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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1899
Page
14
Investigation continues as officials search every medicine bottle and paper for arsenic traces in the home of an elderly man. Drayer and chemists examine items while Mrs Hasenfuss watches nearby. key evidence due at preliminary hearing before Justice Tinsel.
Mrs. Mattie E Hasenfuss was remanded to jail by Justice Huser. The state rested after five witnesses. defense indicated an arsenic eater defense. Arraignments included bond for her son Otto at $500 and Mrs Krieg at $100. bond posted for Krieg. The case centers on arsenic purchase and possible poisoning of Carl Westenfeldt.
The Hasenfuss case shows no tightening developments. Kreig has been questioned daily and claimed Mrs Hasenfuss planned to remarry, which Doughman doubts. Drayer and prosecutors discussed Westenfeldt’s poisoning, with tests showing no arsenic indicators and no fatty degeneration in organs.
The Allen county investigation intensifies as Mrs Hasenfuss remains jailed and instructedstaff to uncover the truth. Her son Walter Hasenfuss arrives from Warren and witnesses a jail scene. Household goods are moved from Madison street to Superior street while authorities examine debris from a well for chemical analysis.
In Fannin County Texas an 11 year old white girl, Alonzo Newton’s daughter, was found hanged near the family home. Sheriff Ribbling and Chief Jackson lead a city police search for suspects as Justice John Steele investigates. Citizens fear lynching amid rising tension and unrest.
Sergeant Stewart notes a lull in enlistments with eight to ten per week expected. Recent recruits include William F. Ambrose and William F. Blick of Arcola, Harvey W. Taylor of Bluffton, Charles E. Smith of Topeka, and John D. Thomas of Fort Wayne. The office stays open through August.
Washington dispatch reports a broad war department reshuffle with Elihu Root taking the port folio August 1 and General Miles slated to command the army. Alger and Otis likely to depart, with Brooks to be replaced by Wood in Cuba, as Roosevelt and Root push a substantial reform.
The article discusses shifts in U S policy with Root set to recall Olis and justify new Cuba plans under Roosevelt style governance. General Lawson or Brooke may replace Otis with Wood and other placements. Insurgent forces in Santo Domingo report telegraph cuts near Santiago de los Caballeros and Mona as Jiminez's forces prepare to strike Santiago.
A cable from the Machias at St. Thomas reports orders to sail tomorrow for San Domingo, with a likely stop at San Juan to land Commander Snow for the naval station. The New Orleans also readies to depart for San Domingo, aiming for a robust U S presence by mid next week to protect American interests amid a possible revolution.
Mrs. Jackson of 305 West One Hundred Forty-seventh Street provided police with evidence of a plot to bomb and wreck major New York buildings. The material, found in the trunk of the late Count Eugene Noroff, included brass cylinders, wires and gun cotton, plus diagrams of the Madison Avenue hotel and other targets, suggesting a coordinated conspiracy by two foreigners.
Gerding and Alman Brothers, city contractors, secured the bid to place a new roof on the Decatur courthouse, winning the contract over rivals and advancing city building improvements.
Colonel Pettit at Fort Thomas Ky reports 1150 enlistments in the Thirty-first regiment, within 200 of quota. Recruiting officers will be withdrawn on Monday, and the unit will be organized for service. War Department says the Thirty-first, Twenty-seventh, and Thirty-second should sail for Manila aboard the Grant Sherman and Sheridan around September 10.
The county auditor last Saturday sold the Goshen ditch in Wayne township for 900 dollars to Frederick Buschman.
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