Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-12-09 | Page 1 | Court Orders Doctor Craig Freed of Murder Charge

Orders rs Doctor Craig Freed Fed of Murder Charge 1 1 Z t 1 ie F j 1 4 1 s s1 1 y- y It J JJ Jt t I J 1 r rC C tp r I I I 4 1 4 t I b 1 l I S DR WILLIAM B B. CRAIG Prominent Indianapolis surgeon Who was cleared of murder charge Iy by Order ot of court today z I I II I 11 w I s 's 11 I I I I I I I I I DR HELENE KNABE who was murdered Octo October bor 25 1911 STATE DIDN'T PROVE HE K-I K KILLED W INC 0 MA MAIl N Mrs Helene Knabe Was Slain in October 1911 First Report of Death Was Suicide SHELB SHELBYVILLE VILLE lad Ind Dee Dec Judge Alonzo Alonso N. N Blair today the jury to dismiss the cue case against Dr William B. B Craig charged d with the murder ot of Dr Helene Holene Knabe at t Indianapolis In- In 1911 The mation mo ma- tion to d dismiss s the case rase was wa made by Attorney Henry for tor the defend ant yesterday when the st state te concluded Its evidence Mr Spun In his hia argument to IDS IDS- miss the case s said d he Dr Knabe was waa murdered but said nid It is a afar far cry from the proposItion that Dr Knabe was as murdered murder d to tho proposition that Craig did it II Ho He declared that tho state had failed to connect Dr Craig with the crime and also aleo haw had failed to establish nay motive for it Attorneys for lor the tho state argued that their evidence e was as to convict but they were vene o overruled over over- r. r ruled by Judge Blair Dr helene was one ot of the most prominent nt women doctors in the tho state and at one time timo was connected with tho state board of health She Sho was M found dead ead in her apart apart- moat in Indianapolis on the tho morning of October 24 1911 by her hor office girl gir Miss Katherine McPherson l The police po po- lice after a 8 long investigation reo ported at Dr Knabe committed sul- sul chic cide Women ot of became inter inter- ested Bud and employed a a. private ate detective a 13 to gather ather evi evidence nce It was on to report ort trI tr- tr the tho third grand jury which s the tb case caso returned I December 31 1912 1012 against j and A. A M. M Ragsdale an be and administrator of the tate an an or was bas baa baaI after the fact and po no wm will bo be I acquit acquitted jr 1 I