The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-08-04
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STORY is RELATED
BY YOUNG GERMAN
Attorney for Defendant Flege
Says That Eichtencamp's
Story, Even # Accepted,
Could Not Convict.
BY G. c. CORE,

hess stand from 8:25 till 11:40 oclocl
today, Albert E~ichtencamp, the IT
year-old star witness in the Louis,
Flege murder hearing, cool, collected
deliberate, narrated in hornely bu'
graphic language the story Of tn.
slaughter which he says was commit.
ted by William Flege, while the &C.
cused, sitting almost directly In from
with cold, l~istiess exterior, twitched al
his thin mustache and smiled his IA.
miliar smile. This ended the two days
preliminary hearing, n A. W. Myer:
ordered h prisoner bound over t
the grand jury. The matter Of BAH il
still being argued.
Q. A. k~ingsbury. prosecuting attor,
ney, is not inclined to admit him tc
BAL. as the charge is murder in the
first degree, J. j. Mccarthy, chic.
counsel for the defense. said toda.
after the hearing that he felt reason
ably certain Of securing the release o.
his client.
Even admitting that everything thai
Inc hoy says is gospel TRUTH" said Mr.
Mccarthy, t best hat the state car
make out Of the cas- is manslaughtel
Or second degree murder. Tie says tina
william shot down his sister in a mo-
ment of passion after a violent quarrel
Wh1s does not show elaboration or pge-
meditation and is not, therefore, first
degree murder The only unbailable
crimes are treason and first degree
murder"
Flese Primped and Smiling.
Only the first two rows of seats ir
the district court room were hlle6
when the adjourned hearing was con-
vened at 1925 today, but before Eich-
tencamp had been on the stand 10 min
ltes the room began to I'LL and soor
space was at a premium. There were
more women present today than yes,
terday, and many occupied seats in the
Jury box text to the witness.
The prisoner was late In beine
brought to the court room and arrived
only at the moment the hearing
opened. He wore a black coat, with Z
fresh collar n tie and was cleanlS
shaved. He shook hands with counse
and calmly took his seat. The smile
which he wears in moments of duress
was constantly present, and many tool
this as an indication of nervousness.
There was q futter in the room as
he name of Eichtencamp was called
and the tall, slender farmer boy mount
ed the stand. A circuitous route was
taken to the story of the murder, anG
Attorney Mccarthy entered many OBJ
jections in urging haste.
The Boys Story of Crime.
1t was necessary to demand the boy
70 speak up so he could be heard
While not frightened, he seemed timit
and sought always to avoid the eyes
of his late employer. Substantially his
story was as follows:
Il am II years old and speak the
German language better than English
THAT language is used exclusively il
the neighborhood where I live. I have
known William Flege eight years.
II have always worked at home ex.
cept during the time I have worked a
the Flege farm. l went to work there
March a.. William Flege hired me
Henry Flege was living at the home.
stead when I went there, but he lef'
the next day, He lives at Wisner.
After William purchased his auto.
mobile he did not do as much work or
the farm as before. Sometimes he wa!
gone day and night. I knew Louis
Flege before I went to work at Flege's
Tells of the Quarrel.
II remember the day of June 80 yer,
well. l was ~cultivating corn tha day
The Flege farm is back from the roaC
a half a mile. The buildings on tn,
farm are all back from the house.
started work in the morning at
o'clock and came in at noon, about /.
o'clock. l unhitched, put my horses
In the barn and went into the house
We usually took about two hours a
noon. When l came in 1 saw William
and Louise.
THE three of us sat down to dinner
There was not much said during Tho
progress Of the meal. Then William
and myself went into the sitting room
and Louise busted herself clearing of
the table. First William and I smoked
our pipes and then he lay down on {
lounge and went to sleep and I wen,
out on the front porch and dozeG
Presently Louise came in where Will
tam was, woke him up and told hin
Fred Flege wanted to talk with him
He yoke up slowly, but finally went t.
and 1 couldn't tell what they were talk
Ing about. Then William and I wen
out to the auto shed.
Louise Finds Fault.
while we were going out Louis,
asked William If he was going to towr
and he said. Yes
""That is all you are doing now, go,
Ing to town, you ought to stay home
blowing" said Louise.
"'Can't l do what I want to?
William retorted angrily.
Then we went to the auto shed
William said he wanted to grease thu
machine.
Louise had on a sunbonnet wher
she was outside the house. After W,
had creased the car. William old M
to fill h tank with water and he Wen
in the house.
William vas dressed as he always
was when he went to town. He had Nc
coat. AS soon as 1 had filled the tanl
I heard William and Louise quarrelinf
at the house. I couldn't see them a,
this time for both We're in the house
1 couldn't tell what they said. 1 thinl
they were in the kitchen at this time
They continued to quarrel for a littl,
while n then L saw them come gu,
of the front door. They quarreled IL
German.
Sister Backs Out of House.
Louise came out of the house first
she was backing out as though tryint
to keep away from William, for h,
was following her up. AS the quarre