The morning call., 1890-11-26
: MILE PANHORST.
The Sad. Story of Simon Gold
berg's Death.
She Gives Way to Grief During the Opening
: ; =. statement-Two Dying Declare
items introduced.

High and low bred were impelled by the
same feeling Of curiosity, and seemed I'M
conscious of contact that under ordinary
circumstances would not be tolerated. A
noticeable popularity Of the motley gather
ing was the unusual number OF women pres
eut. circumstance By no means common
on, such occasions.
The trial of a comedy young woman for the
awful crime of murder, involving the ex-
trpme penalty of the law, death on the gal
lows, is by no means an everyday occur
renee here or anywhere else. Little Won
der, then, that the curious of all classes
thronged to be present
When the witness-stand did not absorb at
tentiun with sensational reeitals of the
shocking event. all eyes. were centered on
the unfortunate girl who, as from the first,
occupied a seat close in the rear of her coun-
sci, dressed in deep black costume and her
face partially obscured by thin black veil.
" She was accompanied BY her sister all day
and at all times has had near her some one or
another of her immediate relatives.
THE OPENING STATEMENT.
The opening statement was made by Assist
ant District Attorney Campbell, who, with
the same eold-blooded emphasis as if relat-
ing the deed of hardened, brutal criminal
declared that lie expected to show the de-
PENDANT guilty of one of the foueSt murders
ever committed in this State. he then pro-
ceeded to detail the circumstances of the
killing. 1t was related that on the night OF
the tragedy Goldberg called at the residence
=. OF Miss PanhorSt. He was told by the girl
- that lie could not see her until her Stepiather
had returned. He called later, and was ad
'mitted both by Mile and kesow, the step
father. He was ushered into the Kitchen,
where he sat down at a table. She sat oppo-
3 site him. Goldberg said: "Millie, l love
: you. Unless you marry me life is not worth
living. l will kill myself ana Will kill
you:
than the girl jumped up and exclaimed;
'"M hati you will kill me? Take that!
. and she drew a pistol and fired right at his
heart He staggered out into the street.
. where he fell. The sirl came ont to him
;. when he was lying. proStrate and caressed
him. Goldberg said: You love me now,
but you did not love me then. Put another
3. bullet into me and end my misery"
= The manner in which the attorney mar
rated the dreadful circumstances OF the deed
70. completely unnerved the young woman,
=. and some little time before the statement
was ended she burst cut in uncomfortable
grief.
The first witness called was Police Sur
geDp Dr. Williams, who attended the de-
ceased and also made the autopsy. He de-
scribed the nature of the wound, how IT was
. made, the position of the body when the shot
was fired and in what respect it was fatal.
Death resulted, he explained, from henor-
rhage of the abdominal cavity. An eX-
animation of the other organs OF the body
: proved them to be in healthy condition.
- j. \. E. Wilson, for the defense did not
. ask this witness any question.
GOLDBERG AT THE COTTAGE
= Fl. c. Diedrich of 1881 Fair Oaks street
said-that the night of the homicide he passed
the KiesOw cottage about O'clock and saw
mir bot ha a learned enid
berg, pacing back and forth in front of the
place.
EAb6ut 10 o'clock he again passed the place
and tile man was still there. A moment
: later he saw this same person so to the door
of the cottage aud ring the bell. Presently
1.-The dogr was opened and the man entered.
e. Be.Wa5 only inside one moment when the
door again opened and he came partly out,
= Sill keeping hold of the dOUrknob. just
then lie heard the man eXcaim
81 love her and want to marry her l
: will marry her in spite of YOU"
The speaker again disappeared and the
nPxtpeTson that came out vas small boy
-WItp:a pitcher in his hand. He went across
therstreet to the grocery and returned soon
with tile same pitcher, evidently carrying
something.
