Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-06-22
TRIAL IN KNAbE
CASE GOES OVER
SET FOR MONDiY, MI WILL BI
CDNTINIED 10 FALL TERM
on COZ Ut.

! ur Trial ui Dr. william u. craig,
OF lh. riiy. and OF A. ~ Ragsdalc.
m Iortakcr upon the chance of
having murdered Dr Helen Knabr
Boo October IYli BIAS been aet for
ncl Monday but as thc trial ia c8
p',.rd o. be- quite LENGTHY and 10 was
ran idercd undesirable 90 carry u
through the bot summer months. tine
agreement D. said 90 have been reach
cd 20 Den fue cae ro over until some
I.mo in Che Fan The trial promises
10 be- ono of ihc most interesting and
oEationm ever heard iu lndianapo-
iia and Hill undoubtedly attract
r1uHfrn ldc attention
Ono death by murder Of DR. Helen
kuaic on tbe night of October. 23.
l1II. Has one of thc most mysteri-
ous naoH 90 thr criminal history o.
.hH r.tY and iH fhe minds Of mgn
par0m. vHo firmly believe Boz tho
innocence of the accused men. o. stili
200 uusolsed mystery The victim a.
thc crime. pr Hclou Knabo. was
about thfy.utc years at the timo
uf hrr DEATH unusually attractive
.ard b.abg respected for her excel
Irui character and her scientific at
aiHmcnts She was born in Ger
many aH ue daughter Of a civil en-
rrnrr ZOO thc German army she
.I.l received rood education iu her
lhrr.uud aud came 10 the United
f.tr. t0 luaN hcr ambition 10 bc.
come doctor She graduated from
lF. Indiana college of Medicine and
continued her tudlc. even after she
! irtd established herself boo This citf
a rcenr practitioner Beside 90.
I ionI.nr to hcr steadily growing nrar.
'U,.. ur kuabr delivered lectures oil
unfluI0ht at several collcrcs. iuclud
.Ie tlc Indiana Veterinary College.
.ef which br Craig. thp principal de-.
puHul n the romiu. trial is dean.
Io. overall Years nho $50. state bac-
t,ruIuri.t but aHr RESIGNED this DO
.f,u q short tim. before her death
.lY .aiu MORO umr for her practice
ana Studies She had wide circle
uf acquaintance. bui only few int.
mate friends and. 70 Is believed, mo-
enemies
Dr Euaho lived aud had her of.
frr op the first floor of au apart
ment house located on bus, street
corner The apartment occupied by
DR.. Knahc was in the corner of tho
bulldlnr and had windows 40 both
streets She lived alone. but employ
LED au office slrl. Katherine ticrher
som. Who camo IN The morning and
attended 90 the work in thr living
rooms mud the office DURING The day.
leaving form her own home early iu
the eyculnt When Miss Mcpherson
came 60 DR. Kuahc'a apartment ON
| the moruIue ol October 20, 1871. She
found lll window closed. contrary Go
/ tbp habit of her employer who be-.
lowed u q plentiful supply uf fresh
Iair Dr kuabc was ON her bed
Irc cd onb Zoo her night gown.
which vas rolled up under her arms
/ leaving irr body barred Her throat
had hDcn cut by a powerful cash
/ bW mo- knife cor other weapon could
o. found and there were only few
traces of blood upon the bed and
upon beer body Miss Ncrhcraon call
|od physicians but they could only cs.
/ tahli.b thc fact that pr. kuabo bad
died several hours before a8 a result
lof lhc wound iu her throat
The authorities were notified and
tho police mado careful uycstirl-
ton. without nciuc able To lind uu,
clue that would throw the aiutcsr
lnsht upou fbc mystery of the case.
Notwithstanding the fact that no
weapon could bc found in the apart
|mcn. and tho even more banun ab.
.ru0r of blood upon the bed cover,
W Boo amy part of thc room whore
! fhc body Nas found. the police iu IN,
end advanced thc absurd theory that
! ur ku8bc had committed suicid,
and abandoned further inycsti cation
Immediately after the discover, o'
thr crime jefferson HAYES. the col
| 0rnl huitor of the apartment house
Irrd several members of his tamil,
were arrested. but there was mo- cvi.
f.rrr bob connect them with the muir
a.. ANA thcv were finally dischar sed
from custody.
After tho notice had given ND m,