The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-22

the consequence of her crime overtaking
her. When DR.. Reyer was called to attend
Mamie Koesters he asked Annie wagner
house She said, mo, We nave no rats.
She tells you that she had Forgotten IL Is
that likely? She knew the stuff was poison
Gus. Accepting her story that she got a
box Of rat poison from her sister, then she
knew 1t would kill rats. But this box that
she got from her sister, II she got IL there
was not the box that was found in the cup
board Two members of the koesters fam
lily had been poisoned. and this box was
a fresh box, with the mark or caseknIe
in the side of it. What is the evidence that
the defendant bought the 'Rougn on Rats
at Borsts drug store? There is the testl-
mony of the Borsts. There is the testimony
OF Kate Delaney and the barber VINO saw
her going TO the drug store. There is the
fact that Clara Koesters took SICK with
symptoms Of arsenical poisoning that day,
and died the next night There was the
box of rat poison which they found WhaI
made her think the OLD man na On Hot tber %
were four watchers in the house. More than
that, she testified herself that she took
she lay corpse. the finger ring she ha9
given her. Where was her fear OF the dead
when she did this? The evidence shows,
and 1t Is not contradicted, that annie, the
day following Clara Koesters's death, lay
down upon the bed In which she died.
Where was her terror Of the dead at that
time?
There was something in this that suggests
the troubled conscience Then she said
there had been enough deaths IN that i fae
her death there have been no more. Isn't IL
poison cheese till Annie Wagner had
pending upon her to take, the place
of her mother? Not till Annie Wag-
ner had said that she was going to marry
or go back to Germany. Not until after
Annie Wagner had heard the child say she
did not want a stepmother TO take the
place of that dear mother whom she had
left deep in the ground in the Catholic cene-
te~s had a motive for taking the life of
their old parents. Charles Koesters wasn't
benefited by the fh tn ere was W Ie TO TO
kill their parents for their small property
did not send for the lawyer to make the
will until about two hours before the old
lady's death
If Annie Wagner bought that poison at
Borsts drug store what did she BUY IL Tor!
If portion of the poison was taken from
that box who took 1t and what was 1t taken
for? / want to ask you TO consider all this
evidence. Consider il as a whole. L Will
be followed In this case by Mr.. Brown, who
will present the case to you In forcible
manner Mr.. Duncan then spent some
time endeavoring to forestall an appeal to
the jury for sympathy which he said would
Mr. SDaan was an eloquent man; that he
reveled in these kind of cases. When he
talked he would bring tears to their eyes
by the pathos he would throw into the case.
He was in ecstasy when he could see
tear or hear a sigh from the jury in re-
spouse TO the appeal he would make to
them IN behalf OF his client. Mr.. Duncan
told them there was no more eloquent man
at the bar than Mr.. Spaan and cautioned
them not TO be carried away by his elo-
uuence He then took his leave OF the jury,
saying that the case had grown into greater
length than any of them had expected at
the outstart and now he was to leave the
case with the other attorneys. as other
business would prevent his being present
during the remainder of the trial.