Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-03-03
WOLF MURDER TRIAL.

The Wolf murder trial, which had
been in progress for the past two weeks,
did not come to close until last even
ing when the final act, the deliverance
OF the courts instructions to the jury,
turned the case into the hands of that
body for decision.
The defense occupied nearly all week
in introducing testimony, while the
state called several witnesses in rebuff
tai. Wolf was placed on the stand and
for nearly two days he was subjected
to questioning and cross questioning.
He recited in detail the affairs of that
fateful 18th of June and his story was
practically as outlined in the opening
address of Atty. M. b. Rosenberg and
as given in this paper last week.
During the past week, much time was
taken up trying to establish whether or
not Mrs. Wolf was insane at the time
it is claimed she attacked her husband.
Hypothetical questions involving from
$500 to 1900 words were asked physi-
clans. Drs. Sauerherring, Dickens,
Rosenberg, Trevitt, Jones, Taugher
and Brown were called to the stand.
In answer to these long questions some
of the physicians said they believed the
woman insane at the time, others said
they thought she was sane. DR.. Walter
Kempster, the insanity expert, said that
in his opinion the woman was sane.
Yesterday the opening address was
made to the jury, the four attorneys on
the case being by mutual consent linn
tied to an hour and half each. They
completed their pleas in time for the
court to give his instructions at an
early hour. Court was held open last
night until about ten o'clock, but as
there were no signs of an agreement
the attorneys went home. This morn
ing at about nine o'clock it was an
nounced that the jury had agreed and
court was opened and the jurors
brought in. The verdict was delivered
into the hands of the court, who read it
aloud, asking the jury if that was the
verdict and upon being assured that it
was the clerk was ordered to enter il,
1t read about as follows: State of Wis
consin VS.. Henry Wolf, defendant-We,
the jury, find the defendant guilty of
manslaughter in the third degree.
Thereupon Atty. A. L. Kreutzer, for
defense, moved for a new trial and the
court agreed to set time for hearing
such motion. Atty. Regner for the de-
tense, moved to accept the verdict of
the jury. The penalty for the count is
from one to four years.
The next case to be called is the State
of Wisconsin VS.. Albert Kohl. The de-
PENDANT is charged with attempting to
ravish one, Adelia Scharfenberg, a girl
of tender years, residing near the vii
lage of Athens The crime occurred
last September. A number of men
were gathered at the Scharfenberg
home that day, attending beer fest,
among them Kohl When his crime
was discovered he was taken before a
justice in Athens and bound over for
trial and has been in the county Jail
ever since. He had not lived long in
that neighborhood, it is said, and little
is known of him.
Robt. McGregor, native of Scotland
at Sayner, applied to the court
yesterday for his first citizenship
papers.
At the conclusion of the Kohl trial,
the case of the State of Wisconsin VS..
John Krause, charged with assault with
intent to murder, will be taken up
krause is the man who got into fight
in a Schotield saloon one night last
and who carved one of his as
sailants with pocket knife.