The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-31
TO FIX THE DATE.
CRAEMER.s LONG RESPITE FROM
DEATH NEAR ITS CLOSE
An Order From the state supreme
Court 40 Fix the Ttnse for Carry
ing ons the Death Sentence
school superintendent Meredith
strongly Opposed 60 Reduction of
school Terms and Salaries.

The long respite which Henry Crasrner's
attorneys secured for him ~ legal delays
IL drawing 10 ia close. Yesterday Ire or
der was received from the supreme cour-
OF lhe state OK WsshingEan directing ths
superior couri % King county 70 tx . dass
Cor carrying out ia sentence Of DEAN
against Craemer. This order Is based on
tie rpmgttlear received A. Olympia from
washington. y. g, as noted az the time
sxssne Post-IntssliRsncsF tne supreme court
% the United States having dismissed the
case for lack Of jurisdiction.
The history % the crime % waies cras-
rneY stands convicted has been told 50 re
gently. and "a aorriD.s ceiaiIs have 80
fastened themselves on tae memory. that a
brief statement % TIE history q the case
f. az that s. necessary here The Nuelers
lived Ia a little cottage ol tie siae1sA east
O. the railroad tracks and north Of the
Bay yigs brewery. TIE house sat well
back. and is location. far as other
dwellings were concerned. was well fitted
70 be the scene OF such tragedy. Mr..
Mueller haa a considerable sum q gold IN
the house. a fact which Il Is thought that
Craemer had learned. On the evening %
August H. 1926. Mr. Mueller Was absent
from his house. which wag occupied b. his
wife. Pnilippina Mueller, and her baby boy
Fritz. The assassin entered the house and
with a hammer struck the dsfenseless
woman or the head There Was struggle,
bur the hammer was brought into play
again, and the poor woman came TO her
aeata ia the same manner IN which they
used 70 Xiii cattle. NOT satisfied with his
horrible work, the murderer Drained the
infant. and after securing the money SET
fire to the house and made his escape.
During the investigation which followed
suspicion was directed towards Craerner
~ L. $50 ter, n "a az he Bs~
on the day or the crime. Matters were
made still worse for him by the discovery
Of an amount OF gold AZ his house equal TO
1he amount stolen from the Mueller house.
lie MAS arrested. convicted. and then be-
gan a loHx hghg through the courts 10 keep
the rope from around his neck. CraemeT
has srled 70 establish innocent possession
OF the money by claiming thar It had been
paid to him by miner named Jack quincy
81 Tacoma. The United States has been
searched from one end 10 the other even
the wtids OF Alaska, for this man Jack
Quincy. but be has never been found
Through the efforts OF e. +. WegeBer the
interest or German people was enlisted in
Cfaefners behalf and his sensational
esatements have been fully given TO the
public. Although Mr.. Wegner's zeal often
led his judgment astray. his belief that
Craemer WAS innocent resulted in every
thing possible being done 10 End Quincy
and exonerate craemer. The evidence
was entirely circumstantial, and Wegner
has done everything possible TO subsian-
fiate Craemer's story but without success
The case was appealed 10 the state SUI
preme court. which affirmed the lower
court. SUI Craemsr's attorneys did not
rest they took the case to the United
States supreme court on a writ OF error
The only object. however. which they ac-
coh9plished was the delay thus secured FOR
Sheir client. TIE supreme court OF the
United States dismissed the case December
H. 1895, for lack Of jurisdiction. the remit
titur was duly received az Olympia. and
based ON Il the order which has been above
referred TO.
X u probable that a similar order has
been Issued in connection with the case
against G. w NordstrOn