People v. Wolf

The respondent was convicted of murder in the first degree. The name of the murdered man was. August Smith. Wolf had been employed by one Kleinlein, who had located a homestead in Ontonagon county, to clear some land at an agreed price" per acre. April 5 ho employed Smith to work with him. Smith worked there *626until he was killed, April 14. They boarded at Kleinlein’s. On the morning of the 14th they went to work about 7 o’clock, about four rods from the house. Between 9 and 10 o’clock they moved to a point about 12 rods from the house, where they could not be seen from the house. Mrs.…