The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-10-31
|CUCUMDERS KILLED
son, SAYS SEERESS
Prosecutor Declares Arsenic
Caused Death Of Woman's
Son-0ther Deaths.
oTHER SUSPECTED VICTIMS.

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Julius Graunke, Mrs. LANDLORDS n,
first husband, died in Milwaukee in
1905 with symptoms of arsenical &
4 poisoning. Insurance, $4,000. Ben
eff1cfary, Louise Lindioff. @-.
Frieda Graunke, eldest daughter,
! died In 1907 with symptoms OF
a%rsenical poisoning. Insurance,
$1,000. Beneficiary, Louisa Lind
John Otto LindIoff, brother Of.
Mrs. Lindloff's second husband,
died in Milwaukee In October 1907,
with symptoms OF arsenical poi
soning. Aggregate insurance, ST.
900. Beneficiary, Louisa Lindloff.
William LindlOff, second husband
with symptoms OF arsenical poi
soning. Insurance, 1000. Ben
eficiary, Louisa Lindloff.
Alma Graunke Lindloff, ,daugh-
ter, died In Chicago August 4, 1911.
with symptoms of arsenical poi
sontng. Insurance, $4,000. Bene-
ficfary, Louisa Lindloff.
Arthur Lindloff, son, died in
Chicago June Is, 1912, OF arsenical
poisoning. Insurance, $4,000. Ben
eficiary. Louisa Lindloff.
Chicago. Oct. 2s.-Spirituaiism and
-cucumbers ware opposed to, the con-
illusions of medical sciencefn the i
der trial OF Mrs. Louisa Lindloff, a
seeresg on trial today In Judge Thomas
@. Wfndes' court, charged with the
murder by poisoning OF her 15-year-
old SON. Arthur, that she might collect
his life insurance. The court has ruled
cumstances OF the deaths OF five other
members. of the Lindloff family she is
suspected OF having killed to collect
money on their lives.
Physicians In attendance on the
Lindloff boy at the time of his illness
testified that in their opinion the pa
TENTS life could have been saved IL
he had no been given additional doses
or arsenic. The defense contends that
the, lad died from ~overeatlng cucum
bers and from inhaIlng the arsenic
fumes from the wall paper in his room.
.... Many Called to Testify.
Witnesses from milwaukee, and Chi
cago from whom the state expected
to draw testimony bearing out the
charge that Mrs. Lindloff murdered her
o Arthur. by poisoning him, APP
peared at the criminal court early to-
day at the request OF the states, at
torney. Today was expected to bring
forth the most damaging evidence the
state possessed against the woman,
whom the prosecutor has pictured to
the jury as a wholesale polsoner of
her wn' relatives. Several witnesses
from Milwaukee, whose identity the
states attorney will mot disclose until
they were to appear on the stand, were
closeted with the prosecutor for some
time before h opening Of court.
Testimony taken up to this time was
by a doctor and a maid. The ply
stefan testified that he suspected poi
son In diagnosing the boys fitness and
that he believed the fatality occurred
haAnl1aa NJ thn In Itu hninu ufxynn nd
ditional poison after the doctors last
visit to him. 1t was sworn that Mrs,
Lifidinm, who processes to be @ Seeress,
predicted the death of the near kin she
has lost in recent years. even to the
hour of their death.
Son Was Insured.
An insurance agent j. II. Price. OF
Chicago, testified that Mrs. Lindloff
took out a $4,000 policy on Arthur's
life March 20. The boy died June 10.
When the seeress entered the court
room. she announced to her guard:
TT is only a question Of a few days
and I will be walking out Of here a
free woman, I have known for a long
time I would be on trial for my life
and now. by s~piritualisn. / can ~foresee
my release" ..El...E '. .
Julius b. Butzow, an undertaken. told
OF his preparation Of the boys body for
burial denying that he used an ar
senical preparation,
&Ascoroner's detective then told of the
elimination Of the bodies of William
Lindloff. che defendants second nus
band; Of her daughter, Alma: descrih-
ing the removal OF the ViScera by a
ftoxicologist, DR.. Il. b. Lecount. for
Prof. Walter s.. Haines, who examined
them for poison. A report presented by
Coroner Peter Hoffman said chemical
analysis disclosed a considerable guam
stity OF arsenic in the yiscera examined.