State v. Woodmansee

One W. F. Knapp, either a short time before or shortly after midnight on December 29, 1929, was most brutally assaulted in his living rooms on the third floor of a building located on the northeast corner of Fifth and Locust Streets, Des Moines. He leased and occupied this building as owner of the Des Moines Trunk Factory. On the 10th day of January, 1930, Knapp died as a result of the assault. He was a man past 70 years of age, but was in good physical condition. He lived alone and so far as the record discloses had no relatives. It is important at this point to visualize the third floor…