The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-07-23

AIOSS examinations DIOuEnL out Lne
fact that he could identify the Gels
Ter car by a home made white card
board placard saying license applied
for" The witness said that he had
been away from home May 2, but
that he had gone over to the Gels
Ter 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 IN
der the window and that a stick
standing in the flower box had been
shot in two. He cOrrObOrated testi-
mony by other witnesses as to the
condition of the house and the rela-
ton of the various buildings to each
other
Phelps Takes Stand
Carter Phelps, Homestead, store
keeper and postmaster, was put on
the stand by the state Friday after
noon and testified that he was well
acquainted with the Geislers. He told
of going to the Big Muddy river about
II o'clock the forenoon of May 2 in
company with County Attorney Eric
son, and NJ. S. Nelson, coroner OF
Sheridan county, both Of Plentywood
He told Of seeing the bodies in the
river and corrobOrated the testimony
Of Olaf Larson regarding their loca-
ton near the east bank of the river
| south of the steel bridge. He also
testified to observing the clear i'm
| preston of car tires of small size in
/ the sand on a little used road that
/ ran along the east bank Of the river
He said he saw what appeared TO bt
blood stain in the sand at interval:
along this road, which led to the trai
/ to the irrigation dam, where the
body of Anton, or TOney, Geisler wa!
fCund. Phelps said he watched then
take the body of Geisler out of tn,
water and recognized Geisler. Gels
Ter he said, had on working clothe.
I and was fully dressed, and there wa
| a large hole in the left shoulder O
his outer Jacket. When the body o
the woman was taken from the wa
ter, he testified, he viewed it 70
about ten minutes before being abb
to identify it positively as that o
Mrs. Geisler. Smallpox scars on he
face proved the identity, he said.
Wounds Lacerated
She had on dark blue or black sir
semi-heavy underwear, a stocking Of
| the left foot, but no shoes. He de
scrbed in detail, a wound on the lef
side Of her boCy near the groin. whicI
he observed later when the bodie
were at the undertaker's office a
! PlentywOOd. The witness said thi
wound was badly lacerated, as wa
! the wound in her left elbow and on
IN the right side of her neck. IT
said that nearly a quarter o.f the nee
was torn away.
Phelps testified that he was famili
lar with the two-door sedan ov-ne
by Ioney Geisler and that as post
master, he had delivered license plate
to Geisler prior to April Is. Geislel
he said, had not put the plates O
before May /, the homemade pincar
reading, License Applied for" bein
the way he identified that car whe
ne saw it at Homestead after 10 O
clock on the night of May /. Tn
witness was not certain who was /
the car at that time.
Phelps told of visiting the Meme
, place, farmeG BY. Jack Wolf. a brotl
er-in-law Of Schlapsz, about 3 o'cloc
the afternoon Of May 2, when Attoi
ney Erickson, Coroner Nelson, Roo
, ney Salisbury, Sheridan sheriff, an
others were there, He told of view
ing the Geisler car there and noticin
that the right running board appear
, ed to have been washed. Looking in
side the car, he noticed a dark REQ
, brown stain on the light brown car
, pet about a foot in diameter under
! meath the folding seat. He also NJ
j tlced what appeared to be be
: blanket IN the back Of the car but al
: not observe stains on this. He sal
: ne saw Ferdinand Schlapsz at tn
time and observed several reddis
stains near the knee Of his faded blu
! Overalls. On discrimination h
, said that these stains could not hav
been caused by paint. Phelps state
that he was particularly intereste
IN the condition of the bodies afte
they were embalmed, for he ha
charge of shipping them to Shine
Tex, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Al6ricl
parents of Mrs. Geisler.
This interest led him to examin
the bodies closely at the undertaken
parlOr at Plentywood. He identifie
a photograph Of the bodies, take
when they were partly embalmed, a
those Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geisler. eros
examination failed to make Nj
Phelps deviate from original state
ments.
Nelson Is Called
Martin S. Nelson, of Plentywoo,
, Sheridan County coroner, who had er
gagged in the undertaking business fo
, the last eight years, cOrrOborate
statements made by Mr.. Phelps as t
the condition of the various wound
found on the bodies of Mr.. and Mr.
Geisler, and went into detail in re
gard to the method of embalmin
bodies when death has been nature
and when it has come as the resul
Of wounds. He said that, while @,
dlnarlly three quarts Of embalmin
; fluid are sufficient, he had found
necessary to use seven quarts in tn
case of Ludmilla Geisler. He sal
that the wounds were badly lacerate
that he found gunshot in both tn
bodies Of Tony and Ludmilla Geisle
apparently the same size shot an
/ that the circulation had been broke
IN several places in the body of Mr.
: Geisler so that embalming was MOI
difficult. Mr. Nelson identified tI
/ DhOtouraDhe IF the fha Caielpre an