Show C RINE CRIME THAT THIEDE HIED DIED roe history of tho the aur murder der the trial and conviction the cilmo for which charles thiede suffered cd the th death penalty was riot irot only of an all atrocious and revolting nature theode was overpowered and curcey ix tied at tills this time the body of the blur dered woman was ivas ank upon a pool table in fit the past end of tho the saloon and am the fact had hj already been established by an examination that tier her head bad biad been almont severed fronz from her body with 00 bonio no sharp instrument sheriff mcqueen started out on oil a still hunt in quest or of tile the knife which presumably preau mably played such puch en ca important part in the teril hIL crumdy upon a visit to thle Th ledos aas place tile the shilly 11 I 1 seen it a laric large bread knife the lai bar r and ns this knafo was ink inkling sing it was I 1 the ile sheriffs belief tint that it was walh filar instrument that hod perpetrated tho the el ci inie ime KNIFE WAS NEVER FOUND the knife however ivas was not found a nd all rubw quent for it 0 titled ended only in ill disappointment shortly after the pincers aniced at Thle Thi deg tiles place about fifty members of the industrial army were drawn to tho the spot by tho the report of it the murder and when bell the industrials I 1 learned that theodo had lliam of tile ali icell ing IL EL cry of ilana him went out from a dozen throats at this hla time deputy sheriff montgomer omeo was in role charge charse or the sheriff ari ing gono gone over to alum ay tor for a fe few inlo ules ant and fearons fel r ing f from ro I 1 the ahr threatening eatean of clift fit thab on nn hanging might take claw place ile ho ushered his into it a bargy im ky and drove awny away irom from tit Th I 1 odes ledee saloon mr mantrom ery cry drove to harry hayness Haynes 9 atom at murray Al UrraY and later the prisoner was wan brought to thi the county jail ilen NEARLY CUT OFF the spot at which lira thiede stink down upon tire the ground in tho ilia threca of a violent death was about fifteen feet but was the culmination of the albort ansur unsurpassed basined brutality brut alliy with which lie list had created his hl mock meek ant and little wife for year preceding t he tho murder lacking Lackin if in algoet almot almott t every gentlemanly instinct and a bruto brute by nature sit aa the evidence third io was A a di Tion ft when under the influence of liquor and aa is this was hla big normal condition those with whom ho associated and esar chally ills wife reaped the consequences per for several years aylor pi lor to the awful knife thrust which almost severed her head bead from her body and pl lccy d hr her boyo n d tho the fear eu ot of the inhuman cruel fr ties which her husband continuously practiced upon tier her there HICK wait wa ever a time lime according to the testimony of reputable witnesses that thai the heart brokon little womans comans fice face lid did not bear tho the trace of brutal blows and tier her fryes eyes kavo gave evidence of almost continual weeping HER LAST BEATING ellel Tl lel had administered a 0 beating to lo its ills wife on sunday evening pree e ding tho he murder and evidences of oc jt acro found upon lir her body titter after tier her deac death t ile he also threatened to kill her at v various AL rl times but these threats became SO flo frequent that those of AIM T Thle Isle dB dels friends to lo nhe bho confided her lexis fears had brown to little or no importance ports tuce to them whan ill lie newa went out on the earl carev V morning of may 1 1801 1894 bov boever bovver ver that 1 mrs rs th thiede cdo had beer been murdered between lweln 10 and 12 on the night before ore a rosio resounding 1 I told you so 0 o echoed and r rp echoed throughout tho locality itt III which do resided molded and the belief wils waa aim almost js L unanimously expressed that the w woman ornan had net dealt at the hands hand of be her r hush husband slid the final oil outcome georno of th the 0 case la Is almont conclusive proof that the surmises were correct 3 MESSAGE it was waa about 4 on the morning of fa may lay 1 1831 1991 that a telephone mesi sege rea reached h e sheriff at the c county I 1 J jail in this city notifying him of oc the murkier murder As soon as possible after the receipt of tile tho int intelligent elligen cc the sheriff secured a conveyance unit anil I 1 in n company with deputy sh sheriff orlif montgomery go drove to Th ledes ledea place a 86 short distance no northwest r thweat ot of proper AR aa tho the officers approached the scene of of the trashy tragedy aby y saw ban standing lit in the south door of his saloon sa loon but it us soon rig aa lii lie lapiad therit tl ieiri ho retired in into to the ralo baloon onit mid and wh alwn L n the entered ho he was behind the bar coolly tossing down rk a drink of 0 liquor chars the matter here sheriff Alc Queer demanded as he approached tho the bar 1 I killed my wife last night toledo answered anaw pred well I 1 you lid did alie llio sheriff ad added led and I 1 place you under arrest 1 I kill her they tile tho industrial army lilloll lill liti ll loel her theode nil quickly to kly antei and ou have noi no tight light to arbert me sheriff thought othema other alro however and ater after is short sou ill 1 e co easterly terly from the aaa end of Thi edns saloon building an examination revealed tile die fact thata the jugular luRi ildr veins and lindill win windpipe dill had hern been anil and that it took at least lea it two stroke of the kniat to inflict tho the injury it ana alio alao discovered thia that one of mrs airs Th ledes langois hail had been ix en almost severed from her hand anil and blood blond which looked as if ft it had spurted from IL wound was waa found folind iii upon ort