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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
Rae Krauss, Serving Life
Sentence, Says Husband
Planned Murder.
HER GREAT TRUST
CAUSES DOWNFALL
Woman Also Declares Man Mixed
Poison TO Kill
Daughter.

| I had never a word OF contention. /
was always delighted to see her happy
and having a good time. She was so
bright and sweet I lived to be with her
If it had not been for this one thing
| coming up there never would have been
anything but happiness in all our lives.
have one consolation Esfth all my
suffering, and il Is lightened by the
thought that while I was there I made
her home life happy. I never spared
myself IN any way. I took the most
of the work on myself. When she
wanted to entertain I dropped every
thing else and helped her with that
When she wanted company TO meals
was always glad to do for her
"In this confession I am trying to do
what is right. and I hope it is appre-
ciated- OF course, I could have gone on
trial and done everything differently IL
had so chosen, but out Of love for my
husband and to- do what is right I'm
every way. also through the wish to
make what recompense I can for the
great wrong have done. have prompt
ed myself to put myself on your hands.
and to take whatever punishment you
see fit to give me.
''Since have realized the greatness
of nv crime It seems that some strong
power IS working through me; I can
not. believe It possible that I did IT, 7
know now, that am myself again that
I could not do It. When I am my natu-
raj self no one has a kinder or more
tender heart than I have What I did
was done at time was not response
bic. had worried until I was crazy
on the sf1hfect
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Did Not Object
To Having Stepmother.

''She looked at me as though she half
expected It and then with a little smile,
said: Why, no papa. I am willing 10
do anything to please you, and we'll get
along and be as happy as ever. we
three
THAT was all. married in June.
Early in August my girl was dead
poisoned by my bride Of two months. q"
VIII Krauss buried his face in mis-
hands here. There was a sob Of con
vulsive shudder- I said nothing, but
looked out Of the window over toward
the courthouse where all the telltale
records lay. Then I turned again to the
man TO see, as some Of his enemies had
hinted, If it were possible that he could
be shamming. Tears were in his eyes.
To me, one who could not read the
heart, the grief seemed genuine. He
continued:
"The rest is an old story. Ny wife,
notes that we have shown you in order
TO create the theory of suicide When
breath left Crystals body and the ply
sicians had all gone. Rae locked the
door 70 my daughters room and put
the key in her pocket. A little while
afterward she returned, but / was too
upset to take note OF her movements
then. Just before the coroner returned
for the autopsy that afternoon she
brought me these forged notes.
50 Look, I found these in Crystals
bed; also these bottles Of poison. She
killed herself for love Of Jim Cronin.'
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to work. she said, when a capsule that
she believed would bring the end was
given the already I'll girl. In event
that failed. she said that she had
another ready.
1T didn't fail. After Crystal became
unconscious my wife telephOned for me.
I arrived to find her stepmother ad-
ministering 10 her wants, holding the
writing girl in her arms. betraying not
by look or word that she was both ex-
.ecutoner and pretending savior
The doctors-Ones two, three Of them,
came. They eased, as best they might.
Crystals last unconscious moments. They
left with their suspicions. The next day
the neighbors bore Crystals dead body
out Of my lOTle. and the next day, too.
the officers took my bride to jail 1
have been a broken man since"
Krauss placed his elbows on the desk
in front Of him aud gazed vacantly at
the courthouse il. the distance.
And her motive. Mr.. Krauss-what
did she say Of that?' I asked at last,
breaking In on his sorrowfuI reverie.
Nothing. nothing whatever, except
hat she thought we two would be
happier with my daughter out of the
way. When she had finished her con-
fessiOn, somehow I managed to say:
My God. Rae, why, why did you do
it.?
And that is what she told me. She
just couldn't help it, she declared
Something impelled her. The suicide
ruse she had decided upon as being a
logical one-simply because had asked
Crystal. owing to her youth, not TO re-
ceive until older the attentions Of
James Cronin, Hartford City news
DaUer man
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Pleads Innocence
And Wants VindiCatiOn.

