The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-11

ia the spring os this y@zr my husband
own@d n p4Nt0f. cut I cannot EdenfSfy 81
net kBo<inK 91ythsng a6ous pistols- lie
took il along vita hin Ga the trip 70 TIE
Cascades. and the last time ! sas g - = -
in the naresu drawer where Is was usR2a3y
keut. f,rs dRy noticed Il a. nos there.
and asked what hed become Of IL NJ.
Crasmer told me be had sold the plssoa.
The money in the red tobacco box was
next disposed Of. witness saying she Arss
sax il ia tee court room Saturday. The
niter box. she said. had been IN plain
wfew ~ the shed, having been lsfs there
swo years ago By carpenters. who bad
buiIt picket fence about the place. The
shed door had not been kept locked. and
aarinx the nighs Of August IS she heard
the dog barking 6sresly Ia the yard.
THAR rRfp To IA coma
Mr.. Crnemsr said her husband was in
the house the morning OF August - and
left at . O'Clock He was dressed IN light
oolorsd suit. She then testified that
neither she nor her husband knew Mrs.
Mesier. She continued:
"wnen my husband ieft for Tacoms he
walked over the Commercial street trestie
ard did not see bin. Any more until be
returned in the evening. He was last AZ
August b lie left the house that morn
ing about the same time and got back the
following morning"
Here 3 number Of questions were asked
as 20 Craemer's clothing and fishing
tackle. Then Mr.. Miller picked mp the
hammer aud asked her about the fish line
wrapped around the handle. She could
not identify the string. but said her hus-
band had MANY lines ~ home. some Of
which looked ike this one.
The questions were now directed 20 the
tobacco boxes:
MY husband left bis smoking outfit on
= shelf in the dining room. lie smoked q
pipe and kept bis tobacco in yellow tin
boxes. | don't know what kind OF tobacco
he smoked.
A recess was here taken tall 80 O'Clock
.. III.
MRS. cRsENKR cRoss-ExkxrxTp.
Al the afternoon session the court room.
as 10 the morning. was uneomfortably
full. The general entrance had been
locked during the noon hour and when
the door was opened a. 30 the crowd
came In with a rush. In a few moments
the aisies were damned. and the door Was
again locked. Some delay in the proceed
ings was caused by the absence of Mrs.
Craener. who had gone out 10 her
home 90 bring IL the yellow Dixie"
tobacco boxes. She reached the court
room ten minutes late. carrying
the boxes IN package. and again
went on the stand. She was almost
Immediately cross-examtned. Prescott
ing Attorney Miller questioned her as TO
the barking of the dog. her husbands
fishing tackle and the relations of Craemer
with the s.elier's. She never knew Mr..
Meller. she said, and the only time she
ever saw him was in the court room.
Questioned as to the financial condition
OF the family. she said they had never
been destitute. had always had something
10 eat in the house, had always bad fuel
and clothing and bad never been entirely
out Of money. The roomer (Rother) paid
$50 week. and during the winter they
had received email sums of money from
Portland.
cRAEMER TELIs HTS STORY.
Craemer himself Was then called. There
was visible movement among the audi
ence az the accused man stepped forward
and was sworn. He carried a handker-
chief crumpled up in one hand. He was
calm and deliberate in his answers to the
questions. When the red box in which
the 500 was found was held before him he
flushed up a little. but he critically ex-
amined the bloody hammer, and his hand
did not even so much as tremble. His
voice was low-pitched, and he spoke in
rather broken tones. Mrs. Craemer
seemed to be exhausted and rested her
head heavily on one hand as her husband
began his testimony.
The first questions related TO Craemer's
early lie and movements In this country,
and his answers merely corroborated the
testimony given in the morning by his
wife. Proceeding TO the reported visit to
Tacoma, he said:
son August Is last, at u o'clock noon.
/ Was on the FLYER going to Tacoma
returned about $50 az night. / was not
in the Occidental saloon that afternoon
between l aud 2 O'Clock. When returned
from Tacoma took two giasses of beer at
a saloon on Main street. where | changed
50 bill / had about 81 when I went To
Tacoma and there collected from Jack
Quincy 49, two &i0pieces, two SS-pieces.
the rest In silver. Alter drinking the beer
here went along the water front by the
Commercial street trestle for home
never made a statement 10 Cudihee. Wells
Here came = detailed account of his
movements in Tacoma. Questioned fur
ther he said:
when left the brewery last November
had 500 saved up, and since then have
maize about $50 l never knew Mrs. Mel
ler."
The concentration OF Craemer de-
veloped the history of his trip with Smith
I al
have enough 20 pay their fares back. and
their only resource was 30 beat their
way on the railroad. La this Smith was
more successful than CraemeF, who was
pat of ct Everett. where he stopped al
night. and. being close pressed, sold hi.
| revolver for So eeats 10 man on the dock
/ The revolver was a. caliher and old and
| rusty.
ne STANDS RI MS STORY.
The REORGANIZATION was most reid
lasting Tor two hours. but IL failed q
| shake the testimony. he denied al
knowledge Of having made a statement q
the detectives on the evening Of August l,
that he had Just come from Tacoma His
| euslcrs in going home had uniform 3 been
/ 10 take the Commercial street trestle. III.
| did nos 80 bv the Grant street bridge one
| time Ia ten. lie walked the evening o.
August y because hs wanted 20 save
I cents, and IS be had Just spent II
/ cents for beer he felt that he could
walk. Germans. he said. would rathei
! walk aud have their beer than 20 ride and
| do without beer. On the Flyer comins
| from Tacoms he sat AZ the extreme oacs
rau q the boat. and did not hear AM
music. Had there been any music in III,