The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-22
Describes Bullet Holes

Geisler car by a home made white
cardboard placard saying '1icense
applied for" The witness sale
that he had been away from home
May 2, but that he had gone over
to the Geisler place on Monday
when Attorney Marion, Sheriff
John Anderson and others were
there. He described the holes in
the window and wall and said that
about half the window pane of the
window, through which shot was
fired, was broken out, that there
was splintered glass in a flower
box under the window and that
a stick standing in the flower box
had been shot in two. He corrob-
GRATED testimony by other witness
ses as to the condition of the
house and the relation of the vari-
u buildings to each other.
Saturdays Evidence
Direct and cross examination of
Martin Nelson occupied the entire
afternoon. A pair of blood stain
ed ~overalls were offered by the
prosecution as Exhibit H. and
were identified by Nelson as the.
overalls worn by Sehlaps when
Nelson saw him at the Mcneil
farm, west of Homestead, on the
afternoon of May 2. Nelson also
saw the garment on Schlaps at
the hall in Homestead, at the time
of the coroner's inquest the same
day, and later in the car going
to Plentywood.
He was positive of the identi-
fcation. Asked in regard to the
spots on the o~veralls, Nelson said
they looked like blood spots. Ask
ed by Attorney Noun if they
might not be paint spots. Nelson
explained in detail the difference
in the sort of spots made by paint
and by blood. When asked if
he knew very much about paint,
he replied that he had sold it for
10 years. He identified states
Exhibit E as the gun he had ex-
amined at the Tony Geisler home
May q. He was there in company
with County Attorney Salisbury
of Sheridan county, Carter Phelps
and others. :
Schlaps Only Witness
In cross examining Mr.. Nelson, :
Attorney Noun asked him in de-
tail about the various happen i
ings May 1, which, he had testi- :
fed to, and questioned him min !
utely in regard to the coroner's :
inquest held at the Homestead Z
hall that evening. 1t was brought y
out by this examination that Fer
dinand SchlSps was the only wit \
ness called at the inquest. Schlaps q
was called by County Attorney 2
Erickson because he was alleged >
to have confessed to Sheriff Sails 4
bury to the killing Of both Lud- {
milla and Anton Geisler. After Il
his testimony had been given at G
the inquest it was not deemed ne n
cessary to go farther to ascertain +,
the cause of death. II
Nelson told of assisting Fulker- :,
son of Medicine Lake, a licensed Il
embalmer, in preparing the bodies !,
for shipment. He told that in the +
case of Mrs. Geisler, the wound ),
in the neck had severed both an i
artery and the jugular vein. On i
redirect examination Nelson h,
stated that the reason he did not i
make a more detailed and thor a
ough examination of the wounds j
on the bodies of the Geislers was :,
because the examination made =
was sufficient for his purpose in :,
preparing the bodies for burial and y
the testimony of Schlaps at .,
,he inquest he deemed farther in 4
yestigation s%uperfluous. h.
Describes Wounds s
With defense counsel interpos- F.
ne frequent objections to ques- G
ions and testimony of states wit
less, the Sheridan county coro- in
1er, who was the only witness d.
the morning, the case H
ragged Saturday afternoon. BIZ
Martin S. Nelson, Sheridan county ps
.oroner, was the only witness ex- IN
He had directed recovery NJ
# the bodies Of Anton and Lud- dc
Geisler from the Big Muddy
liver on the morning of May 2,
rad conducted the coroner's in y,
Iuest at Homestead that day and ~
light and, the following day, had !
lssisted in embalming the bodies ve
It Plentywood, preparing them for =,
hipment to Sinner, Tex. Al
He testified at length as to the e.
acersted condition Of wounds on M
10Th bodies when taken from the .
His testimony showed that a..
he wounds were sufficient to h.
ause death. About a fourth Of : -
he woman's neck was shot away, -
he juguIar vein and several ar -,
cries were severed in the neck en-
nd a large, jagged wound wss 90
ound in thn abdomen. cauSing