Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-06

WRle, SISTER ana tather were given seats
beside him, his wife being next to him,
and he smiled pleasantly to them. Not
= N,tle laughing was INDUCED In.
When the jurors had been sworn the
court gave them his instructions az to
their department during the trial, He
announced that all witnesses must be
on hand promptly and all the time or
the fines and penalties provided by law
would Ne imposed, District Attorney
Anderson had prepared a map of the
city involved in the case and Mr.. Ste
venS suggested that the jury be taken
by the sheriff to see the promises that
would be referred to in the trial Tho
court added that the defendant might
be taken along though he must be
KEEP, quiet, A reesss was then taken
that this might be done, 1t WIS long,
no; walk, The little procession WIS
headed by the attorneys and Judge Sic
becker, The rear ranks were closed by
Sheriff Moulton IN charge OF the de-
PENDANT,
On reassembling at II o'clock, Dis
trict Attorney Anderson Immediately
made his opening statement to the
jury, Two questions, he said. were to
be settled; Was Gus Peterson muir
dorci on the night of Oct, 6 last and
II ~ was George Ayers an agent In
his taking onS lie proposed to estab-
lish Affirmative lroW OF them and that
George Ayers was not alone In renlov-
iug Peterson, lie reviewed In detail
the familiar story of the finding Of
Peters ms body On the morning of Oct
| Z, und gave all the Information known
Of Peterson and his doiugs since he
! had left his employer u row days before
end Of Ayers and his companions en-
the night of the alleged nun der and the
| day before and after II
| He said he proposed to show that
George Ayers was the last man seen
with Peterson, that this was about mid
night Tuesday night, that Ayers had
ON n light overcnat and hat, which he
rever wore afterward and that Ayers
was seen In the western part Of the city
between and i;a0 o'clock tho
"Wednesday morning following,
Attorney E Ray Stevens followed,
occupying about the same length OF
time. He stated some of the points
In which the prosecution was weak and
which II must suhstantlato and briefly
outlined the defense,
The jury was then taken to the Tess
house to dinner by Deputy Ladwig.
who has II In charge.
| "A ihA uft fhn fnlf n ~ M thu
testimony was begun,
A. II. Small was the frat witness
called He was questioned very briefly
In regard to the accuracy and scale Of
tho map prepared by the district at
tcrney
Henry Hauk, the plumber who was
laying the pipe In the ditch In which
Peterson's body was found, was the
next wltncss He testified that Jacob
Schiller, an employee OF his, had re-
turned to the shop and told him OF the
finding OF Peterson's body In the
trench He saw the tip OF n shoe
sticking out from the earth The body
was entirely covered by earth except
the tips OF the shoes to the depth of 9
or 8 inches. lauk and others started
to uncover It, The witness related the
circumstances Of taking out the body,
the snmmoning Of he police and Or.
Phil Fox. The only bruise he noticed
was on the face which he thought was
made by spade when the earth was
being removed
The third witness was Jacob Schuler.
l. was necessary to have an interpro-
ter In taking his testimany and Theo-
dore Ballcring was called In. Schuler
had gone early in the morning to finish
! laying the pipes In the ditch opposite
J the masonic temple, when he saw the
| tips Of pair Of shoes sticking mp
through the dirt He described the
ditch and told how Peterson's body was
uncovered and taken out.
Police officer c. MorrIck testified
that he found no money on the body,
only a few keys, pair OF gloves, o
! handkerchief and several small articles.
The witness thought not enough earth
/ had eayed In to cover the body as II
was found.
Ex-PoIlceman l.. j, Ostin testified to
going with the patrol wagon for the
body.
! DIR. c. A. Harper, who made the post
! moitem examination. testified Ina, the
cause OF death was suifocatlon: the
absence Of any foreign bodies In wind
pipe and gullet would show that the
force must have been applied to the
nose, mouth or throat.
DR. X. {. Montgomery testified to the
same effect
William Hughes said Peterson had
spent some money In his saloon Mon
day and Tuesday. Julius Kruger tes-
titled that Peterson had offered to make
a bet In his livery stable Tuesday and
had shown n roll OF bills
james Cox had known Peterson for
II years. He saw him In Knutpns
saloon Tuesday afternoon, saw him
have watchchain and heard him cor
rect another mans time
Ed. Wheeler OF Windsor testified
that Peterson had worked for him and
that he had paid him off a few days be-