The herald., 1897-01-20
| TALE Of A BLOODY CRIME
How BartheIman Killed
His Young Wife
A COOL IND SORO|D MURDERER
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From the Courts.

| The court room OF department ore as
| crowded with people who, for various
reasons, wanted to hear the trial Of
John f. Barthelman for killing his wife,
| Mabel In selecting a jury the regular
| list of talesmen was wholly exhausted
| during the forenoon, and special We
| nire of ten men was ordered to be pres
ent ait 1920. With the second man
chosen from this venire the jury was
made complete. and the trial proceeded
until the noon adjournment.
At the opening of court in the after
noon the crowd was even greater. the
front rows of seats being occupied by
women, and standing room was at a
premium. The defendant kept up his
stolid demeanor throughout, and only
once during, the afternoon was he seen
to change his expression. and then it
was only a slight smile at the words os
a witness who described how she ''hol-
lered' when Barthelman shot his wife.
The defendant caught himself in the act
of smiling, and thereafter maintained
his studied calmnes never even speak
ing to his attorneys.
The first witness for the prosecution
was w. B. Nicholson, deputy county
surveyor, who testified to having made
the map that was exhibited before the
jury. He made it by order of the dis-
trict attorneys Office, and it showed
the scene of the tragedy, with the route
travelled by the actors in it.
The next witness was ]. B. Painter,
who lived a short distance from the
scene Of the shooting. He heard the
shots, ran out, saw a man pursuing a
woman, saw the woman fall and her
pursuer while standing over her shoot
twice at her PROSTATE body. Witne So
had run away from the scene, gone to an
upper window of his house and from
that point had seen the man running
away from the scene
DIR. Walter Lindley testified to the To-
cation, number and character of the
four wounds on the dead woman. In
his opinion the shot in the breast was
the one that had caused death. He had
not probed any of the wounds.
Miss Angie Lord. the next witness
was the principal one. for she was with
Mr.. and Mrs. Barthelman a the time of
the shooting and saw it all. She said
that Barthelman and his wife had been
divorced few weeks before the shoot
irg. and their only child had been
awarded to the mother. Barthelman had
tried many means of securing possession
OF the child. On the afternoon of Nov
Sd Mrs. Barthelman who, like the wit
ness, was a clerk in Stewards dry goods
store, received a note from Eathelman
asking her to meet him some where. as
he did not want TO 90 to the house. This
note Mrs. Darthelnan had given to wit
ness, and on the back Of it was written
by Mrs. Barthelman the words Meet
me- When the store closed at o'clock
witness and Mrs. Barthelman, with Mrs
Krumn, walked down Spring street To
Second, where Barthelman was found
waiting. Witness and Mrs. Krumm
went on down the street a ways ard Mrs
Barthelman and her ex-husband met and
had some conversation. Witness and
Mrs Krumm returned in about ten min
Utes and found Mrs. Barthelman and
defendant still talking. The three Wo-
men boarded the Westlake park car
Witness did not notice where Barthel-
man went When the three women got
off the car a First street, at the corner
of Kern street. witness saw defendant
again. seeming to have come around
from the opposite side of the car. De
fenGant walked with the three women
as far as Second street. On this walk
defendant and Mrs. Barthelman We're
talking about the child. The former said
he had come to get Dorita (the chiid),
and the latter declared he could not
have her After Mrs. Krumm had lett
the party Barthelman told his wife that
he was bound to have the child. for he
had discovered that she was not a lit
person to have her While thus talking
the party reached the point at the june
ton of their path with Emerald street.
Witness heard defendant say, Can I
have Dorita?" to which Mrs. Barthel-
man answered, NO, sir" Then Barthel-
man simply said, "No?" in an inquirlng
way, hauled out a revolver and began
shooting at his wife. Mrs. Barthelman
screamed. Witness said she "holered"
and ran away some distance and then on
hearing another shot looked back. She
saw Barth olman pursue his wounded
Wife until she fell and then over her form
he stood and fired two more shots into
her body Witness took to flight and
ran to the house of II. w. Holden. the
-ather of the dead woman, and told him
what had happened.
Other witnesses for the prosecution
were Tillie Barnes, Mrs. Krumm H
Barnhill and Fl. w. Holden.
Mr.. Holden. the father Of the dead wo-
man, was very much affected in giving
his testimony. and several times came
near breaking dOWr.
The case will be continued to-day