ZONKER TRIAL HALTED BY DEATH
Grandfather of the Murdered Boy Passes Away.
Court Adjourns Until Tuesday Morning -- Testimony of Sensational and Damaging Character.
(Special to the Journal-Gazette.)
AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 30. - The Kuckuck murder trial was continued until next Tuesday morning on account of the sudden death of Anthony Zonker, Sr., the grandfather of the murdered boy, Anthony Zonker, Jr. Mr. Zonker was one of the oldest pioneers and wealthiest farmers of Dekalb county. He was eighty-seven years old on his last birthday, and had resided in this county since, 1845, when he came here from Lancaster county, Pa.
After the murder of his grandson the old gentleman expressed great grief and voluntarily set aside a certain sum to employ Hon. Henry Colerick, of Fort Wayne, and Attorney Phillips, of Waterloo, to assist the state's attorneys in the prosecution. Several weeks ago soon after the murder of his namesake, he was stricken with paralysis and on account of his advanced age his bodily failure was rapid. He passed away at the home of his son, Levi Hartman, near Corunna at 9 o'clock this morning.
The funeral will be held on New Year's day and the interment will be made in the cemetery of Fairfield township. It was the purpose of Judge Bratton to hold court on New Year's, but for the reason that many of the witnesses on both sides of the case are related to the deceased, court was adjourned till Tuesday morning.
The trial of Fred Kuckuck is still the center of attraction. So great have been the crowds that fill the court room that to-day the court was obliged to the jury box be vacated by those who have wedged themselves into that center of the room. The state introduced the strongest evidence today of the guild of the prisoner, and it is the general opinion that a strong case has been made against him.
In the face of all the testimony the prisoner preserves a calm exterior and is apparently unconscious of the damaging character of the testimony. Much of this evidence was of the most sensational sort and tended to show improper relations between Fred Kuckuck and Emma Zonker, mother of the murdered boy. The state expects to rest its case by the middle of next week.
Published in The Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Sunday, December 31, 1905.
Grandfather of the Murdered Boy Passes Away.
Court Adjourns Until Tuesday Morning -- Testimony of Sensational and Damaging Character.
(Special to the Journal-Gazette.)
AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 30. - The Kuckuck murder trial was continued until next Tuesday morning on account of the sudden death of Anthony Zonker, Sr., the grandfather of the murdered boy, Anthony Zonker, Jr. Mr. Zonker was one of the oldest pioneers and wealthiest farmers of Dekalb county. He was eighty-seven years old on his last birthday, and had resided in this county since, 1845, when he came here from Lancaster county, Pa.
After the murder of his grandson the old gentleman expressed great grief and voluntarily set aside a certain sum to employ Hon. Henry Colerick, of Fort Wayne, and Attorney Phillips, of Waterloo, to assist the state's attorneys in the prosecution. Several weeks ago soon after the murder of his namesake, he was stricken with paralysis and on account of his advanced age his bodily failure was rapid. He passed away at the home of his son, Levi Hartman, near Corunna at 9 o'clock this morning.
The funeral will be held on New Year's day and the interment will be made in the cemetery of Fairfield township. It was the purpose of Judge Bratton to hold court on New Year's, but for the reason that many of the witnesses on both sides of the case are related to the deceased, court was adjourned till Tuesday morning.
The trial of Fred Kuckuck is still the center of attraction. So great have been the crowds that fill the court room that to-day the court was obliged to the jury box be vacated by those who have wedged themselves into that center of the room. The state introduced the strongest evidence today of the guild of the prisoner, and it is the general opinion that a strong case has been made against him.
In the face of all the testimony the prisoner preserves a calm exterior and is apparently unconscious of the damaging character of the testimony. Much of this evidence was of the most sensational sort and tended to show improper relations between Fred Kuckuck and Emma Zonker, mother of the murdered boy. The state expects to rest its case by the middle of next week.
Published in The Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Sunday, December 31, 1905.