But am not a murderer. The
spell IS broken. I intend TO fight. 7
know that public sentiment is with me,
but that isn't sufficient. I want vim
dication-a second vindicatiOn-at the
hands of the law. grand jury must
give me clean bill, even though 1
have been told - go my way by =
former one FIVE years ago.
promised to get her a pardon In two
years If she woJld shoulder all the
blauIe2 Absurd. Coerced her into a
confession of crime of which I was
the insugator? False, every word Of
it,"
His wife's belated accusation, Mr..
Krauss says. is occasioned because he
has made efcrts to get her to waive
her interest In certain property he holds,
the Indiana law being such that his
hands are tied so far as its disposal
IS concerned, until he obtains either q
divorce or a signed deed from her, The
personal spite also of her attorney, he
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
LEADING TO THE TRAGEDY.

D AE ALDERMAN was the daughter
N of a veterinary surgeon, Of good,
substantial people, but learn. not just the
choice OF Crystal Krauss for a step
mother. The gossips had said that Rae
had been imprudent on one or two occa-
sions. On the other hand. she was
ardent admirers who remained steadfast
up 10 the very day Of her confession
Of the crime Of murder.
This much fer the foundation Of the
tragedy and the Krauss home life be
fore Rae Alderman became a compo-
aent and disturbing part of it. The
events Immediately preceding and fol-
lowing the marriage can best be told
By krauss himself. now resting under
suspicion Of guilt because Of bis wife's
sensational allegations That this sus-
picion is declared unjust by a number Of
Krauss fellOW-tOWnsmen may make his
burdens easier; that there are others
who believe him implicated in the hor-
rible crime Of numbering his own daugh-
ter has caused him TO demand a re-
probe Of the entire affair by the grand
jury.
had been told that Krauss was tact
turn. unapproachable. morose. and dis
agreeable when the subject Of his trou-
bled life was mentioned. I found him.
once / had his confidence, eager to tell
his side Of the entire affair. calm and
unnerved by turns. denouncing his err
rant wife one moment and confessing
that It took him years to forget his
love for her the next.
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thing to say to you. I am thinking of
getting married. little girl, to Rae An
derman. If you object TO another in the
home, tell me so and Wen call it off
want to please you. child; you come
first
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- - - a - -
To Bring On Death.

Then my wife's narrative led up to
the fatal morning-the day upon which
she resolved to end e all. i had gone
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Story of Father
About Poisoning Of Crystal.

But 10 return 10 KraUss and his story
~ shall tell his frst-of the manner in
which the poisoning Of Crystal Krauss
came about: He permitted his lawyer
90 do most Of the talking at the initial
conference Later the troubled man
and 1 wended our way TO a little office
IN the rear OF a saloon, over which
Krauss now lives a life Of loneliness
His home, an ideal one within and with
out and still bearing touches here and
there Of a wOman's decorative art-the
art OF Crystal and Rae Alderman
Krauss-is rented now. Soon after the
circle was broken by murder and again
by the beck of prison wsrden's hand.
Krauss moved downtown, over one OF
his stores and became a virtual
bnoken-hearted widOwcr again.
Il was here. while the saloon crowd
near by talked Of Frauss the prosecuted,
I<rauss the innocent, Krauss the alleged
man OF guilt, and while still others
stood in the street without and murmur-
ed Of the reopening Of a supposed closed
book, that he said 10 me:
7 had been attentive 10 Rae Ander-
man for three or four years when one
day ! asked Crystal 10 go TO ride with
me Hitching up the little horse she
used 10 drive, we went out on a coun-
try road
Crystal. said TO her. I have some
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
Accepts Version
OF Suicide at First.

VI SUICIDE dt L1Sl-
Z accepted that version Of it for
awhile. So did they all. until Lloyd
Summerville. the lad whom Rae herself
sent after strychnine the afternoon be
fore. told of taking her a bottle labeled
with a skull and cross-bones.
Link by link they forged the chain
Of evidence about her. It was proven
that the hand that penned the note for
strychnine was the same hand that
wrote the farewells that were supposed
to have been written in Crystals dying
moments. I visited my wife daily after
she was put IN jail. I was censured
for this; 1 know Il. but had a two
fold reason. I couldn't forget the wo-
man and my love for her so soon.
Again. I wanted to secure a confession
from her II she had committed a deed
Of which / could not think her capable
eat last she told me everything-bit
nv bit. I braced myself against the
wall In her cell I resolved to retain
nv nerve. I svore that I would not
break down; that 1 would control my
self as the wife Of my bosom and
my bride Of two months chilled the very
marrow in my bones.
she han been SioW-y pOiSoiilils Siy9le'l
for two weeks, she admitted to me She
wanted me all TO herself. She couldn't
share her love with anOther-not even
nv daughter. She thought that we
two might be happier alone; that /
would forget my grief over a suicide
child soon and be content with her. AS
I stood there transixed. she explained
how she had placed poison. just little
dash at a time. IN Crystals food: how
she had watched n pale and sicken:
how she bad repeated the dose. and had
marveled at its apparent slow effect.
Z "Al this time I was giving my
dau~hter medicine for headaches and
supposed indigestion, little knowing that
strvchuine was slowly fastening it's
deadly grip upon her vitals.
Leaves Capsules
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
Face Of Krauss


