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*uroaa in me Lana on Tuesd$*S*IS*lt;5*S*lt;5*Flt;S*IS*IS*Be KutzmDsn Trial.Interest in the Trial of Baron Erich Von Kntzlebea on a Charge of Murder holds its Place.S*IS*S*s*= (5*e*S*5*SiS*S*SiSiSiIS*S*SiS*S*SiSiSiS*SiSiS*S*SiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiS*S0.1E FAniLY HISTORY.All last week the Kutzleben trial occupied the attention of the district court at Marengo. Great crowds attended each session aod the progress of the case is peculiarly free from delays occasioned by disputes over testimony. The attorneys engaged on the case are makings clean fight on strictly legal grounds while the courts rulings have been widely commended for their apparent fairness and adherence to the long line of precedents by which court practices are so much controlled.The State introduced several witnesses whose testimony related to the wreck of the train iu which Engineer Hotchkiss received fatal injuries.Rock Island detectives furnished teetimouy relative to the tracing of ( the crime of wrecking the train to Kutzleben.The “Bason's” Confession.On Fridays bitter legal fight was engaged in between the attorneys over the admission as evidence, on the part of the prosecution, of the written confession made by the prisoner soon after his arrest The defense objected to the admission i this confession on the ground that Rock Island detective intimated that if a confession would be made clemen cy would be extended. The prosecu tioo held that the confession was one of its most vital points as without it taugible evidence of the prieioner'a guilt would be hard to establish Judge Byiogtoo ruled that the confession, together with the alleged means by which it was obtained, should lie submitted to the jury and its worth determined by that body.The Motheb As a Witness.Baroness Kutzleben, the mother of the prisoner, was placed on the stand on Thursday. She is an aged lady and came ail the way from Germany in defense of her son. As she speaks English but poorly, her examination was conducted through an interpreter. The gist of her tcotimony was to the effect that her son had through life been subject to sinking spells and was always melancholy. She and her husband were first cousins and their five living children ate marked by exceptional physical or mental capacities.On cross examination by the state it was shown that the defendant was an electrical worker and in Germany had charge of a gang of men, thus indicating his sound mental condition.Landlord Haas of Amana testified that the priaiouer had boarded with him prior to the wrecking of the train and that he always considered him a bright youth.Dr. T. H. Hill of Dos Moines, a specialist on insanity and lecturor in the state.university, testified that tho defendant's head is abnormal, that tho ears are not mates, and on theBe Sure to Use OnlyCream of Tartar Baking PowderThe fi will las people t would dc I buy Also buy kinds of pelts.Let me your pla market pFood made with alum baking powder carries alum to the Stomach unchanged. Scientists have positively demonstrated this and thatsuch food is partly indigestible and unhealthful.At CitSquare, Vlaid the sword on bis shoulders he was made the firet Marquis of Brandenburg, the province in which Berlin is now located.Bernd von Zieten, born in 1345, is the next name that appears on the family tree in the records filed with the courts at Marengo. The records are incomplete because of the destruction of the churches during the troublous times that followed in central Europe centuries latter. The same estatos were held, however, and this man was the ruler of Berlin aod Colonge lying close the together in province. Hans von Zieten, born in 1449, came from Wiedburg, and was made CouDt of Russia.Joachim von Zeiten, who was born in 1686, hold practically the same estates as a feudal lord and married Catherine vonRotheu thus addingan-otber large estate. From this down to the present the lineage of the family is traced without a break. Jacob Fried rib is the next son and succeeding him is Levin Friedrich who was the author of the German military laws then written. He married Auguste von Schulte. Then succeeded Gottfried Christopher von Lieten of Wurtenburg, Carl Hartuug aod Charlotte Josephine, who married Carl. von ; Kutzleben, joining the Kutzlebon family with tho older one of the Zieten.Dates Back to 1657.The Kutzleben family dates back to Christian von Kulzlobcn, who was born in 1657 and who became posses-sos of the estate of Freyen bessiogea. The descendants who succeeded to this estate were Christian Melchior, Albrecht Adolph. The estate was changed here by the marriage of Caroline von Bultlar to Erich Wilhelm Kutzleben and the seatvonrhnla il ratline miili »1-- _ A.moved to Willersbausan including the Kammerjunker estate. N**xt in ine Is Friedrich August von Kutzleben, who marries Louise von Bendell They have two children, Ferdinand and Carl. The latter marriod Charlotte von Zieten. A son and daughter in each of these families i9 married to the other family, makiog a double marriage of first cousins. Two ofDaAbout town just Congresst secretary, leave for ’ of Decern con grass, the wealth things in 8 work durii The mat congTessm 50 cent ci year, wou! would just what he ca other won hours of 6 Mr. Nyi -and system Mr. Dawso in the gent never dreai man has a details, the haps unusii ceives betv day on e-Every onec considerate the subjeci Mr. Dawsoi other day t that if Da for the mlt; down and d at come leD, that hiacorr He takes a parently, a us try hard certainly do hammer anTvhat lie Wbihas a cejgn ning to reali until it crealHerb WHerb W. Iowa, got a winter, sprai ing his knee “they were afraid I wou but I rubbed Iain's Pain 1 plications al. ed. For eariay Chan:The Rock ment wishes Kaiona. It fact that ove tion named nf tho si.nita
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Williamsburg Journal Tribune
Williamsburg, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1905
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