Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-11
Believed That Efforts of Friends
of Pretty Convict Will Be
Successful
MANY THINGS IN HER FAVOR
Important Testimony Which Went to
Show Kuhn May Have Placed Poi
con in Beer With Intent to Kill Both
Himself and Wife Was Excluded at
The Trial.

Os aIetne.s, Feb. 11.-Pasfijy Sara
Kuhn, the most beautiful ard mos, in
nAOcery. ;,'pp;ering wouiaer who eve'
wore p,tsocl 'tSripes II lowe, mas
reason 10 feel encouraged in the be
lief aasak She WIFI be free Woman
NNthn the shout space af Two or uhrss
nloui.hls, and that the charge OF npuaSf Il
which ,rcw Stands agains, her VIII have
been wiped out by the action of the
pandon ccmn,drtt,e OF the Thirteenth
general assembly.
The complete record of testimony
that RESUMED In her conviction, at Sig
Quincy eEti the cpi4ton OF the supreme
court in wgrich illts yec'Tut Was sus-
tRfnsd, inclls,Ang the oalsosc dissent
Ding opinion OF Justice Weaver, have
been placed in the hacsds of eastl MEM
ber of the pardon saGrrmi9ee. aid there
Us nouicea bic tendency ainS'a,g Vhvnn
TO believe that the woman is a vis'Jlni
OF circumstances rather rran faaes,
h1rd THAI, elhe more pIti5ahls ale1ry Us
That her r1sbaCSd placed poserl in tlssi y
beer expecting 70 ptx snr end TO beth
ID tlsam strrsul Ia n.ousay. Greaissr mo-
tive for sntG, an act ca his part TRAN
ON the pan,t OF tas hrhle of four inpngshs.
the tender gssG of Is. Is Alleged TO fuav,
exigtesi
Senator Brooks, cf Keolssk county,
and Representative Geneva ARE earn
81, xNf N
young wsonnn 1t wis al Geneva S
butcher Shop 1lest Charles Kuhn rmr--
chased THE bologna as he was startling
eome,wuGd on the fatal journey. AT the
game time HE secured Two busues OF
beer.
In this connection, the advocates OF
AIRS. Kuhn's pardon make their strong
ost point. It ds aslnktte1 that the beer
cuGytafred stry chuasie. Contents of the
bottle were analysed and found to con-
tain etrycsnine, contents OF Kaian $
Otpsnach contained the same poison.
md package that was labeled strycn-
ulne was found isl the road over which
che couple had driven on the Dictated
tpurney. But no one has ever been
upund who can throw any Light upon
MNhere that poison was purchased
AH,nt ntaght solve i9,s' mystery. The
main cosptsnr,son of. the defense. how
leveg, was that beer fud:bs. 6oams and
&A1bnles up witssnevsr a CORK IS pulled
- IN eueerat that would make ut Inn
= pie 70 dump aasesitc or anytt'aug
Z therein without considerable pains
odd delay. They argue se,nt Mas,
nthns had no opportunity to do SO.
"a he hunewaGti Journey. without az
krnctang A1sr husbands attention. anu
tRiat ne and not She was tine ONE who
8 I'D the upportuclity to inject tine pois-
% wt1en he purchased the aqucr and
baNcCe he tphas 1T to the buggy.
Testimony Excluded.
k4UAos Of evidence excluded some OF
H. most iInportaTE te.stt niony mat the
license had. and. It is tn introduction
1&sthfs evidence before the pardon COM
tsattse that In expected To result On, OBJ
xaansug pardon. 1t is the theory OF
1he defense Ahat KUHN was In the haibis
e cpmsutxng an old doctor In an EFFORT
to combat what he termed "lOst man.
hood" II - said he used many NOS
Mnnrs to cure irnpotenny and that these
persisted largely OF strychnine. The
Ruuug wife, after four nontGls OF mar
He'd NGa. quarreied witch him in tnids re-
kard. and a neighbor was concult-
"a by them IN 1egard to the quasves
she thrsatened to. leave him. but
made no threat against his Mte He
hysas cripple and considerably more
man twice her age. The defense claims
tho situation so prewcd upon his mind
that me resolved to place poison in
their beer and they should die togather.
Said Beer Was Bitter.
AMyt Kuhn was not placed on the
Madness stanh On her own defense. bait
he1ore the grand jury she stated that
s,t,en her husband offered her the beer,
ne noticed that 1t tasted bitter, and.
Sernarking she didn't like 1t, laid it
aside. The husband. on THE other hand,
drank the contents OF one bottle and
pait OF the second.
But st seems Sarah was not without
eANit- Testimony in the case showed
TINA she had been In love with a young
man named Smith, and there was some
.teikfmony to show that she had accom-
painted Smith on a journey OF several
days at che time over toward Ottumwa.
Other testimony indicates that she
handsomely mek Smith occasionally
Atfher husbands barn.
Controversy - to Motive.
The defense claims. however, that
thefe was no motive in this for murder.
~ she did not hope to marry Smith.
md II she did she would not have
married Kuhn. AS i. was, dt Is claimed,
Smith was at that time engaged to an
other woman and that he actually mar
yiod this woman shortly after Mrs.
kuf,n was arrested. Colonel Mackey.
bf sS1gourney. Mrs. Kuhns attorney. de-
claxes kuhn's property did not repre-
sent q total value Of $4,000. and that
There was little in that to attract a
ronng girl OF Is. TO an old man for mer-
cenary purposes.
ON nj sides 1t Is admitted that Mrs.
Ku9n. while a beautiful young girl,
khildlike in her innocence. Is not en-
Aowed with more than a reasonable
amount OF intelligence, and is not
bxtent bright" No one contends for
moment. however, that she is not re-
uponslble for her own acts or that she
10 O s1mpleton.
PROMINENT WOMAN KILLED.
Fatal Accident TO Mrs. Isabel Nc.