The Hickman courier., 1914-08-06
coRoNER's 8 INVESTIGATION
OF THE WEHMAN MURDER.

hNai tht HNlucncb anu render a
verdict as b the cause Of Geo.
Wehmam s death was called 10
meet last Saturday. but postpone
ment was taken.
The court room was packed
Monday morning and the heat
was intense, but the examination
proceeded.
About twenty-five witnesses hal
been summoned and eight or ten
were examined before noon and
several in the afternoon. Adj
Ionrnment was taken at 3 O'Clock
until Wednesday. Witnesses stat,
ed that Mr.. Wehman came 10
town after supper ON the night Of
July II with Mr.. DuLn with whom
he boarded, and separated, but
planned TO meet at Alexander's 5
livery stable at about 10 or 10 80
o o'clock 10 go home together. Mr..
Wehman went to a bath room and
was last seen at $3.50 o'clock
crossing the street and going di-
agonally in the direction of Mil
llkcns : marble yard. At about
$3.50 o'clock Frank Dietzel took
a horse and buggy from Alexan-
der's stable, witnesses said, and
drove out alone, saying he would
be gone about two hours. He
asked for a gentle horse.
When the horse and buggy
were returned the driver was
not seen, as the stable hands we're
at the side of the stable attend
ing TO some hot horses. The
horse was hot and appeared TO be
very nervous and excited, so
much so that the stable men com
about il. Witnesses stat
ed they had seen Dietzel rabbit
hunting several times lately in
fields near the old well where the
body was thrown and IL / he
was seen driving that ROAD the
evening Of the fatal night.
In settling his account at the
livery barn several days ago,
Dietzcl stated that he had not
driven n horse on the night Of
the eleventh.
IL was shown that Wehman al
ways had considerable money on
his person.
Wednesday mornings invesii-
cation proceeded with members Of
defendant : family ON the wit
ness stand. II. Dietzel, Sr., stat
nj that he and Mrs. Histzel sat ON
the front porch until 1880 o clock
on the night Of the llth and then
went to bed. They has; just re-
tired when Frank came in and
Mr.. Dietzel called TO him. The
Young ladies had returned from a
walk TO the church corner, and
were in their room, when they
heard Mr.. Dietzel calling Frank.
Mr. Burdick testified as to the
stains or the money. Wchman
was in the habit of carrying money
IN tobacco sack. At one time
Wehman left with Mr.. Burdick
Sa. so in money that he had saw
I'd, and Mr.. Burdick demonstrated
with him for carrying money IN
Ins pocket. Wehman was known
10 have as much as three hun
drcd dollars in his pockets all the
time.
Dr Robinson assisted in re-
the water from well the
next day and found in the bottom
of the well hat with a brick in
il. and old towel, and a cake OF
soap. DIR. Robinson was one OF
the persons deputized by the
sheriff to aid in making the ar
rest Of Dietzel. and was present
when the arrest was made, and
heard Dietzel say to his father
that he had not had any trouble
with George Wehman, and that
he had not murdered him. On
the way TO the Jail he said Diet
eel said TO the officers that the
laA time he saw deceased was
about 9 o'clock on the Saturday
night that he disappeared, in
front of the Ligon furniture store
Clara Wehman, daughter OF
the deceased, said that she and
her father had gone TO Memphis
on Saturday before the Attn OIL
July and that sEs saw the purse
ar snck in which her father ear
ried his money and that it was an
old red sack; that when shown
some of the money supposed to
have been at one time the prop
ery of Wehman, she partially
identified. she said it looked like
the money he had with him; anu
that he had about $500. Wen