The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-11
NETWORK SLOWLY ENFOLDS
MESHES ABOUT POlSONER
Note Found in Murdered Girls Bed Was Not Written By Her
State Claims the Use OF the Slow Method
OF Poisoning.

, and post-mortem would be held and
the suspicion of murder might be
aroused.
The plan nearly carried, they say,
as the coroner was almost convinced
al first that it was a case OF suicide,
| But some of the others were not SO
ready to believe that Crystal had
killed herself w X. Krauss said to-
| day that he did not believe his daugh-
| ter wrote the two notes alleged TO
| have been found in the room and the
| one written for the strychnine, but
when asked if he thought his wife
wrote them he made no answer other
than saying that would be matter
| for the courts to decide.
Mr. krauss said he was familiar
with his daughters handwriting and
her language and he could not be-
lieve she was the author Of them He
also stated that he did not want the
public to think that in any way he
was trying to screen his wife.
What | want to know Is whether
Crystal died by her own hand or was
poisoned and will spare no efforts in
finding 1t out If my wife is guilty
she must pay the penalty.
My position is a most trying one,
loved my daughter and cannot be-
lieve that she killed herself. nor can
believe that my wife committed the
crime. have never accused my wife
of having committed the crime, nor
nave said that she was innocent
1t is understood that the defense
will try to prove that Mrs Kranss
was not dressed on Monday evening
in the manner described by the Som
eryille boy who says that Mrs.
krauss sent him for the strychnine
and that 1t was Crystal who gave the
note to the druggist asking for the
poison.
The defense will attempt to prove
that Mrs Krauss was sprinkling the
lawn in front of the house at the time
the boy got the note and that Mrs
Hurley could not see the boy from
her back porch.
Photographs will be taken of the
scene surrounding the two homes,
which are side by side and ii is on
this ground that Attorney Hlndman
hopes to destroy the value of the tes-
,imony of Mrs. Hurley.
Where was Crystal Krauss Monday
night before her death? This is
question that has not yet been ans.
wered Although she was feeling bad
ly Monday 1t is not positively known
that she was in her bed, but if this |
can be proved, all doubt Of her having
given the boy the note will be re-
Another witness has been found |
who il is believed, can tell where |
Crystal krauss was Monday evening, |
II this witness proves beyond a J
doubt that she was in bed. Mrs {,
Krauss will be placed in still darker |
light as one of the most important |
things in the case is who sent the
note.
Rev j w Cain. pastor of Grace NJ |
z. church of which Mrs. Krauss is a |
member went to the jail this morning |
TO see her He did not go until Mrs |
Krauss expressed a desire to see him.
Mrs. f. NJ Hudson, wife of the sher |
III, telephoned him that Mrs. Krauss |
wanted to see him and he went al
'nce and remained about an hour.
IL Is reported that Mrs. Krauss told |
him, among other things, that she was
lot guilty and yet she knew of no mo-
tive sufficient for Crystal to kill her
elf Asked directly concerning his
with Mrs Krauss, Rev.
Mr. Cain said that she had said moth
ne intended for publication, and re-
used to discuss the matter.
Attorney Hindman late this after
loon took the Somerville boy TO the
irauss home to point out where, he
,laims. she gave him the note for the
rug
Mrs Somerville says Mr., Hindman
eemed much disappointed as the boy
'ointed to a door ON the south side
f the Krauss home and in the rear
While the attorney had in mind all the