The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-30

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. Describe how he acted.
"Oh, he would fall on the fioaS AMI
put his hands to his head and seam 10
be in great pain. =
did he know what he was doings"
"No, he didn' t seem to-.
How long would these spells lasts'
Sometimes for a few minutes ind
How did he act when they were
over?''
Gle would be sort of stupid and
dazed;; and wanted to be BY, himself"
"No. not at such times, but generally
Did you ever het>" him say any
thing about dying?',
Yes, many times, especially toward
the last, when he said he wished he
might die and have it over with
Wife Similarly Afflicted.
/. Did your wife have these spells?'
about the same as her brother
Would she also fall down9O
Oh, yes, she would fall on the floor,
or if she felt them coming on she would
60 to bed, but she never wanted any
one to be around her,
'Djd she have spells of melan-
eyes, sir, always after these SMELLS,
when she would act sort of queer. She
wouldn't have anything to do with the
family at such time.'7
The witness said he had six children,
of whom Tony was the oldest. TONY
had charge Of the house when her
| mother was sick and had for months
done D al tt the W4rk aboat the place
and baking for the entire family?' :
eyes sir che did ~ .r...lE
.m.DDldn t. you keep a girl at all7''
do " d t she at after her sick mother and
Yes, sir, she did The neighbors
| helpedi her some. Her cousins came up
n7s mpjd you have hired men on the
Yes, work half, section. -
D!d she bake and wash for them
and i, the family at such timesY'' "oh,
too uAnd TEX Hes s S2rs e. Of the children,
"Tony" Worried Over Sickness
'''Did Tony ever say she thought she
had contracted her mother $ mafIadv SH9
p" Yes, we all talked it over in the
di;a7mlly and it worried her a good deal,
ohe told me, and sew it too that she
| spit up blood and had a bad COUGH This
spring and she was scared.''
80, Dld she think and talk more about
f fniS a1ter her mother had died last
she seemed too
head?' '0ou' hurting her
TO- On, she came in one day last win
| ter, and had lot of blood on her face
| anu anu sad she had fallen on the ice and
au r t her head. It was on her forehead
an hled good deal'
ho Inc y T y said that the doctor had
Deen called to treat the girl for Der
slstent nosebleed that she had all the
| spring, and especially the last month
| before, the shooting. Witness stated
that Tony had FREQUENT headaches. as
her mother had had, the pain beeing
worse at the base Of the brain and in
her forehead. At these times she
Insight. 49,.
I Two weeks before May rs she had
peer peen very nervous and sick most of
the time and had been so ~forgetful
that the witness said he had scolded
her. She would sit and stare into
spoken to sometimes wouldn It seem to
| hear. - .s.s. H.. -->,-E -
Morning of the Shooting. \
- "What did she, do on the morning
OF the shooting?'. PIT =
! 80 Why, we talked of her eyes the
night before and thought she had bet
lneG;; She set some bread that night.
IN the morning | asked her what we
should do with the bread, as perhaps
! she wouldn't be home in time, but she
said she would be back BY noon in time
to bake GL the bread all right"
'WNhen did you hear OF the shooting,
My neighbor brought me word that
afternoon while I was outside work
ing. I drove right to the Tear farm
and found Tony on the bed there"
That was the first you knew of
Eyes, sir, it was''
"Did she seem to recognize you
then when you went in9'
| enc, she didn It. She just laid
there and -noaned all the time and kept
to talk to her, bui she wouldn It an
swer me. She didn't appear to know
what was going on. !"
..t'Did you see Ship there that day7''
"No, but I was told all about it.
They said Tony had shot herself.'
! =" What opinion did you form there
that day as, to the condition of the
| glrl>s mind. r" s@@ :.
81 believed her to be insane. She
must have BEEN h
''What about the next day? Did
you see her?O
eyes, sir, and she appeared about
the same Wouldn It talk nor recog-
nize me at all. She was the same on
the third day.
Minneapolis Witness.
William Kreuse Of Minneapolis testi
| fed that the defendant 8 mother was
/ his sister, and that they were both born
in Germany, and that there were five
brothers and three sisters in the family
He said there was brain trouble in the
Kreuse family and told about the
fainting spells and headaches Of his
brother Gust, and described the same
conditions in himself. His father, he
said, was hard drinker and died with
1 delirium tremens.
On cross-examination it was brought
out that Kreuse applied for life insur.
ancc and had stated that his antece
dents had not been afflicted with con
sumption or any hereditary disease.
l Among other witnesses of the after.
noon were Edward Joubert, editor OF
/ the Wheaton Gazette, James Cunning
ham. deputy sheriff, and Lena Seiden
sticker.
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At the Plymouth Corner Entrance
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