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

cutor, the issuing of the warrant was
the only course left open to him.
During the inquest held in the coun-
Gil chamber of the city hall, surprise
followed surprise in rapid succession.
The first hint that the inquest would
not be merely routine affair came
when the district attorney requested
the coroner to exclude all witnesses
from the chamber. In compliance with
the request the coroner ordered the
room cleared.
! The fact that the jury considered
the husbands testimony, which con-
fiicted in all the main points with that
given by other witnesses as peculiar,
was evidenced by their recommends
tion that he be held for murder after
reviewing it for less than Is minutes.
Testimony Differs.
The husband stated that he and his
wife had never quarreled, other than
to have little family "squabbles" like
any other married couple.
Mrs. Charles Amberlang, who had
been called to the home within a few
minutes of the time Mrs. Arthur
Koehl had heard the husband sobbing,
had previously told of statements
made to her in confidence by the dead
woman, of times when Eichelman had
thrown plates at her and choked her.
Eichelman stated that the body of his
wife was warm when he found it, and
that he had Immediately called in the
neighbors.
Charles Amberlang, police officer,
testified that when he arrived, he
found the body cold.
The husband testified that with the
exception of Strengthening out the
dead woman's feet, he had not touched
the body. He, was unable, however, to
explain how his wife's right arm came
to be extended at full length under
the bed, while the death gun was
found six inches away from the hand,
or about midway under the bed.
Eichelman explained his return to
the home after he had gone out to get
| lunch with the intention of going
from there directly to the American
Brass plant, with. the statement that
something seemed to tell me to go
back" He lacked clear cut explain
alton of what that something" was.
He said he had eaten at the Danish
Lunch at the corner of Fremont and
Elizabeth street, and it was from there
that he returned home. 1t was then
nearly 1 o'clock, and he had been
away from his Office since II a. m.
Didn't Want Cops Called.
Amberlang- had testified that when
he came out Of the room where the
dead woman lay, he had said to
Eichelman, "Ben, I'll have to call the
police to which the husband had re-
piled: "Oh, Charley, don't call the
police" and then had started pacing
up and down the rooms moaning,
"Oh, what will ever do" meanwhile
making no reference to his sorrow
over the death of his wife.
The husband had admitted that he
had neither called a doctor or the
police, nor had run out of the house
to give the alarm, but had simply call
ed his father. He was unable to ex-
plain these things other than to say
that he was excited.
| Eichelman was also unable to ex-
plain how the drawer of the bureau
where he was accustomed to keep the
gun, came to be locked when Amber
lang went into the death room.
In response to the grilling of the
district attorney as to how he knew
| his wife had committed cuicide, in
stead of having been murdered by
someone else, he repeatedly answered:
"By the conditions" Asked to explain
what these conditions were, he an
nounced that he smelled powder smoke
when he came into the house. The
wife, however, had never threatened
to commit suicide, he stated.
Bullet Entered Straight.
Another important bit of evidence,
which the jury could not easily re-
concile with the suicide theory, was
the position of the bullet hole in the
womans body. It was found at the
post norton examination, that the
shot had been fired in straight line.
DR.. P. P. M. Jorgensen, who had made
| the examination, testified that the bull
| let entered between the sixth and
seventh rib, drilling directly through
the heart, and DETECTING into the
spinal canal after swapping the tenth
rib from the backbone.
He said the gun would have to be
held perfectly straight to fire the shot,
and added that "there we're no de-
finite powder burns that anyone could
go by." He said that in washing the
body, some of the powder burns might
have been washed ayay. Here the cor
oner interrupted to state that he had
been told by the undertakes, that in
preparing che body they very carefully
had avoided washing near the wound.
/ DR.. Jorgensen then took the death
gun at the direction of Mr.. Barnett,
and after breaking it to make sure
that it was unloadedl placed it at the
spot which correspondent to the exact
location of the bullet hole in the wo-
mans body, and with his right hand
in that cramped position, attempted 20
pull the trigger. He said that he was
unable to work the action in that posi-
ton even with the exertion of all his
strength. During a recess, various
members of the jury took the gun, and
without exception failed to make it
work.
Mrs KoehPs Story.
J Mrs. Arthur Koehl, of SIT Sym
monds street, was the first witness
called by Coroner Parker after the
opening formalities were over. Mrs.
Koehl has lived next door to the
Eichelmans since last July, she said
she had always found them to be a de-
voted couple. She said Mrs. Eichelman
and she had been acquainted in a