Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-08-04

day, and listened with rapt attention
as evidence damning to their brother
was given by seven witnesses,
Promptly at : o'clock yesterday the
court room doors were thrown omen
| and the great crowd, excltedly talking
outside. fought and damned its way IN.
Woefully Inadequate was the little dis
trict coulT room for the swarming
friends and neighhors OF the accused
man. and hundreds were forced to re-
main outside. 1t was necessary to rope
on the enclosure in the room, and de-
teTmined deputies were stationed about
and kept the crowd back.
With silence almost oppressive, Pros
ecutinG Attorney kingsburN read the
lengthy complaint and J. J. Mccarthy,
in loud voice. declared: Though I
realize It is not necessary to make a
plea at this time, l will say that Il
will he not guilty"
Then Henry Lessman. the f1rst Wit
ness, was called and testified
Henry HcinneriChs next took the
stand and gave CorrOboratiVe testimony
that he saw the body lying in the
yard, noted the burned tail of the sun
bonnet and the ChRrred clothes over
the breast Of the woman The defense
c0ntented itself with only two or three
pertunctory questions.
Coroner Tells His Story.
Or. J. r, Graham. coroner OF DiNou
county, told OF responding to call
10 IN" FI"ge homo about l O'Clock ON
the morning of July l. He found the
dead body Of the girl in the front
room OF the house on a cooling board
tie discovered the bullet wounds and
held an autopsy. He traced the course
or the bullet at that time with q probe
HE found one had entered the back OF
the head three inches from the ear
and was lying Just under the skin under
the right eye The other entered ono
inch above the right nipple. went down
ward under the skin TO the NTH rib.
shattered the bone and going back
ward under the walls OF the stomach
lodged In the spine, He gave as his
opinion that either wound was suf-
iiCient to cause instant death He said
aosolIitelN the wounds were not self in
fiictcd.
John p. Gaortnep, an undertaken Of
long experience said he found the body
IN tn" front room living on a couch
with the head hanging down He said
there was blood about the wound and
about the knees. He said modification
had set in and that death must nave
occurred eight or 10 hours before. Ho
arrived at 1880 o'clock.
Fred FIege Causes Stir.
There was stir in the court room
as the name OF Fred Flege was called,
and the brother Of the accused mount.
ed the stand. 1t was necessary TO call
for order, as those standing in windows
Fought for better position. He said ne
reached the Id homestead after being
called by telephone between and I
o'clock. He went into the dining room
whore all was in order. Five Ioaves or
bread lay upside down on the kitchen
table; the dining table was cleared and
the dishes wished. 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 80 or 2 o'clock and returned
about 4:30,
Witne'~ 10 Cross Examined.
When Willie left my house he
said he was going home" Fred said
Il watched him and did not SEQ him
go along the road. When / arrived
at the home place he told me he had
been at TeinneriCh's."
The cross examination was now be-
gun and II was sought to bring out
WI the trim to Dixon was made, The
witness said William had promised
him a ride. He called up the house
about noon and Louise answered. IL
asked II Willie was there She said
he was asleep on the lounge.
II 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 saw him com
ing. The reason l wanted to 20 to
Dixon was because had some empty
beer cases which l wanted to take
back. The hired man wanted case
Later Albert Eichtencamp called up
and wanted to know IL Willie was
there. / told him no. He said. Won
had better come over 'Why?' I asked
Louise Is all in he answered He did
not say she was dead.
AT the home place. when William
came to look at the body said Now
look here He gaZed long and sarrow-
fully and answered, Yes. l guess I'll 20
after my auto"