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Hasenfuss case details reveal poisoning, arsenic and wills
Testimony outlines alleged poisoning schemes, arsenic findings, and complex financial dealings surrounding Carl Westenfeld and Mrs Hasenfuss. Witnesses describe meals, letters to Virginia Milwaukee and Wisconsin, estate bequests, and a 1896 will with marked erasures as defense and prosecution clash over motive and culpability.
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Fort Wayne
Cadillac
John Hasenfuss
Hasenfuss
Phil Lantlag
Milwaukee
Doughman
Mattie Chambers
Witness
Mr. Westenfeld
Walter
Indianapolis
Duemling
Laura L. Schuler
Carl Westenfeld
Madison Street
Mattie E. Hasenfuss
Westenfeld
Calhoun
Douglass Avenue
Grossfadder
the Sentinel
F. H. Schellmann
Louise Vieland
Westenfeld- Hasenfuss
Virginia
Westenfel
T. J. Logan
Hasenfus
A. P. Buchman
Christian Zeberding
John Street
Zion's Lutheran Church
Biddle
Shoemaker
Chas. B. Moellering
Lafayette
Lewis Streets
Stutz
Dr. Stutz
Dr. Wallace
Didemling
Elizabeth Weimer
East Crieghton Avenue
Defendant
Mr. Zerberding
Zerberding
Henry Colerick
W. G. Colerick
Henry Solerick
Belot
O’rourke
Frederick Kohrman
Testator
Charlotte
Conrad Westenfeld
Frederick Salge
Wilhelmina Salge
Charlotte Kohrman
Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
Christian Tresselt
HB. C. Tresselt
Allen County