The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-03-25

time. The story il unreasonable.
fThe very answer Of Dr. Sullivan
which he claims to have made to
Mrs. Krause DO you want me- to
60 to prison for life"--is that the
answer of an honest mani The OK
PLANTATION the defendant gives of
this EVENTS q natural one. Her
husband was suffering greatly-and
she wanted something that would
make him sleep. It's reasonable in
every way. DR.. Sullivan g own &C.
tions are not consistent with the
truth and an honest man. He has
greatly exaggerated the truth. And
now as to the bagggeman who 'tes=
titled hearing the shot when the
train leaves Adrian. Is this not
proba bic circumstance, and If such
snot was fred at that time, Mrs.
Krause had been out Of the
house an hour. s And now, what
about the expert evidence. At the
start, the states theory was two
shots, and all their evidence was
built about that theory. And you
know, gentlemen, that this theory
of the state was completely wiped
out, you we'll know. 1t was found
that the parts OF the brain which
the state had claimed were Destroy
ed were in fact introduced and un-
injured. And then the states wit
nesses come back and try to prove
different case: They come with
every apparent desire to convict the
defendant. But most of tkem we're
compelled to admit that there might
have been involuntary motion after
the firing of the shot-but they all
agreed on one point-that the man
must died pretty quick. Did you
. ever see such state of affairs2 Here
a lot OF experts telling about some
thing they never saw and contradict
ing the evidence Of the physicians
who had really examined the brain
itself. Is 1T possible that mon can
| be so anxious to take human life,
that they are willing to warp the ev
idence IN order to secure a convict
ion.
! And now as to motive: They tell
you that Aug. Krause had 1000
policy and 81, 100 in money. Now,
lgentlomen, if that is sufficient mo
Tive to kill any one, ask you, who
of this jury is safe. for,I dare say
there is few Of you who have more
than that. much property. ! tell
i you, gentlemen, such motive is in
sufficient. No, every action of this
defendant has been consistent with
ther innocence. She goes over to
the neighbours and wants them to
run Immediately for an officer. And
remember, gentlemen, this was not
the first time she had been chased
out Of her house. She told the same
story to all the different parties and
yet the state has not found an in
consistency in the whole matter.
Could one in any way guilty do such
thing. No, only an innocent
woman could SO Withstand the or
deal. -,
Another point, gentlemen, when
this body was exhumed, the doc
tors discovered blood stains on the
hands and powder marks on the
left hand. DR.. Andrews took the
hands to Mankato with him and
thoroughly examined them. Now,
how did that powder stain come
there The hand that held the muz-
zle Of the gun would receive the
stain just as it did In this case. 1s
there any other plausible theory BY
which you can explain these facts.
But, the counsel says the drawers
were found somewhere in this bed.
Is it possible that the state expect
to convict this defendant on the
ground that Krause had his drawers
off. Who knows how these dra wers
came oh-no one. But it is abso-
lutely preposterous to claim that
the murderer would take them off.
I ask you gentlemen, to take every