His eyes are almost steel gray. shift
ing, nervous under excitement. His form
IS a stalwart one, slightly stopped. The
mouth is firm set, the nose prominent,
the face as a whole not a sinister one
nor indicative of the brutal disposition
one must possess TO have committed
the crime with which his convict wife
now boldly charges him. His voice is
rather low and musical and In a way
carries conviction with his words
I first saw KTauss i'm the office Of his
attorneys, John Burns and L. r
Sprague. The former was prosecuting
attorney and the latter assistant at the
time that Mrs. Rae Krauss made her
famous confession. now repudiated, and
II was through the efforts Of Burns and
the husband that the woman plead
guilty, despite the dramatic entrance
into the courtroom Of her own attorney.
Jay A. Hindman, ss she was secretly
entering her plea.
Il wash my hands Of this entire az
fair" said Hindman, as he remon-
strated in vain with the woman. who
shouted: Il realize the step that ] am
taking. I alone am guilty"
And Hindman did wash his hands Of
the affair until Krauss hled his suit for
divorce a few days ago, thus giving the
woman IN prison an opportunity to re-
veal a secret that she says has been
ranking in her bosom for five lonely
years IN a prison cell.
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- Rsg2OMcS "a AARZEoRO az M0L1A.

alleges. is responsible for his present
day predicament.
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Continued on Fifth Page)
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
Power Sites Are
Held for Entry
Secretary Ballinger Withdraws Eight
Thousand Acres on West
ern Rivers,

WASHINGTON, Nov. R,-Secretary Bal
lInger today issued an order for the con-
servation of the water power rights on
public lands. without waiting for decisive
legislation to learn what will eventually
be done with many lands valuable for
waterpower, the secretary withdrew from
disposition more than 5000 acres OF such
land located in western states.
This land now being in the public domain
will probably be affected by legislation to
be enacted during the next congress. I'm
til congress decides just what Is to be
done with the land and the terms upon
which 1t Is to be utilized, the secretary
will keep a tight hold upon 1t.
The land is located as follows:
6s4 acres on Red Rock Greek, Montana;
1887 acres on Clark Fork, in Montana and
Idaho; ASA acres on the Gunnison river
tributaries in Colorado and New Mexico;
1,49s acres on the Klicitat river In Wash
ingtOn; 200 acres along the Judith river In
Montana, and TIP acres along the Green
river and tributaries in Wyoming.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Japan. He is the head Of many large enter
prises such as banks, water companies,
etc., as we'll as beneficial and s~emi-publio
organizations. Mr.. Otani has entertained
many eminent Americans at his beautiful
home, among them President Taft and a
generation ago General Grant.
Mr.. Y. Horikoshi is a silk manufacturer
and has houses in Toxic, New York, Lon
don and Paris. Madame Houkoshi ac-
companies him.
Mr.. Suyee Iwaya is a noted writer, prin-
cipally of children's stories, Of which he
has published many volumes, but he Is also
the author of a history OF the Japanese
Russian war. He also writes for the daily
press and for periodicals.
Among the newspaper men in the party,
Of whom there are several, is Mr.. Motosada
Kumoto. editor and publisher of the Japan
Times Of Tokyo, the only daily newspaper
in Japan published by Japanese In English.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
PRESIDENT IN new ENGLAND
Receives Degree and Speaks at In
auguration of College Head.
SHERMAN AND ROOT HoNoRED
Vice President and New York sena-
tor Are Also Given IA De-
gree of Doctor of
Laws.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn, Nov. n.-After
having spent nearly a month In the south
and a day in Washington President Taft
came to New England today to find a wei
come as demonstrative In its way as any
during his long period of travel. The presl-
dents visit to Middletown was primarily
to attend the installation OF DIR. William
Arnold Shanklln as president OF Wesleyan
unlve, sity. The city, however, took to
itself a large share of honor and prepared
an elaborate military and civic parade In
which MI. Taft participated.
Vice President Sherman came with Presl-
dent Taft from Washington on board the
car Mayflow5r. The party arrived at $3.50
a. m. Shortly before 8 o'clock this even
ing President Taft will leave for Hartford
10 dedicate the new state armory there
and 10 lead the state ball in the new build
ing tonight.
The Wesleyan institution ceremonies were
held this morning in Middlesex theater and
President Taft's address, which he ,deliv-
cred extempoTaneously. came next to last
on the long program. Eminent educators,
university and college presidents from all
sections Of the country attended. The fact
that DR.. Shanklin came from the west to
take charge OF an old eastern university
had much to do with calling out a large
re sentation from the eastern colleges
as an evidence OF welcome.
President Hadley Of Yale. DR.. Abram
W. Harris, DR.. NJ. w. stryker, Arthur T..
Vanderbilt, senator Root OF New York and
stephen II. olin we're among the speakers
at the ceremonies OF installation.
President Taft appeared In cap and gown
to deliver his address and was followed
nv DR. ghanklin. who delivered a formal
inaugural address.
A luncheon at Fisk hall this afternoon
was followed by the formal presentation
Of delegates TO President shanklin and
President Taft in Fayerweather gymna-
stun.
The delegates IN attendance represented
eighty colleges and universities.
President Taft, Vice President Sherman
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

