Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-16
TIE coy MURDER CASE.
Especial Telegram to the Globe. !

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 15.-The sec
ond trial of the now famous 'bOy murder"
case is in progress in the circuit court. The
history of this case and the tragedy which
caused it is one of the most interesting
and remarkable in the criminal annals of
this country. Herman Hidden, the defend
ant, is only nineteen years of age and ap-
pears not more than sixteen or seventeen.
The crime of which the boy is charged
took place Aug. 80, 1881, since which time
Hidden has been confined in the county
Jail. His father and mother lived in this
city and his parents ended long series
of quarrels by a legal separation.
Previous to that, it was alleged Mrs. Hill
den had been criminally intimate with a
school teacher named Bonaventure Krem-
mer, and after being separated from Hill
den a while she married this man. It
seems that the children all took sides with
| their father, and we're greatly angered by
their mothers second marriage. They
became scattered. Herman going to st.
Louis. His father was also in that city,
and they had no intercourse with the wife
and mother. On the day before the trag-
edy Hidden turned up in Milwaukee, with
two formidable revolvers. The next even
ing he called where his step-father and
mother kept a saloon. He asked for a
drink, and ell seemed pleased to see him.
Drinking the beer he moved his hand to-
ward his pocket as if to get out sumo
money, when his mother remarked
that he need not pay. Hardly had she
spoken when revolver flashed in the gas
light and report was followed by a
scream from the mother, who sunk to the
floor. Without saying a word Hidden
turned on his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. fired at
him and fed. The man shrieked and fell
dead. Mrs. Kremmer was found not to be
fatally wounded. The boy met an officer
whom he knew and surrended himself.
Mrs. Kremmer recovered, and not long
afterwards married burly Tyrolean sing
er named Kaiser, and left Milwaukee for
Chicago. At the time of the murder Hill
den was only II years of age. His incar-
ceration has been an eventful one. When
the time came for his trial he took
change of venue to the circuit
court and his attorney entered the
special plea of insanity, as to which, after
a long fight, the jury disagreed, aud he
was remanded back to the custody of the
sheriff. The jailer took compassion on
him and allowed him good many iber-
ties. This led to the formation of a scheme
for a wholesale Jail delivery on the part of
some desperate prisoners at that time con-
fined. Hidden was to brain the jailer with
a poker while firing the furnace fires, and
was then to take the keys and open the
Jail doors. But instead of Hidden brain
ing the jailer, he locked him in the fur
mace room and escaped himself. The NOR
tifcation of the jailer was so great that he
soon afterwards died. The weather was
cold when the boy escaped, and he was
thinly clad. Making his way as far
as Appleton he decided it was
best to be back in Jail and
accordingly approached the lady agent of
the Western Union at that point, and asked
her to telegraph Sheriff Rugee to send for
him. She thought him crank and turned
him over to Sheriff Rogers, who returned
him to Milwaukee and claimed the reward
of 5000 offered for his recapture. 1t was
paid TO him and he would probably have
it now had not a reporter exposed his
game. As a consequence Sheriff Rugee
swore out warrant charging Rogers with
receiving money under false pretenses, and
he returned the reward. The lady opera
tor was given 1856 for her services. The
sheriff had all of his expenses paid, and
the reporter received handsome present.
Since Hilden's escape and capture he has
been quiet and has been closely
watched. A short time ago
ne fell heir to a fortune left him by the
death of a relative in Albany. His brothers
and father often call on him, and seem to
! think he will be declared insane. The case
has attracted much attention and been the
cause of more expense and trouble than
any other of like nature that has occurred
in Milwaukee for years. Holden will be
defended by City Attorney Somers and
Thos. Kennedy, district attorney of Outa-
game county. Mr.. Kennedy met Hidden
in Appleton, where he gave himself Up
when he escaped from the Milwaukee jail
The attorney became greatly interested in
him and his story, and this explains his
presence in court. The trial will probably
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