The record-union., 1897-11-13
INQUEST ON MRS. BAUMANN;
CORONER'S JURY LISTENS TO
EVIDENCE In THE CASE.
Verdict That She Came to Her
Death by a Gunshot Wound In
Aicted by Her Husband.

A CorOner's jury composed OF John
Blair, Louis Stone, Peter McWniams
r. Label, Geo. w. Johnson, VIM. sur
geson, Julian Danioth and Gus Wendt
last evening listened to the evidence rel
atfve to the killing of Mrs. Katherine
Baumann at her home at 323 n street
last Saturday, and at the conclusion
brought in verdict that death resulted
from a gunshot wound inflicted by her
husband Stefan Baumann.
Max p. Fisher, County Detective, tes-
titled that under the direction OF Dis
trict Attorney Ryan he had visited the
Baumann residence and made dla-
gram of the house and the surround
ingS. The diagram was spread upon
the wall and the witness proceeded to
explain the positions and relative dis
tances in the vicinity. He explained
that the distance from Zemansky' S
door to Baumann's back porch is "A
feet, and from the residence of Mrs.
Kennedy to the back door of the Bau-
mann residence the distance is fl feet.
The Baumann back porch, the witness
said, could be seen from Mrs. Kenne-
dys door. The diagram was explained
in detail.
Special Policeman John Campbell was
called and testified that he came up
Fourth street from Q, and when ne
reached N street, saw crowd gathered
before the Baumann residence, and
somebody told him there had been
shooting inside. The witness went to
the door and pushing it open, saw Bau-
mann lying on his right side, and Mrs.
Baumann lying near the kitchen door,
dead.
The witness had attempted to get
Baumann to talk, but the latter would
say nothing but, "Oh, why did 1 do il!
Why did / do it, The witness was
the first person to enter the house after
the shooting. He found a teapot and
two dishcloths lying beside the dead
woman, seemingly as though she had
dropped them when the shot was fired
which ended her existence. The tea
pot was lying on its side.
The witness also identified the pistol
used by Baumann. He arrived at the
house about 1:40 o'clock p. M, on Sat-
urday, November 9th. The teapot he
SAID, lay near the left hand of the dead
woman, whose head was within eigh-
teen inches of that of her husband.
Mrs. Zemansky, who resides at 1914
Fourth street, testified that about 80
clock on Saturday, the 9th inst, while
she was in her house. she heard a SHOT.
she went to her window and saw Rau-
mann come out on his back porch. He
walked to the woodshed and looked in.
ana then turning, walked back into the
mousse. He had been in about four or
nVe minutes when the witness heard
another shot, and Baumann again came
out on the back porch with blood all
over MS face. There had been no
piood on his face when he came out the
first time.
The witness stated that when Bau-
mann came from the house after the
hrst shot his hands were clasped in
front of his breast and that he had no
pistol IN them. nor did he have a pis-
tol when he came out the last time.
He was out Of the house but an in
slant the last time, and called for gro
Ger Sllva's clerk, Frank. The witness
was positive there had been no blood on
Baumann's face when he came out Of
the house after the first shot had been
fired.
DR.. F. M. Reith testified to having
held an autopsy on the remains of Mrs
Baumann, and described the course Of
the bullet that had caused death. There
We're no powder marks on the face Of
the dead woman
Police Officer VIM. J. Hardy testified
TO having visited the Baumann resi-
dence after the shooting. in response to
telephone message. The witness de-
scribed the relative positions of the
bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Baumann, which
was merely corToborative of the evil
dence of Special Officer Campbell.
The witness said Baumann was alive
and apparently conscious. but that ef-
forts to make him talk had been futile.
Mrs. Kennedy, who resides on Fourth
street between NJ and N streets. tes-
tilted that she had been at home at the
time OF the shooting. She heard a shot
fired and heard a woman scream. She
walked to her back window and saw a
man come out on the Baumann back
porch. He walked to a shed. opened
the door and looked in, and then went
back into the house.
After lapse of about five minutes.
Mrs. Kennedy said, another shot was
fired, and again the man Raumann)
came out on the porch, moaning, and
with blood running down his face. He
went down the walk to the side gate
and called Frank" and moaned all
the time. She then went to the gro
Gerry store and told the clerk that sor1e-
body had been shot IN the Baumann
house. Prior to the shooting she had
heard no unusual noise Of any kind
Albin Scheiber, who lives about five
miles from the city on the Marysvile
road, testified that he had known Bal-
mann about six weeks, and Mrs Pau-
mann about eight years. Baumann
had been employed by the witness as
dairy hand, but was laid off on Friday.
November 9th. Mrs. Baumann had
taken her husband TO visit the witness
about the last of October and Bau-
mann had blood on his face and told
the witeness his wife had struck him.
Mrs. Baumann told her husband that he
must stay at Scheiber's, but he had de-
INJURED and said he wanted to go back
to keep other men from visiting her.
Mrs. Baumann, the witness said
laughed when her husband made that
statement, and said lone more or one
less makes no difference
The witness stated that he suhse-
ouently hired Baumann and the latter
had asked him what he would do with