The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-08-04

S-S 10y 4 with IdpL dlI0hxlOn
as evidence damning to their brother
was given by seven witnesses.
promptly at 2 O'clock yesterday tho
court room doors were thrown open
and the great crowd, excIted1y talking
outside. fought n damned its way In.
eWosfully inadequate was the little dis
trict court room for the swarming
friends and neiahbors of the accused
man, hundreds were forced to re-
main outside. It was necessary to rope
OH the encaosare m the roon,-and de-
termined deputies were stationed about
and kept the crowd back.
with silence almost oppressive, Pros
eouting Attorney Kingsbury read the
lengthy complaint and J. ]. Mccarthy,
IN q loud voice, declared: Though /
realize 1t rs not necessary to make q
plea at this time, I will say that It
VIII be not guilty."
Then Henry Lessman, the first wit
ness, was caRed and testified.
Henry Heinnes1chs next took the
that he saw b body lying in the
yard. noted h burned tail Of the sun
bonnet and b charred clothes over
the breast Of he uni The defense
contented itself with only two or three
perrunctory questions.
Coroner Tells His Story,
Or. J. q. Graham, coroner Of Dixon
county. told of responding to a can
TO the Ffege home about 1 o'clock on
the morning of July /. He found the
dead body of the girl in the front
room OF the house on a cooling board.
He discovered the bullet wounds and
held an autopsy. He traced the course
on the outlet at that time with O probe,
he found n had entered the back Of
the head three inches from the ear
and vas lying Just under the skin under
the right ava THa 0fhnr o~to,>a
inoh above the right nipple, went DOWN
Ward I'm ier the skin to the fifth rib,
shattered the bone and, going back
ward under the walls of the stomach.
lodged in h spine. He gave as his
opinion. that either wound was SUI
nclent 10 cause Instant death. He said
absolutely the wounds were not self in
hicted.
EJonn Z, Gaertner, an undertaken of
long experience, said he found the bodv
IN the front room lying on a co1,ch
with the head hanging down. He said
there. was blood about the wound and
ABOUT the knees. He said modification
mad set In and that death must have
occurred eight OF 10 hours before. He
arrived at 1880 O'Clock.
Fred Ffege Causes Stir.
There was a stir in the court room
as the name, of Fred F1ege was called
and. the brother Of the accused roInf'
ed the stand. It was necessary to call
for order, as those standing in Windows
fough3 for Better position. He said he
reached the old homestead after being
called by telephone, between 6 and :
o'clock. He went into the dining room
where all was in order. Five loayes Of
bread lay upside down on the kitchen
table,; the dining table was cleared and
the dishes washed. When he reached
the house William was just coming In
by the scales.
He went with Ferdinand Hartmann.
his hired man. and Willie" to Dixon
that afternoon. The three started
about 1870 or 2 o'clock and returned
about 1880.
Witness Is Cross Examined.
When Willie left my house he
said he was going home" Fred said
I watched him II did not see him
go along the road. When I arrived
at the home place he old me he had
been at Heinnerich's."
The cross examination was now be-
gun and 1t was sought to bring ont
WI the trip to Dixon was made The
witness said William had promised
him a ride. He called up the house
asked If Willie was there. She said
he was asleep on the lounge.
Il said, pinch him in the ribs and
wake him up" Then Will came to the
phone and I asked him to come over,
Fifteen minutes later I saw him com.
Ing. The reason I wanted to 20 to
Dixon was because I had some empty
beer cases which I wanted to taxa
back. h hired mar wanted a case.
Later Albert Eichtencamp called up
and wanted to know if Willie was
there. l told him no. He said, you
had better come over 'Why?' I asked.
Louise is all In he answered. He did
not say she vas dead.
AT the home place, when William
came to look at the body, I said, Now
look here He gazed long and SORROW
fully and answered, Yes, I guess I'll go
kafter my auto"