The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-05-28
ARBOGAST'S WIDOW
MAY BE INDICTED
GRAND JURY WILL PROBABLY
CONNECT HER WITH MURDER.
Peculiar Motive Urged -Justificable
Homicide Would Be Defense
Should a Trial Be
Held.


ment may be returned against Mrs.
Louis Arbogast by the Ramsey coun-
ty grand jury tomorrow or Thursday
when it has reviewed the details that
surround the murder of Louis Arbo-
CAST, the butcher, at his home, the
morning of Thursday, May 13.
If Mrs. Louis Arbogast ever comes
before twelve jurymen on trial for the
murder Of her husband, her attorneys
will enter a plea of not guilty on the
grounds that it was justifiable homi-
eide.
This is the forecast of events from
reliable sources.
The announcement of Louis Arbo-
CAST the evening before the murder
that he would leave for Alaska, with
his daughter, Miss Louise Arbogast,
now held in the county Jail, is said to
be the real key to the motive that
dashed to an ungovernable and insane
fury that caused the sleeping man to
be struck over the head with an AK.
The authorities on the eve of put
ting the case in the hands of the
grand jury admit that, beyond the
charges of Mrs. Arbogast against her
daughter Louise, that her daughter
was responsible for the murder, no
convicting evidence has yet been OBJ
tanned. The daughter still insists she
did not kill her father.
The authorities admit that there has
been a manifest aversion to open dis
cussion of the events of the evening
before the murder among members of
the family.
While no evidence has been forth
coming in direct way from the prin-
cipals in the case or from any other
members of the family information
has reached the authorities about pc
culiar conditions in the family previ-
Gus to the murder.
1t is stated that testimony will be
give before the grand jury of char
acter not yet related.
The widow and Louise are expected
to shed much more light on the MUIR
der than they have yet done. Those
friends of the family who have given
as yet only unauthorized versions of
the circumstances of the family rela-
lions previous to the murder may also
be called before the grand jury.
The police have made every prepar-
alton to present every detail of their
findings about the scene of the MUIR
dc G ,:-afI oc tboir doduotiOnc from,
the statements of the various witness
es. The presence of the wife and
daughter in the room of Louis Arbo-
CAST at or near the time when he was
murdered, fact that has given to this
case it's most mysterious phase, will
undoubtedly find more credible solu-
ton when the wife and daughter are
brought face to face with their exam
iners together.
One finding of the police is of much
interest. 1t is contended by Mrs. Ar
bogast that the deed was committed
while she was absent from the room.
The ak with which the deed was COM
mitted was in the woodshed, adjoin-
ing the house at the back. 1t was
buried after the murder in the base
ment of the house. The kerosene
with which the fire was started was
in another room upstairs. Matches
also are not always handy things to
find in the night.
1t must have been long while, &C
cording to the charge of Mrs. Arbo-
CAST, that she was absent from her
husbands bedroom while her daughter
came, found the bedroom empty, went
down and got the ak from the wood
shed, committed the deed, took the ak
to the cellar, came back, found the
kerosene, poured it over the bed and
then touched match to it. These de-
tails take a half hour of anybody's
time, say the police.
Mrs. Arbogast meanwhile has been
held as much prisoner as her
daughter. She was recently taken
from the city hospital to her home and
is still under the care of nurse. All
communications with her are absolute
ly forbidden. She has room to her
self and only slight Improvement IS
noted in her physical condition. She
remains much depressed mentally.
Miss Louise Arbogast is under the
care of a nurse in the county Jail.
There is no disposition by the county
attorneys Office to withdraw the
charges of insanity against her. She
is at times historical and continually
asserts her freedom of guilt.
The authorities have been reluctant
to charge the murder against the
daughter on account of the manifest
friendship that existed between her
and her father. She was known as
her fathers favorite. She was most
intimate with his business affairs.