Daily Republican., 1888-05-15
ON TRIAL FOR RIs LIFE.
Charles Henry Riedei Before tho Bar to
Answer for tho staying of Hia Wife
aud Ohild-Is He an Anarchist?


Yesterday afternoons session OF the
Coutt OF Over and Tsrminer opened
promptly at 3 O'Clock, with CHIEF Jus.
tlce Oomegys and AH'ooiate judges
Houston. Paynier and Grubb on the
bench.
Immediately after the opening Chae.
Henry Rtedsl was brou xht in and
placed In the dock, and ais trial com
meuced. Deputy Attorney Genera
Davis opened ths case TO .he Jury by
defining tho different degrees OF ruur.
der, after which he stated the facts Of
this case very fClly. When he closed,
the examination Of witnesses WAS com.
menoed.
Frank r Carswell was sworn, and
testified that at the request Of the At
torney General ne had made a plot Of
the premises where the murder wAs
committed, which he explained to the
court aud jury, and It vas offered In
evidence.
| On GROSS s-examination, he said he
knew nothing about the m urder EXCEPT
what he had learned from tbs neigh Dofs
and others.
George Hlllslsy testified that he is
assistant superintendent Of ths Arling-
ton Cotton Mills. and has charge OF ali
the inside work. He has vsry near six
hundred bands under him. Charles
Henry Rttdel applied for work April
IL, 1887, Rnd he gave him au0 bis wife
sstuai-ns. They commenced work
April 1llh of last ea:; they were bt th
wtavers, and the witness put thsm 10
work on aajoinipg looms, each hAviog
thie9 or four looma. Tie passage way
between ths looms 10 not over two feet
| ptdA Thu nrtannaH Ef.
tinuad to work At the mill until Mon.
day, 5eptom Ter 18th. On that moIn.
ing they came in about quarter oissven
and went 10 their usual pl scos TO work.
Rlede and his vie hal given notice on
Saturday the 10sh, tnat thGy intended
70 quit WORK In two weeks, but the
superintendent discharged Mrs. Rltd
the next Monday morning on account
OF her oopdiiion. Rle6el came to the
witnesB and asked what his wife was
diachsrsed for, and When h9 told hiEG,
Riedel esid he would quit too, ha soon
as he glt HE cloth OF ths loom.
MtB. Reidel remained until her hus-
band was done, which was about 10 80
o'clcck, when Trey went 10 tie rffice,
ald sitter getting their money lott tag
mill.
Lsvi A. BeIt0letto Was sworn, and
testified that he ts Justice of the Pnrce
In this city. A man, whom he thought
was the prisoner, came to his Office some
tluie lseg September and etA,eJ, through
another 70 40, thas hs aud bis &:is had
worked Is tie Arlin Ston Mills, but Saas
his wife, on account OF her condition,
had given notice OF hgr Intention to
quit In two weeks That on Monday
morning when they went TO work his
wife was discharged, Snd he also quit.
He wanted to know IL he could not re-
: cover wages for the tWo weeks time
that they sboa'd have worked under
thu notice. The Witness advired him
70 let the matter drop, su 1t Would coat
him more than he could possibly hope
to recover. Toe man rsmAlned In his
: offics for some time and talked shs mat.
! ter over. The prisoner did Hos seem to
: be greatly excited. but talked about
what lie considered the Injustice that
he had suffered.
Whilemina Wachter testified that sht
lives en- Twenty second street In thil
0 city. She kroRs tho prlSoper, znO
knew his villa and ohild; she knew
] them for about flVa or six months be iort
the muTderi thay had worked in the
mill Abons two ReGk9 when she became
! cams to the Witnessea' house and she
frequently went to see them. On the
} Monday they were discharged Rledel
came 60 see her, aud said no WAS dis-
: charged from the mill and hSd no work
He also said that Mr.. Farrell had kicked
his wife out.
This witness spoke English very i'm :
perfectly, and William q. Kurtz was
sworn hs an Interpreter. The exAmt.
: nation was then continued, snd the
witness said that Riedel bad told her
about his wife giving nosios and that
: she had been discharged. He said that
= az hts wife could not work any more hs
would not, 80 he had quit too. The
pTlsoner was under the lu1uence OF
liquor, and told the wi,nese he hal been
: to tie '.Quirs to get hiI rights. bat q.
be could not.Se. them he Intended to take
> them.
The witness husband came in, AMI
: Riedel told him that he intended to kill
Mr.. Farrell, Mr.. Hillsley, and then lin
self Her husband told him that h; was
under the influ nee Of liquor and would
get over 1t the next day, when he
would return to his work. Riedel re-
piled that he would not WORK In the mill
any more, but would go somewhere else.
DUG " III hUb uGAl MN say any bhlLA huJOl
killing his wife. She saw the prisoner
on the morning OF the shooting In his
own house. a neighbor told her that
Riedel had shot himself, so she went TO
his house and found him in q down Stairs
room. with his hands up to his head.
Upon asking him what he had done, he
replied that he had done what he said he
would do. Ths witness ran up stairs
land saw Mrs. Riedsl and the child lying
dead in the bed. She was not up stairs
more than two minutes, and when she
came down she ran over to the mill after
her husband.
She then returned with her husband
and they both vent In the house, but did
not 20 up stairs. She saw revolver on
the mantlepiece and heard Rie iel say;
at is all rlgh have enough" As the
witness aud her husband LETT the house
Rledel took the reVolver in his hand aud
locked the door after tneD.
; On cross examination by Mr.. Ward,
, the witness said that while tho prisoner
+ was at her house ON the Monday preeed
! ing the tragedy, he was alternately
0 angling and crying. On Saturday
morning when the witness went to
Riedel's house he looked very wild out OF
his eyes.
} Gottlieb Wschter testified that he re
, sides at No. 10 Twenty second street; he
knows the prisoner and KIN W him for
acout Ave months previous 10 this occur
renee; he also knew the prisoners wi e,
: but lid not know them before they came
to this city. The witne is employed at
The Arlington Mills, and has been there
for the past four years. The prisoner
ard his wife often came to the witness
house.