Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-12-23
WIENER MURDER TRIAL
Case Will Probably Not
60 to Jury Before
Tonight

The trial began with the selection
of jury. Besides the regular panel
there was special venire of eighty.
The triers were Attorneys E. A. King,
l.. W. Vassly and Crawford Sheldon.
The first juror chosen was Silas Ben
nett, q Farmer of Parker. Ten of the
jurymen were selected Monday after
noon and the other two Tuesday morn
ing. Following is the jury:
Silas Bennett, Parker.
Mat Krause, Little Falls.
John LANCER, Agram.
The odore Getten, Morrill,.
A. II. Peterson, Elmdale.
Peter Peterson, Upsala.
Conrad Stangl, Pierz.
G. F. Flick, Morrill,.
Mike Rein. Belle Prairie.
Jacob Schmolke Buckman.
Andrew Nelson, Buh.
A. W. Cook, Swan River.
The indictment under which Mrs.
Wiener is tried charged murder in the
first degree, alleged that the defend
ant killed her husband by ''striking,
beating and pounding the said Frank
Wienerssupon his head and body with
clubs. sticks of wood, broom handles
and a shovel
The defendant, IN black dress, with
brown shawl and black fascinator,
wept nearly all the time she was in
court. She manifested, as.was natur-
al, much interest in the proceedings
and appeared to understand English
fairly we'll She is not a prepossessing
woman, and constant weeping eince
the night of the 27tn of June, has not
improved the unfortunate woman =
appearance.
The bar Of the court presented rath
er.-an unpleasant appearance at the be-
ginning of the trial., the implements
used in the murder, the bed, and
furniture, blood spotted and blood
stained. being exhibited.
County Attorney Lindbergh, in his
opening address, said that thesprose-
cution would attempt tc prove that
the defendant, after her husband and
herself had retired, arose on the
morning of June. 2Sth, while Mr..
Wiener was asleep, and with sticks
and clubs pounded him until she
thought him dying, that she then
cleansed herself and went to the neigh
bors, expecting to find her husband
dead when they arrived. The county
attorney described the crime as he
conceived it to have occurred, telling
of the condition of things.
Frank Wiener, whose frightful MUIR
der is the cause of the trail, was o.
small stature, aged 90 years, Of good
natured disposition. He lived in Pike
Greek about twelve. years. Last win
ter his wife died and in April he mar
ried Katie Golembetzki, whose father
lives about four miles from Flensburg.
Previous to or at the time of the
wedding, which was in April, Wiener
decided 40 acres of his land to his
fe-to- be, .,andss had forty acres re-
naming. In this city Mrs. Wiener
worked ..as domestic for several peo-
ple,;7 among them D. Trettel and L.
Schrieber. She is said to be hot tenn.
pered.
The. house Of the murdered man IL
located on the southwest quarter Of
northwest ssquarter section ~ Pike
Creek.
- When he,,.roficers arrived on, the
scene on the morning Of June S8th
they found Wiener's body in the east
bedroom floor, with the head near tb
door, aud the room giving evidence
of frightful and bloody struggle,
there being bloodssains all over. The
head Of the bed and the wall near by
we're bloody. Investigation made 1t
probable that the victim had first
been attacked in bed, and had been
struck with blunt weapons. De must
have tried to get out of the door, and
been repeatedly struck, bloody stains
on the wall showing where his head
struck it under the force of the blows.
After he fell he must have lived some
hours, for neiahbors arrived before he
expired. It is claimed that someone
asked him who did the deed and
that he indicated his wife. The man
had only a shirt :.on when found by
the neighbors, and they put overalls
on him.
Mrs. Wiener, who ia about 26 years
of age, and married In April. was
suspected and placed under arrest.
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