The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-08
on TRIAL FOR LIFE.
rraemer Called to Answer for
Mrs. Meller's Death.
10 is sroLiD AND INDIFFERENT.
- yury ImpsnsIed snd she Case
stated 20 It-A Terrible Array OF
Evidence Against Hsm.

HkurV ATAe m&Es Caafxs4 Win the muir
- 81 Hrs. Philiplne yslIer on August Is
81 vas yesterday given over 70 the gazs
= ne hundreds Of interested and curious
...soIs u the impansiing Of the Jury that
: e sry his case before Judge Humes.
.aong the crowd that gathered la the
.ours room we're many women. When
s<ssmer vas brought before the bar the
trx. man upon whom his eyes could rest
80 John MsiIer. husband Of the murdered
vosnsn, bat be avoided Meller's glance
saa only ones during the day looked COW
rtly ct him Craemer sat quietly IA his
e1sr. his feet planted squareiy on the
soor and bis hands elasped in his lap. He
rsrsd hxsdIy before him. aud almost the
ssIy movement noticeable was . slight
stitching Of the fingers. His face gave
sgns ssidenee Of confinement
NsilsY sat near the rail on the south Of
.se center gate. Near him we're his two
little girls. Annie, aged 6. and Lizzie, aged
4 both dressed In black. Ludwig Kiendl,
ans OF the dodgers at Meller's house, sat q
short distance away, and the entire half
<.re.s inside the bar was lined with friends
a the murdered woman. Msllsr clenched
! AsndksrchEsf in one hand aud at times
sss deeply affected by reference 20 the
tragedy. Mrs. Craemer sat bsslds her hns-
band
Tks jury was not completed till s:25
LAST nlxht II Is composed Of William w.
Trsnch. 8. ]. Collins (colored}. ]. sadder.
500, r p. Medley. John Cooley. Joseph
q sexton, Samuel Coombs. ]. K. Weitzsl,
Thomas ]. Johnson tcoiored). Smith Ben
han, W. II. Lord, and II. III. Muldon.
The work Of impaneling the jury pro-
etsded slowly from the opening OF the
court. When the case was called Nels
soderbsrg, for the defense. moved for a
s0nsinuance on the ground that Jack
Quincy, tho man who Craemer says paid
him the money in Tacoma the day the
murders were committed, had gone into
The mountains and had not yet been sub
ranaed. The motion was overruled. w.
T. Humphrey was appointed associate
counsel for thu defense by Judge Humes.
Ala O'Clock In the afternoon the venire
vas exhausted. and an op<n venire issued
containing the names OF ID. T. Wheeler, L.
". Mslse. +. P. ClIngan. s. French. w. F.
Robb. Thomas Jackson. Thomas Quigiey,
Ii. W. Miller. l.. T. Dodge. q. w. IL.
White. ID. Phillips and w. w. Eldred.
There we're at that time eleven jurymen
ia the box. and the defense had made but
four peremptory challenges. The court
then adjourned till 1850.
In examining jurymen the defense
closely questioned them ~ 10 whether
they had followed the murders as reported
Ia the newspapers aud the effect Of such
reading in the formation OF an opinion.
John r. Rissdorph. Of Kent, lawyer.
Judge. Grand Army man and journalist, was
pat on the stand. and the following colo
guy ensuef between him and Attorney
soderbergi
IF you were charged with murder IS
thls defendant 10 aud your life was en-
trusted to twelve men who think IS you
do, would you ieel willing TO have them
try your casef'
Mr.. Rlsedorph quickly replisdi
"If could get twelve men who think as
] do to ait on my case, should think my
seif pretty lucky"
A litter went around the court room at
this sally. Mr.. Risedorph was excused by
Prosecuting Attorney Miller.
Before the jury was completed the fol-
loving were challenged peremptorily by
the defense. A. 8. Miller. ii. b. Clamcrs.
J. c. McAllIsssr. George Forrest. NJ. w.
wsigel. r. 8. Poivin. Thomas Cole. John
Nicholas, J. G. Blair, G. II. Johnson. John
Rtssell. The prosecution peremptorily
challenged only Il. Seidberg and John Il.
Risedorph.
Those excused for cause by the defense
we're: O. J. Wallace. j. w. Perkins,
George r. Leese. Ira A. Scott. ]. b. Me-
Claim, James Stryker. Z. Il. Lacey, and
those excused for cause on exsminati
b. the prosecuting attorney were: ID. 7.
Wheeler. Matthias Delamble. Roscoe
Dixon. II. w. Miller. W. +. Robb.
After the jury had been completed,
Prosecuting Attorney Miller. without 60
ing into the details Of the crime. stated
iae case, substantially a. has been re-
ported In the papers. When he told how
the hfeless and mutilsted body Of the
seman had been dragged into the center
room. aud the finding Of the baby FritE by
Jennie Clark, Mrs Craemer for an instant
looked fearfaliy at her husband, and ut the
same time Msller's frame shook conyul-
nvslv, and he sobbed aloud. Then the
attorney. pointing TO the defendant. saids
"And We propose to show you, gentle
men OF The Jury, that suspicion connects
the man sitpng yonder with the crime I"
Mr.. soaereerg here interposed an OBJ
iection TO the manner Of stating the case.
crasmsr sat all this time apparently I'M
moved. He did not llft his eyes. nor shift
his foot. nor change his position in the
chair. lie sas bolt upright, as II in strait
Jacket.
Referring 10 the hammer with which
the murder was committed. Mr.. Miller
said.
I'VE will prove that the hammer be-
Hanged - the defendant in this case. We
I'll prove that the end sawed OF Was
ioana In his house: that saw Was found
taeFs, and that the pecusiaritses Of the saw
,ssth conform TO the scratches on the hsn-
eie Of the hammer"
Consinuing. the prosecuting attorney
sAla the detectives lad searched Craemer's
house and yard SO thoroughly thai hardly
sbla1e Of grass bad remained unexplained,
and then sold OF the discovery Of 500 Ia
add concealed In . miter box and the
eaeFts af the defendant 90 explain away
his Supposed connection with the crims
~ tha story ef being absent IN Tacoma
The day the murders were committed Mr..
KILLER said:
~Ms wiz show that the defendant was
seeu Ia Seattle AZ II clock ana At 3o'eleek
sad - other hours ali the day Of the muir
eefs: farther. that within Eve minutes
after MslleF left hls home for town CFasmer
AS - ards from the house, and that
tao weeks earlier ae Was seen sknlking IN
TIE aTesa ~ Two ladies' picking berries
neAF TIE house. They recognised him and
BE them. and be Jumped mp and ran
aSAy.e
Me-. Miller dashed his ststement OF the
case - csc. snd the court sas adjourned
va $50 tbs morning.
Meter. since August ~. has been Twins
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