the south door of th saloon evidences of ih 0 alvere struggle wore were plainly apparent at anil and near the spot whore where tho the body was found and as Th Tb ledes hands mid ind clothing were covered with blood it ft Is 4 not surp that ho he was Inki immediately nedla tely I 1 17 ll 11 was waa the theory of like that lira alra came caine to the he south it door of if the saloon and that the struggle eKlo began there here with the cullins of her finger andi and ended w ali ben n the deadly thrusts wore were a few feet sway away dr benedict who save expert testimony rn 0 11 y upon toledo a it bilal lal RUVO gave it as his h opinion that the murderer must have stood behind the woman and beld her ber by tire the hair with the file lert left hand while bill hn yielded the murderous slashes fifth i ith il a large knife ITT in his film right lr I 1 r was of 0 the further 0 pinion opinion that the murderer was waa a large powerful man and that the wounds were I 1 the ile result of two separate strokes of I 1 alic knife himself was the first to announce tile the murder of his tillee ills story upon ohp stand III with th relation n to the fatal night was substantially as follows TI lIEDES TESTIMONY we had supper between 7 and S that evening sly my st slaters aters mrs schmidt and mrs pierson Pl erson and ania husbands hus bum banda bands were at the house aill an 1 we all went over to tho the saloon and drank F ime beer A little lifter r 9 mrs birs blohm and aless LI birch came caine in and called tor for some nine my alte ito and I 1 eat on the couch after a ter they went away and I 1 read to tier her from the hie newspaper about the industrial army encamped near by after that she went over to the house paying that bhe wits going TC ans to bell bed and I 1 fell asleep on tile the cot col in the saloon A couple of hours houra later inter two wo came into th ill caloon ond called for drinks they remained A short time and went away about 1230 0 I 1 slipped filli ped outside of tho the saloon and saw a 1 light I 1 in I 1 my iny cifes bedroom I 1 also noticed that the he blinds were up I 1 went over to poe ee what wag wa ane matter hut but found the doors locked I 1 then craw crawled lesl through a window hot but could not find her I 1 then returned to the saloon and found her body face downward I 1 immediately in ran over to Lauen borgers and him to come over acting upon his big advice I 1 went for dr ferrebee and on th way I 1 saw two strange men Aval walking king along the railroad track I 1 told the doctor to corno comp with ill me quick as my wires throat was cut when I 1 got ot back to trip the saloon the th doctor Lau ladenberger enberger unit and lf A went t to whore tin the body lay I 1 held lantern tern they carried the body into the and tile the doctor made an examination of the wounds RAID SHE TALKED TA 1 I told the doctor that when I 1 found my cifes body she ehe something that sounded like oil oh charlie the doctor feind the house key in her pocket I 1 believed she had committed coi suicide le and wanted to look throng IT the house to pee fee it if she had loft a note not e but I 1 concluded not to RO go in III TO alone 0 chlode further claimed mot upon the body lie ho picked I 1 it t up in big arms and turned it over it wa was l in this way that lie he accounted tor for the ho blood blond found upon ills hla hands and clothing fit at tile the time of his arrest stony T jacob the old german alborn fiert notified no tilled of the murder that thai thle de was v very cry much excited when lie he camp came over anti and aroused him film with the cry mother alother anil and father my wife Is dowl dead listor later however low cautioned Lauen berrger not to say anything Ir thing about the trouble that had occurred between intveen him and his big wife on 1 iho he sunday evening preceding at till tills a i time 1 me hands mild and cloah ing were covered with coid lie ile advanced vIl ced tile theory that its his difo had d comal committed eted suicide but Lau 1 enberger said that tha cant can t be for there Js Is no knife here then said that lie he believed that someone had tried to outrage 0 tier her COURTS counts FOUND HIM GUILTY although thiede told a reasonably straight story upon ibe he stand lie he was contradicted time and again by the weight of tile the evidence introduced him ills ilia declaration to the effort effect that hla his wife ife said oil oh charlie illicit lie picked tier her up did more than any an y one thing to stamp his story as A a falsehood false hood ns As n s the lie physicians who examined the womans comans wounds testified that it would wool have beim been a a physical impossibility for her to have uttered a word after the jugular veins and wind pipe vered it wax aso also shown that chloda sold liquor to a 0 man over th hir bir while his irl wires rea denil dead body waa ay ing upon the ground lea than thirty feet away Arri which fell strongly stron fily emphasized hla his utter titter lack inck of f feel eling lne As mentioned elsewhere the proof also ISO showed that lie had bad shamefully abused its his wife for years at and 1 it kept tier her in continual tear fear of her life taken ra as a whole tho evidence although was overwhelmingly 0 gly against Th lele and at aft the in of hla his me module trial bei before I judge bartelt in october Of Oe tober am tile the jury returned a verdict of guilty ofa of mur murder derIn in tho the first degree without any r recommendation commendation for mercy ilia cafe was vas then appealed to the ilal supreme court and then to the Su supreme court of the united states flatea but both tribunals affirmed the judgment of the lower court theode was sentenced to be him puns by judge r on november 6 5 and re st by judge lilles on oil juno jun lath I 1 last I 1 |