The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-16
CALLING FOR PROOF.
Wegener's Pleas for Craemer
Prove a Boomerang.
THE SUPPLY OF CASH STOPPED
seattle brewers Turn the Tide With
Cold Facts Wcgcuer Asked TO
Keep His Promises.

ing hefna To roost Not only has faouey
ceased 60 come into bis fund FOR tae De-
Tense OF craemer and the search after the
eyasiSe Jack Quincy. but those WHO have
already sent him money on the strength
Of his promise 90 produce evidence Of
Craeussr's Innocence are noe asking him
for the proof This Is due 70 the energy
OF the Seattle Brewers Union and Of +.
chYIsimann. one OF its members. who IA
a long article In the Seattle Dem0krat
tore To shreds Mr.. NegeReT's fctions. and
20 the decided stand which that paper has
taken ia Eefense OF tbs integrity Of the
courts and public officials OK this state.
Dir cbrissmaBn's article appeared in
the Dem0krat OF October q. ard since
then the executive committee ~ the Ma
tfanai Brewers Enion has called on the
Seattle Brewers Tnlon for information
ar 10 which statement Of the case u the
true one--WeKeneF' or GhTistmann 5.
The answer was that christmann's story
was tho only correct one. and the secre-
faFy 81 the Seattle union was Instructed
% give the national executive committee
all the Information II desired. Lr. Christ
MAINS article MAS also republished III the
brewers Union Journal. The result IS
that aI subscriptions 20 Wegensrs fund
among The local brewers unions have been
stopped and money already collected has
not been forwarded. The Eastern Ger
mar papers which Mr.. Wegener deluded
into publishing his scrseds and collecting
funds for his cause have also published
the other eide OF the case. and are now
calling on Mr.. WsENner 70 produce the
evidence Of Craemer's innocence which he
promised II funds we're subscribed. tie
has SO far failed 10 do 50. his prosfsecto.s
having not returned from the Cascade
mountains with the long sought Jack
Quincy The only German papers which
now stand by wegener are the Waeht am
annae. ~ Tacoma. and the Tagebiatt. OF
San Francisco. which have become 50 far
committed that they cannot ind digni-
fed way out.
60 far tha waeht arm supde. which
seems 10 have constituted itself as Veg
ener's organ. has acknow lodged receipt OF
Ia. the largest single sum having
come from the Philadelphia DeHokrat.
but there is no mention Of any sum bav-
ing come I'm fram the San Francisco Ger
mans. although dispatches said they had
subscribed about s2.0bl.
The opinion 81 the Germans of Seattle
r. clearly stated Ia Tho article by r.
christmann. which appeared I'm the Scat
ito Demokrat after having been rejected
by tho Wacht am sunde. OF Tacoma, I'M
der circumstances which Mr.. Christmann
relates. ms follows:
Not wanted by Wcgcner's Organ.
'.'rhere came into my hands about three
fng articles sent 10 them by a German
citizen very well known here. Mr. O. i.
wegener. which aimed TO save from the
raiIows Henry Craemer. who IS under
sentence Of death. aud 10 convince the
outside German public Of his innocence.
These articles are mass or malicious
baseneSs and shameful SANDER. a friend
~ mine took reply 90 the office Of the
Wacht am Sunde. the German paper pub
Hahed IN Tacoma. IT was received In a
very friendly manner, but the answer did
not appear in the next issue for no APP
parent reason. Ny friend wrote 10 the
publisher asking him 20 return the manu-
SCRIPT II ne did not Wish To publish H. He
received nn answer. Then he sent q man
20 bring the manuscript hack. and re-
ceived the message that II had been
thrown into the waste basket
''Mv object II 10 enlighten those who are
NOT familiar with the Craemer case, Ia
ORDER that they may not 10 misied b.
wegcner's misrepresentation"
Tho Trial Was Impartial.
The article then goes on TO ten the his
tory OF Craemers crime. his arrest. trial
and sentence. II then proceeds:
ss'Tfrpughout the trial no partially was
shown by the court against craemer. The
Germans themselves were londost in the
condemnation OF craemer.
when sentence wax pronounced a rela-
tive Of Craener in 81. Louis sent $50 20
w s. Relfe OF the Arm Of Re,fe e Nc
Cutrheon, with the request that he appeal
tie case 20 the supreme court wegener
had collected money ard associated him
self with the lawyer Fairfield Dore and
so the ease was carried 70 the supreme
court by Relic & Mccutcheon and Dore
land not by the Swedish attorney Sogrr-
herg) and the sentence OF the superior
court confirmed.
AaS erffa~4aF p,~,, ..~pr..
here and In Tacoma. hut he could not Eet
much. fer the Germans of this section.
who had followed the trial, universally
believed Craemer guilty. weil-known
brewery workman answered Wegener In
the Seattle nemokrat. which hlF~him hard
and thereuron he gave the man The t.tlo
which ! explain later.
Crnemer's Murierous >arure.
''To Illustrate Craemer's character
might relate the following. he belonged
10 Brewery WoFkmen's Union. branch NJ.
.. OF Seattle. Tie was expelled FOR treaeh-
cry for after every meeting he went 70
the foreman ana told what had been done,
ami by intrigue he coutrlvea % 50 etrbtior
the foreman AGAINST certain workmen that
he discharged them Some % these men
arc SIN out ef work ana without means.
Nevertheless he again obtained work
through tae union. aud was helped Instead
~ injured by Il. soon aftcrward he ui6t q
fcllnw-workman ON tho street one evening
with tho exclamation. New I Will set
even with the --s he frlsbe1
mpoa the man and tried 10 knoek him
down from hehin0 hut dii not s8c-eea
This happened in the presence % about
ten women Then followed his suspension
frCn tho brewers union and h3s discharge
THAT Craener had personal hatred %
AfiIler was proved by August Eoiher. Who
lived Ira CrRcmerrs Aousc. Craemer eou-
planned - roshtr that Miller bad bought
from under hss nose tho house in whteh
the murier VAS committed au3 ha8 taken
his place when ne was DISCHARGED That
s. the greatest nonsense. Tar IL NAN is
DISCHARGED somebody must faka bls place
I knew that Bothcr was the witness who
came In - quarter ~ an hour t5a 3ata
and was 70 have sawed Crseucv FROM the
Eallows- THIS. too. is untrue. bad
conversation VITA E0taeF about Tao
tfiat IA which he gave ma 80 understand
that he ha3 aeen summoned as A witness
for CraeDser. eat thar hr co1sld not helH
tfasnaer' as he knew nosaas shout his
whereabouts GA the 5ay 81 th-. murder.
= UsEnt also Observe that Hvs weeks
before the nlHT3ar taree Eead s-raaz Goes
Rsre saotsane8 one helHare.f 60 Miller s.H
1he otsers su two Ue3Eh bars une N,rAas.
evening, about two @osks befare fhe .auf-
der while A&ileF MIS- at a meet ng If fs..
brrnsfs union aHf Nou,aR vas VISITING
Airs. Aillet' s1rnehasiy ess prowlius arennd
81 TIRE neisafaaf83p8 ~ tae halss B'Aa
visitor nrSg observed ths presanee a. sea-.
stranger aad called tha atsenNoa ~ Mrs
Miller waa WGnt ~ era ssear esrn . vs,.,l
Ner, Whenesna h8a asked seAe uas the-e
an3 received Pa answer. SIRE "a ss.s ths re-,
No.ver ana the hau5lt disappeared.
A @ecS later tao ysouen wee ptekIn-
eerrs On fae Aia healssl MsHers' ant,Se
ara tebad traemcF eaere hzsrx hshf~s 4
FFare a asseat