The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-01-15

went around that August Krause, q
German laborer, living in the north
part of town had attempted to kill
his wife with shot gun and was
then alone in the house holding the
fort with his gun against all COM
ers. This STATUS Of affairs was al
tered about 8 a. IN by Marshal Lam
dis and Deputy Sheriff Farager,
who broke into the house and found
Krause cold in death. He had been
shot; in the back of the head, the
charge coming out in front. When
found he was lying on his bed in an
upstairs room and had apparently.
been dead several hours. Marshal
Lands was called about midnight
by H. N. Holbrook, who reported
that Mrs. Krause had been driven
from her home half clothed, by
Krause, who had attempted to kill
her with a shot gun. As the man
was armed and, presumably, in 9
murderous mood, it was thought
best to let him alone. n
When daylight came the house
was cautiously entered by Messrs,. !:
Faragher and Landis when it was
found that all their caution bad
been wasted for Krause was q
bloody corpse. = = III ],
The coroner was summoned by
telephone and came over on the
AFTERNOON IT, trsIi On his afrii,vls
hs made ! close inspeoti ion Of the
body and surround diings anu sum.
moned = jury made up as follows.
DR.. &C. May, W. R. aFarager, Sam
Jones, M. E. Carrigan, E. ". Reese
and G. NJ. Thompson After the
officers took charge of the body in
tho moring, no one was admitted to
the house until after the jury had
viewed the remains and gone over
the case.
The witnesses called Thursday
evening were Mrs: Tompke Krause,
tho wife of the dead man, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. N. Holbrook, the neighbors
with whom Mrs. Krause took refuge
when she claimed to have been
driven out of the house, and the
officers, Marshal Lands and Deputy
Sheriff Clarence Faragher. The
woman testified that they had quar-
relied after going to bed and that
Krause threatened to kill her with
shot gun. Alarmed at his threats
she had rushed down stairs, locking
behind her the door at the foot of
the stairway. When she reached
the Hobrook house about II 80 both
of the old folks were asleep She
asked Mr.. Holbrook to- call the
marshal and he did so.,
Mrs. Krause, the first time she
was On the stand made a good
witness, all her statements being
strong and consistent. The jury
however, found SO many facts that
we're inconsis tent with suicide the
ory, that: she was placed in charge
of an officer when the jury ad-
journed for the night. %',:'.>''.
When the jury came together Fri
day morning, they first made a
thoro' re. examination of the prem
ises and of the room in which the
crime was committed. At this ex-
animation the Guardian reporter
was present. Following are some
of, the facts on which suspicion
rests: ~.
Mr.. and Mrs. Krause had, accord
ing to the woman's evidence, quar-
relied over letter that came Tues
day. Shots had been heard by
neighbors the previous night and
again late Wednesday evening and
no shots we're heard after the wom-
an came to Holbrook's, altho' the
Holbrook family had been watching
the house. Rigor Mortis had set in
when the body was discovered. TO
charges OF shot had been fired into
the man g head back of the right
ear. One Of these had gone upward,
coming out. thru the forehead-the
other had taken a downward course