South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-06
OFFICE GIRL OF
DR. KNABE TELLS
Of FINDING BODY
Saw Dr.. Craig in Employers
Apartments and Identifies
Photograph of Defendant
and Daughter.

SHELBYVILLE, Ind. Dec. g.
Miss Katherine Mcpherson. office girl
for Or. Helen Knabe, for whose muir
der Or. William B. Craig. now on trial
here, late Friday was placed on the
witness stand by the state. The wit
ness described the finding OF Or.
Knabe's body. the condition Of the
fiat and her employers haoits.
Miss Mcpherson testified that she
had seen DR.. Craig in DIT. Kna~e's
apartments twice and had seen the
former bring her employer in his au=
tomobile TO the house several times.
She also identified a photograph Of
DR.. Craig and his daughter, Marian,
as one which Marian had given TO
Dr. Knabe.
The witness said that when she en-
tered in the room in which DIR.
Knabe had met death the window
shade was raised about one foot from
the bottom of the window. The state
insisted upon this testimony. it was
said, on the theory that when Joseph
Carr, a previous witness. passed the
house, DIR. Knabe was being muir
dered
Carr on cross-eXamination Friday
declared that when he passed the
apartment house in which DR.. Knabe
lived he heard screams but declared
there was no light TO be seen in any
of the rooms The state contends. ii
was announced that the murderer
had pulled down the curtain and was
cutting DR.. Knabe's throat when Carr
passed.
Returned to Flat.
Later il is contended, the slayer re-
turned TO the fiat, raised the window
shade curtain and turned on the cleo
trio lights.
DR.. Knabe's kimono which the state
attempted to get before the jury
Thursday and which was found in
possession of an Indianapolis under
taker, was shown TO Miss Mcpherson.
She testified that the last time she
saw the garment was the Saturday
before DR.. Knabe's death when it was
hanging in a closet of the room where
the doctor met death. Then it was
a pretty navy blue, with poppy flow
ers," the witness eclaimed "and now
it looks like a faded rag"
The state contends that the gar
ment was washed with chemicals 10
take out the blood-stains, after il had
been carried away from Or. Knabe' S
office.
Joseph Carr, indianapolis plumber,
who described screams heard in the
Delaware flats. the night of the death,
and man seen coming out of the
rear entrance TO the flats. was the
first witness called by the defense.
That Carr was in a wine room for
two or three hours with women prior
to hearing and seeing things at the
Knabe fiat, was developed by Atty.
Spaan on cross-examination.
Coroner Charles O. Durham testi-
fed to finding the keys to the Knabe
apartment shortly after the body was
found.
Arnold Moore, 21. of Shelbyville,
stated on the stand that looks like
the man j saw when asked if he
could identify Jack the pepper" who
was peering in the Knabe windows
Moore was looking at DR.. Craig. He
said he spoke TO him on one occasion
What did he say to you" asked
Atty. Inman.
| Il asked him what he was doine
here and he told me to keep my
mouth shut and / went right over Ia
my ROOM" replied the witness
| rs that the man you have pointed
out here" asked Inman.
Il won't swear he is the man, but
he looks like him"
Miss Mcpherson, sister of DR.
Knabe's office girl, was put the
stand. She described DR.. Craig's ap.
pearance when she saw him in DR.
Knabe's apartments after the body
/ was found