The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16


s'Taa fast IL that craenasr art Ns.f4-
worried IN fae ~ ne bgswery ard belonged
70 the saa1s uzion. With Miller, Crss-
Fner BOXED over the house n With the
rsfFsIer was committed. psnen Miller moved
Into L. Crasmer hinseis xN8re that he had
been N Miilers hcase and xaew Irs. Esl-
Der personally"
The Germans Were against Him.
The article goes on 30 answer Wegsner's
statements about the sveat box. about
the charge that SO<ierbsrx was an incarn-
potent lawyer ard that no TINE was given
u procure witnesses. Regarding the
charge that the witnesses sor the prose-
ctstioa were hired 70 testify falsely. IL
says.
II Wegener Is 50 base as 20 destroy the
COOL name OF his nefehbors in sEeh a
shameless manner. il can weii be believed
that he himself does that os which with
CIT cause he accuses Others" OF the
charge that the '.natfvistF newspapers
clamorsd for Graemer's death, the article
says: Thai, TOO. r. a naisFepresenfat ton.
IL was the Germans themselves who
would have hanged Craeu1er. One 81 the
very few who arc ROW Joining in Wege-
neres agitation gas the locaest In shout
ing to hang CraemeT~ The article goes
on 20 answer the SANDERS on the courts
and fae police. and pays a tribute 10 the
uprightness Of Judge Humes. and says Of
CraeFner. He was not condemned be-
cause ne was poor German. but because
sufficient evidence Of his guilt was pro-
duced." The article then gives the rea-
sons fer ssispecting the convicted man OF
having also murdered Thomas Anderson
in January 1884 Referring TO the state
naent that the Germans OF Seattle could
not contribute any more money because
OF the hard times. AIr. christrnann SAYS:
ut was not because fhe times were hard
f.sr~
cause the overwhelming majority OF the
Germans did not believe Cfaemer --no-
cent. The Germans Of Portland were also
prepared to contribute. but they convinced
themselves how the facts stood re-
spectacle business man came 10 Seattle
and soon satisfied himself that Craemer
was guilty and had had fair trial
However much money Is coming IN
through tbs shameful article, and II Is
necessary. for IL certainly takes eonsid-
erable sum 20 carve ont az Mammon a Jack
Quincy who viii undertake 70 prove Craze
mer's innocence
Very Impractical sympathy.
In an editorial on the case. the Seattle
Dernokrat SAYS: mir. Wegener has not
had the support OF the Germans Of Seattle.
nor even of a respectable part OF them, m
bis movement II this had been the case,
he would not have been reduced 10 the
necessity OF going outside for aid. Nor II
such had been the case, would he have
found it necessary TO appoint committee
- receive the money. consisting OF one Sc
Athlete. himself and two Tacoma men. II
is true that several Germans or shss city
make show Of being ready TO stand Dy
Wegener through thick and thin. But 1t
Is remarkable that. in the summer, wnen
Wegener was without means 10 carry on
his case these gentlemen we're not at home,
ana one Of them. who was Ia a position
10 contribute literally but had not then
81 cents left for MIR Wegener. is now one
OF the ioudest on his side, since the money
began 10 come In from outside.
Brought Home to wegener.
Although the letters which have appeared
In the German papers OF the United States
representing craemer as an injured inno-
cent have not been signed, they have been
generally attributed to Q. r. Wegeaer. and
he has alternately admitted and denied
their authorship. But the oregon Stats
zeliung Of September L let the cat out of
the bag 1t contained one of Wegener's
screois headed communicated and adj
dressed ITO the German public bat in
another column Is an editorial on this ar
ticle. in which occur the words I'VE
ourselves are not in a position 10 form an
opinion on the case, hut we have known
the sender. Mr.. OTTO Il. Negener, for
thirty years