The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-13
ACTS LIKE A STOIC.
Murderer Craemer Bears His
Conviction Well.
ne WANTS A SECOND TRIAL.
He .na His wife Meet with sssIsa Cam-
pssmre-Hhs Asternsy CLAIMS 80
Have New Evfdsnee.

death penalty for the murder Of Mrs..
Meier and her babe was oae Of the chief
subjects Of conversation Yesterday
througAous the city, and particularly SO
arn0ng peopI. of Crzemer's nationality.
His sftornsy. Sode-oeTg. will shortly
move for nsw trial On tia ground Of
newly discovered evidence. whose import
ance he claims vii greatly beneat bis
client al the next trial
Cr.smsr's face blanehinr when The
dread words we're announced at 1 10 yes
terday morning Was the only visible evil
dsnes Of emotion. His lawyers enconr-
aging words brought few tears 20 bis
eyes. hut they we're quickly suppressed.
and be was returned 10 his cell, where be
passed the rest Of the night in condition
of mind that words fail TO describe. his
face yesterday. though ou,wardly IS stolid
and hrm as ever. yet bore traces Of the
mental strain 70 which he has been sub
iected for many days, and looked some
What haggard- His wife did not learn Of
the verdict until 7o'elock yesterday morn
inx. as which hour some kind neighbor
fastened over TO tell her the news. She
aid not faint. nor cry. bat with the same
quiet sfolidity thai has characterized man
and wife throughout the trial, she went IN
search of her husbands attorney for con-
Hrmstion Of the sad news.
Together they went to the Jail. whore
Craemer vas brought out 70 neet his wife.
scene was expected. but none was made.
Crasmer shook hands quietly with his
wife. His face, though somewhat bag
gard. was calm, and the three. Craemer.
his wife and bis attorney, sat down in the
jailer's private office and conversed in
German. Craemer expressed his surprise
at the verdic, and failed to see how the
Jury reached their conclusions. The inter
view vas not long. and an observer unac-
quainted with the actors in the case would
have thought them all taking over some
trivial matters. The wife took leave of
Craemer with the same outward calm, no
tears and no emotions. Whatever the feel
ings of both husband and wife may be,
they have steeIed themselves to make no
public show OF them.
Crasmer occupies a cell with Nordstrom
and in the day time mingles with the
other prisoners in the steel tank that now
contains nine murderers. Though he
mingles with them in his effort TO secure
some exercise. walking mp and down the
cage, yet he seldom speaks and then only
when address ed and In monosyllables.
The steel tank in which Craemer is con-
fined now contains six convicted murder
ers and three Japs charged with murder.
-Four OF the convicted men are under sen
tence of death. namely. Craemer. Nord-
strom, Rutten and Holmes; Wilcox under
a twsnty-year sentence and Murphy under
q fifteen year sentence are awaiting the
result of an appeal. while the three Japs
are awaiting trial.
NeIs Soderberg, Craemer's attorney. res
tsrday expressed his views on the case and
verdict and his proposed future actions as
follows:
II have the highest respect for the men
on that jury, believing them all intelii-
gent, conscientious men, and that they
were firmly determined to do their duty,
and did do 1t 30 they saw 1T. believe,
however, they were unconsciously intiu-
enced by the mistaken belief that public
opinion vas s. strongly against the de-
PENDANT AZ the close of the trial as IL had
been before the trial began; whereas, in
fact. q complete change in public senti-
ment had taken place, and the people who
had been watching the progress OF the case
to the number of several hundred, almost
unanimously concluded that the defend
ants guilt was not established by the
evidence, and that he ought TO be &C
Quilted. In fact the jury was surprised
yesterday morning to learn that their
verdict did not meet with the approval of
the community and that everybody was
astonished that . verdict of conviction
could be rendered on such unsatisfactory
testimony. Craemer stoutiy main tained
his innocence in an interview / bad with
him this morning, and have no fear but
what il will be completely established be-
fore long. I have had several offers of
assistance to procure the missing evidence
as 10 the defendants movements on the
day Of the murder and his alibi believe
had my defendant not been impecunious,
/ should have been able to have secured
the attendance of Jack Quincy, from
whom he collected money in Tacoma on
the afternoon of August Is. the day the
murder WAS committed. BY this mean
that would have employed detectives to
hunt up Quincy, VINO Is believed to be
somew here In the Cascade mountains
The sheriff of Snohomish county searched
for him along the Monte Cristo district
but failed to discover MIN. When Quincy
is produced, the innocence of the defend
ant will in ali probability be made appsT-
ent beyond oil question.
II will Immediately move for q new trial
upon numerous grounds, among others on
the ground Of newly discovered evidence.
Nhc itA POI Aasst $40 tA0fe AOat nsu since
the verdict lie that some of the property
taken by the assassin from Melles's house
when the murder was committed IL said TO
have been restored to Mr.. Melier'st pos
sesSion--namely. gold watch chain. |
do not know the circumstances Of this
fully, but the inference is irresistible that
the chain must have been taken by some
one residing In Meller's house, or in its
near vicinity.
s.T belisve that the facts of the dastardIv
crime should have had much fuller in
yestigAsion than they have As vet received,
and believe that there are two criminals
who should be hanged for IL. / am not At
liberty t. state anything in the nature Of
clues 10 tho detection of the assassin that
/ may have. / believe that Craemer is In
nocsnt bat / will do my share of work in
running down the guilty parties and before