Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17

| said it looked like a chicken house.
She said it was not and father said
go and look at it, She bolted the
gate and papa went first and mamma
| followed. I was the last one and
then of course they went in to look
at the slaughter house The door
must have been unlocked at that
time. Papa went first and she fol-
| lowed, and they were in there about
| a minute when | heard a shot
| was away out at the gate. She told
me to watch, if any one would come
| to tell her. | heard a muffied SOUND
which sounded like if it came from
the slaughter house. | ran towards
the slaughter house and tried to open
| the door but it was locked | pound
ed on the door and then / heard an
other shot fired. While stood there
| heard papa call Where is Clara?'
opened the door. She was nervous
and excited when she opened the door
and when | asked her what had hap
pened she said keep still or she
would give me the same medicine my
father had gotten. She had me get
some sacks for her which were lay
ing in one corner of the slaughter
house. The body of my father was
laying there partly covered with
sacks and she covered it still more
We went out together and I asked
her what had happened She said
nothing and then we walked home the
shortest way, by way of the icehouses.
When she got home she got supper
ready but none of us could eat. She
sent me out to church, the Grace
Episcopal church, and l came home
about 20 minutes to ten Mamma
was all dressed and said she wanted
to go out again. She wanted to see
how father was; that she thought he
was sick. She took out a bottle OF
clock oil, two brushes, pocket knife. |
two tweezers and two tongs, a little |
hammer and some heavy steel wire, |
about one-eighth inches thick and |
about yard or yard and a half in |
length, and candle.
Back to the Scene.
Then she asked me to go out with
her, and we walked all the way out
to the slaughterhouse. We went
around by way of the saloon. down the
road and into the gate of the slaugh-
terhouse. When we got there. the
gate was closed, and as we entered
the slaughterhouse Mamma lighted
the candle. We found the body of
Papa in the same position as when
We left it before. Then Mamma put
the wire around his neck and she
wanted to hang him up on hook
which was there. She put the wire
around his neck and said I would
have to help her put him On that
hook. She said that when she would
hang him up there and leave the gun
right next to him. that would show
that he had tried to take his own
life, nobody would think anything
more of it and nobody would suspect
her at all. We tried to lift him. but
he was too heavy and fell. When
she saw she could not make a sue
cess OF that she pinned the sacks
together and we tried to carry him
out. We carried him out, but he was
so heavy we had to drag him through
the brush from the slaughterhouse
to the road. There was barbed wire
renee there and we could not get him
through the fence. We laid him right
pext to the fence and she took the pins
out OF the sacks and threw them
away. Three sacks were left on the
body. Mamma took off Papa's watch,
scarf pin and diamond ring when the
body was left at the fence. Then she
went back to the slaughterhouse
closed the door but did not lock it.
and came back to the gate She
gave me the brushes, tweezers and
tongs and told me to throw the tools
into the field at the side of the road
and we walked all the way home.
Mamma seemed to be very nervous
and excited, and did not sleep all
night. We got home about / Or 2
o clock in the morning. We saw a
farmer on our way out to the slaugh-
with his vegetables coming
to town" II
The Clock Story.
Miss Bardenheier swore that on the
following morning her mother in
structed her to say that number OF
farmers asked her father to come and
fix their clocks and that is the rea-
son he took the tools. She said her
mother further stated that she would
give a reward of $50 to the person
who finds the body and that she
dragged the remains to place where
they could be easily found. Accord
ing to the girls story, her mother
again threatened her with death if
she would reveal the crime.