Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-16

we're each to receive two hundred d IL
lars and and the one surviving would
receive no more;had no difficulty with
defendant while on the farm; was not
In favor of the marriage. They moved
to florenceville after got married;
visited them once or twice week;
don't know that the defendant and
father dis 'greed; father was SO; was
there one week before his body was
found and defendant seemed to be
mad; was there Sunday, asked for my
father; defendant seemed to be happy
and jolly, said father had taken his
ish-pole, satchel and clothes and went
to Washington. 1 remember that she
said on Sunday afternoon that he had
gone to Washington; went down again
on Monday with Charley Mandelko,
my brother-in-law; Andrew Michel
was there when we got there, Fred
Reuter-, Andrew Michel and myself
proposed tosearch the house; ;she made
no objection; Michel, myself and Mrs.
Kreuger went in, ,.she keeping ahead
of us and being ahead of us prevent
Ing us from searching; asked her for
the little tin box which she said would
be attended to later on; searched the
river below the dam on Monday, and
on Tuesday below the dam mile or
more, did not find buggy tracks. The
coroner came between and in the
evening, the.undertaker came later;
saw blood on the wall, the castings, the
stove and the arm chair, could not
tell whether something had been
drawn through the door from the
kitchen to the bedroom; saw blood
on the buggy, and on the reaches, the
bottom of the buggy appeared to have
been washed out.
Redirect: Had not any knowlege
of defendant prior to her marriage.
The first l knew of his marriage was
letter from Wis. telling Of his mar
riage, asking me to meet them at Har-
mony, which I did. When we went
to examine the house the defendant
seemed to be excited, gathered the
clothes and threw them on the floor.
Re-Cross Ex,: The boy contain,
ed his papers, accounts of current ex-
penseS and other matters. Father was
about my weight, might have weigh
ed lao to $50 pounds, was about SIT. 6
inches tall.
Redirect: Had conversation with
father in presence of defendant that
was to smoke the meat. This was
when brought 1t to them.
| REORGANIZATION: Delft. and father
were both in the room when brought
the meat; was there ten or fifteen
minutes. She made no reply then.
w. L. RICHARDS.
| Exhibit No. 5. Deed of def't and
deceased to Otto and Alfred Kreuper
read to the jury.
Richards testified that he is a sur
yeyor. The exhibit is plan and ele-
walton of the home of Gustave Kreu-
ger in Florenceville. The exhibit No.
S shows the elevation of the house
and barn looking to the south. The
elevation shows the north front, the
porch is about 4x1O feet, elevation is
about 81 inches.
Buggy house barn and shows the
rela tive position of the house and
barn.
made the exhibits recently.
| DIR. CARPENTER.
Q. S. Carpenter; residence, Lime
Springs; occupation, physician and
coroner of the county.
Was called on April % to attend the
inquest of Gustave Kreuger; found
the body in the west room; empanel-
ed jury and held inquest concluding
about IL o'clock; took the skull of the
body after the funeral; skull produc-
ed; the defendant excepts to the in
PRODUCTION OF the skull in evidence
because it Is introducing a new wit
ness not produced before the grand
jury, is incompetent and irrelevant
and with flesh removed is not the same
head in appearance that was removed
from the body.
i Objection overruled.
The injuries were confined to the
face and head; in all found about q
dozen; the injury near the nose was
about an inch on the surface and two
inches deep; one about an inch long
near the ear, extending through the
skull; another about inch long near
the ear, extending to the bone; ano-
ther near the eye extending down.
ward on the skull and fract1ring it.;
removed the head after the funeral;
when removed it was it the same con-
dition as at the inquest except that
} the undertaken had closed the wounds.
The skull has been in my possession
, ever since taken from the body.
Objected to by def't.
Overruled.
IL CONTINUED next wssk.)