The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-12-22

CONSPIRACY.
The Arch COnSpirator in the Murder Of
Mrs, Emma Kaiser.
TESTIMONY OF LIZZIE DE- KALB.
she Declares Under Oath That Clemmer
Admitted to Her That It was He
who Fired the Shot That killed
Mrs. Kaiser

NOrriStOWn Pa, Dec. PLANES A.
Clemmer, who has taken Charles O.
Kaisers place as the central figure in
the murder of Mrs. Kaiser on the night
Of Oct. 2S 1896, was yesterday given a
final hearing before Justice of the
Peace Lenhardt and committed to
prison to answer at the March term Of
court for. the killing of the woman
Lizzie De Kalb, Clemmer's one time
mistress, was the principal witness
against Clemmer, and despite the eff
forts of the latter's counsel to waive
a hearing the Justice allowed the
woman in black" to tell the story Of
her association with Clemmer before,
on and after the night Of the muir
der.
Her evidence was damaging and
startling. She told of a plan Kaiser
and Clemmer had agreed upon to dis
pose Of Mrs. Kaiser. She was to be
chloroformed while in bed, after which
the bed was to be set on fire. This
failed through Kaiser losing his nerve.
Miss De Kalb told of several carriage
rides she took with Mrs. Kaiser, all of
which were planned by Clemmer. The
commonwealth believes that all of
these unforeseen circumstances pre-
vented the murder of Mrs. Kaiser.
Then Mrs. De Kalb told of her drive
on the night on which Kaiser's wife
met her death,
Before proceeding she told of an oc-
casion on which Clemmer had purpose
ly injured himself in order to collect
benefits accruin- from an accident in
surance policy held by him, and that on
the night of the murder she was told
that Mrs. Kaiser was to be shot and
slightly wounded, so that some money
could be realized in the same manner.
The witness said that she and Glenn
mer rode in a carriage some distance
behind the carriage containing Mr.. and
Mrs. Kaiser The latter carriage stop
ped on the road, and when witness and
Clemmer were a short distance away
Clemmer alighted and went forward.
A few moments later witness heard
two shots, and Clemmer soon returned,
and they drove back to Norristown.
On the way back Clemmer gave her a
watch and chain, and later on got out
of the carriage and wiped blood from
his hand Miss De Kalb asked him
what he had done, and he told her to
wait until they got home. Then they
took another drive that night, and
when they returned to Norristown they
were told of the murder. Witness and
Clemmer then went to Philadelphia.
Here, she said, Clemmer washed blood
from his coat and burned his cuffs.
Witness began crying and Clemmer,
sitting beside her, said that he and
Kaiser had arranged to shoot Mrs. Kat-
ser for the insurance money, and that
he had shot her behind the ear and shot
Charlie in the arm.
When Clemmer got up the neXtmorn-
ing and read the story in the papers
of the highway robbery he said every
thing was all right, and went to work.
Before doing so he cleaned his trousers
and shoes, which were full of blood.
On the following Tuesday he sent her
to Pottsville with the watch, with in
structions to drop it where it could be
found. Just before this he wanted wit
ness to kill him with chloroform and
afterwards kill herself Miss De Kalb
concluded her testimony by stating
that on the Wednesday after her return
from Pottsville she and Clemmer went
to Princeton, where she secured en-
ployment under the name Of Bertha
Lambert, and he drove a team. Later
she went to Trenton where she was
located by the police.
Immediately after Clemmer had been
committed Miss De Kalb was arraigned
before Justice Lenbardt, but was allow,
ed to waive a hearing, and was COM
mitted for trial at the March term Of
court also. 1t is the general impression
that the commonwealth has agreed
to allow Miss De Kalb to plead guilty
as accessory after the fact, and thus
escape the death sentence, in return for
her testimony to convict Clemmer, who
is now looked upon as the arch Grim
inal of the trio,