The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-25

presumed ~ be innoOent. Take the
life 81 4 pure and yirtuous woman,
and let some gossiper point the
finger OF Islander, and there will be ;
some to at once suspicion her char,
acter. And in this case, you are to
presume this defendant innocent
Until bs5y- IND q reasonable doubt she
is proven guilty. I believe this jury
to be now prepared to render ITS
verdict according to the evidence |
given in court. l believe that it was
the failure of the inquest to proper
ly perform it's duties that brought
this case about. Look at the facts.
This defendant told her story to
Mrs. Ho}byook-she told 1T to the
oftieers-she told it at,the Inquest
she told it on the stand here--a con- on
v.syeny Story through0at3s. cou'a. i,
criminal thus tell tho facts as con-
sistently? No. Tie testimony here
shows that for four years Aug
Krause mad been more or less IN
sane, caused by an injury received
on the railroad. On the night OF
Jan. s, this defendant told the otfic-
ers-about the quarrel over the let
ter from the boy. Little things afr
ect an Insane man. He used lang
uage he had never used before. She
got afraid and started down stairs.
She heard him throw the clothes
and come after her She ran down
stairs-closed the door and put her
weight against it. Then Krause
toll her he would wiring her neck,
and in half clothed condition che
ran over to Holbrook's. If she
had killed him would she have said
that she was here alone-that there
was no one else about the place.
Her innocence at once leads her to
give the facts,as she knew them
that she was alone. She sends for
the marshal-wants~h him Immediate
ly-and if the marshal had at once
gone IN and found him dead w~ld
not the facts at once show her gull
ty. No sne wouldn t have told, any
such story it she had been guilty.
And these two brave officers Ely
hiblting cowardice that is shame
ful-would now throw an odium up
on this woman. Would this, wom-
an, if she had been guilty, offered
to have shown these officers how
to get into the house. No, they
now, to cover their own cowarlice
try to throw suspicion on this wom-
an. And what do they do in the
morning? They 60 over and unlock
the stair door and then hurry out
to allow him to come down. And
later what do these brave officers do
when they 20 up stairs they
have the woman go ahead so that if
anything would happen, the woman
would get it and not these brave
officers. And now about the key
it is the strongest point of the de-
tense. She gives these officers key
which she says may unlock the door
Would one guilty make such move
-one who had had the forethought
to place a key on the inside of the
door, to put shot through the floor,
would do such a foolish thing as
tbat9 No, her whole action was one
of innocence. And about the TAX
ing of the things to Holbrook's.
WHAT would she naturally doc
Here are these brave officers tiptoe-
ing around there, showing holes
through the ceiling. and, surprising
her husband crazy and in need Of
taking care Of. Would she not do
just as she did do. Now, gentleman
going back, you remember this
story of the state that there we're
two shots through the head. The
testimony of the states experts was
as to vital parts of the brain de-
stroyed. The state held that Kr9lse
could not have fired the second
of either shots. But you now
know these statements to be utter
~ false. Think of the awful re-
sponsbility that devolved upon
those doctors who we're sworn to
make an examination ut the inquest
and yet didn't do it, and then come
into court and swear to false state
Of affairs. And had it not been for
the efforts of defendants attorneys