Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-11-03
Makes Confession! /!
Mrs. Neueer Writes a Confession of
the Murder Of Her Husband.

Mrs. Kreueer Writes a confession Of
the Murder Of Her Husband.
Since her trial Mrs. Kreuger has
told various people different stories in
regard to the killing of her husband,
and last Saturday gave Sheriff Camp
bell a written statement. Her attor-
ney informs us that she never told
him she struck her husband as she
states in her confession; that had she
done SO he would have conducted the
case differently. She claims to have
killed him with a shoe makers ham,
mer and that she never,saw the pick
since long before the murder till it
was produced in court, The confess
sion is written in German and was
translated for US by w. f. Sholz, who
acted as her interper ter.
THE CONFESSION.
My husband got up in the night to
get the liquor bottle and l said to him
he should not drink in the night. He
turned around and grabbed me by the
hair and pulled mo out Of the bed.
lie had small ha MINER in his hand
and was about to strike me on the
head, 1 grabbed the hammer from
him. was so frightened began to
pound him with it, didn't know
what / was doing at the time as l
was so dizzy and about half crazy and
my mind was wandering and put my
husband in the summer kitchen, but
dtden't know anything about it
that had done this as l was so diz-
zey and out of my head SO that.I did
not actually know what 1 had done.
l wanted to sleep with him in the
wood tshed, he was laying on cloth
and was covered with aeloth. Ididn't
really know If l was doing what was
right or not as 1 was so cut of my
mind and so dizzy that I knew not
what was right or wrong. My husband
was taken to the river sometime duv-
ing the night and I didn't want to go
away from him but had to take the
horse back.
In Gods name and with Gods wish
Lam telling the trouble about me as
to tell 1t before bat my attorney said
no. / should say nothing about my
man, that had struck him. 1t was
not my wish that I had struck my
husband, then l was dizzy and fright
ened as l did this, then sank to the
floor AID didn't know where was and
l was dizzy and half crazy and
wanted to sleep so long until 1 died.
what shou' do here alive for this l
could not d.. will take all the blame
as was so far out of my head that 1
could understand no German or En-
glish that was spoken there in the
court house then. ! am 60 years old
and can't remember all what was said
in the trial there was SO weak in the
head at last or I should OF told this
there but my attorney was not there
and l could not understand what that
man said about me. I am already to
old to go to trial. Please, please, 1
am getting so weak I can hardly write.
My son said long ago he would pay all
the costs of this trouble as he gets
from go to 70 dollars every month.
The 11th Dec. 1908 he will be 20 years
old.
Dear people, I beg of you all, l am
not well in my head and have the
rheumatism. often got it into my
head that would go away and never
come back to my home as l didn't
want any Of it for l wanted to 60 to
other people and not to
my husbands = children,
they always said they wanted nothing
to do with me as 1 IVES not their
mother and wanted to go to Cresco
the next day or go to Sellers or to
other people and I could not get there.
had to suffer mug b as I had no chill
dren OF my'own there and was al
ways alone, and'.when nly husband s
children come on visit they would
never speak to me and II r spoke to
to them they would only say yes or
no. This was so hard for me that l
CRIED when they went away for was
always good to them. I suffered SO
much and thought would lay down
and die by my husband, and at that
time 1 didn't know what was right or
wrong. 1 was so far away in my
thoughts, l had small hammer in
my had. l.want to say it again that
/ did this and beg Of you dear pso-
pie not to be hard on me.
The Booth Case Affirmed,
RI. n e. n w Road oftornarc for