The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-22
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dcrCd woman, Wng called TO tho stand.
Question by Mr.. Howard-What 70.
lation was Mario Yoho 10 you?
She was my daughter.
How many children have you?
Ten.
What do you know Of Maicr's treat
mont OF his wiier
I only know what other people tell
me. l have known Maier three years.
Cross.examined by Mr.. Atkinson:
How we'll have you been acquainted
with MILAN MaierP Has your &C.
quaintance been Of u close and intimate
character?
Yes.
How old is your daughter, Katie
YohoP
She will ,bc ten years old tho fifth day
OF August.
Was Maicr attached to your daugh-
ter?
IIe seemed 10 be.
How long before tho death OF your
daughter had you seen her?
/ saw hcr tho Saturday evening be-
foro. l took supper at tho house, Maicr
was thcrc.
Did you know OF any trouble between
them2
l knew OF nothing between them ex-
copt what l had heard. When ] was
present their behavior toward each
other was always friendly.
Fanny Lotzelter was tho next wit
ness examined.
Question by Mr.. lIoward-EIave you
known defendant and his wife?
I have.
Did you eyer hear Maicr threaten his
wiieP
He said TO mo before they wcro mar
ricd that If Mario over went with an.
other fellow he wonld kill her, the fol.
low and himself. lie told mo that be.
fore they wero married.
.Cross.cxamined by Mr.. Atkinson:
What gave rise to Majors threats :?
1don't know. l suppose he was jcal.
u
Did he ever mention OF whom hc was
jealous?
No.
We're you ever present at q quarrel
between them?
I was. Ono time Marie wanted to go
TO q ball with me, after her husband
had refused to 20 with her. 1Ic wouldn't
let her 60.
Did he not appear fond OF his wife?
He seemed SO.
Is it not Il fact, that he loved her very
tcndcrly?
Mr.. Howard-Oh, hcavens! I object!
Objection sustained by the court.
What time previous to the killing OF
Mrs. Maier were you ut Maier's?
l called ono time ut the house, but
they were not at home. Twas never in
the house they lived in last. I WAS at
their house ON Twelfth street, within
three months.
How long e you there?
About an hour. Only she and I were
present.
Was anybody else present, when he
made the threat agains. his vile?
Nobody but him and me.
silas Conner said that the late Mrs.
Marie Maier WIS
HIS NIECE DY MARRI AGE
He was in Maier's house the morning
after the killing, and searched for Mai
er's extra suit OF clothing and a pair OF
shoes, which he knew Maier to have.
He assisted the officers in searching for
Maier's cornct, but it could not be
found.
Cross-examined:
How do You know he had two suits OF
clothes and two pairs OF shoes?
He had three. One was a working
suit, ono sack suit and the other q suit
with n frock coat.
When did you hear him play on his
cornet last?
l heard him playing upon it on Mon.
day evening, before the morning of the
killing.
When did you last see those three
suits Of clothes.
Within two weeks Of tho time OF the
killing.
Several questions were asked the wit.
ness in reference to tho extra suits O.
clothes which were missing from
Maier's house. He said no was well
enough acquainted with Maier to know
what clothes he had. When he searched
the house he found nothing but Majors
suit OF working clothes.
Mrs. Silas Conner, the aunt OF tho muir.
dered woman, said she saw Maier on
Monday go down, street carryinga bun.
die wrapped in yellow paper under his
arm.
Cross-examincd by Mr.. Atkinson:
Did you sec Mrs. Maier at that time a!
No. She was at her aunt's.
How do you know she was there?
lsaw her and her husband there. He,
husband called there and they both
came home together.
Did you ever see Maier carrya pack
age under his arm before?
Not going out Of tho house, though
have seen him with a package going in.
At this point court adjourned till .
p. m.