El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-11-09
MRS. KRAUSE IS
FINED IN CITY
POLICE COURT
Pestered Citizen in Ell Paso
With False Claims of
Kinship.

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On a charge of vagrancy, a woman Civ
Daisy Turney Krause, and claiming to be
the wife of DIR. William Krause, of Mem
| phis, Tenn, was fined the maximum,
$500, in police court Tuesday afternoon.
Being unable to pay the amount, she was
remanded to jail and will be comnelled to
serve out the fine, chief OF police jenkins
states. The woman was arrested Mon
day night by detectives Briggs and
Smith on a yagrancy charge, at the
Zeiger hotel.
j. c. Stansel, chief of detectives, was
the first witness for the city at the Mon
day afternoon hearing, and he testified
that the woman first arrived IN FL Paso
last February and that he was called to
a hotel to see her. At that time, Mr..
Stansel said, she intimated that she
result of alleged family connection and
past acquaintance, but that he advised
her to leave the city, which she did. W..
H. Burgess declares that there is no re-
lati0nShip whatever between Mr.. TuTney,
who is out -ss~the city, and the woman.
In August, Mr.. Stansel said, the wo-
man returned to Ell Paso, and called at
Mr.. Turney's home unlimited Mr.. Stan
sci also said that he ordered her to leave
the city again but that she was arrested
at the st. Regis hotel, and that he went
on her bond on the provision that she
leave the city, which she did.
Deputy constable Ivy Finley and de-
tective Smith were the next witnesses.
They told of arresting the woman at the
st. Regis hotel last August, and Mr.
Smith told of the Monday night arrest.
On the cross examination, Mrs. krause
asked the two officers if they did not
offer to release her, provided she would
pay them. Both emphatically denied anv
statements of that nature purportlng TO
have come from them.
Chief of police Jenkins then testified
as to his knowledge of the. woman IN
Ell Paso. stating that she came to the
CITY last February and secured an inter
view with him at which time she told
him of her alleged family connection and
acquaintance with W. W. Turney, and
that he told her you cannot use the po-
lice department to serve your schemes
Mrs. Krause explained her presence
in Ell Pa>o at the present time as
result of an affair in which she is in
volved in Los ANGELES, Cal.
Il came here to see if Mr.. Turney
a kinsman of mine. would not help me
in the. case. 1 haven't seen him ana
did not expect TO see him. L intended
securing a lawyer who would represent
me-" she said.
Mrs. Krause explained that the Los
Angeles trouble was due to the shoot
ing of F. H. Griffith, a mining man.
Two years ago." she said. my sis
ter and / loaned Mr.. Griffith some
money. A short time ago l began
pressing him for settlement and
he telephoned me to come to his Of
flee. When I arrived there, he had al
receipt made out in full for the money
and told me TO sign it, saying he knew
of something which he would expose TO
my disadvantage unless l signed the
receipt There was revolver lying
on his desk and 1 picked it up and
shot him in the arm"
Mrs. Krause during the hearing tes-
titled that her divorce suit against her
husband was still pending in Memphis.
Tenn, and that she was SUPPOSED ~
receive $3.50 aIimony per month I
generally receive from So to 500 per
month" she said.
Alderman Hewitt presided at the
hearing and on the conclusion asked
as to the lowest and highest fines. for
vagrancy. Attorney Randolph Terry.
who appeared for the city, owing TO
the absence of assistant city attorney |
NJ Brown, asked for the MAXI
mum fine, saying Mrs. Krause had |
been a source Of trouble to the police |
and that She had been given an OPP |
portunity TO remain away from the |
city, but had come back" qualities.
DIR. Krause is ex-chancellor of the Uni |
Tersity of Mississippi, and the couple !
we're formerly social leaders. in that state. |