Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-03-04
FINDING OF THE BODY.
Coroner L. v. Eckhart Testifies
at the Treg!own
Trial.
FIRST STORY OF ANNIEs MOTHER

Denies a Baby is Born. But Finally Willis
and Points Out the Place Where the
Remains Are Buried-what Postmaster
t. j. Murphy Saw-1Irs. Hyland's Evil
dence Barred,
Mrs. Annie Krakalow WAS placed
on the witness stand in the murder
case in the circuit court Yesterday
afternoon after both sides had done
with Arthur Treglown. Mrs. Kraka-
low said she was a neighbor of the
defendants at Coal Valley, and while
she did not know any of the details
of the crime beyond what she had
heard. she noticed that the day preyi-
Gus to the birth the curtains in the
Treglown house were drawn, some
thing unusual.
Coroner l.. V. Eckhart told of his
trip TO the Valley Nov. %. and con
Quoting a hearing relative to the birth
of an unknown child. John Treg-
lown, he said, denied all knowledge of
the existence of the infant or of its
burial. Margaret Treglown told the
coroner that n child had been born,
but it was born dead. She said she
had given the body to a Moline wo-
coroner that the body was buried in
the Treglown yard, but would not
specify as to location. Upon the
strength of this testimony Coroner
Eckhart said he arrested John TreT-
Town, locked him in the village jail.
and with a number of townspeople
went to the Treglown house and de-
manded to know where the remains
Of the child were buried. Mrs. Trey
Town took them to the barn and point
cd out where the infants body was
concealed.
Condition of Remains.
Postmaster Il. j. Murphy. of Coal
Valley, who saw the body disinterred,
related at length the condition of the
remains when removed from The box
IA raisen box, the lid of which was
nailed shut. The legs and arms were
doubled up. The body was nude save
the covering which the flour sack
afforded. Around the neck there was
a rag tightly folded, while in the head
and neck there were distinct depres-
sions. The court would not permit
Mr.. Murphy to tell any conversations
he might have had with the defend
ants, in which either implicated the
other. The cross-eXamination of the
witness was directed chiefly to show
ing that the condition of the body
when discovered might have been
caused by the weather.
Testimony as to caring for the body
was given by Undertaken William
Myers. OF Coal Valley, and Undertaken
Il. +. Knox. of this city, the latter
stating that it had been turned over
to him Dec. 20, and was now in the
same condition it was then.
Judge Ramsay would not permit
the introduction of the testimony of
Mrs. Catharinc Hyland, of Coal Val
ley. If allowed to tell her story she
would have said that before the birth
af Annie's child Mrs. Treglown came
to her and asked her for medicine
which she intended using for a crimi-
nal purpose.
ID. II Moran, John L. Hass, S. l..
Stafford and George Wilson, all of
Coal Valley. corroborated the story of
MIR. Murphy as to the appearance of
the body.
At 1880 adjournment of the trial
was taken until , p. NJ. Monday.
other Court Matters.
Laura Nixon. of this city. was
granted n divorce from William Il.
Nixon. She alleged drunkenness.
Robert +. Myers. through McEniry
& Nc Entry. has brought suit for So
D0O against the PhTnix Bridge COM
pany for personal injuries
BuckIen's Arn,ca saIve.