneys always read from
will say the only reason IL Is done is TO
befuddle the minds OF the jury. The doc
trine OF reasonable saoubt, gentlemen OF
the jury is backed by common sense. The
term explains itself; ii is a reasonable
doubt that is meant" He then read from
reports definitions OF the doctrine Of rea-
sonable doubt which defined IL TO be prac-
| teal rule for the guidance OF practical
| men in solemn performance Of their du-
| ties as jurors. Basing his arguments upon
| cited authorities the prosecutor then argued
| that though each Of the States witnesses
| might be discredited in some respects, II
, the testimony OF all taken as a whole
proved their theory then the State had a
right TO ask for conviction. Mr.. Hoffman
| then took up the evidence as TO the visit
of the officers to the koesters home on
| the day of the defendants arrest. He dis
| credited the contention that the girl aid
| not understand what was said Ia her by
the officers because her answers We're re-
| sponsive 10 the questions asked. With a
sneer, he said: They tell she is ig-
norant German girl. Why. her mind is as
/ quick as a flash. When they asked her for
| the rat poison she went directly and got
| the insect poison.
| question as to why the reporter who was
| at Koesters's house on the day of the ar
rest was not put on the stand, SAID he for
| got the reporter In the number OF other
| witnesses. He said the defendant had a
| peculiar walk, and he had noticed IL be-
| cause IL appeared TO him 10 be unnatural.
| The reason of IL, he said, was given by
| Mr.. Spaan in his argument when he said
| Annie Wagner and Annie Wetkoske walked
| alike. The defendant was trying 10 imi-
| tate the walk of Annie Wetkoske and sue
| ceeded but poorly.
| tons with a box OF poison made be-
| fore the jury by Mr.. Spaan during
1 his argument ana QlScfeUlleO lnel. lie
argued that success had made the girl
| bold or she would never have let the poison
remain in the cupboard. Having success
| fully covered up the evidence OF her guilt
| in the other case" the prosecutor said,
"she did not carefully consider the chances
/ of discovery"
| MRS. WETKOSKE DISCUSSED.
| The testimony OF Annie Wetkoske was
| then taken up, and the prosecutor argued
| that IL was not consistent
He attacked her with bitter invective. lie
| even questioned her virtue He said he did
not believe her statements about the APP
pies because she said she had thrown them
| away when she found them ''soiled" by the
rats. Mr. Hoffman said she was an eco
| nomical German woman. and she would
| have fed the apples to the COW. II was APP
| parent she was economical because she ana
! her husband had acquired three pieces OF
| property since they came to this city. MI
| Hoffman said, Il presume this property
| was purchased with savings from the hus-
| bands earnings, for don't remember OF
| any other case in which Annie WetkOske
| has testified, and don't know how much
| she gets for her testimony in this case
The prosecutor devoted great deal or
| his time to a defense of the abilities or Dr.
EcisenbeiSs, who attacked by the de-
Tense little merriment was caused when
| Mr. Hoffman alluded 10 the evidence M
| troduced showing that DR. Eisenbe.ss did
| NOT own his own This Is not