Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-02-09
MORE TESTIMONY
IN CAT IKE CASE
INCIDENTS OF THE SHOOTING
AND CONDITION OF
PATIENT
Described by Various Witnesses for
the State. Rev. Hoeger
Testifies
Described by Various Witnesses for

In the Justine Gadzke murder case
the testimony was resumed Friday
afternoon and the conversation of
John Bensch with Mrs. Gadzke held
at the justice court rooms at pre-
preliminary hearing was admitted in
to evidence by the court. The sub
stance of this was that Mrs. Gadzke
told Bensch that she was alone in the
room at the time of the shooting.
The testimony of Lawrence Ober-
mueller was that Mrs. Gadzke had
told him Gadzke had fired at her,
and that she had left the house and
gone to a neighbors. This was soon
after the shooting, Obermueller hav-
ing gone back to the house to in
quire concerning the shooting, but
not for the purpose of making ar
rests.
Mrs. Haberstroh also testified con-
cerning the visit of Gadzke and his
wife to their dwelling short dis
tance away.
Miss Sides of the City hospital,
testified to the dangerous condition
of the patient when brought there.
She described the location of his
wounds and identified the clothing
he wore at the time, which clothing
was exhibited in the court room. A
vest. shirt and undershirt were shown
with the bullet holes through them.
Witness testified to the dressing of
the wounds once or twice day, for
time, and had never observed any
powder burns indicating firing at
close range.
Rev. Hoeger of Langedahl in Kid
der county, was placed on the stand
and testified that he saw Gadzke on
the Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and
Thursday before he died and stated
that he appeared to be suffering con-
siderably from injury in the left arm.
The minister stated that Gadzke and
wife had quarreled while living in
that county and last spring at the
end of one of their quarrels he had
advised them to live Christian life
or separate.
The minister told of trouble that
had arisen between them over let
ter which had been written by Mrs.
Gadzke to one Paul Auchlenberg.
The contents of this letter was not
allowed in evidence by the court. The
letter had been returned to the writer
as not having been received by the
party addressed, and Carl Gadzke
had gotten possession of it. Mrs.
Gadzke's name was on the outside
of the envelope. The letter had
been lost in some manner and could
not be produced in evidence. When
last seen it was in Gadzke's suit
case.
This testimony seemed to indicate
that a third party might have been
concerned in the tragedy. Other
circumstances are believed, by some,
to corroborate this view, such as the
purchase of the revolver at local
hardware store, but by a man not
Gadzke. This, however, is but sur
mise and nothing so far has been in
troduced in testimony to warrant it.
Gottlieb Gadzke, brother of the de-
ceased from Kidder county, was also
a witness and testified to the COM
plant of his brother some two weeks
before his death of pains in the arm
;nd chest, and later in the side; also
that Carl claimed that he was afraid
that his wife would shoot him.
Fred Abel of jamestown testified
to having worked about a month
with Gadzke to show that he was
earning money.
State Closed its Case
The state ested its case Saturday
q. m. and Atty. Buck introduced
number of witnesses for the defense.
Mrs. Gadzke die not go on the stand |
during the trial. Among the witness
es for the defense were Mrs. and Miss |
Clausen Of jamestown, who happened
to be on the south side .of Fourth |
avenue west Of Tenth street and
south Of the >Gatzke residence at the
time. They testified that they heard
noises and cries and looking towards
the Gatzke house saw q man and wo-
man running around the room. The
man appeared to be chasing the wo-
man and both we're shouting. This
was seen through window. The
distance the state Afterwards showed |