The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-11
FUssING OVER THE VIOLIN.
Progress In the Case Over the stcse1
strndivaYiua-
NeU Yartr Itsfy The he, rfr~ a, ~


case OF Victor s. F-lechter. the instru-
ment maker who was arrested recently
on the charge OF having In his pos<eee-
ion a stolen Stradivarius violin. alley
10 he the long lost property of the late
Professor Bott. was begun yesterday In
the Afternoon before Magistrate FIsm-
mer in Jefferson Market court. but con-
concluded. owing to the large number
OF witnesses. Assistant District Attor-
ney McManus. present merely tn help
Colonel Allen OF the District Attorneys
office. who has charge Of the case had
to conduct the prosecution alone. his
associate being absent. Arthur &. Pal
mer Of Hoadley. LautherStsach and John
son appeared for the defendant Many
experts and coUnos<<seurs were present.
Mrs. Bot trembled with excitement
when she went on the stand. and be-
came so confused under rigorous cross
examination that she could not at FIRST
point out the most commonly known
marks on the cheap fiddle used for pre-
liminary Identification. When abe had
succeeded in euumcrating the chief dis
tsnguiShing points Of the instrument,
namely. rs whole back. an unusual
thing with Stradivaraus vfolins. a small
break on the lower right corner. n
scratch inside OF one or the r holes. and
a assure near the chin rest. Nr. Palm
or produced a written descript3On-of the
instrument which he said was the re-
verse OF the one she had tus< given.
Mrs BOtt. with a half s'ified cry, sdSsi-
tilted the Grabbed handwriting on tsss
yellow slip 81 paper as her own. vh~n
me lawyer explained that the paper had
come into BIS possession through De
tectfve Evanhce Of ex-Inspector Nc
I.aughlins STAFF. who was detailed On
the case when r1c loss % the fsisfls
was reported 10 ne police. A clover
inspection Of the manuscript etso~sd
That the written and oral descriptions
wer not at variance IN any material
point.
The next witness was n young man.
who. according 20 the lawyer for fbe
defense. had played on Professor Botf's
violin for many yeaTs" Mrs. Lot
booked at the sinking youth through an
old-fashiOn~d pair az lunette~ wrttch
shook IN her fingers. while she dsEcistm-
ed all acquaintance with him tiil be. IN
soft German accents. asked her whistler
she Oh not remember der tungen
Herrn Kramer" whorn her husband
had befrisnde years ago. ~ ne sound
Of MS voice Nrz Bot; seemed To recDg-
.ize hin instantly. eSciainsfnR in pure
German" Oh. but that was many years
ago" though she now smiled q, M
young man. she Rtiil yelsernerftiy denied
all knowledge that ~ had ever played
on be- b1zb&rsG's nddle. He would
nor have permitted g." Eas declared
again snf again.
Aug1sss, GFTrzutler ard John Fr~slrfes,
instrument makers. and The oniy s,xor-e
wlsneaSes VINO could ciaf-n nat they
had an intimate knowledge - her bus
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