St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-02

Mr.. Erwin-You have talked to me,
haven't you?
/ mo, sir.''
Mr.. Erwin-Have you talked to coun-
sci for the prosecution?
Only to Mr.. Num-"
Mr.. Erwin-Did he tell you he didn't
want you any more?
Yes, sir, he did"
BERTHA'S SISTER.
Miss Lizzie Hegener was then sworn.
She said: | am q sister of Charles
Hegener, and in last April resided at
Mrs. Herman Wettwer's. / remember
taking a baby and going to Fannie
WettWerS. Mrs. Hegener and Tony
Duroch were there and went away
when came. Jack Murphy came there
and stayed about an hour. i saw Mrs.
Hegener the first night at Mrs. Hermann
Mettwers. AT the dinner at Bertha
WettWer's was present when Murphy
ana Hegener came. They sent Murphy
for beer, and started to tell Eegener
about Murphy'S false stories.
She corroDorated testimony OF former
witnesses.
Miss Bella CHILDBIRTH testified L was
in the habit of remaining at Mrs.
Hegener's. l was there when Mr..
Hegener brought home letter
ylndieating Mrs. Hegener. On that
day Mrs. Hegener appeared very
much excited. She was CRYING
passOnately over her children, and
would hold them from her at arms
length and look at them fOndly. Hege-
ner came home that night about | or ?
O'Clock. | did not see him. | merely
unlocked the door, but did not. open it.
| was there Wednesday, April 6, when
Hegener came home. / saw Mrs. Hege-
ner after he had left. i saw her in the
rooms, walking from one to another.
She went in the library and sat down To
write letter. | asked her To whom she
was writing. and she said TO her father.
Her father had been dead a long time.
She then lett the room, put her wraps
on and hurriedly left the house. Her
eyes were filled with tears, and looked
strange and different from what | had
ever seen them. She was pale and
trembling.
Eta Joyce, the colOred girl testified:
II resided at Mrs. Hegener's house Oh
April last. Had lived there since the
4th day of January. Jack Murphy gave
me note, prior to the shooting, to give
to Mrs. Ilegcner. | read it and offered
it to Mrs. Hegener. She refused 1t. The
next morning Murphy offered it TO her
She again refused to accept it, and Muir
ply put it III the stove. | was home on
Monday night part of the time. He@-
ener told me of an accusation made
against Mrs. llCgener by Murphy On
that night at Wettwer'S she was very
much unlike herself all the evening.
She talked foolishly to her children and
was acting very queer. She acted
queerly when talking, and then sat down
To write to her father, as she said, to ask
him to come and help her, as there was
q man trying to separate her from her
husband. told her she could not do
that, as her father had been dead long
time. She laughed at me and then sat
down and cried"
Miss Tony DurOch corroborated the
story of the quarrel, and Mrs. Ilegener's
appearance and queer actions.
Arthur Thompson was recalled. Tcsti-
fed as to Mrs. Hcgencr'S appearance
and actions. He was rather yOlumlnOus
and glad to talk. 1t was merely Il rcit-
Grafton of his former testimony. At
this point the revolver that Thompson
had taken from Mrs. Hegener was pro-
duced by Clerk Armstrong and air.
Erwin proceeded to take it apart. He
had difficulty in separating the cylinder
from the body of the gun, and, turning
to Judge Egan, said:
IL don't suppose you would make me
your chief of artillery, would you?"
"Pd put you in as ball" replied Mr..
Egan, "Or ramrod." The audience
laughed.
A question was asked the witness, and
he started to reply:
IL have 10 hesitation in my own
mind"
"Well say, your pretty fresh about
putting that in so frequently, aren't
yOupo said ,IudUe Epan
Witness attempted to be funny and
very truthfully replied:
eyes, I'm pretty fresh. 1t runs in
our family"
Judge Kelly said, "don't talk SO
mucll," and he closed like clam.
Herman Silkey cOrrobOrated former
testimony.
THE HUSBANDS STORY.
Charles Hegener-I am the husband
of Bertha Hegener. l had known Muir
ply ever since he was eight years of
age. Was associated with him until
first came to Minneapolis, ever since /
first knew him. 1 opened my shop in
1888. Murphy came here in the latter
part of June, 1886. He came first on q
visit and stopped first at my brothers.
house for two or three weeks. / hired
him as an apprentice in July. | was TO
board him and give him place to sleep,
spending money and clothes until he
learned the trade. | had no vacant
room and he slept on the lounge until
my father and mother moved away.
We always went home together even
ings. ! often told him if my wife was
unfaithful I'd let her go. One morn
ing, about two weeks before the shoot
ing, j saw Murphy pass from my Wife's
room in his night dress. l awakened
my wife roughly and asked her what
Murphy was doing there. She said she
didn't know he was there. | told her
she lied, but she swore she spoke the
truth. | asked Murphy and he told
about trying to find a straw to tickle
her nose. Then he said he only wanted
to say good morning. This seemed queer
to me, but it passed off and appeared
pleasant, so that he would think had
no suspicion. We went to the shop to-
gcther, and | secretly determined to
find out what was wrong. Murphy told
me that Mrs. Wettwer had promised
him fayOrs, and he wanted me to ask
Bertha to take Tony Duroch TO the
50 he could 90 and see Mrs.
Wettwer. / asked my wife To- do this,
but she refused. | told Bertha not to
associate with Mrs. Wettwer, as she was
a bad woman. She was surprised. We
three went up to Wettwer's. Jack
smiled at Mrs. Wettwer several times
and she smiled in return. This looked
suspicious to me. Ny wife next day
took Tony out to the museum and Jack
went up to see Mrs. WettWer. He came
back and said that Lizzie Hegener was
there and baffled his fun. | believed
what Jack had said. Then the scheme
was projected to arrange the dinner in
order to accuse Murphy before every
body. My wife told me how Murphy had
.ried 10 kiss her.
Witness related the whole story
printed in Thursdays GLOBE. Then
nc continued; 81 received that letter,
my wife, and then went
home and
REGGEn HER E0nGINENEss