Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-06-29
GIRLS DYING.
WORDS MAY.
SAVE FATHER.

ViVNIlVt ISIIo Jul W DSNS''
bed Statement Which Exon
crates Father; No Trace OF
Poison in Stomach.
Hebron, Ncb., June 2S.-(Special
Telegram.)-"I did not take poison
and no one gave me anything.
Those were the last words uttere /
by Frieda Bozleman, l9-year- old
girl of Stoddard, who died last Mon
day just two days before the date
set for her wedding. according to
the testimony of her mother, Mrs.
Fred Bozlemann, at the inquest be-
ing conducted here. The girls IA
ther, who was known to be opposed
to the wedding of his daughter to
w. !. Butzke, p years old, teacher
III the Lutheran school in Chester.
is held in jail pending the outcome
of the inquest. The inquest, berg
conducted by the county attorney,
recessed late this afternoon until to-
morrow morning.
The mother of the dead girl, two
young brothers and a sister of the
girl were the principal witnesses at
the afternoon session. Mrs. Bozle-
mann was dressed in black with a
heavy mourncr's veil, conceallng the
tears which streamcd down her
cheeks as she told between sobs OF
the circumstances surrounding the
tragic death of her young daughter
Mrs. Bozlemann admitted that her
husband was determined to prevent
the marriage of Frieda to young Mr..
Butzke But / am confident" she
testified, that he did not give her
poison while they were riding Mon
day evening.
The Girls Last Words.
II did not take poison and no one
gave me anything" were the last
words spoken by Frieda before she
Slipped quietly into the valley and
shadow, the grief-stricken mother
A report from the chemists of the
Omaha Medical college who exam
ined the stomach for possible traces
of poison was read just before the
close of the inquest today. The re-
port failed to indicate that death was
caused by poison.
While it has not been brought out
in the testimony thus far introduced,
it is generally understood among
her friends that Frieda had been
for week or more before her death
taking patented headache tablet
Some believe that she might have
taken an overdose of the drug, re-
sulting in her death.
The testimony of the two broth
ers, Henry, II, Elmer, Is, and the
one sister, Marie, IS, was unlrn-
portant so far as having any direct
bearing on the circumstances sur
rounding their sisters death.
Erred Is Killing Frieda."
DR. Arthur Bolles and his wife
were the first persons to reach the
Bozlemann home, following the
sudden illness OF the girl, the doc
tor testified. He said that when ne
reached the home the girl was sui
fcring from convulsions. :.
That the threats made against ms
daughter were -uppermost in the
mind of Mrs. Bozlemann at the
time she was riding with her father
was shown by the testimony OF !,
neighbor woman. She testiheu
that when Mrs. Bozleman hrs'
heard the screams of her daughteI,
she called to her. Get car and
come quick, Fred is killing Frieda.
The witness testified that Mrs;
Rozlemann heard the screams OF
her daughter, while she was at least
quarter of a mile from her home
= At the morning session OF tne
irouest there was open talk OF Vle'
]ence toward Bozlemann. however
The high feeling had subdued foi-
lowing the developments in the al
tcrnoon. The testimony given by
Mrs. Bozlewann carried gr.eeas'
weight and, officials say, responsible
lar ouieting the reports OF violence
Fred Bozlcman. her father was
arrested Saturday night charged
with the murder of his daughter, aho
is now in the Hebron Jail. :,
The father was not in the couri'
room during the morning session OF
the inquest because OF the intense
feeling which has appeared asains'
him.
Takes Girl for Ride.
It appeared during the testimony
= offered that the father had taker
the girl for a ride in their buggy
early in the evening OF last Monday
aud that when they returned to theii
home, the girl was seized with CON
yulsions and died soon after.
All indications pointed towaro
poisoning and post mortem wa:
held over the body by doctors O
Hebron and Deshler, which disclosed
further evidences of poison.
w. H. Becker. Lutheran preacher
IT Stoddard, was the chief witness
rf the morning and testified to be
.ng present at the time when the
girl died.
, Efforts of the county attorney to
get him to tell of having asked the
girl who gave her poison, or how
She came to be poisoned. failed. be
cause the preacher confined his con
vcrsation with the dying girl tc
questions concerning religion and o.
a spiritual nature