The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-14
MS LAST HOPE GONE.
rt.emer Sentenced to Die and
His Alibi Shattered.
lex QUINCY SIMPLY 4 MYTH


I8t8 OL 9tCdQ8
u1ary Csaemer, the murderer Of Mn
ssfsioena Mueller and her baby. was yes
ss-far sentenced TO death by Jud9s
r,nes. aftss he had made . change OF
Sserneys. and, although his new lawyer
- sossce OF appeal on the denial OF his
z.e;on for . new trial, he viii b sadly
lndiesppsc, for independents inves,ixa-
e. hss shattered the theory Of the defense
q provsd that the man on Whose tssti-
,osy be relied 10 myth
Yhsn the case was called Attorney
e.aesbsyg informed the court that he had
ruiysd . letter purporting to sever his
sensction with the case. He had not. he
-. sny intimation from the prisoner
adj his services had been unsatisfactory.
10 under the circumstances he was in
k5sbt xhsther or not to argue the motion
a. nsw trial. J. L. Green thercupon
ii that Cysemer wished him 70 conduct
- case. The court, in order to settle the
<usstion, had the prisoner brought up
srcr the fail and asked him II Greens
easement was correct Crssmsr said that
80. and Mr.. Soderberg asked leave 70
sishdrss. William Z. Humphrey. Sober
hrr's associate counsel. also Withdrew.
Jsdes Humes granted the requests and
4 sbs same time stated that the attorneys
Ia made On able defense for the accused.
Upon the motion for new trial Green
ID 10 bad not had time to MAKE suitable
pfspsrstion and asked an extension for
ts5ty days. The request was refused and
nscoart denied the motion and announced
tkss sentence would be passed in the after
sson.
aain brought into court. Green 81 once
ss<mps<d to give notice of appeal, but
vss cut short by Judge Humes informing
bin that such step could not be taken
sasl after sentence had been pronounced.
es6emer vas then sentenced to be hanged,
sud notice of appeal duly given.
Throughout the trying scene the pris-
oasf maintained the same stoIid demeanor
that has characterized him since arrest.
= had nothing to say Why sentence
should not Dc passed. At one instant he
seemed TO be on the point of breaking
dorm, and close observer among the
spectators thought the prisoner appeared
to sink and the semblancs OF tear was
visble In his eye a. the words Of doom
fell upon his ear. 80 far as 10 known,
efssmer has never made TO any one q
specific denial of the murder.
Jack Quincy, Craemer's only hope. has
hen shown to be . myth and the Tacoma
aliti completely shattered. John z.
HUMPHREYS. OF the firm Of Thompson, Ed
sea 4 HUMPHREYS, In order to satisfy him.
self a. TO the truth of Craemer's state
menss about Quincy and Lennox Enclosed
the published accounts to j. NJ. Glass,
chief Of police of Los Angeles, Craemer's
old home. asking for information a. to the
missing siinsss.
Ths investigation by Chief of Police
Class proved in the first place that there
VS. no such person a. Jack Quincy. but
hat when Crsemsr described Jack
tsome one told him his last name was
Qaancy) and said he lived ut his house in
Los Angeles, he did describe Jack" he
Us well acquainted with. lie told his
sssorney that by writing to al old soldier
named Getchman AT the Soldiers home as
he Angeles he could find out all about
iaM lived with Craemcr. and the descrip-
ian and occupation Tailed exactly with
lsek Lennon. Lennox was away al that
tine in the mountains and his father said
tass his son Jack vas In Washington In
August, but supposed he was talking
sSout is93 instead of the present year. As
an readily be- seen by carefully reading
he following kilograms. Craemer, In or
Der TO explain how he got the SIS that he
ssvs bis wife. and from whom he got IL,
deseribed man he knew, told where he
Knew him aud gave HE first name.
A lev days after sending the letter Mr..
Hamphries received the following tel
gran from the chief. dated September 20:
Jack Lennox's home 10 here. He is
sas working in mountains north of
Pomona. Viii send letter To nearest office
aedeliver. Lennox's father says Jack Was
"a Washington in August, and that he
nesived letters from ham while there"
This telegram was followed October 4 by
ssestsr from the chief as follows:
Jack Lennox, in regard 10 whom you
vfpte me in the Henry Craemer murder
Ease. has returned TO the city and has been
kssrrogated In regard TO the matter of ais
49, w NsaShoT suu hstc htttkc4 pay FucHk
e him of So on the 18th day OF August,
Ia Lennex says that he knows nothing
g The matter, and that IL is not true
says that he does not owe Craemer aud
Nat he was not in Washington last Au-
syst. which latter statement we find TO 10
we, as he vas about this city and has
sen continuously since October ~. fsaa
- August. isssS. he wA in Tacoma, but
<s Tor his home in this city shortly after
hai time. Lennon is himself al ex-con-
hei, who years ago committed . most
aatal murder near this city. tor which be
va sentenced for life. some years after
ssfd in some way not known TO the pub
e securing q pardon. Wnen his father
Nd that he received letters from him in
August, from Washington. he thought the
ssarrence alleged by Craemer was Ia
~
In regard TO Jack Qaincy; We fail TO
kn1 arr shing to show that man of that
ssrAs was ever in this city, and l very
each doubt the truth Of Cfasmex's state
Beats in regard 10 the matter. | havsex-
sasned the old directories OF the years
sasn CraemeE lived here, but do not ind
sas name of Jack Quincy. nor Is he known
y aay enc here"
William 4. Humphrey. who assisted
H. soieFbeEg in the defense Of Craemer
sassr an appointment from the court. was
hsmsrly a law student in Mr.. Hamphries'
sees in Indians, aud MIR. Hamphrses on
0as secouat took tho troubss 10 snvesti-
es's. % TAR as the letters show. the truth