ZONKER TRIAL HALTED BY DEATH
Grandfather of the Murdered Boy Passes Away.
Court Adjourns Until Tuesday Morning -- Testimony of Sensational and Damaging Character.
(Special to the Journal-Gazette.)
AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 30. - The Kuckuck murder trial was continued until next Tuesday morning on account of the sudden death of Anthony Zonker, Sr., the grandfather of the murdered boy, Anthony Zonker, Jr. Mr. Zonker was one of the oldest pioneers and wealthiest farmers of Dekalb county. He was eighty-seven years old on his last birthday, and had resided in this county since, 1845, when he came here from Lancaster county, Pa.
After the murder of his grandson the old gentleman expressed great grief and voluntarily set aside a certain sum to employ Hon. Henry Colerick, of Fort Wayne, and Attorney Phillips, of Waterloo, to assist the state's attorneys in the prosecution. Several weeks ago soon after the murder of his namesake, he was stricken with paralysis and on account of his advanced age his bodily failure was rapid. He passed away at the home of his son, Levi Hartman, near Corunna at 9 o'clock this morning.
The funeral will be held on New Year's day and the interment will be made in the cemetery of Fairfield township. It was the purpose of Judge Bratton to hold court on New Year's, but for the reason that many of the witnesses on both sides of the case are related to the deceased, court was adjourned till Tuesday morning.
The trial of Fred Kuckuck is still the center of attraction. So great have been the crowds that fill the court room that to-day the court was obliged to the jury box be vacated by those who have wedged themselves into that center of the room. The state introduced the strongest evidence today of the guild of the prisoner, and it is the general opinion that a strong case has been made against him.
In the face of all the testimony the prisoner preserves a calm exterior and is apparently unconscious of the damaging character of the testimony. Much of this evidence was of the most sensational sort and tended to show improper relations between Fred Kuckuck and Emma Zonker, mother of the murdered boy. The state expects to rest its case by the middle of next week.
Published in The Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Sunday, December 31, 1905.
Grandfather of the Murdered Boy Passes Away.
Court Adjourns Until Tuesday Morning -- Testimony of Sensational and Damaging Character.
(Special to the Journal-Gazette.)
AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 30. - The Kuckuck murder trial was continued until next Tuesday morning on account of the sudden death of Anthony Zonker, Sr., the grandfather of the murdered boy, Anthony Zonker, Jr. Mr. Zonker was one of the oldest pioneers and wealthiest farmers of Dekalb county. He was eighty-seven years old on his last birthday, and had resided in this county since, 1845, when he came here from Lancaster county, Pa.
After the murder of his grandson the old gentleman expressed great grief and voluntarily set aside a certain sum to employ Hon. Henry Colerick, of Fort Wayne, and Attorney Phillips, of Waterloo, to assist the state's attorneys in the prosecution. Several weeks ago soon after the murder of his namesake, he was stricken with paralysis and on account of his advanced age his bodily failure was rapid. He passed away at the home of his son, Levi Hartman, near Corunna at 9 o'clock this morning.
The funeral will be held on New Year's day and the interment will be made in the cemetery of Fairfield township. It was the purpose of Judge Bratton to hold court on New Year's, but for the reason that many of the witnesses on both sides of the case are related to the deceased, court was adjourned till Tuesday morning.
The trial of Fred Kuckuck is still the center of attraction. So great have been the crowds that fill the court room that to-day the court was obliged to the jury box be vacated by those who have wedged themselves into that center of the room. The state introduced the strongest evidence today of the guild of the prisoner, and it is the general opinion that a strong case has been made against him.
In the face of all the testimony the prisoner preserves a calm exterior and is apparently unconscious of the damaging character of the testimony. Much of this evidence was of the most sensational sort and tended to show improper relations between Fred Kuckuck and Emma Zonker, mother of the murdered boy. The state expects to rest its case by the middle of next week.
Published in The Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Indiana) - Sunday, December 31, 1905.
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