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N LAREN'S SAD STOR
The Slayer of Jennie Knittle
Tells of His Relations
With the Dead
Woman.
SHE REFUSED TO MARRY HIM
Claims That She Attempted to
Shoot Him and 1t Was Her
Own Pistol That
Killed Her.
SHE REFUSED TO MARRY HIM

a S&y
case against McLaren.. From McLaren's
actions during the trial it seems hat
ne stu entertains a strong hope Of
notes of the important points In the tes-
t-mony, and often c~onsuIts with his coun-
SCI s. :, on t the sba mn tr;a1 Oh w,, Wlf IN son.
cludsd TODAY
Mrs. Mulvaney. of No. So Garden street.
time the murder was committed. was
called just before recess yesterday, and
continued her testimony, after the dinner
count of the murder as gwen by the
boy Hudson. She confirmed his story of
the quarrel about the children and the
f fanete ma moman tn IF cry aSSh, OF r one u don!t
shoot!I the noise of the shot, and the
fall of Jennie Knittle after the shoot
She was present in October, 1893, when
McLaren sawed off the legs of the
e eha-r She as te seI6iled tb t3 McL Mre; p 9aid #
would be Jennie and not the chairs next
tine.
Ex-Judge Hoffman asked her il she
had not visited McLaren in the jail. She
said she had, but denied that McLaren
a had saia se t. fsr II ts sou Drs ssf the Of t cSal
that she answered II was going to tell
the truth, but now l will not"
She put the fire out when Mrs. Nc
Laren's dress was burning. On cross
examination witness said she did not re-
member Mrs. McLaren ever telling her
she had drawn a revolver on Tom, and
that she wished she had shot him.. She
was positive that Mrs. McLaren did not
have a revolver with her on the day
She knew this, because the murdered
woman had undressed in her presence,
talking about a revolver, and Jennie
had told her that she could get one in
ten minutes. Jennie was going 70 the
Hill, and Mrs. Mulvaney advised her to
| carry her revolver, as Tom might follow
her. She said she would do SO, and he
woul aE sRt 6 6fTs fsil %As se BURNING.
top prf floor Ma p No 5ss'S S GARDEN srS ls Street IT, saw say
m menaee' s ssave entered 1hs 9u1 the room IN a wh eeos
Mrs. McLaren was lying. Her dress was
burning. The witness identified the dress
WinfeId. MI. Recka. who Was ehepp:ng
hurried upstairs. He entered the room
her who had shot her and she answered.
"McLaren." Mr.. Hoffman asked the wit
ness if Mrs. McLaren was a big wo-
man. Yes" was the answer; "she was
she was taller than MoLaren. She was
about the size of General Heppenheimer.'
| Detective Nelson told Of MeLaren's ar
rest on August 6, IN the house Of his
sister. Mrs. Jameson. at No. 81 Park
CiQ L OCCli IL AO0AS
before the police knew that he was
there. A boy acquainted them with the
fact. McLaren was found IN 6ed; In
green, and In his stocking was a bottle
of sulphate of morphine. Thirty cents
a and : oq MeLa Mene tod 5Spf the On ofn eee he oi was nas
used to taking morphine
ACCUSED McLAREN.
Patrolman Hamilton, who saw the wo-
as to her condition. She was dying,
moaning, and apparently in great pain.
IBID this woman say anything to
her child IN your presenter" Yes, sir"
! was the answer.
W~:itness:Mshe Rugged the child to
soon be without a mamma" and then
The State rested here. and an adj
journment was declared until nine o'clock
this morning; The Jury were taken to
s GnNs H Mhefs I9fH fRsnRf sHe OPENING n5faS.
The trial was rssumed his morning 9ga at
opened for the defence. He claimed that
McLaren had always wanted to marry
Jennie Knittle, but she w SaMar not :, con- +
ried She would Kill him and his sister.
Mrs I s., Ja msaf to at At q bls time ghe Jennie ME
ordered him out OF the house, produced
a pistol and threatened to kill him. It
other men. McLaren married his broth
she left McLaren and returned to New
aFpsste eS l fos b Isnnis te efaim haa M tSat se
had married her in Pennsylvania, He
was acquitted on that charge, but was
convicted of living with Jennie. Nc.
Laren's version of the affair was that
after the quarrel in Mrs. Mulvaney's
parlor Jennie drew a revolver; He sprang
| and seized it with both hands. 1t went
| off. He remembers but little of what
happened after that until he found him
! self in Elnlira.
| Emil BOWS overheard the conversation
in the trolley car between Mrs. Mulva-
ney and Mrs. Demarest, in which they
asserted that they would hang him on
effect. Charles Held gave similar tegtl-
| mony.
Keeper George schaff testified to a
conversation between Mrs. Mulvaney and
McLaren. The latter said
will go Free z she aaswersd;-"I was
McLaren testified to having seen Jennie
twice when she had a revolver in her
possession, and once he heard her say
THE WOMAN HAD A PISTOL.
Mrs. Kate Bartlett Of Brooklyn, Me-
tons with Jennie She saw Jennie nave
a revolver on the Monday before the
| shooting. she carried II IN her dress,
| beneath a blue caps A few days be-
fore the shooting she saw cartridges in
Jennie's trunk, which was in her house
in Brooklyn.
Altar Terwilliger, ex-keeper at the
| Couny jail, testified to threats made to
McLaren by Jennie when she visited
! him in the Jail last May. Mrs. Mary
/ Williams of No. IS Washington street,
Hoboken, a sister Of McLaren's, testified
that Jennie called ON Tom at her house
and threatened to kill him. saying she
would never be satisfied until she waded
in HIS hearts blood. Mrs. Williams
prevented her from shooting him. Mrs.
Williams had seen her. brother beg Jen-
ME on his knees to marry lin. Jennie
replied:-"Marry you! What in hell do
you think | would sacrifice my young
for! Never on your lifef' She did agree
to marry him on one occasion, and the
wedding was all arranged for at Mrs.
Williams house. The minister was Sc
cured but Jennie did not arrive.
Mrs. Ellen McLaren. the prisoners
| stepmother, saw Jennie have a pistol on
July 8. h met her on Washington
street
McLAREN TELLS HIS STORY.
McLaren was put on the stand at
eleven o'clock. He testified to his rela-
lions with Jennie Knittle. He offered
to marry her, but she refused him. She
threatened to shoot him once when
she lived at No. Z Plank road. She also
threatened him and his wife after he
| down to the occurrences on the day of
the shooting. He told q straightforward
story of what occurred. His version of
the affair to the time he entered the
4 par1or with Jennie was the same as that
Of the Houliston boy; He had a quarrel