Kraus v. State

This case was brought here on error from the district court for Saline county. Rudolph Kraus, a young man 26 years of age, was charged with feloniously shooting and killing his wife. He was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to the penitentary for life. The killing was admitted. The defense was insanity superinduced by intoxication, and intoxication at the time of the killing.

The tragedy occurred on February 21, 1917, at the farmhouse of defendant, where, besides his wife, he. shot and killed' his only children, a daughter and a *692'son aged two and four years, respectively.…