Arthur Hill was the next witness: Anna Wiese was visiting at my house the night she was murdered. I live about eighty rods south of place of murder; I went into the house about 9:15 o’clock. She remained until 10; my clock was not right; it didn’t keep good time. Think she left my house about 10 o’clock. The next thing that occurred was Perry Griggs calling me. It was about ten minutes, possibly a little more, after Anna left. Saw Mr. Russie standing in the road and Anna lying by the side of the highway. I got quite close, some four or five feet, before discovering that her throat was cut. The weeds stood from three to four feet high, weeds and grass were tramped down where she lay, but standing weeds threw a shadow over the features. Moon was east of south, rather low; was very little wind, from southwest. I afterward roused the neighbors. Called “Cy” twice. Didn’t call very loudly. Was probably ten feet from the door. Bennett came to the door; opened the inside door but not the screen. I told him what had happened. He asked me what we were going to do. Someone might have asked Bennett what was the matter; he answered that Anna had been killed. Arthur Sherlock went out to help search. I remained on my horse. Didn’t hear much conversation between Bennett and his wife.

Cross – One might tell a man from a woman, if walking, in the day time from Bennett’s cowyard and to my place. My wife and I started to go to bed directly after Anna left that night. Noticed her face was discolored when I went over and looked at her in the slough. I said, “Her throat is cut!” Remember that I said on the former trial that Perry Griggs told me Anna was killed, or murdered.

The Court – Did Arthur come down and get ready to go while you were there?

Witness – Yes. Arthur rode back with me to my place, and inquired the particulars of the murder. He seemed to talk and act naturally. Mrs. Bennett was at the funeral and did not exhibit any signs of uneasiness or excitement.

Court adjourned till Monday morning.

Sheriff Pence was the first witness introduced this morning. A maple club was introduced that was not submitted on the former trial, which he recognized as one he had found in Bennett’s cow yard. The sheriff related the story of his connection with the case, the arrest of Mrs. Bennett and search of the house and premises. He found some overalls hanging in a room that were damp, as if recently washed. Shortly after the murder he noticed a scratch on Mr. Bennett’s nose, some three-fourths of an inch long. It seemed to have been recently made. Witness identified the blue waist submitted in evidence as the one which Deputy Sheriff Yeager had found in Bennett’s house at the time of defendant’s arrest. Mrs. Bennett was arrested about Nov. 9. She said at the time that she was sick, with typhoid fever; said she had barely been able to get out into the kitchen. Witness said Mr. Haas gave him a knife (recognized knife submitted in evidence). Saw marks or stains, as of blood, on the knob of screen door and the door casing; looked like finger marks. Also found stains on the gate of the cow yard.

Cross-examined by Caswell – Arrived at the scene of the murder about 2 a.m.; as I remember the moon was nearly south; the body lay close by the side of the traveled portion of the highway; after I got there I gave orders to search for the murderer; there was talk that Isenhart was the guilty man and someone said to go after him; started to find Isenhart myself and told others to patrol the country in different directions till daylight; had no trouble to see that the girl was dead; her face was covered with blood; her clothing was straightened down and was bloody; didn’t notice her hair; was not there when the body was carried to Rusie’s; the inquest was commenced before I left; discovered some hair in her hand; it occurred to me before that there might be hair in her hand; I went in and suggested it to the coroner and we then examined and found it there; knew nothing about hair being on her shoulder. I left at daylight; heard it remarked that there was no grass trampled down over the fence; was over the fence into the slough, probably twenty feet; saw no footprints or trail; saw two blood stains on the fence wire; did not search on Sunday following the murder, nor on Monday. Tuesday we went out and took up the body; during all this time we had been hunting for Isenhart; saw the scratch on Bennett’s nose either Sunday evening or Monday; it aroused my suspicion. Did not testify to this on former trial because I was not questioned regarding it. When I found the stain on the knob I thought it was suspicious, but did not take the knob off. Said nothing to Bennetts about the blood stains. Sheriff Foster and Mr. Yeager assisted me in the search. Mrs. Bennett did not object to my searching the house; she accompanied us during the search and assisted. The examination now passed to a laborious and tedious description of Bennett’s cowyard and the gates, especially the gate in which the blood stained board is said to have been found. The blood was on the second board from the top; none on the other boards; it was an old looking gate. Saw no other blood stains about them; stain on board was continuous, as if made at one daub; don’t know that the stains on the knob or casing were from blood. Saw similar clubs in the barnyards of other parties in the neighborhood, but none stained just like this one. Counsel for defense here endeavored to have witness admit that he had sworn out the information for the arrest of Isenhart and had sent Marshal Waters after him subsequent to the discovery of the bloodstains, clubs, etc. on Bennett’s premises. The sheriff, however, was not positive as to dates. Witness asked Mrs. Bennett for the knife with which the girl had been killed. Defendant said she had no knife and that she did not murder Anna Wiese.

Redirect – Was present when the body was exhumed and the autopsy was held; saw no hair in her hand at that time; saw a spot along the fence perhaps ten feet east of the body, west of the east fence, where the grass was flattened down, as if some one had crouched down there.

Recross – Dr. Cottle cut off the hair that we got from the girl’s head from examination. Might have been some dropped on the body, did not notice.

The direct examination of Mrs. Spreckle was not concluded at the noon adjournment.