Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-01-18
RELATES DETAILS WITH CALM
DEFIANCE.
POLICE PREVENT REVENGE
Brother-in-Iaw of Murdered Woman
Makes Unsuccessful Attempt in
Coroner's Inquest to Shoot De-
PRAYED Assalant, Who Is Held
Without Bail.

murder of Mrs. Bessie HOLSTER,
whose dead body was found Saturday
morning, a verdict was returned hol1-
ing Richard Ivens to the criminal
court without bail. Ivens is the
young man who reported having
found the woman murdered. During
the inquest Ivens apparently shovel
no interest in the proceedings. When
he was called upon by the coroner to
give his testimony his unconcerned
manner and defiant tone caused great
Indignation among the men in the
room, and after the inquest was over
w. C. HOLSTER, brother-in-law of the
murdered woman, made an effort to
shoot him. He was making his way
toward Ivens, holding a revolver in
his hands, when an officer caught
sight of the weapon and held Hollis.
ter. Other policemen came to his
aid and HOLSTER was compelled to
leave the place. Ivens, when detail
ing the crime, spoke in the most in
different manner; he said:
We'll, | was standing in front of
the carpenter shop when this-what's
her name"
You mean Mrs. Hollister, don't
you?" asked the coroner.
Eyes, that's her name. Well she
came along, and | grabbed her. We
were standing at the gate in the al
ley for five minutes and then l
dragged her into the yard"
Ivens identified the wire which he
twisted around the neck of Mrs. Hol-
lister, saying calmly, "yes-thafs it"
straneed her With Wire.
The body of Mrs. Hollister was
found Saturday morning lying on al
pile of stable refuse in the rear of
the Ivens residence at 362 Be1den
avenue. Around the neck was
twisted a fine copper wire and death
had been caused by strangulation.
Ivens, who pretended to find the
body, and reported the fact of the
murder to the police, confessed to the
crime a short time after he had been
taken into custody, He is "a years
old.
Ivens, in his confession. said he
was drunk at the time OF the crime,
but this is denied by his mother, who
says he came into the house and ate
his supper while perfectly sober.
He said he was working in his car
penter shop a short distance from
where the body was found when Mrs.
HOLSTER passed,
Attempted an Assault.
He attacked her, he declared, and
attempted to assault her She resist
ed desperately and he twisted the
wire around her neck and killed her
1t was dark at the time, and he then
dragged the body into the stable
yard and threw it upon the pile of
refuse.
Slept soundIy All Night,
He then entered mis- fathers house
few feet distant, remained there all
evening and slept soundly through
the night In the morning he went
out to the stable yard, and then re-
ported to the police that he had found
the body.
The wire which killed Mrs. Hollis
ter was of the character usually hand
led by telegraph linemen, and was
not more than one thirty-second OF
an inch in diameter and the insula,
! a 4 rpY1anupA In the front
it had been caught by the sealskin
collarette worn by Mrs. HOLSTER, but
in the back it had been brought
against the flesh with such force that
it was deeply imbedded in the mus.
cles
Was Going to jewelers..
Mrs. HOLSTER left her home Friday
afternoon to attend the funeral of
friend, Mrs. Emma Semple. When
she left the house she carried with
her a small clock which she said she
intended to leave at a jewelers. fol-
repairs and she also intended to stoT
at a florists and order some flowers
to be sent to the funeral That was
the last seen of her by any of hei
) friends.
: The flowers she ordered arrived q
J the funeral. but Mrs Hollister die
) not appear. After waiting until
, o'clock for her return to her home
Mr.. Hollister informed the police o
! her disappearance. and an all nigh
! search which proved futile was begun
} Ivens' Son Finds Crime.
Early Saturday morning when th'
| sons of Mr.. Ivens went to the stable
to attend to some work. according I
I their story. they noticed the feet Of ;
. woman protruding from a pile o
refuse which lay in small enclosur
l ius off the alley. 1t was almost en
tirely covered by the refuse. the,
said The boys at once removed tn
Q body AMI notified the police,
g As soon as the patrol wagon had al
rived at the spot, crowd gathere,