The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-02
Mt CLOSES ABOUT THEN
MARTHA WISE CARBOHYDRATES HER
YOUNGER SISTERS TESTIMONY
IN ANoFxA CASE
WAS A CoLD-BLooDED MURDER
At Her Fathers Request She Play ed
the Piano for Her Parents at
the Very Time Set for
Their Murder.

ANOKA, Mimi, Nov. martha Wise
was on the stand IN the Anoka murder
trial today. She is the girl who, when
asked by her father and mother a few
minutes before they were murdered to
play the piano for them, played Nearer
My God, to Thee" Her testimony WAS
strangely confrmatory of Eliza's It diff
fered in only one essential particular.
Eliza has said that when she went out
on the porch the night of the crime, she
saw the defendants there. Martha testi-
fies that Eliza told her she saw nobody.
Eliza left the court room smilingly, re-
neved that the ordeal was over for hel.
Misunderstanding the injunction of the
attorneys, she did not leave at once, but
poked about, looking over the papers in
the case. She went behind the bench at
recess and stood there for moment
where Judge Giddings had sat before,
gazing out over the curious faces below
There was not a trace of embarra ssment
in her demeanor. She was more calm
than any casual spectator. Then Eliza
was excused and the county attorney ap-
peared with Martha.
MARTHA WISF'S STORY.
The latter gave her answers in a voice
so low that there was constant difficulty
in understanding what she said. AT in
tervals of half minute the attorneys re-
quested her to speak out, but she APP,
peared incapable of talking louder than
a whisper.
Her recital Of the circumstances at
tending the late call made by Miller and
Hardy on Sunday night preceding the
murder, were Identical with that given
by Eliza. There is nothing to be gained
by repeating it, She talked with Harry
about the Blake trial IN Anoka county
and had remarked to him that it was
lawful about that woman" Hardy had
replied that one could do anything in
Anoka county and get away with it. Shs
recalled that Hardy had letter III his
pocket, and she asked him who the let
ter was for He had told her that it was
for her, but that he was going to mail
It to her. She asked him why he didn't
give it tC her at that time and save the
cost of postage. He said he wanted to
read it over after he got home. There
had been a playful struggle over the let
ter and she had read q part of it. The
part she read said:
You will be dearer to ne next Sun
day night than you are tonight"
At that time the plan of the murder
was already cut and dried. 1t had been
arranged that the boys should murder
Mr. and Mrs Wise on the following sun
day night The significance of this line
in the letter was. therefore. apparent.
NO QUALMs OF CONSCIENCE.
The lamps had been lit in the kitchen.
Martha and Eliza went into the parlor.
Martha closed the door in the passage
behind her, and shut the baby brother,
her mother, and, as she supposed, her
father as well as little Joe, into COM
mon grave.
The two girls knew that the moment
was approaching when they would be rid
of the others, and when they could
claim that $1,000 in their mothers name.
In the parlor they lit lamp and sat
down by the sewing machine facing the
window. There they waited eXpectant.
For long time nothing happened The
clock licked loudly on the shelf and
it was dark outside. Still the girls wait
ed for a sound from without It was
restless work-a waiting that should
have tried steadier nerves than theirs
At last Eliza rose and looked at the
clock
ut was twenty minutes past nine"
she said Il don't believe they are COM
ing
And almost at the same instant there
was noise outside; not the kind of
noise that would have been noticed
by other than waiting ears, but to the
strained senses of the conspirator quite
distinct. 1t was the noise made by
buggy driving up.
The signal had been given.
A1N0h IHeIl II ulu not occur TO Martha to
stop the deadly work She made no at
tempt to warn her father and mother
none to save the life of the baby brother
Tor whom she has professed affection. or
that of little Joe, who came so nearly be-
ing sacrificed. All she did was to tell her
father and mother that the glass door had
opened, and the mother smiled and said
that that was nothing to be frightened
about. Eliza came in from the porch and
said she could see nothing. Then the two
girls went back into the parlor shutting
the door behind them. They put their
faces close to the window and looked out
Then, almost Immediately, came the
shots, the shrieks of the mortalIy wound
ed mother, the groans of the father, the
pitiful lamentations of little Joe, as he
started wounded across the floor and fell
across his mothers PROSTATE bleeding
body. The murderers had done their
work.
ELIZA ROss-EXAMINED
Mr.. Lanes cross examination Of Eliza
this morning was even more scathinr
than that Of yesterday. Eliza appeared
today In blue cloth suit throughout
with the little blue wooden Tam O'Shan
ter pushed jauntily on the back of her
high-piled auburn couture Evidently she
had slept soundly. Her eyes were
bright, but not with weeping. She seem
ed not to have a care in the world as
she took the stand. The twelve conn
trymen of the jury, whose countenances
are absolutely inscrutable, filed In and
took their places The defendants Mil