The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-15
WOMAN WHO SHOT SIEBERT.
,,t cor NM" SHE SAYS. SMILING
pLEdDS SELF OFFENCE.

:, ,,rcnr. Tint She Had Threatened Suit
,,r trench Of Promise, and 1t Had Been
Observation-Disclosures Concluded to
,,n,d Her In 81 900 for tho Grand jury.
,f.,, Hannah ODonnell, the woman who
i, Ipliys & Sicbrrt, secretary and manager
fn., Vc-,rhcstor Homestead Land Improve
r,rspany in tho office OF tho company.
. l!t L. ado street. on Friday. was held by
',..,ra,e tram. in tho Centre street Police
yesterday, in 81 600 bail for trial. When
49, u,. orraigncd her loft oye. which was
.r,y .fyo len at the time Of her arrest. from a
,..,..,Aa. he said Siebcrt had given her. had
,...rue black. aud almost the entire side OF
,.,,,.vas discoIorcd She had on the cloth
',. .h. wore when arrested. and several ronts
-, II shnat'ributrd 70 the violence oil SieDert.
,...,rt testified has. IN his opinion. the wo-
,,l.,,,e t. his Office not to get an UNI
i.r...a ,,.. -ha said but to kill him. lie showed
,.t"...., whore tho bullet had penetrated his
a'',, .,,..,. and after Passing through his arm.
,.y...u through his watstcoat and struck n
,,, .o, Li, trousers Sichrrt said that the
h.,,..a had prot ably save! his lie.
IN, prisoner Joseph Moss brought out
,,u,,.fhat for the past year Sicbcrt had lived
~, +, VS., TScHty- fourth street under the
r,r.n , Henry Miller. and had taken this
avoid creditors OF thc land company.
"p. ..,u ever convey the house whore Miss
OIunug.I lives t. hrrt'
"ye.. lGuIit for the same reason to avoid tho
e,n,.I,,n IN ne ~ snap judgments against
,I,..e,pany Th"rc was a cloar understand
m, that she was D give it back to no again
"Wh,, vas the consideration -
81 don't remember
"Werr y,u ever engaged to marry tho de-
ieninn'''
Never mover mentioned marriage to
her
"Diiyol make settlement with her short
time Az hy which you gave her $l35 in
money and her household furniture on the
aeroament hat she should not sue you for
breach OF prpmise2"
Yes, | did"
"'rhrN you had given her to understand that
youvould marry ner?"
"Wehqi planned to- start n santarlum to-
ue,her and she may hav" thought was going
to marry her. | thought she was nice.
honest capable woman "
The prisoner testified that she had met
s,lert in lA.,j through an advertisement on
the wrapper ~ brand Of soap which he was
.a'ing She lived in Mt. Vernon and was a
trained nurse and teacher Of horseback and
bicycle riding and CAV" massage treatment.
She earned $50 to $50 woek. and when she
met Siobert she had saved about $1,000. She
thought the land advertised on his soap wrap
rnr. would be a good investment and she paid
him $500 in iustallments on land which she
arerward learned was in a swamp.
He became engaged to marry mo moro than
ay4ar ago" she continued. and at his request
gave III, my athletics and my work as a
trained nurse and went to housekeeping in
Bedford After time learned that he had a
wife and child in Germany and broke Off the
engagement
In describing the shooting in Siebert's office
she said: Il went To- his office for my umbrella
and we went into the back room together to
look for it. As soon as we were inside he
grabbed me and pushed me up against the
wal, struggled to get away and he struck
me in the eye. | drew my revolver from my
hand bag and fired at tho arm with which he
heidi and-I,got him. too" Smiling.
Il think that this is a case for the Grand
Jury said Magistrate Brann. If l had the
powcrI might discharge the defendant. but
shal. have to hold her for trial"