The evening times., 1900-03-15

PaIIesssu was removed from No. sta
tion 10 the jail in charge Of a squad Of
policemen from the Third precinct Pre-
yious TO the inquest PaIlessen was meas
ured and photographed at Headquarters
for the rogues gallery The process was
conducted by Detectives German and
Phillips. the officials measurers Of the Po-
lice Department
A peculiar thing about the inquest was
that The testimony Of the principal Wit
uesscs varied considerably. Two persons
claimed 30 have seen the StabbinS Of NJ s.
Palle--cu aud Mrs. Heuges5a-h and her
child. Each gave a diferert version Of
the affair Although only one wound was
found in the body OF Mrs. Pal.essen, one
witness was positive she was stabbed i've
CT six times Those witnesses % the
stlbbiug O. MIS- HeEeesbach and Wio did
not see the others stabbed were agreed as
10 the manner in which it was done and
the number CT blows struck
The Coroner's Inquest.
The members Of the jury which sat IN
inquest were =. F. Ritter. Daniel HamI-
ton. Frederick We'll George o. Miller,
John Schlouerbach ard John II. Justice
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook who per-
formed the autopsy on the body Of Mrs
PaIesson was ;he FIRST witness examined.
He found in the subject Of the inquest 2
strong. healthy woman. She vas at,ired ia
the ordinary garments Of women and wore
a small cape about her shoulders There
were three cuts in the cape. In the waist
were TWO cuts. while only one was visibl.
% the chemise- There was no cut visible
IN rhe corset In the back Of The body a.
the shoulder was an inCisiOn about an inch
and one-half in length, the wound gaped
for half Al inch.
Following its course DR.. GIszebroolC
found that il penetrated to the chest. hay-
ing severed The aOrta and puncrured the
left pleural cavity. Both left and right
pleural cavities were filled win blood. lD
the opinion Of Dr. GIszebrOOk the knife
used had a blade al least six or seven
inches In length with a sharp point. Death
said DR. GlaZgbrOCk. was due TO the wound
inflicted. In addition Or. GlaZeArC3k stat
el 20 the jury that Mrs PaIlCsseu would
shortly have become the mother OF a male
child
l. NJ Monroe. whose home is at aIl5
y Street northwest. testified that he and
his lit,le grandson were passing the PAL
/ lessen hCme, when he observed a man
striking q woman who was holding child
ia her arms The woman fell in the yard
iu front of the house. The child dropped
beside her Ar that instant a second WOm-
an holding q child In her arms rushed
down the steps from the house into the
yard. through the gate. and ran down
Twenty y-tourth Street toward L Street, The
man followed and struck the woman sew
eral times. When she was about midway
between The Talessen home and l. Street
she dropped the child. Mr.. Monroe Th ughu
the child vas uuhamed. The man with
the knife followed the woman t0 the
cCrner and there stabbed her several times.
Identifies Mrs. PaIIesSen.
At this point Mr.. Monroe was asked II
he could identify either OF the women. He
replied that he could, and was then escort
| ed 10 the mOrgue where he viewed the
body OF Mrs. PsIlessen. When he returned
TO the jury room Mr.. Monroe said:
The body 1 have just seen is that Of
the woman who first came out OF the
/ house
Mr.. Monroe then identified the knife in
/ evidence as that used By Pallessen, whom
he also identified. Mr.. Monroe was then
! excused.
Robert l. Wrenn the druggist at the
! corner Of Twenty-fourth Street and Penn
/ sylvania Avenue. who assaulted PaIIessen
I with a brick, was next examined. His at
/ tention was called to a man and woman
struggling at the corner OF Tweuty-fOurth
| and L Streets. The woman was screaming
| and several men were standing by Offering
no assistance. Dr. Wrenn called his clerk,
/ \ A W ole. ana lOgetner Jhey attacked
( Pellessen, Dr. Wrenn did not see a knife
until he was close upon the man welding
1 it. He then grabbed Pallessen by the arm
| and defied him to again strike the woman,
I threatening TO throw a brick. Palessen
( remarked:
You dare me to do it? Well. here
| goes.
| At that Pallessen stabbed Mrs. Heuges-
/ bach three times, and Dr. Wrenn struck
/ him with a brick
When the last blow was struck the
| handle broke from the knife blade Pal
( lessen threw the handle away, and delib-
! erately pulled the blade from the body
/ of the woman lie then threw the blade
4 away. As Pallessen moved from his VIC
| tim he was struck on the head by piece
} Of coke. DR.. Wrenn scored the men. whom
! ne said could have prevented the stab
/ bling OF Mrs. Hengesbach had they not
! beCn towards. He informed the jury that
had be been armed he would have killed
/ Pallessen. He was anxious 10 lynch Pal
n~ Wrenn did not see the attack
ar "efr~eeD or Julia Hengesbacn.
a-esbach had been stabbed,