Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-08-22

leE Deu.
Just as it seemed certain that
young girl had committed suicide,
dence turned up that pointed 10 Z
der, and an immediate investiga-
was begunby the coroner. with
result that Mrs. Krauss was arres
She was accused of having murd,
Crystal Krauss by administe
strychnine and was taken to jail.
The evidence discovered wa
such a nature that a post mortem
he'd, and the stomach of Cry
Krauss was sent to DR.. L. p DR.
at Fort Wayne for chemical anal
The result showed the presenC
strychnine. Mrs. Krauss was
a preliminary hearing last Satm
and upon the evidence produced
sent 10 Jail TO await the October
OF court.
During all this time Mrs. Kr
has showed wonderful nerve. anC
no time has she showed signs
breaking down. She has been CO
ed in her Jail cell one week, an,
though there is a sad and weary
in her eyes, it is due to the co.
ment and not from nervousness or
parent worry, as she seems comic
that she viii be acquitted W
brought TO trial.
1t was just two months to the
after Mrs. Krauss' marriage that
death Of Crystal Krauss occur
Crystal and her mother were on
street together Saturday evening
on Tuesday afternoon following ca
the announcement of the death of
girl. Mrs. Krauss claimed that
girl had been ailing from stoms
trouble for several days, and gave
as he opinion that her death was d
to acute indigestion. The attendi
physicians questioned her closely,
they knew the girl had died in cow
sions. It was then that Mrs. Krau
suggested the suicide theory. Pl
viOUs to this the physicians had ma,
thorough search of the bed al
found nothing. Later Mrs. Krau
came in with the bottle and a no
and said:
This tells the cause of her ieatl
The note read:
Papa: Cood-by. I cannot lii
without jim"
The bottle contained what was So
posed to be the deadly drug, but VIII
chemical analysis is said to ha,
shown to be only cornmeal and
small amount of arsenic. Later Nh
Krauss turned over to the conont
w. A. Hollis, a second note, viii,
read:
"Good-by Jim. Crystal"
She called the attention to the CO
oner to the evident extreme nervor
ness of the girl when the note
written, as the handwriting was on
scrawl. This she claimed
found in a closet. She gave the cor
ner another bottle which she claim
TO have found in the bed. Thr
physicians and the undertaken and I
wife made a complete search of {
bed Immediately after the death
Crystal Krauss and found nothh
No one was present when Mrs. Kral
found them.
LlOyo SOmerville is the little I
who carries milk to the Krauss hoI
He claims that on Monday event
previous to the death OF Crystal, NJ
KraUss sent him to the Logan pb
macy for strychnine. Fortunately
waste paper in the basket at the d.
store had not been burned, and al
a search there the note the boy ella
ed to have carried was found.
note read:
'Give bearer 10 cents worth
strychnine, l want to clean out SC
mice.-Mrs Shewalter."
Fred Clark, the clerk who filled
order, says he asked the boy
sent him and the boy replied that
was Mrs. Krauss. Clark says he
the boy TO take the poison to the
son who had sent him and he took
Mrs. KraUss. Mrs Peter Hurley,
woman who lives next door to
Krauss home, says she witnessed
boy receive the money and depart
his errand. Mrs. Krauss will attel
to prove, however, that at Uhe
she was in the front yard and
Crystal sent for the poison.
The court will be asked to dec
whether Crystal Krauss commit
suicide or whether Mrs. Krauss xii
her by poisoning. Mrs. Krauss Di
little attention to what is said alb
her. She reads her Bible and decla.
she is innocent
Since the arrest Mrs. Krauss has
been called upon by her former
workers in the church. They W.
the first to accuse her and none h5
gene to console her. Her mother
tablished the Grant Street and Co
mercial Street mission churches
This city, and at one time Rae And
man was in charge Of the services
Commercial Street NJ. E. church.
Her father is now in Chicago at [
home of his daughter, Mrs. Al