Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-20

been sharpened. Could see and identify it 2 or
rods away.
DR. CARPENTER recalled.
This is the pick-ax found in the Kreuger bug
gy shed the night OF the inquest.
Cross-Ex. Think the ceiling of the room is s
or feet high. Am inclined to think the blood
from the wound would gush out instead Of
squirting. Punctured wounds are not so liable
to squirt as cut wounds. Can't say which of any
of the wounds were first inflicted. Either one
of the three blows would have stunned. Could
not judge from the wounds or the condition Of
the body tt at there was astruggle.
Redirect. There was some blood in flu
state when the head was removed. At the time
of inquest there was some blood on the floor be-
meath the body.
Cross-Ex. Examined the pick and found no
blood upon 1t at the time Of the inquest.
Think the blood at time of inquest was ooz-
ing from the arteries.
A.C. CAMPBELL
Am sheriff, Took the defendant into custody
when the body of Kreuger was found: brought
her to Cresco. Went to Granger that morning
with the county atty Left him where the Boz
dy was found. Saw the eft first that day at
Eckmeir's. she walked to the house, said
Kreuger left Friday morning after breakfast;
said Kreuger had gone to Washington to visit
his son, Said Kreuger had brought home some
bloody meat in the buggy. Said she had wash
ed out blanket and some towels and hung
them out and they were all stolen. Noticed
blood in the house on curtain to east window.
Table set on north side of the room. Took the
curtains; brought them home. produces them
in court,) The curtains are in the same condi-
ton as when took them. have been in my pos
session ever since.
Exhibit No. 8, from north window. and ex-
hibit No. 9 from east window, shown witness.
Objected to and overruled. Curtains exhibited
to the jury
Could not give the date of next visit to the
next visit to the Kreuger house, Found blood
on the table legs, the floor and in the center Of
the closet-a spot of 8 or 10 inches.
The floor of closet and house looked as though
it had been cleaned: looked to me as If there
had been quite little blood that had soaked
into the floor and had been cleaned up. The
/ blood on the casing was about to 9 inches and
also on the casing on the door leading to the bed
| room. Saw blood on the under part of the oven
door TO the stove and on the under part of the
/ stove hearth.
Received the rope exhibited from Andrew
Michel. Exhibit No. 10 offered in evidence.)
Remember Edward and Alfred Kreuger CON-
Ing to me Monday evening before the body was
found; delivered to me buttons and bloody APP
rons. I delivered them to DR.. w. T. Daley, of
Cresco. (Foot pad taken from the buggy ex-
h1bited as No. l1.) 1t contained blood spots;
taken from the side of the box Of the Kreuger
buggy.
Cross-Ex. Went to Florencevile on Tuesday;
went to the house; defendant was net there;
don't think went into the heuse then, Met
the defendant coming from Eckmeir's. Had
conversation with deft in regard to Kreuger;
4 Ludwig and several others were there; asked
where Kreuger was, She stated that he might
have gone to any one of several places. Did
not then observe any blood on the floor or else.
where. Went to the river in the afternoon;
was there when the body was taken from the
water. then went direct to the house and took
det't and brought her to Cresco. She never
asked why she was taken in custody. The
blood on the stove was tsarker than the rust.
DR.. Daily applied chemical test that showed me
it was blood and convinced me 1t was blood.
Discovered blood on the curtains and wall on
Wednesday after the arrest and in other places
a lew days later.
Redirect. The apron delivered to DR.. DAILY
was in my possession until delivered to DR.. Da-
ly and was in the same condition as when re-
ceived.
Remember conversation with def't Tuesday,
Saw Mrs Ludwig there. Remember going to
the room now occupied by Mrs Kreuger the
the morning OF the funeral to see II she wanted
to go to the funeral. Told her she was
suspected Of numbering her husband on the way
over from Florenceville. She made no reply
that was audible
DR.. SCRIPTURE
Physician and Surgeon. Have been in prac-
tice years.
DR.. CARPENTER recalled.
Brought the head of Kreugerto Cresco. and
DR.. Scripture assisted in making the examina-
ton.
DR.. SCRIPTURE recalled.
We first examined head superncially to find
the location OF the wounds. There was one
wound back of the ear and another wound that
fractured the skull, and another to the left. The
one on the occipital prominence fractured the
skull and one on the top Of the head that frac-
tured both plates of the skull. The wound at
the right of the occlpital prominence would pro-
duce death. The one near tho nose was one
and one half inches on the surface and 2h
inches deep; that would produce death. Ano-
Their that broke the jawbone, passing through
the cheek: Another at the inner angle of the
left eye, about an inch in depth. The one be-
low and to the lett of the eye would produce
death. The cause of death was from injuries
from some blunt instrument In the hands Of
some other person. The injury could have been
made with pick with sharp point and with
q sharp edge that would fit them.
Cross Ex Nocates several wounds on the
face.) Could not say which ones on the face
were made after dea1h. The wound on the
cheek that penetrated the maxilary was so bad.