represented. Some Of the most noted ed
u%cators, authors and newspaper writers
of Japan are included in the commission.
Baron Kanda is a man Of about As and Is
one Of the most prominent educators Of
his country. lie Is a graduate OF Amherst
college and has Travelled extensively. He
speaks English perfectly and his addresses
are characterised by wit and eloquenee.
Mr.. Kojiro Matsukata was graduated in
law at Yale university, but he is now a
shipbuilder in Japan and has recently
turned from his shlpyards in Kobe two
large steamships for the American trade,
the Seattle Maru" and the Tacoma
Maru." This line runs between Osaka and
Tacoma. lie is the president Of the Kobe
Chamber Of Commerce and is still a young
man.
Mr.. X. OtanL, president of the Yokohama
Chamber Of Commerce, is a member of the
House Of Peers, and is one Of the most
extensive exporters and importers in
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

II oiroulates extensively throughout the
orient.
The members Of parliament are: X,
Otani, house OF peers, and the following
member Of the house OF representatives;
Tamenosuke Ishibashi OF Osaka, editor Of
the Osaka Ashanti shimbun; Buysi Nakano.
president Of the Tokyo Chamber OF Com
merce, one Of the leading statesmen and
business men Of the empire, and who has
ably assisted Baron Shibusawa In elevatlng
the business standards Of Japan; Kaiohiro
Nedzu Of Tokyo, who Is president Of two
flour milling companies, a brewing com
pany, a railway company, and a director Of
numerous other railway, electric light and
other corporations; J. Nishimurs, president
Of the Kyoto Chamber Of Commerce, a mer-
chant and manufacturer Bekushin Oh, pres
ident Of the Sulphuric Acid company Of
Osaka mr. OF is the senior member Of the
commission. being 76 years old; sakutaro
Satake, president Of tho Tokyo Electric
Lighting company and representative OF the
city of Kofu In the line Of electric energy
Mr.. Satake is one OF the leading men Of
the empirel; Kumejiro Taxi of Kobe, a
manufactures Of fertilizers.
The following are the presidents Of the
six japanese Chambers Of Commerce:
Yokohama, X. Otanl; Tokyo, b, Nakano;
Osaka, Michio Dol; Kobe, Kojlro Matsu-
kata; Kyoto, J, Nishimurai Nagoya, T,
Kadono (vice presidenD.
Many inquiries are made as to the OBJ
jeet of this tour, and why men of such
large affairs should incur the loss OF time
and fatigue of travel which It involves,
Unquestionably the object is two-fold, first,
10 increase and extend trade relations, and
second, to Improve the personal %acquaint-
pnce and friendly relations between repre-
sentative men Of the two nations.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
ALLEGED STORE GANG
HELD AT SIOUX CITY
Fedora Authorities Arrest Two Men
Charged with Using Mails
to DefrRud.

