New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-22
TrLLJNG or THE KAiSLh Mo"DN"'
,,,ss DE KALB GIVES DAMAGING lf'i
.c,rNsT CT.EMMER

..-. nv v,tR GIVES DAMAGING TESIlM'N
AGAINST cIEMMER
- Damn Dec 1.-THE hearing OF James
,,,,.r and Elizabeth X De Ka.o' 'he '"o II"
"a occomplices ~ Charles o. ha'Se' ~ t w 90
~. ~, his wife Emma + Kaiser y" s, .h,o
,s.s took place before Magisra'e 'ro,,dod
- ,r rho Magistrates othce was c'o""eD
mo'I"'A' A.,,o unable to gain admission Mrs
n''y s,o, whll. riding with her husband OIL
o,, neor this town The alleged mo'No
" -, ,to criue was the desire 10 secure SloVoV i"u.
,rce ON her life. Kaiser has peeh Se"'''0''
do,,h for the murder ..,,,,
o'H''' ~ ,,,o,rev strassburger refused TO permit
,,,,,or TO waive n hearing. and atter lc" mn
, bad heen examined Miss De Kalb' the
..,,,s "woman In black" went on the stshd anu
,old the story OF her life and or the cohsprac,
,,orv was OF a startling nature ana H'o9' ~
,,., 70 CIemmer The latter listened with s'ea'
no - 20 her words but remained calm ana cooi
u,der the trying ordeal She tod OF a pah VIM WIZ.
C1enmcr and Kaiser had agreed upon LOT Ems Ems
,f t<,Isor out or the way. This was 10 chioroiof'"
,b. uon,an and then set fire TO the oeo. Inns yam,
ehc said was not carried out, because N.''' -
nj. nerve Miss De Kalb told or seVera' cur i"e. .
tIo, an. had with Mrs. Kaiser. the majority Oh
ublcb were planned by Clemmer. On d" oi '".9e
,r,oraseen circumstances happened. whch the
Commonwealth believed delayed the murder OF MIS-,
unIsor Her description OF the drive which ehueu
j., .ho murder was minute. and was lsteneo 'o a'-
tentivcly ,,. -. ~. ,,ur-
In ,4rI,ng OF the drive on the night or the fhui
,.r Miss De Kab said that on previous ocoa
,o, Clen,mer had purposey injured hmseii 10
,hat he could collect the amount OF insurance he'u
~. MIN on nm accident policy and that on the hisn'
-, the murder OF Mrs Kaiser she was ihioriheu
,bot Mrs Kaiser TO be shot aho s"sn''
,.,unded so that some money could be reauzeu ~.
w." na' icv held by her against accidents MISS De
Kab said she and Clemmer rode In carraST so,ne d
istonce behind the carriage In when were MI. a,u ~
NJ {aiser The Kaiser carriage was stoppsu ~. ~
iihs road and when she and C!emmer drost Ip "a "a
within n short distance Of II Cemner any S CIV.
,yent forward a few moments later sne noaiu ra
shots drcd and Clemmer shorty hlterWhlu +. e,
rred and they drove back to NorrlstoWn ihe| , them
to,k a train Tor Philadelphia on reactnns lnei, r
r,cr, in ths latter city Clemmer conieSseu 10 hel
,p', bn had killed Mrs. Kaiser. ana ne began n 70 70
ry and said he sorry he did H. he asked MS MIS-
nS aib 70 give him chloroform and Kill him. say
De Faip G coUIS moi Kill himself, because he was a
ras,boc She declined his proposition. S!smihsr S!,
~ Inr thot Kaiser held his wite's arms whiie no
spnt her Thcy left Philadelphia next day, ana sup
sioncntlv moved to different PAGES, Dotn eaIniiiB
1n,tiibood by working when they could get employ
Hsi stisa De Kalb said she was twenty.sx years oiu
cbc met Clcmmer in Pottsviiie In 1884 anu l'eu
9Th hIm in Philadelphia under various hames. =, AZ
~ @ @cnnciision OF MISS De Kalbs testlmony lem,
IN nn,r Miss DE Kab then placed In the dock,
but she waived a hearing. ana WAS i''o 'o'''"''eN
for trial al the March term III,
7, is understood that the charge against ner VIII
he that of accessory after the fact ana tnAt she
gill not be tried for murder In the hrst degree.