Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-04-03

the summer kitchen adj6iainy and
passed out again. She had hung a
Sheet over the window, but vas. able
to see out and recognizing him had
gone into another part. of the house
learning he was. about to- enter.
When he went out again she returned
to the kitchen and completed dress-
ing. During this time her hrother
passed through and went to- Feeds
room and got his overcoAt and vent
out again. The last she saw 81 Freds,
though, was when he PASSED through
the summer. kitchen, She saik that
during the day. Fred had been. cut
ting stake and chopping wood. but
she had.noiecouectio OF who nfilked
that night. I In response to the query
| if she hSd NOT seen Kuschmann5 aud
| her brother standing together talk
ling near the house short time be-
fore that as she came by wiihEa.
bucket OF water. she gave an affirmas
| tive answer, and then when asked
F'how long had elapsed between. that
time and the time Fred entered the
Isummer kitchen, after she had fine
ished bathing, she said Il should say,
about five minutes" l was getting
the water to battle with when saw
them standing. 81
..Did you see anymoney pass be-
tween the two menu was asked.
None whatever"
did you see them having their,
note books out as If settling an ac-
COUNT"
81 did not notice that they did"
1t will be remem bered that Bas-
tian in his conversation at The
ARGUS Office stated that his sister
had seen him with money 10 his
hands talking to Kuschmann that
night. and States Attorney Searle
this morning sought to convince her
that she had told him the same
thing. but she denied it.
Speaking further of the Knsch-
mann murder, she said that after
her brother had taken the coat out,
he returned and read the papers, the
family ate supper, and Henry put his
little daughter to bed, and then he
heard the horse in the yard. He
rushed out aud she and Mrs. Bastian
followed. The latter went but
short distance, however, as Henry
stated that some one should return
to the house. as the little girl would
cry. Mrs. Bastian then went back
in. Her brother followed the horse
into the barn and came out saying it
was back with neither rider nor sad
die and he Tease! Fred mad met with
an accident, and be would 90 after
him. He then hitched up the horse
to the buggy and she went into the
house. AS he drove off she came
out and asked him to send some of
the Weigle family over as he went
by, Us they would be lonesome.
Could See Nothing In the Buggy.
When asked if she could see auy-
thing in the buggy as her brother
drove off. she said she was positive
that there was nothing. She said,
though. that the top was down. She
stated that her brother did not re-
turn home finally until 4 O'clock
Sunday morning, although ne had
been back with one of the Weigle
| boys during the night. The fact
that kuschmann WAS dead was kept
by both her brother and herself from
Mrs. Bastian as long as possible the
next day. as it might shock her. Miss
Bastian said she believed firmly in
her brothers innocence and that
kuschmann's death was due to acct
dent and nothing else.
The Mclaughlin Fire.
With reference to the Mclaughlin
fire Miss Bastian said that Henry
left home at o'clock the afternoon
OF its occurrence to look for stray
horse and did not return until s in
the evening, and that both she and
Mrs. Bastian We're home all the eve
ming and were 50 worried about him
that they sent Kuschmann TO look
for him and that he went to Weigle's
and Reddig's, and that he came back
about the time her brother did, and
the latter said he had been to the
fire. Miss Bastian firmly and posi-
lively denied being with her brother
that night and said she would swear
TO il that she was home all the eve
ming with Mrs. Baistian.
Tie Last Night.
When questioned as to The ride she
took with Henry Basiian the night
before he hung himself. Miss Bastian
said they drove over to Johnsons to
see about money matters. and that
Henry was feeling very down-heart.
ed; that he said it seemed that il
everything was coming up against
him at once, and if it was not for his
little girl he would be tempted to
give up. She consoled with him,
she said. and attempted to cheer
him. She did not believe then he
meant to suicide and told him b
must not think Of ANYTHING. of
that kind. She last saw her
brother alone at o'clock on the
morning he suicided as she wen. to
awaken him by agreement as he
asked her to, as he had planned to 90
to Geneseo. bat when he awoke he
changed his mind. Miss Bastian
said it was Bastian's wife and not
she who discovered his final mes
sage in the diary, and that she sup
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