The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-02
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German under sentence OF death IN ms
city for murder, l have 20 say
was convicted OF a most brutal nlufueF o.
a mother and child. robbery oelns tA.e M
tive Craemer had a fair trlal oeioIe
Judge OF unquestioned probity ana d Ju,s
OF representative citizens. he was ANY
defended and the supreme court mas al
firnned the judgment Of the superior CouEt'
The verdict here Is almost universally De-
lisyed. TO be just, so far as / am ao4e ~
learn. Our courts ara above reproach anu
have the entire confidence OF our people
who are law-abilding and without race
prejudice. There IS certainly no preJudlce
in the community against the great Ger
man people. who form a very respectable
proportion of our population ana hunlper
rany Of our most entetprising and honest
citizens.
"A short time ago Mr.. Otto F. Wegener,
of this city, who has been very active IN
aiding in the defense OF Craemer ana VINO
appears to sincerely believe in Craemer's
innocence, asked me for letter touching
his (Wegeners) honesty, as he stated ne
intended to solicit subscriptions in Craze
mers behalf. / gave him a general letter,
stating in substance that he was we'll
known and respected citizen Of this city,
that he had done much 10 carry on the
Craemer appeal case. and that in my opin-
ion any money intrusted 70 him for this or
any other purpose would be honestly eX-
pended. In giving this letter | did not in
any way indorse the purpose for which the
money was 10 be raised but simply certi-
fed my belief that MIR. Wegener would use
the money for the purpose for which it was
subscribed
''P. 81 inclose a letter from the chief
Of police, an efficient and trustworthy OF
ficer, who made the arrest OF Craemer and
has a clear and thorough knowledge OF
the case"
Chief Rogers Account of the Trial.
The letter written by Chief Rogers at
the request of the mayor and sent East
with the above letter was as follows:
4 beg to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter Of even date requesting me TO
furnish a brief synopsis of the case CT the
State VS.. Henry Dreamer. charged with
murder Henry Craemer was arrested on
August II, 1894. charged with tho murder
of Mrs. Philomena Miller and child, said
murder having been committed on the
night of August 10, 1894 Craemer was
tried on September Y, 1884, for the muir
der of the mother. Mrs. Miller and was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, and sentenced 10 be hanged. An
appeal was taken by his lawyers 10 the
state supreme court, and the date Of
Craemer's death set for the first Friday
in November next. ! am informed at
to raise funds to take a second appeal
TO the United States supreme court.
Il being the arresting officer in this case
and being familiar with the facts, both
leading up to and during the trial, con-
side that Craemer was given an impartial
trial. The only evidence he e1deayOred
TO bring forth in his defense was in the
form Of an alibi, in which he claimed that
he had been at Tacoma on the day pre-
ced:ng the evening of the murder, and
that there he had received certain sums OF
money (Which we found in his possession)
from man whom he described as Jack
quincy, a man whom he had formerly
known in Los Angeles. Cal Every rea-
sonab.e effort was made at that time to
find this man Jack Quincy, but TIE search
was unsuccessful. I have since secured
strong and direct testimony. which will
show that the man Jack Quincy. whom
Craemer formerly knew in Los Angeles
was in Los Angeles. Cal. at the time this
murder was committed, and had been there
for some time previous 10 the murder has
resided there ever since, and was not and
could not have been in the city of Ia
coma on the day which Craemer claims to
have seen him. as Los Angeles Is a city
situated something over 1900 miles dis
tant from Tacoma. The evidence dgairst
Craemer was largely circumstantial. but
IL was very strong circumstantial chain,
without a single missing link and there
never has been in my mind the least ques-
ton concerning the guilt of Craemer OF
the crime for which he was convicted
When Wegener asked for the letter from
Mayor Phelps he also solicited a subscrip-
ton toward the fund. Mr.. Phelps refused
stating that he thought Craemer had re-
ceived a fair and impartial trial and in
his opinion was guilty of the murder. In
the face of this he writes the letter to the
Stats Zeitung. which he said the mayor
verified.
The Chief Exposes the Lies.
Chief Rogers was shown the item during
the afternoon, and said il was absolutely
the worst case OF classifying he had ever
seen lie read the statements made by
Wegener and literally tore them to pieces.
He said: Begin with the statement that
the honest German workman Craemer.
lived in another part of the city from the
scene of the murder The truth OF the
matter is Craemer lived within three
blocks of the scene OF the murder and
worked in the same brewery with the hus-
band OF the murdered woman He was
arrested on the charge the next day on
his own varying statement regarding his
whereabouts twenty-four hours previous.
and confined in the city Jail for two DAYS
in an ordinary cell and received the same
treatment as any prisoner. He was then
turned over to the custody of the sheriff
and taken 10 the county jail, where he
u
He had a preliminary hearing and an at
torney, Fred II. Peterson, to confer with
him. lie waived examination. and when
he came up for trial in the superior court
y. Soderberg was appointed to defend
him.
The charge that the attorney for the
defense did not try to find Jack Quincy.
the supposed slihf witness Ohe only per-
son Craemer claimed he saw in Tacoma
that day. is very gauzy. The fact Of the
matter Is that both SoderbeTE and the
prosecution did everything possible to To-
cate him. the prosecution sending Detec-
tive Cudihee 70 Tacoma where he. with
the assistance Of the Tacoma police,
searched two days for him. As ! stated
IN my letter TO the mayor, Quincy was pa
Los Angeles CT the time Of the murder
and Craemer was simply lying
The So r. mentioned IN v egeuers CON-
muniCation was taken from Mrs. Cracmor
on August r.. 10 make up The balance OF
the money missing from Mrs Miller. Al
the time ! took e 7 gave the woman the
following receipt This - 10 certify thar
I have this dav received the sum of So 81
from Mary Cvaeme-. ard signed ms
name on September =. the day after the
trial. yho money was returned - the Ego-
man as IL was not admitted in evidence
and 7 received she following receipt Tor
money af-raF ('-asrTer. Pc