Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-08
MRS. BRAzZELL TO BE PLACED
ON TRIAL THURSDAY FOR
MURDER OF HUSBAND.
IF FOUND GUILTY WIFE
WILL BE cLAssED AS eoReIA
State Weaves Net Of cireumstantial
Evidence to Show Mrs. 5razzei Re-
turned From Visit Wayiaia Her
Husband on Stairway and 5rutaiiy
Killed Him.

DUBUQUE, April s.-When the case
of the state of Iowa We. Mrs. Charles
RrazzeI. charged with the murder OF
her husband, motorman, the issI
week in January, this year. was called
before Judge Kinsinger, motion was
made that it be continued until Thurs
day morning on the grounds that the
state had nine more witnesses 20 SUD-
posna. This was granted. Scores OF
witnesses will be called 20 give test
mony.
Brazzell. motorman on the electric
railway. was discovered the evening
% Saturday, Jan. 25, by Mrs. BrazzeN,
who was Just returning home from =
visit with her daughter-3y another
marriage-Miss Minnie Cushman,
school teacher OF Forest City
Murder Most Brutal.
If Mrs. Brazzeu is guilty, then must
she be ascribed a position among the
most savage OF the woman r1urcersrs
of history The man Brazzeu was
lying in rear room of the house. the
body clad in underwear and q pair Of
trousers, but inflicted with innunsr-
able wounds. The headwas shamoles
beaten and kicked and torn Both
jaws were broken. the skull fractured.
Ribs were shattered and lamentations
on the body showed that the murderer
had worked into fenzy OF passion and
had ieaped III flemish deiis.is q E---
ing upon the PROSTATE BODY weller
ing IN blood. The mans picture was
horrible. The body was frozen stiff.
Blood ccageaiing from the lips had
been suddenly checked thers. frozen 10
the mouth as If nature had conspired
TO halt the efforts to conceal the crime,
and Imprint a clue with the icy I'm
gers Of death.
Mrs. .Brazzeil tainted at the sight OF
her husband. MY God, What I saw
theni Charley's face was covered with
blood. And those lips which I had
kissed 50 happily last Monday when I
was going away. Ny God. Ny Cod.
They were all blood So the woman
spoke the evening Of the discovery
Arrest Long Delayed.
Mrs Brazzer was not arrested until
March 21, just before the grand jury
was ready 20 report an indictment.
More than seventy-five witnesses were
Drought before the iaqutsi,orial body
at that time.
Superintendent Of Schools Hunt and
her daughter, Miss Cushuan, both Of
Forest City. viii figure in the trialIr is
limited that Mr.. Hunt and his wife VIII
be important witnesses. that their tes-
stmony IN regard TO certain things Mrs
Brazzeil said while visiting her daugh-
Ser viii have weight in the trial.
The investigations Of County At
torney P. ]. Nelson, Sheriff ]. j. Dunn
and the police were the result OF state
wide demand 70 ind the murderer The
public wrought by the hellishness Of
the deed wanted its lust of revenge full
filed.
In The house Of death were found
evidences Of a poker game in prog
ress at the time of the murder, tables
with chips and cards. beer bottles and
wine glasses. with i chair tipped back
But It was all too well set to receive.
The ftnlsy covering could be mentally
shorn. The murderer had forgotten TO
dirty the cups for the wine, TO scatter
cigar ashes on the table. Nothing but
the empty shell Of q game.
Possible Murder Scenes.
All surrounding clues mirror the pic
ture OF Brazzen. awakened from his
sleep, walking down the dark back
stairway OF the house. Someone was
crcuchtng in the narrow areaway, wait
ing for him. There was t1e sound Of
8 dun blow with an iron instrument,
a mans voice choked in stifleG SOB.
Then the body fell and using the mo-
rneutum It Itself initiated the murderer
dragged il crt from the lair, and in the
little rear room danced upon the corpse,
more fanaticai than the strangers Of
the east: more ra.bii than a horde of
cannihals: ferocious only as civil
lied human being can become, when
driven by the last OF blood
mat briefly il the story as conjec-
tured by evidence OF the murder OF
Charles Brazzell. The real story may
never be known.
Neighbors before the grand Jury told
Of finger prints on the door jams, never
examined by the authorities They
spoke OF light in the house Tuesday
night Mrs. Brazzell left home Monday
preceding the murder. The follow
ing Saturday at $50 she returned. The
couple had lived together eight years,
but never happily. Charges against
the character Of Mrs. Brazzell have
been made, and T. ]. Fitzpatrick, her
attorney, declares In retaliation. that
the police and sheriff in the hour they
questioned the woman subjected her TO