, 1879-05-04

LonAIu me, put toward the street. She
attention to the remark until the 1ext day al
ter the shooting. lhaye no doubt that she was
tue woman saw Thursday. She was dressed
the same, and recognized hcr.''
HENRY LEOPOLD.
Henry Leopold, OF Leopold, Kuh & Co., was
called, aud testified that Shatfner told him
Wednesday night about the t'fracas I" in GrifTen's
office Wednesday, afternoon. He was good
deal mixed, however, as to whether Shaifrer
said the woman drew chair or drew
pistol, or both, but lie did remember
that shafrner said he had had some
fun that day,-or that there was
fracas,'' or something Of the kind.
Witness saw Grcenebanm Thursday morning,
after getting one OF Weber's reports, and asked
him II he had heard about the tfracns.n Greene
baum said no, and witness remarked, "We1I,
they came pretty near doing some injury.n
Grcenebaum made no reply to that, but pro-
ceedcd to call witness attention to Weber's re-
port, saying that there was great many things
in IT. which we're not SO.
*'Dida,t you tell Henry ". King,"' asked Mr..
Reed, ':Eiucc this occurrence, that MIR. Greene
ssu% M told Ecu this woman was going to shoot
"Nofsir. Mr. King is mistaken. I told him
that Mr. Weber came pretty near getting burt
Wednesday.
HENRY GREENEBAUA1's 1NFoRMA-
TION.
GUY Magee, Of TIE TRIBUNE, was called and
testified:
II saw Mr.. Weber the day Of the shooting. I
first Eaw the lady in Griffens Office; wns present
at the examination. She had her left arm aud
hand ccDcealed under large cloak, and was
pcrpetually moving it backwards and forwards,
efo f,u&
something valuable. l didn't hear her say any
thing abouts Weber. l walked with her from
Griffen's office almost as far az The corner Of
bad threatened, or tried, to kill Weber the
day before. She merely laughed, and asked me
who told me 60. said Greenebaum had told
me that she had threatened to shoot him
(Weberl4 and then she laughed again, and sntd
she had neither threatened nor tried to shoot
him. asked her if she carried pistol, and she
said no, and didn't seq her have Que. wasn't
present when the shooting took place. Thurs
day afternoon J., about 2 o'clock Grcenebanm a
TRlBusE Building, where iwas sitting alone,
and asked INC if ! wanted good
pIcee Of news for next days paper.
said yes. He then told me they we're
GriiIeu's Office, No. 81 Bryan Block, aud said it
would lie pretty rich and racy. He then said
that the day previous Mrs. Robert had tried to
shoot Wepcr. Grceuebaum also said. in another
connection, that Weber had sworn to pack OF
lies in the book be had published,-the panlph-
ibid you understand or infer" asked Mr..
duck, one OF the jurors, "from Mr.. Greene
baum's remarks, that he came there for the sIe-
cial PURPOSE Of: telling you chat this case was
pending, and to give yon the news about the
shooting to pub1isb?"
t"My inference was that be would be very
MUCH gratifed to hare the thing written up and
published"
Did you infer that he had come there for
that very purposea Had be any other business
in your officc1''
he had not-at least not with meat that
time" :
GEORGE w. WEBER,
George ", Weber, brother of the murdered
man, was called, and testified as follows:
II reside at No. GEL Fullerton avenue. My
brother, Theodore, was 81 years Of age, and
native OF Germany. I have known Mrs. Robert,
say, for twenty years. She came to my house
on Fullerton avenue about O'Clock one even
Ing, two or three months aeo,--about week
before she cumm cnced, The Esuit.1 agairat my
brother. She said she wanted to sec me pFi-
vatcly. I told her had nothing private with
her; that If she wanted to say anything
she could say It before my wife and
children, who were in the room. She.
said. I want to see you about your brother.
You Know have got some business, don't you,
with your brothert' l said, Il don't want to
h:ye anything to do with that and she said, !
know you have great influence over your
brother, and have come uD here to see you for
the Inst time. From you L shall 20 to Mr..
Juessen and tell him what will tell you to-
against your BROTHER Says /, What do un~
derstand you to mean by: the other sidc!'
Says she, Henry Greenebaum. Your brother is
prosecuting Henry Greenebaum, and be wants
me to prosecute your brother. ! have no money
myself at all to prosecute Sour brother, but the
papers have already been drawn up, the lawyers
that the other side have employed for me are
ready, and they will give me $500 to commence
the suit asked again, Who is other slde!'
me $500 in cash, and agrees to pay all the e1.,
penses in the suit, all the lawyers fees, and
everythng.' l told her she had better see
nv brother himself: that | didn't want
to mix up with it; or, If she didn't want to see
MIN, to 20 to his attorney. She said she WOULD
go to Juesscn's Office tomorrow, and tell hiul
that, if my brother dldE't give her $50 month,
she would turn over to tie other side. take
$500 iron Henry Greenebaum, and let him take
the consequences"
ibid you hear her make apy threats against
your brotAera asked hir. Reed.
ttUb, yes. She threateEti several times
that she would certainly puk Twp men out ofta@
way. l asked .Who?' Do you mean t.:
brother and meg Th2n s'e lays, NO, your
brother and Juesscn
WAS this conyerr1t.un a.: tue same even
+ Oh, no; this WAS zeek before, when sac
was down at the store to see me. That evening
at my house she didn't make any threats about
shooting. Before that, evening, she had seen
me at the store. She cat;.e right into my prl-
yate office and wanted to know whether l
wouldn't talk to my brother and get him to
give her $50 a month. told her my brother
had