Some little time then elapsed, some FIVE or
ter.ninutes, before anything more occurred
Pretty soon he heard pistol shot inside the
= Cnttage: The door opened and this same
man. ran out ran down near the gas lamp
and Tell Rising, he staggered across the
street to near tie entrance Of the grocery,
:. Qnthe corner Of Twenty-sec0pd street, and
..:agaIn fell down, eXclalmlng, I'm shot; I've
been killed"
- The witness said that in another moment
:: Mr.; hlesow came out of the house, and
=. about the same time, or little later, the
81: young woman Miss PanhoTst, followed him.
e .kieS0w started off as if looking for an Off
:. Ger, but, she went over to where Goldberg
wa5lylHg, kneeled down beside him aud put
her hand caresSingiy on his cheek.
;. -, SHE. RNELT AND CARESsED HIM.
r. BE heard the wounded man say as she
:. knelt there 'Oh, you love me now, but you
ddHi before. For Gods sake, put another
:: bullet through Dle and stop this Sutferingp
lie witness did not hear her make any
. response more than to call him Sammy,
but She continued kneeling beside him and
caressng him, She did not seem to be very
much excited. In few moments an Off
Ger arrived on the scene, Miss Panhorst was
- taken into custody, and the wounded man
.waS:carried by the witness and others pres
eu t into the grocery.
:. =: Policeman D. w. Tompkins, who ar
rested Miss Panhorst testified that he heard
- police whistle on the night in question,
:: and ON answering it found Goldberg lying
on tie sidewalk suffering from bullet
wound. and when he asked who did it Miss
=" Panhorst, who was also there. replied that
shed did.
When he asked why she had shot him she
replied that she would tell when the time
GAME! She explained, in answer to further
questions, that the pistol she did the shoot
:, rig with was in the house where it occurred.
He found it where she described, in the
Kitchen under the table. One chamber only
had been discharged The pistol was then
: produced in evidence.
Police Officer j. w. Halves, who was also
ON the scene soon after the shooting, gave
substantially the same evidence as the wit
: ness who preceded him. Neither was cross
examined by Mr.. Wilson.
p SERGEANT BURKE'S TESTIMONY.
Sergeant Burke was next called to the
witnesS-sland. He had been summoned
from the Seyenteenth-street Police Station
soon after The shooting. and arrived at the
: GROCERY Just after Goldberg had been taken
e inside. He said that he found the wounded
e man sitting with his head in his hands, and
=: apparently suffering intense agony, as he
mOaned and groaned distressingly.
. The same in substance was told him
that the other officers had learned, and be-
ilieying the victim of Miles pistol about to
die, the Sergeant asked him If he wanted to
:: make dying statement Goldberg replied
that he did. He believed he was going to
die. and. in accordance with his statements.
the officer wrote out the following. which
= was offered in evidence:
My name Is Simon Goldberg. reside at 1871.
McAlIister street. Inowmake this statement as
3 believe am about 10 die. AT about 1870 p. NJ.
was slot by Mile Panhorst at No lib Fair
=, Oaks street, In presence Of her stepfather, John
klesow. and Two children. She shot me because
- ioid her loved her, and 1 wanted to marry
e. her K made no threats against her. 1 gave her
no cause for shooting me. She took lie pistol
: from her pocket before she shot me.
:: SIMoN GOLDBERG.
:.Signed in the presence Of W. F. burke John
Halves, September 22, 1880.
= The Sergeant then procured an express
e wagon and took the suffering man TO the
City and County Hospital. On the way
there he suffered more than ever, and begged
: his attendants either TO Kill him or give him
:, something that w0ald relieve his pain.
=. ANOTHER DYING STATEMENT.
!. The next evening. explained the witness,
he received telephone message from the
hospital informing him that Goldberg was
likely to die at any hour, and the captain Of
the station ordered him TO go and take an
other dying statement
He found the man more composed and
better able to talk, but still conscious that
hewas about. to die and that the end was
near The second statement, to which Gold
berg signed his name in a feeble scrawl
reads as follows.