Federal Authorities Arrest Two Men
Charged with Using Mails
to DefrRud.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, Nov. EFF. S. Hall
and George w. Cole were arraigned before
United States Commissions Wakefield to-
day, charged with using the mails to de-
fraud. 1t is alleged by the federal authori-
ties that the two men while operating a
store at Erie, Pa, and other eastern points
swindled eastern merchants out of thou
sands of dollars, The alleged swindlers
were sought by the United States authori-
ties for three years and followed all over
the continent by the secret service agents.
The federal authorities allege that the
two prisoners posed as brothers and located
stores at different places in eastern states.
Each one from his home town did a legiti-
mate business up to a certain point, estab'
lisl ing a good credit, and, through the
mails, representing to the wholesale houses
that they were very wealthy and RESPONSE
Bile. When this stage of credit was reached
the two men are alleged to have com
menoed sending in big orders, As soon
as the stuff reached them II was unlosded,
repacked and sent to another point in an
other name. Al the other point, 1t is al
legged, it would be taken out, rsbilled to
another point, and then still another point,
the shipment thus losing its original
identity. Then it would be accepted and
solo out ard the wholesaler was out his
money.
The men were arrested while conducting
a store here.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Doctor Of Laws; President William How
ard Taft Of the United States; Vice Presi-
dent James schoolcraft Sherman. Elihu
Root, United states senator from New York;
Elmer Ellsworth Brown. United States com
missioner Of educationi Bishop william
Burt Of the Methodist Episcopal church;
Bishop Daniel Ayres Goodsell, OF the
Methodist Episcopal church; President VIII
liam Herbert Perry Faunee OF Brown uni
versity; President Ernest Fox Nichols, OF
Dartmouth; President Mathew Henry
Buckham, OF University of Vermont; Presi-
dent Harry Augustus Garfield. OF william;
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

and Senator Root were among those upon
whom the honorary degree Of Doctor Of
Law was conferred today. The full list
follows;
Doctor OF Divinity; The Rev. Richard
Watson Cooper, president Of Upper Iowa
university; the Rev. George William
Knox, Union Theological Seminary; the
Rev. Thomas Nicholson, corresponding
secretary Of the Board of Education Of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
Doctor of Humane Letters: Professor
Ashley Horace ~Thorndike, Columbia uni
versity.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

President M%elsnehton Woolsey stryksr, Of
Hamiltoni President Richard Coekbur1 i
MacLaurin, Of Massachusetts, Institute ofB
Technology President George Harris OF
Amherst; Dean Samuel Hart, OF Berkeley
Divinity school; Chancellor James Hamp-
ton Kirkland OF Vanderbilt university,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

Only One ''BROmo 0UININE."
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for
the signature of e. W, Grove. Used the |
World over 10 Cure a Cold IN One Day, 26c |
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13

See Page 10 for our wonderful sale OF
high class tailored suits. oRKIN BROS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-11-04
PENN COLLEGE

Spencer Baker has enrolled for col
lCge work.
Prof. r. II. Sylvester will attend a
meeting of the psychology professors
to be held Friday afternoon at Des
MOines. This meeting has been':caiL
ed. by Supt. Riggs to meet during the
state teachers convention. %.
The g!ee club has organized and
practice viii begin at once. About
forty men tried out, which Shows the
enthusiasm of the students. Until
after the football season is over the
club will practice twice a Week and
then the rehearsals will be more fire.
Quent. . , ...'~ " .,;- e.
The football squad, took arrest Mon
day evening. because of the mud and
rain, but tonight Coach Zalusky will
begin to point his squad for the Wes-
leyan game and football men antici-
pate a strenuous week. The men all
came out of the Parsons game in good
condition. The second team is az
ranging several high school games in
the near future.
At chapel Monday morning DR.. Ed
wards read letter from Pres. Rosen-
berger, telling of the educational con-
ference which met in Philadelphia
last month. The conference was com
posed of the representatives of all
the Friends colleges in America, to.
gether with a board Of trustees, rep!
resenting the Five Years Meeting,
which is the highest body of Amerl-
can Friends. This conference was of
great Importance since the whole edu,
cational work of the denomination
was considered. ~.