The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-17

ton again, because he didn't think the
police were hurrying as fast as they
should under the circumstances. I'm
der further questioning, she said that
! she had been told by the dead woman
that "Ben had an awful temper"
Then Mr.. Barnett questioned her
further on the husbands reactions,
and she replied that she thought
| that for man, he was making an
awful show of himself" She said that
she was an intimate friend of Mrs.
Eichelman's, and added that when
she had questioned the husband about
"what they had been Quarreling
about he replied, "she was jealous of
men
Questioned About Drink.
In response to the questions of Mr..
Barnett, she said that she had smelled
either beer or whisky on Eichelman's
breath at the time they were in the
house with him, while the wife still
| lay on the floor. She stated that the
dead woman had told her that when
| Eichelman had a few drinks, he was
mean, but that when real drunk his
disposition turned to one of joviality..
Asked if she had ever known of
Eichelman striking his wife, Mrs. Am
berlang replied, mot with his fist,
but she told me that on one occasion
they had thrown dishes at one
another" She said that Mrs. Eichel-
man had never told her of seeing re-
yolver, but that she knew there was
one in the house, because when she
went over to take care of her on sew
eral occasions, she had seen the gun.
Once she said, it was lying on top of
the dresser.
Mrs. AmBerlang said that Eichelman
did not sit down while they were in
the house, but kept walking around,
throwing his. hands in the air.
! Officer Takes Stand.
Charles Amberlang, police officer
who CHANGED to be off duty and home
at the time the alarm was given, was
the next witness called into the room.
He stated his name, and said that he
| lives at 500 Symrnonds street. He said
that he had known the Eichlemans for
the past four years, and that while he
could not say that he was intimate
with them, yet he had passing ac-.
quaintance, and that the two families
had on a few occasions visited back
and forth.
He said that he didn't hear any shot,
and that his first information of the
tragedy came when Mrs. Koehl came
running over after his wife. He
CHANGED to be coming out from behind
the house where he had been fixing
/ / -; nI~a hat hn
along with the women.
He said that the first thing that ex-.
cited his suspicion was that the dead
womans arm was stretched out com
pletely under the bed. He said that
from the wound, which apparently had
gone through the heart causing in
slant death, he could not see how she
could have gotten into that position.
He testified that he found the gun
about six inches from the dead wo-
mans right hand, or almost under the
middle of the bed.
Amberlang stated that he broke the
gun open and while he did not eject
the shells, he saw where firing pin
had exploded one of them. What got
me FIRST" he said, twas how she could
have gotten that arm under the bed"
"Millie Shot Herself"
The officer testified that when he
first came into the house he asked
Eichelmail, ''What has happened Ben"
to which the husband replied: "lMillie
shot herself" sss,4s AZ
! "Whose gun did she have" asked,
to which he replied: mime"
"Then what did he say?" the district
GIr h.
was in the dresser drawer. When
went into the room found the drawer
locked, and the key hanging part way
out of the lock-"
In response to further questioning
by the prosecutor, Amberlang testified
that the husband came to the door, but
did not come into the room. He stated
that as he came out of the room, he
said: "I'll have to call the police" to
which Eichelman replied: ooh, Char
lev, don't call the police Amberlang
said that then he started to pace up
and down the room.
Asked how the husband acted, AM
berlang replied that he was crying,
then he paused and added cor at least
he made out that he was crying"
81 Got Dinner"
Amberlang declared that he ques-
toned the husband as to what had
happened, and he was told that Eichel-
man came home and got dinner, and
made her cup of coffee. Asked by
Mr.. Barnett if there was any indication
that a meal had been cooked, to which
the witness replied that he had locked
in the kitchen but had failed to find any
indication of anything having been
cooked or disarranged The officer
stated that when he went into the
room he found cup about quarter
full of black coffee together with two
small crackers which had not been
touched. He said the husband then
told of leaving for dinner, and that
he came back to the house, and found
his wife dead II asked him why he
came back" Amberlang said, and he
made no answer. Instead he began to
pace up and down and cry, "My God,
what will l ever do"
Amberlang stated in all of the hus
bands EXPLANATIONS there was no mem
ton of his wife's name, but that
rather he seemed to be thinking Of
/ himself.
Father Arrives.
The witness then told Of the arrival
of Henry Eichelman, the husbands
father, who got there ahead of the
noIice He looked at the BODY He said