St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-01
Clara Blatz, the Slayer of
Young Doherty, Arraigned
in Court.
She Is Brazenly Defiant, and,
Waving Examination, Is
Held Without Bail.
Cream City Citizens Ship a
Blind and Helpless Paupep
to st. Paul.
Two Husbands Abandon Their
Wives and Fleece a Multi
tude of Creditors.

Long before the opening of the mu-
nicipal court at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning great crowd had gathered in
and around the market house, hoping to
catch glimpse of Clara Blatz, alias
Lizzie Hart, or Clara Doherty, as she
styles herself, the woman who shot and
killed John W. Doherty on Fifth street
Wednesday night, but they were disap-
pointed. When the murderesS was
taken from the central police station to
court she was admitted with the guard
through the stage entrance to the New
clerks private office until the bailiff
cleared the court room of the crowd
that had gathered there from morbid
curiosity. All but the officers of the
court, policemen and newspaper report
erS were ordered from the room before
the officers entered with the prisoner,
who bore the same air Of defiance and
unconcern that marked her conduct the
night before. When her name was called
by Clerk Ahern she stepped from the
office accompanied by her attorney, A.
ID. Warner. The charge of murder in
the first degree was read and the ques-
ton was asked, "Guilty or not guity?"
He will tell you," she promptly re-
Sponded, pointing to the attorney. He
then waived examination, and Judge
Cory ordered that she be- held to the
grand jury without bail. The crowd
still remained in the hallway and in the
street below, hoping to catch glimpse
of her when she was brought out.
They were again disappointed, how
ever, as she was quietly taken from the
courtroom by the passageway through
which she entered it and was safely
LODGED BEHIND THE BARS
at the county Jail, while without the
crowd waited in vain for her appear
ance. At II o'clock yesterday morning
DIR. Quincy directed an autopsy by
Doctors Gillette and Bole on the body
of the murdered man, at the city
morgue. An inciSion was made by the
surgeons to the lower sternum, or
breast bone, and across the chest. On
laying the sternum back, that the vital
organs might be. examined, it was
found that the bullet had entered the
body in the back below the left
shoulder blade, coursing through to the
lower portion of the left lung, entering
the left ventricle of the heart and pass
ing out of the right auricle, through the
breast bone and lodging just beneath
the skin. Doherty's knees were badly
bruised, his head slightly cut, and
one tooth was knocked out
by his fall to the pavement.
The body was that of a fine
specimen OF physical manhood, fully
five feet ten inches in height. but bore
evidence that led the surgeons to be-
lieve that the murdered man had been
afflicted with terrible and incurable
disease. His full, round face was clean
Shaven, and was surmounted by heavy
growth of dark hair. At l o'clock Cor
oner Quinn and his assistant, DIR. Cur
ney, had impaneled q jury composed of
WE Alien, KIP. Cullen. ID. O'Hal-
loran, I'll. G.. HemenWay. T. J. Foley
and A. E. Michaud in the jury room
above the mOrgue, and soon afterwards
a deputy sheriff arrived with the MUIR
deress. All but witnesses, reporters
and the gentlemen named were eX-
cluded from the room. Otto NeemeS,
press boy, was the first witness called,
and testified that he heard the shot, saw
the man fall, and observed the woman
secrete the revolver and pass down the
street. He stated that he followed her
until he met police officer, whose at
tention he called to the woman. The
boys evidence was corraboroted in part
by Officer CaSserly, who made the ar
rest. John E. Jensen. a blacksmith, re-
siding at Eleventh and Robert streets,
was next called, and stated that he saw
the woman take the revolver from he
muff and
FIRE THE FATAL SHOT.
Officer CasSerly testified also that
when questioned about the deed IL e
woman said: Eyes, | did it. [ had it
in for him for some time because he
licked me-" The woman was not called
upon to testify, and seemed relieved
when lnfOemed that she would not be
compelled to confront the body of her
victim. She appeared not in the least
excited, and sat through the inquest in
apparent unconcern. This testimony
was considered sufficient and the jury
retired, bringing in a verdict shortly
afterwards declaring that John w. Do
herty came to his death by pistol ball
fired from pistol in the hands of Clara
Doherty.
The report that Attorney E. S. Thomp-
son had volunteered to defend the
woman gratuitously had no foundation
in fact. Shortly after the tragedy Mr..
Thompson said: "And prior to the
public being advised as to the true
social status of either the assaulted or
the aSsailant, l remarked in the hearing
of several reporters, that If the party
who did the shooting were sweet
young girl whom the deceased had Sc
duced, she was fully justified, her case
could be easily won, and any lawyer in
the city would gratuitously tender her
his services Possibly it was upon this
statement and inadequate foundation
that the GLOBE builded its statement
that had sent the accused message
signifying my willingness to gratui-
tousiy defend her. 1t is notorious that
since my appearance in the matter of
the Kill homicide a year ago have per-
sistently refused all tenders of criminal
business, and have confined my atten-