The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-20
Victim of Brutal Assault Believing
Herself Dying Accused
Husband
Struck Murderous Blows Because Woman Would
Not Submit to His Brutal Passion--ReIatWes
of Accused Seek to Establish Ab

er of the accused, and called for the
i.",grandma' the prisoners mother.
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%helts anil: we::M' eht'. to.%M rs. :SalHpefs's
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!: g,6n' TING ;floofy "aeross% he; .f6br
.thtte%:;was no. .lightHfnc@ We .to6k;:.:iiiy:
lamps. found MIS-. ..Sa,zhei. lying: Oh
the bed ami. Thought she was 'dGped$,
was told she used drugs. but.neyer saw
her take any or under influence; her
clothing was disarrangedg when we
came closer We saw blood running
from her nose, Henry Salzner came to
front door and came ~; had pounded
at front door before and thought it
was locked; he Just opened it and
, walked in told him 30 get doctor
and an officer; tried to arouse Mrs
Salzner; she said help met help me-;
found an axe under one end of mat
tress and asked her wnefe the ak had
been. She said in ,ne yard when
the doctor came he said she had not
I been violated, but knocked in the
| head was there again Sunday morn
, ing and found no one with Mrs. Salz
/ ner; she was entirely alone; she was
lying on her right side. wos there
/ when Mrs Bertram came; Mrs. Ber-
, tram asked her You don't think Hen
ny hit you, do you?' Mrs. Salzner re-
+ piled oh, don't know. Mrs. ,Bertam
said don't YOU know Henry would not
be mad If you said he did it,? Mrs
salzner replied oh, hes been fussng
and quarreling all week" '.'''
In reply to questions from the jul
ros witness said if any one else had
been there besides Salzner, she woulI
he just stood back from the door look
ing at his wife; did not seem excited
or worried; Salzner never tool his
meals at his wife's home; didn't call
on her as often as husband should;
his wife called to him after he passed
by and he would reply I'm in hurry
now; will stop as | come back and see
what you want" Witness said she and
Salzner We're not on good terms.
Or. Field.
Was called after midnight Saturday
night by telephone; was told Mrs. Salz
ner was seriously hurt toId them to get
doctor nedrer by if rnere is need Of
haste as it will be some time before
| can get there; the reply was come
learned LAYER that it was
MIR Salzncr who telephoned; found I
Mrs. Salzner lying on the mattress N /
the floor there was no evidence OF .
assault: some one had vOmit
ed on the woman's clothing; the wound /
on her head was PROBABLY made by
found partly under the mattress; it
was an ordinary wood AK; would
weigh probably three or four pounds
here was not much blood on the bed
and none on the ak; Gin reply to Al
herman SculIinJ; the blow could have
been struck with the ak without hay
ing blood on the weapon if weapon
was quickly withdrawn; believe
was made with edged instru-
ment; might have been made with dull
end of AK if sharp corner struck skull:
would take hard blow 20 fracture skull |
At this point to prove fatal: don
know II any other instrument was
there with which blow might have been
struck furniture was all disar-
and was told this was due to .
tried TO get intelligent an
swers; asked what happened and who /
assaulted YOU? She said she didn t 1
know; Officer Glade asked her if there /
was any men in her room and she said /
no: called several times Sunday, 4
Monday and Tuesday; on "Wednesday
Mrs Salzner's sister told me she
would take her to the hospital
Ella Ber:raEi.
Was called by Grandma Salzner and /
went to house of Mrs. Henry Salzner:
found her lying on mattress; found az
at end of bed near the wall: stayed /
with her till sunday she was con
scious and asked her if Henry did it. .
she said Henry did not do it,; asked .
her who did if she said she did not
know but Henry did not do it; she
said three white nen did IT, Mr..
Comings asked her If she thought Hen
~ did il and she said no. indeed :
didn't she Mr.. Coming- tasked the Wit
ness of the stenographer who was busy
taking down her statement but the
latter did not reply; an officer asked
her if Henry did it. but every time she
always replied he did not: she said
three white men did it: she did not
know them but would be able to recog. 1
nize them IL she saw them; saw Hen
~ at his fathers home at 2. 20 and he