Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-25
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS OF
LEO kRAMPE TO BE INTRO.
pucEp At NEWTON TRIAL.
DEPUTY SHERIFF COVE TO
INTRODUCE "coNFEssloNr
Coroner HILL Or. Boyd, Deputy Cove
and Clerk Of Grand jury States
Mere Important Witnesses 81 the
Day-subst.nes Of kramps's State.
nsnts 20 shsrif's offiesrs.

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! Special to Times s-Republican.
Newton, Oct. 25.-When the trial Of
Leo Krampe. charged with the murder
Of Miss Matilda Hermsmeier near Bax-
ter February last, was resumed today
the state presented the statement OF
the prisoner made to the sherih's Of.
hcers shortly after his arrest. in which
4; he 10 said to have made widely con-
| Trajectory assertions and which II II
believed viii be used by the prosecu.
tion - It's principal evidence agains,
i the accused.
Deputy Sheriff Harry Cove was the
principal witness Of tho day. He testi-
fed that he had summoned the de-
fendant to appear before the grand
jury on April 13. He accompanied the
! young man to Newton and Immediately
. upon their arrival there Krampe was
taken to the sheriff's Office, where a
statement was obtained from him. Dur
ing the day he made three statements.
, all Of which were taken down and pre-
i told widely different stories.
Cove was on the stand when court
! adjourned for lunch and up to that
been introduced In court. 1t 10 prob
this afternoon.
Coroner Hill Takes the Stand.
The first witness for the state today
was DR.. James q Hill. coroner OF Jas
pr county. and he was followed by DR..
| c. e. Boyd. Both described the finding
Of the body OF Miss Hermsmeier and
/. the examination made Naer. Dr..
Hill told Of his visit to the lonely farm
house. He said that the autopsy dis
cloved that the woman had come to her
death by bullet wound thru the head.
Both doctors testified that It was inn
possible TO tell accurately how long
Miss Hern,smsisr had been dead when
the body was-efeund as tha body was
! frozen. They said it was possible that
she may have been dead I anywhere
| from three days to two weeks.
DIR. Boyd was followed on the stand
by Harry Hayzlstt, q member Of the
coroner's Jury. who told Of the dndings
| Of that body.
Substance sf kramps's etato'nsnts.
The statements Of Leo Krampe. the
defendant. which will probably be sub
mitted as evidence this afternoon. were
, made to the sheriff's officers on the day
Of his arrest. According to the officers
he made the FIRST statement In the
sheriff's Office in the forenoon when he
said that the cattle which he had sold
were purchased Of Miss Hermmeier for
Ss5. The officers questioned the truth
Of his statement and told him he would
have an opportunity to correct this
statement.
While on his way to dinner at noon
with the officers he admitted that he
had stolen the cattle and disposed Of
them This statement was also reduced
to writing.
TsIIs Of Murder Of Woman. ~
In the evening he was again taken
to the sheri1's Office where he told the
officers that he was badly IN need Of
money and had gone to Al Guest and
asked for q loan. Guest, 30 xrampe
said. told him he thought he colla OBJ
tain the money Of Miss HermSmeief,
but later Guest suggested thatftt could
be more easily obtained. It was then
decided to murder the woman. Kramps
stated that Guest said they could
make way with Miss Hermsmeier and
then take the cattle and sell them. This
plan was acted upon, according to the
defendants statement. ard after he had
murdered Miss Hermsmeier he sold the
cattle for $316 and gave Guest 500 Of
the proceeds.
The last statement was made In the
- nAtAatN~A fa
now dead and the clerk Of the grand
Jury The latter will follow Deputy
Sheriff Cove on the witness stand.
The court room was crowded when
court opened this morning ana intense
interest in the proceedings IL shown.
Tuesday Afterneen's Proceedings.
Tuesday afternoon tho. state exam
ined several witnesses, whose testi.
mony 10 preliminary 10 the proving cf
the contentious Of the prosecution.
Herman Kiannbsrg. q nephew OF the
murdered woman. WAS the nrst to bs
placed on the stand. he; being aues-
toned by the state. This witness made
his homo for time with the murdered
woman and was the man who hrst dis
coversd her dead body.Sto make pub.
lie the news Of her demise. He went
businsss and going up 70 the house
found the door partly open and lock
broken. On entering he discovered
the dad body lying on the noof ef the
dining room but mads no exam1nation
ehat he might discover what caused
her death. He immodiately yroat to
Baxter ana notified tie aatherities
and coroner and also ytesephoneA 70
hts people Informing them OF hts lnd.
On going hack 10 the Hermsmeier
home after he concluded business IN
Baxter he was accompanied by simon
Kr4mDe. father OF the man charged