Emporia, Kan., March 3.—The last
phase of the celebrated Texas fever
cattle case, in which 159 farmers were
seeking damages, was decided last
evening in the district court, a judg
ment of $47,000 being entered against
Heizer Brothers of Kansas City.
Hezier Brothers brought cattle from
Texas, which communicated Texas
fever to Kansas stock, and the farmers
sued to recover damages..
MRS. MAM TAKEN
SHERIFF BRINGING HER BACK
TO WISCONSIN.
SHE’S WANTED FOR MURDER AT
RACINE.
She Is Charged with Having Poisoned
Her Former Husband, Herman
Gceeuke to/ Got His $l,OOO lu
surance—Officers Find Her in
Brooklyn, New York.
Brooklyn, N. Y., March 3.—Sheriff
Beatty, of Wisconsin, was authorized
by Judge Bartlett today to take into
custody Mrs. .Margaret Miller, who
Ims been brought into the supreme
court in vu'tuc of a requisition from
the governor of Wisconsin, charging
her with having poisoned her former
husband, Herman Greenke, in Racine.
Wis.
It is staled that he had his life in
siu’ed in the Order of Foresters for
$l,OOO and his widow got the money.
Mrs. Greenke married Maier ou the
Uth of January hist
After the woman had been arrested
the police took her before District At
torney Ridgeway where she was
closely questioned. Sheriff' Beatty said
her husband, Herman Greenke, was a
carriage maker by trade. Several days
before he died he was slightly ill and
complained of it. For some time prior
to Greenke's death the woman had
been on very close terms with Julius
Bardell, a cousin of the dead man. It
was rumored that they were engaged
to be married. After Greenke’s death,
however. Bardell suddenly stopped
visiting Mrs. Greenke.
