The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-03-09

afternoon nut IL was eApecteu
the case would reach the jury |
before o'clock.
Kasimir Schreider's falc wi |
rest with a jury in district court
this afternoon.
Final arguments before the jury
and instructions of Judge Janson-
ius were expected to be complete
during the afternoon, and the jury
given the case.
With The testimony completed
yesterday afternoon in the case in
which Schneider is charged with
first degree murder by poisoning
his wife, Amelia, who died here
last June Is, States Attorney Al
len for the prosecution and {. r.
Kelsch of Mandan for the defense
laid their case before the jury.
p b. Norton, for the defense,
opened today's argument to the
jury, with John f. Sullivan, special
prosecutor, to close the states
plea for the maximum punishment
under the law, which is life i'm
prisonment.
At the conclusion of Schneider's
examination, which lasted
for more than four hours, the de-
fense rested and the state conclud-
ed it's testimony with rebuttal wit
neSSeS.
States Attorney Allen, opening
the argument, declared the elimin-
alton of all theories in the case of
Mrs. Schneider, who died in her
bed in her own home, left the stain
of guilt on Schneider's shoulders.
1t was established without doubt,
he said, that she died of arsenic
poisoning, either by suicide or by
Schneider's administration. There
was no evidence of suicide, he
said, every bit of evidence being
against this theory. Experts tes-
titled, he said, that the LESSONS
found on. the walls of the stomach
were such as to show that the POI
son was administered over per-
iod of at least two or three months.
The only deduction, was that Sch
neider poisoned her, and the tes-
tmony of many witnesses support
ed the theory sufficient to convince
a Juror beyond a reasonable doubt
he asserted.
Discusses Circumstantial Evidence
C. F. Kelsch inveighed against
too much credence in circumstan-
tial evidence, relating to the jury
the story of man whom he said
was nearing the gallows from
stronger circumstantial evidence
than had been produced in this
CScn0HyoroH he
was innocent. Every action OF
Schneider, he asserted, had beer
that of an innocent man, and ar
eght-hour third degree by auth
critics shortly after the woman
died, failed to shake him.
The States Attorney in his ar
gument, which occupied an hour
declared that it was impossible
that Mr.. Schneider had committed
suicide, because it was shown sh'
was happy and because it was un
thinkable that she would have in
troduced poison into her bod!
over a period Of two or three
: months in an effort to take hel
own life by degrees.
He dwelt upon the testimony O
Joseph Schwan and other wit
nesses, declaring that Schneider
explanations in many particular
were contradicted by Is witnesses
Mr.. Kelsch, speaking for al
hour and a half, declared tina
Schneider's admissions throughou
were consistent with state of in
nocence. The Coroner, he sale
was not suspicious at the tim
of Mrs. Schneider's death. Late
he talked to Joe ,Schwan and the
changed his mind, the attorne
for the defense argued, ASSERTING
that .Joe Schwan wanted to put
guilty conscience on Schneider
He declared "that's why the med
icine cabinet of Joe Schwan wa
not produced
Given Third Degree, he Says
Schneider, he asserted, wa
questioned in the office Of forme
States Attorney McCurdy on Jun
25, 10 days after the woman
death, from 1880 a. m. to p. n
The Justice of the peace called
, a reporter to take down all test
mony, he said.
"They haven't shown that ths
man Cney kepC tHelT 1oI nOui
without anything to eat or drin
made one guilty statement-the
haven't shown one time he lied
Mr.. Keslch declared.
"There was Chief Martinso
who caught the slayer Of the Wo
family; there was the shrewd ju!
tice of the peace.
"Where is the guilty man VIII
!, could defy third degree like thu
and then come out without maxim
a single false statement ?" he asl
ed. "A mans conscience must I
clear to stand against thing lii
that"
He declared that while Il
weeping mother Of the dead w
man was in the court, the test
mony showed that Kasimir SCI
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