Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-04
Strong CASE.
Evidence for the State in Busse
Trial Considered Very
Convincing.
Attempt to Show Error in
Schneider's Testimony
Proves Failure.
Skull and Other Grewsome Rel.
les Exhibited in the Court
Room.
snoeial to rimes- Rennhlican.

Wayerly, April 4.-The third day OF
the Busse trial in some respects dld
not equal in interest the previous days.
The examination yesterday morning
began with the testimony of Sico
Kruse, who for the sixteen years last
past has been freight clerk of the ILL
nois Central railroad at Ackley, Iowa.
Mr.. Kruse testified that he had in his
possession at one time $1,100 belong
Ing to Lena Cassman Busse. That
Lena's father, who resided With MIN,
visited Louis ard Lena Busse shortly
after their marriage. and upon ms re-
turn directed that the money be turned
over to Louis Busse. That kruse did
send one hundred dollar draft late
In December, and the remaining one
thousand dollars some time in April.
Hamm Cassman, brother of Lena
Eastman Busse, was the next witness.
Mr.. Cassman is a Butler county farm
er who testified that about eight weeks
before the marriage, Busse, then
stranger to him, came to his mouse
where Lena Cassman was living, ASK
ing him for his sister. saying he wanteu
a woman. Cassman asked him Wheth-
or he wanted the money or the woman,
and he replying that he did not care
for the money, told him 1t was all
right with him. He came several
times after that and was finally mar
ried to Lena Cassman at the German
in that neighborhood.
n. S. Hoover. who for 46 years mas
been a surveyor I'm Bremner county,
was the next witness. A large poruon
of the morning, session was taken up
with his examination. The state IN
troduced Mr. Hoover for the purpose
Of identifying a plat of the premises,
which was finally admitted in evidence.
The defense examined him at great
length, one apparent purpose OF the
examination being to show that the
maple trees to the west of the mouse
were such as to obstruct the view OF
Henry Schneider. the boy who lived
with Busse. 1t will be remembered
that Henry Schneider testified that
after he had been sent away by Busse
to shoot the robbins. at the time when,
according to the states theory, the
killing took place, that at one time he
heard a scream, and STOPPING down
saw defendant and his wife in the
farmyard. Mr.. Hoover testified that
the view In the direction which
Schneider took was INSTRUCTED by the
trees; but the state introduced PINOT
ograph, and finally elected from Mr.
Hoover the statement that objects
could be seen looking underneath the
boughs. Ex-Sheriff Cline was recalled
to the stand and identified the location
of the farm buildings, trees and OBJ
iects, after which Mr.. Newbury. pho
tographer at Clarksville, was placed on
the stand and identified a. large num-
Der Of photographs of the farm sur
roundings taken in September last.
The state experienced considerable diff
ficulty in securing admission OF the
photograph, but We're finally success
full.
The Afternoon session was largely ta-
ken up with the testimony of Drs. Bur-
roughs Of Allison, st. Peters of Dumont
and Smith Of GAINESVILLE. These we're
the doctors who conducted the autopsy.
1t appears from their testimony that on
the Monday succeeding the death OF
Lena Busse on the previous Tuesday,
an autopsy was held. The body was
identified by Sheriff Cline as that of
Lena Busse. The doctors testified sub
stantially that the autopsy disclosed
superficial cash on the neck, extending
from back of the ear to the middle line
of the throat. and exposing but not in
volving the carotid artery. They testf-
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fatal wound. They found further that
the bones In the face above, below and
to the side4ofsone of the eyes were bro
ken and loosened. This wound they al
so testified would not generally be fatal.
They found also, however, that the
mastoid process back Of the ear was
broken, and the sutures surrounding
the same were loosened; and the con-
census of the testimony of the doctors
was that this would ordinarily produce
death, and generally instantaneous
death. They found also, as one of the
doctors testified, that the body was
burned to crisp, and that the burn
ing was necessarily fatal. One leg was
broken below the knee, portions of the
leg being gone, and one of the doctors
CeSIlI1eO ClldU tneTe were lIlulCdIlOIS
that the leg had been broken before the
burning. The examination conducted
by Mr.. Gibson on the part of the de-
Tense was particularly searching Mr.
Scales examination on the part of the
state was made somewhat irksome by
constant objections, many Of which
were sustained by the court.
There was large crowd in the court
room and the closest attention was Civ
en- to the evidence. The progress of the
case today would indicate that it can
hardly be expected that the case will be
concluded before the last of next week
DR.. Burroughs, during the course of his
examination, produced the skull of Lee
ma Busse and also the broken limb
These We're indeed grewsome exhibits
but their introduction did not seem to
materially effect the demeanor of the
defendant.
To ENFORCE THE LAW.