The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15

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paper arrows on the house before
photographing it, and that he took
he photographs of the house ano
the groups Of buildings from a pc.
sition south or southeast of them
These photos were offered by the
State as exhibits A, B, c and D.
It does not appear in the record
Of the case, so far, but it is known
that Jurica is a nephew of Lud-
milla Geisler who came here from
Custer county after the G%eislers
deeth to take charge of the crops
and livestock on the place where
they had resided.
Neighbor Testi6es
Reinhold Hoffman. Biem, next
placed on the stand, said he had
resided at Biem for nine years
and that his buildings were locat-
ed close to those of Anton Gels
Ter, that Anton and Ludmilla
Geisler were husband and wife
and that the latter had come to
the Geisler farm about June,
1925, and that she had lived there
until the time of her death. He
testified that Ferdinand Schlaps
had come to the Geisler place to
work about Easter Sunday and
that he had worked for the Gels
lers about four weeks prior to
May /, the date of the murder of
the Geislers. He stated that he
was not home on the afternoon
Of May /, but that he had seen
Anton Geisler and another man,
presumably Schlaps, in the Gels
Ter yard about noon of that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoffman left home
between 1 and 2 o'clock that af-
ternoon and did not return until
about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Seeing about 20 car at the
Geisler place on his return, was
the first intimation Hoffman had
of trouble there. Hoffman identl-
fled the photographs introduced
as exhibits in the case, and testi-
fed at length in regard to the
sort of holes made by shotgun
shots fired at long and short
range. He said that the hole in
the window screen at the Geisler
home was about an inch in dame
ter and that, in his opinion, who
ever fired the shot must have been
only two or three steps outside
the window. He told of blood
being spattered on the ceiling and
of blood stains on the floor and
on the wall of a leanto to the
house. Indications showed the
second shot had been fired from
within the house. On o ex-
animation. Hoffman testified that
his two oldest boys were working
in the field on the afternoon of
May /, and were a half mile
away from the Hoffman house.
Identifies Gun
A 12-gauge. single-barrel Stew
ems shotgun was introduced as
Exhibit E, and was identified by.
Hoffman as a gun which Geisler
had bought at a sale and as the
gun which he saw at the Geisler
farm on the afternoon of May 2.
The gun contained n shell which
had been exploded. Hoffman tes-
tilted that he had seen three 12-
gauge shells, which County At
torney Erickson of Sheridan coun-
~ had given him that said had
been discharged. and which heI
said he gave to Sheriff Anderson.
cross examination, he stated
that while he saw a round hole
in the window screen. he could
not remember of seeing any brok-
en- glass lying around. and that
while there were blood stains on
The walls and ceiling of the Gels
.er house on Sunday afternoon,
Nav 2, he could not say positive
that they were human blood.
He was positive that one~of the
men at the Geisler place Satur-
Law noon was Anton Geisler
he had known for q num-
Der of years, but said he was not
personally acquainted with
5chlaps, and therefore could not
swear that Schlaps was the other
nan. The court room was packed
Thursday afternoon, and the in
crest wss keen. Schlaps dis
played little interest in the pro-
,eedings and kept his gaze on the
,loor most Of the time.
Charged With Single Murder
It is significant that while both
Mrs. Geisler and her husband were
hot to death on May 1st, Schlaps
charged in this case with the
murder Of only Ludmilla Geisler.
Tony Geisler had resided in the
3iem and Homestead vicinities for
bout nine years. Mrs. Geisler
'Ludmills Aldrich) came here
rom Texas in the summer Of