The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-25
Nill Be Placed on Trial To-Day for
Sororocide.
a STORY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Accused Cave an Explanation
n,ttttna Iactncrstsen of Hcdy.

| court.
In lonely str;r Of woods In a secluded
portion OF the east end OF Washington
county on the tcr,y-,hird anniversary o,
ais birthday. October ~, 1895. he 1t is
alleged In the Indictment. murdered his
AGED sister. Miss Johanna kusaat, who
under the shelterins protection Of her
| tToiler. though h-nt with the weight o,
\ SO years was on her Way to Drenham,
fNherc she had already arranged with
steamship agents for PASSAGE to her native
home. Pommesn. Germany.
Charles kGeadt left home in company
| with his sister and returned home with
the Information that she had left for Gall
weston and would sail OF the ship Halle.
eut she has never since been seen alive
| That was Monday, October ls 1895. Thurs
day, October =, Lem Harris. eolorei
farmer, was passing through the woods on
lscbsons creek, ihrce miles above whit
man; he saw wha, appeared 10 be a
I camp fire in ihickci about ffty yards
from a little neishNorhood road leading
through the woods and being curious 10
know who hst built ! fire there. and for
what purpose he went TO 1t and discovered
The charrcd remains OF 4 human being.
He Informed Justice Moore aud IN inquest
was held and pr. Brewer was called upon
10 make ar autopsy.
II then developed that the body was that
81 woman. al first thought to be
stranger but uoricYs @, clothing AMI
oihsr Srjicles found near the fire were
identified as the property Of Miss Johanna
kuEadt half-s;sfer Of Charles kugadt.
Il shoemaker who lived at Washington.
Up 10 the time that the body was found
20 be 4 woman kucadt had shown great
interest in the case. bat when nr. Brewer
told him the result Of the autopsy kugadt
was sgitated ami walked away that was
The last seen OF him in the neghborhooj
Of his crime. He Was seen afterwards at
Millican. and then disappeared entirely.
Photographs and descriptions we're sown
broadcast aud every once IN a while some
innocent person would be arrested as
subject only to De released again.
Miss KGEadt within the last few months
before her death had often spoken OF re-
turning 10 her native home. pommern
Germany. X was at last decided after
much consultation and preparation. that
Miss kugad, was TO take passage on the
Halle. which sailed from Galveston on
Tuesday, October 20. 1896. So bright and
early October II Charles Kugadt, his sis
ter aud his sisters large emigranj chest.
packed full OF her clothing and such odds
and ends as she thought best to carry to
her old home' we're loaded in wagon and
st $50 o'clock started for BRENNAN. At
Whitman the man. woman and chest were
seen at about : o'clock. and kugadt spoke
tc. Constable John Ewing. and told him he
was on his way TO Brennan. In starting
away. however, he took the wrong road
and Ewing called and told him so. but he
replied II was all right. as he was going
that way TO avoid bad mud hole. The
l. H1.lf
creek between l. and o'clock Monday.
Mr., Couriryman was sitting down beside
the road kindling a fire to make some cof-
fee when kusadt came walking from the
direction OF the creek. lie asked for water
and was offered coffee; he remained about
forty minutes at Couutrymans camp. and
then went back in the direction from
whence he came. and got into his wagon.
which he had left when he came TO ask
for = drink OF watcr. In the wagon was
large chest. but there was no woman to
BE seen. Countrymsu did not get close to
the wagon.
The next seen of him was at the fire
a man near the fire. but saw no woman
or box.
At Al little before shutdown Monday West
Baber negro. saw Kugadt coming in
wagon from the direction of Brenham'
cross Jackson creek. Baber overlook him,
Baber's road turned off kusadt was
alone In the wagon.
His wife says he reached home after
nighifall and told her that he had teen
20 nrenham and his sister left safely for
Galveston.
More than that. Miss Kugsdt had about
500 In greenbacls when she left home.
KuCadt was seen on that fatal Tuesday at
Washington with D large roll OF money.
and he told the folks there that ne had
been to Brenham the day before, and Tax
Assessor Langhammer had paid him 500
for his work as deputy assessor kugadt
was not in Brenham that Monday, ana
Iangharnmer had not seen him for moro
than a week and he did not pay him the
money kugadt claimed to have gotten from
him. Az.
Chas. Kuraat was captured through the
ius,mmentallty Of letters.
Willie Kugadt his l7-year-old SON eN-
cited the suspicion OF Constabie Ionn =
Ewing. who had been detailed by Sherin
league to watch for clew In the vicinity
OF kuEadt's home, BY calling for letters Tor
Emil Naunfeldt. a nephew OF kusaut :, u
printer. who had left here for Caiilora'a
seven or eight years aeo.
The letter was there and in one corner
was The inscription. After ten days return
to John Frey. Nspa, CAL These facts were
tcportcd to Sheriff Teague, and even tue
contents OF the letter were secured later
sheriff league Immediately sent to the
sheriff at Napa. CAL this information, TO-
| gelher with a photograph OF kugaat ana
| on Sunday. February 81. received ic0-
gram announcing kugadts arrest ard con-
| fession as 10 identity aud the fact mat ne
\ had burned his sisters remains, but that
/ he did not murder her, accounting Tor her
death hy SAVING that she fell out OF The
/ wagon and the wheel ran over her, ana
she died before he could get to neigh.
hors tina, he rot scared and then decided
| 10 dispose OF tie body, which he did Ia the
! manner already described.
Sheriff league. after securing the neees-
sary papers Went 10 Napa, Cal. and re-
turned with the prisoner FRIDAY night,
March s. 1881
In an interview the next day. when asked
! n his arrest was not a great surprise,
| KnEadt said: NO. was not surprised
and il was a relief. as | hal many times
wished had not left home had retired
vhen my landlord Knocked at my door aud
told me that he wanted to see me- When
the door opened ! recognized sheriff Nc
Kenzie and asked him what he wanted. lie
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