The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-01-15
Murder Charged!
Own House---First Thought to be I'D
. Suicide. but Coroner's In
quest Develop Some ..<~.~ =
/. Startling Facts.


and came out thru the jaw on the
left aide. The body was lying OK
actly q the man lay when the shots
were fred for both had entered the
nattrAss and the holes in the head
were directly on and corresponding
with the holes in the mattress.
Brainssand bone were driven into
the mattress, and either of tho
wounds would, in the opinion of the
physicians, have been instantly fa-
tai. The gun was not where it
would have fallen after being dis
charged but was laid across the
mans legs with the muzzle pointed
downward. In addition to this the
man was lying on his side with his
arms folded as tho asleep. A pillow
saturated with blood had been
thrown over against the wall three
feet away from the bed. The pool
of blood in front of the he'd would
Indicate that KrAuse had been out
pf bed, yet the soles Of his feet
showed no dust, tho the floor was
very dirty. -:
/ There was q hole, made by charge
;0f shot thru the floor and plaster in
Ito the room below and shot were
''foundsin the lower floor just at the
point near the stove where Mrs.
.Klauss usually sat when not at
work but the woman denied all
'kn1wlsdge of this and the jury
could make nothing Of it. There
nod all over the bed 4, and
sneaEa dsall over the mans BODY.
blood on the floor and blood spatter-
ed on the walls, ceiling and window
curtain: /, A small smear of blood
was: found on the outside of the out
or door near the lock and q small
piece Of cloth was found on the sole
of Mrs. Krauseh y foot when searched
before the jury, on which, when ex-
amined under the microscope, blood
corpuscles were readily distinguish
ed. This small fragment Of bloody
cloth had evidently been picked up
from the floor by the woman's bare
foot. -
Only once, however, in her evi-
dence did the suspected woman trip.
This was when she declared positive
:ly that che did not know that the
key she had with her when she left
thu house would open the upstairs
door, altho' when ahe gave the key
to the officers she had told them it
would unlock it.
The witnesses examined yesterday
were Mrs. Krause, Mr.. and Mrs.
Holbrook, 40. Hendricks and Aug
ust Neubert, a son in law of Mrs.
Krause. The only new evidence Of
Importance brought out was the
hearing of shots Tuesday night and
Neubert's assertion that he was at
the house at II 80 a. m. Wednesday
and saw and talked with both Mrs,
Krarse ana the deceased; and Mrs.
Holbrook's impression that she had
seen Krause out in the yard Wednes
day morning. Mrs. Holbrook did
not know positively. whether it was
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The suspected woman was wild
ow with several children when
Krause married her at Muscatlne,
Iowa several years ago. Her first
husband, John johnson, died at
Muscatine and his widow drew
$4,000 insurance from the Wood
men. Krause carried insurance in
the same order. The family has
lived IN Adrian several years.
Krause has worked on the railroad,
was injured in an accident several
years ago and an attempt was made
to collect heavy damages from the
railroad company but the company
fought the claim and it was finally
compromised for small sum.
Mrs. Krause broke down at her
lsat examination and threw he rself