Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-01-17


over to her house and of her asking
Treva to go out with Brennan, or
Kelly, as he was then called. She
said that she refused to go, and that
Eichorn told her she had better go
as Kelly or Brennan, Rad roll of
bills as big as her arm. She said that
she was introduced TO Brennan as
Kelly and that he also tried to get
her to go out with him, but that she
refused She identified the man in
troduced to her as Brennan. Her tes-
timony before the court indicated that
Brennan and Eichorn bad been ac-
quainted and out together before the
murder, as Hodges testimony showed
that they were together following
the murder.
When the hearing of Mrs. Johnson
started Friday morning Chas. Hoop
er, who found the body of the Epler
girl at the corner of the pasture on
the Hooper farm, was called to the
stand. He told of the finding of the
body, under the questioning He said
that he got up about 43O a. m. and
started for the pasture, and that when
he arrived there he noticed something
white in the corner of the oat field
adjoining, which was in small clump
! of bushes. He looked again and then
saw that it was the body of wo-
man. He said that he thought she
might be sick or something and that
he went over TO the body and touched
the arm and then saw that it was Miss
Epler and that she was dead He said
that ne ran 10 the house and notified
his father, who went after DR.. Brain
erd. He told of Mr.. Epler coming
down the road, just before his father
and the doctor arrived, and Of his
stopping near the corner of the field
and looking over in the direction of
the body and seing it, and of his yell
ing, just as his father and the doctor
arrived, "Boys, come here"
He told of the calling of the cor
oner, and of the location of the pack
ages, three in number, which were
found beside the body of the girl
They were laying one next to the 9TH
er, just as though placed there by
someone, he said. Her slippers were
off, and lying near the body. and her
right stocking was torn, he said. He
said that they didn't think to look for
tracks there.
Coroner Will X. Ludwig was again
called TO the stand in the johnson
hearing. Ludwig again told of the
condition of the girls body, the posi-.
tion of her hat, pushed back on hei
head, and coat, which was on, but un
buttoned and thrown back. He statec
that DR.. Brainerd made the examin
alton, and that there were marks or
, the sides Of the throat which were fin
ger prints, and that froth was com
, ing from the mouth. He also told oi
the autopsy at the undertaking rooms
On the cross examination conducted
by Attorney Stone, he was grilled a.
to the marks on the throat He wa.
, asked to state the size Of the print!
. and said that he could not. He saie
| that there we're indentations which
, indicated Tint she had been choked
He stated that there was very little
discoloration where the spots were
: He was asked by Attorney Stone t
indicate the size of the marks on {
. piece of paper and he said that h
r could not. He said that he had de
, pended upon the doctor in such mat
! ters. 1t was plain thatt he defense wa
: making an attempt to show that Bea
r trice Epler might have come TO he
: death through some other means thar
strangulation-
! Treva Sanderson was called I,
: the stand again and she told Of hav
: ing been on the porch Of her home OF
E the evening Of the murder and of hav
ing seen the Epler girl come from tn,
: west, and Of her having stopped an,
! talked with Mrs. johnson who was OF
Z her front porch. She said that sh'
E did not hear the conversation. Sh
also stated that the Epler girl had tw,
, or three packages at the time. Sh,
, said that Miss Epler had talked will
Mrs. Johnson for about five minutes
1 She also stated that on the following
afternoon Mrs. johnson had told he
, and another neighbor that Beatric,
/ Epler had been at her home two o.
t three times the evening previous, thi
t having been the night of the murder
; Cross examination failed to shake he
> story.
T The hearing was adjourned unit
! Saturday, but the blizzard of Satur
| day was such that il was impossible
, for the Alma witnesses to get back :,
Ithaca. or for Attorney Travers o.
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