The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-10
FORTUNE MGERMANY
Murderer Craener Was Thought
70 Have : WindfalL
GREEN AND THE 5000 NOTE.
crssuAsr Says No has CaanseA Lawyers
Dsssass ef sAs Hssss ssd 1has
unAs &c Csssrsssssy.

The statements Of J. L Green pub
lished N Sundays Puet-Inteliigencer
- to his controversy wSth the other
attorneys who claimed 10 act for
Henry crzemer. the convicted muir
derer OF Mrs. PhfEpenA Mueller and
her child, Ia his appeal to the supreme
court. meet with a direct contradiction
from Cxaexner, as well q from o. r.
wegener, who has been actively inter-
ested IA Crzemer's behalf. but have
broughx out the far< that Craener was
believed 10 have inherited fortune In
10 the Post Intelffgencer yesterday
denying Green's statements aH7d. IN
order % scSsfe question at rest. q
Posk-Inte5iigencerr reporter last night In
<erviewed the prisoner and he con-
fizrnad Afr. Wegeners statements In al
usa<k every particular.
Craenaer was seen at the county Jail
about O'Clock last evening, shortly
before the boar for docking up'' for the
night, and through the bars Of the steel
tank with the rest OF the inmates at
respectful distance Crzener talked
freely OF his case 20 the reporter Of the
Post-Intelfigencer. The light In the hall
shou1e fun on Craemer's face, showing
1t 10 be hagsafd and pinca,ed. His eyes
were bloutishnE and rolling, his brow
deeply wrinkfsd and his every action
and furafye look indicated q mind
strained with nervous anxiety. He
talked reservedly. IN his broken En-
gIis1l, combining himself to direct an
swers In response to q series Of ques-
lions he sad:
Hodezberg was my first lawyer. APP
pointed by the court. After the trial 1
notified htn by lettar that / waHtesi
Grcsn to attend 10 my appeal. Sod
erberg claimed he was appointed by
the court and would not vacate un1il
ordered by the court. I told Judge
Hunes wanted Green for my lawyer
and he made the change. dropping
Sodsrberg. Green did not attend to my
case properly, and instead OF doing 50
as ne had represented without expect
ing any consideration. about the first
thing he did was 10 induce me to sign
two demand notes for $1,000, which he
said was only a matter of form l then
learned that some party in Los Angeles
had written to the proYgistors of the
brewery where used to work fnuufrspy
who was and notifying them that a
man OF my name had inherited some
money in Germany. The brewery peo-
pie, instead of sending me that letter.
sent II to Green, and guess that ac-
counts for his sudden interest In chose
two notes. I signed those notes me-
chknically without really knowing what
! was signing, for it was just after my
trial and ! was nervous and unstrung.
was not satisfied with Green's actions.
however. and he has clearly shown his
inability to handle the appeal case.
Through my friends. and especially
Mr.. Weganer. they secured the firm OF
Fairfield & Cross, and Fairfield drop
ping out of the firm has left the matter
In Mr.. Cross hands He has associated
with astnf the firm OF Relfe & Me-
Cutcheon.
Il wrote Green a letter about two
weeks ago. telling him that I discharged
HIM from the case because was not
satisfied with him and he should have
accepted that as ffnal.''
beyond the points covered by
Craaner Mr.. wegener makes the fol.
lowing statement.
The statements made by Green that
] only want to hold a club over Bottom
Rogers head are risiicu.ousiy false.
Mr.. Rogers is a stranger TO me, whom
/ would not know IL saw him. / am
interested IN the Caaemer case because
/ consider 1t unjust that a man should
not have chance to appeal because he
Is TOO poor to pay the cost Besides
that believe Craener to be INNOCENT.
and IL any effort OF mine can help him
To bring out his innocence 1T will fst
made"