Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-05
Three Heard a
 Woman Scream
TESTIMONY AT MURDER TRIAL
 OF DR. CRAIG.
CASE OF STATE WEAK
Defense Expects to Have It Dismissed Without Offering Any Evidence Another Failure to Identify Craig.

Shelbyville, Ind, Dec. @The state continued to present testimony today to support it's theory of murder and to fasten the crane on Dr. William B. Craig, who is on trial here charged with killing Dr. Helene Knabe.
 So confident was the defense that nothing could be brought out to con- meet the accused veterinary with the death of Dr. Knabe that the announce ment was made late today that a mo made to the court the moment the prosecution rested. Indications were that this would occur some time to- morrow.
 Description Fails to Fit Craig.
 Three witnesses swore this after noon that they heard the shrin scream of Q woman in the vicinity of Dr. Knabe's apartment some time after midnight on the night she met her death. Joseph Carr, one of these wit nesses, who was passing the apartment building at the time, said, that few moments later he encountered a man walking brtskly out of the alley in the rear of the structure. The man was holding handkerchief over his nose, the witness said
 His description of the man did not fit Dr. Craig any better than that given yesterday by a witness who said he met a man coming out of the area way on the other side of the house about an hour earlier in the evening. MT. Carr said the man he saw was about five feet, nine inches, in height and weighed about 1S0 pounds. Dr. Craig measures six feet, one, and weighs more than 200 pounds
 Two Others Heard Screams.
 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Vail Powell, who occupied the third floor fiat di- a T0T T[ uko o heard screams between twelve and one o'clock in the night She said the cries seemed to come from 8 point about block to the south. Jefferson Haynes, a negro Janitor, who slept in a basement room directly under Dr. Knabe's bedroom declared he was awakened by the noise made by some thing falling in the room above him This sound was followed by & scream he said, and then he heard light foot steps above AS he was dressing about 5.30 o'clock he said he again heard footsteps in the room above.
 Woman Says Craig Was Attentive to
 Her.
 Ia an effort to establish 8 motive for the alleged murder, the prosecution introduced as it's witness, Miss Katherine Fleming of Avon, Ind. who admitted that Dr. Craig had been at
 
 Miss Fleming denied, however that any engagement existed between them, although she said the subject of mar riage had been discussed.
 Judge Blair blocked an attempt by the prosecution to get Doctor knabe's bloodstained kinono before the jury through the testimony of a chem ist who had examined the garment. Alonzo Nj. Ragsdale an undertaken, was indicted jointly with Dr. Craig be- cause the kimono was found in his possession and the state must first show some connection between Craig and RagsdaIe before the kimono would be competent evil dence.
 Important Witnesses to be Heard.
 Two of the states most important witnesses are yet to be heard They are Miss Katherine McPherson the office girl who discovered the doctors dead body, and Augusta Knabe, the doctors cousin, who was the first per son summoned to the apartment after the discovery.