The evening times., 1900-03-15

Or. Wrenn telephoned for the police re-
serve.
Matthew b. Mahany, a clerk in the
Weather Bureau. whose home is al 22l3
J. Street northwest saw the attack on
Mrs. Hengesbach. at the corner of Twenty
fourth and L Streets. He did not see the
attacks on the others. Mahany modestly
told the jury of his capture of Pallessen.
The man was muttering: The will of
GCd" and Il have others 20 kill" When
asked to identify Pallessen. Mahany point
ed him out as had the previous witnesses.
II. Il. Lyons. also a clerk at the Wealth
er Bureau. and who lives al Sll Eleventh
Street southeast corrobOrated in the main
the statements of Or. Wrenn and Mahany
as to the stabbing of Mrs Hengesbach. lie
did not see the attack on the other wom-
and and child but he understood that
clerks in the Instrument Division of the
Weather Bureau witnessed the whole af-
fair frcm their Office windows. When Mr.
Lyons saw PallesSen striking Mrs. Henges-
bach he commanded him TO desist lie
then helped pick up Mrs Hengesbach and
called to Mahany to capture Pallessen.
While on the way to the patrol box Lyons
said 10 Pallessen: Il would like TO choke
you to death, TO which Pallessen replied:
'All right; ii is Gods will
Nellie Freeman. colored. was walking en-
the west side of Twenty-fourth s eet
when her attention was attracted to a
group OF people in the yard at the palles-
ser home. She saw a man and two women,
one of whom had child in her arms. An
other child was standing by the side of
the man. That child said:
''Oh, papa, don't hurt mamma
Here the Freeman woman identified Pal
lessen as the man whom she saw in the
yard. In answer to a question, she was
positive there was no one except herself
in the street When the child spoke TO
Pallessen be bounded toward the woman
and stabbed her with a long knife She
fell to the ground and the child ran INTO
the house. Paliessen stopped over the
prostrate woman and stabbed her three
or four times The other woman. carry
ing her child. screamed and fed. pursued
by Pallessen. He overlook the woman and
stabbed her and the child. The testimony
OF the Freeman woman concerning z the
struggle with Mrs. Hengesbsch at the
corner of Twenty-fourth and L Streets was
practically the same as that OF the pre-
cediEg witnesses.
The Prisoners Admissions.
At the conclusion Of the testimony of the
Freeman woman Coroner Carr decided ii
was not necessary TO hear the twelve or
fifteen other Witnesses who had been SUM
moned and they were excused. Coroner
Carr then turned to Pallessen and asked
If he would like 10 make a statement. The
man shook his head negatively and replied
indifferently:
Il done ii. 1t was the will of the Faith
er in Heaven. Amt that enough state
ment, what more do you want"
Pallessen was asked several questions
by Coroner Carr. Deputy Coroner Glaze
brook, and two of the Jurors To all Of
the questions referring to the murders he
made irrational statements while an
swers to general questions were perfectly
raj ional
Why did you do the killing?" asked
Coroner Carr
Because the Father told me toe" re-
piled pallessen.
Had you quarreled with your wife,
asked Deputy Coroner GlazebTook
pal1essen answered. No l loved my
wife hut 1 had to Kill her and the others
! begged the Father not TO make me do it,
bur he told me three times TO go do it
He talked TO me while I walked up and
down the room. 10, he never talked to
lue about killing anyone until yesterday.
How many was / 10 Kill? Four. | only
KILLED three The other one was the little
lat fellow. His name IS George"
Later Pallessen said he did not believe
NTtGl - " d. ulS tull0 III ltill 10 a Nlt@-
tion from Or Glazebrook. Pallessen said
his wife had asked him 10 take medicine.
she thought ] was sick. he said, be
cause 7 prayed She said | prayed too much
and Was too good and that was why could
not gel work I was not sick and cid not
. want medicine. / never heard Of a man
being too good 1 have done my Fathers
y III and am not sorry / killed them"
During his statement Pallessen exhibit
ed The same apathy which he had eyi-
henced in his cell at No. 3 station last
night. He frequently eNpectorated tobacco
juice in a nonchalant way, and occasion
ally smiled as he talked, At no time did
he show any concern.
Confronted With His Dead Wife.
While the jury was considering the evil
GCnce PallessCn was conducted TO the
morgue and confronted with the body of
his dead wife. Pal1essen gazed into the
open. but sightlesS. eyes of his victim.
and said calmly: That is my wife
killed her" The demeanor of the man
was wonderful. He did not even blink,
and his gaze was anything but restless.
Dr. Glazebrook who was standing beside
pallesSen, asked;
DO you know where you struck her.?
and Pallessen iippantly answered:
No don the witnesses know l don {
know"
The police led PalIessen to No. 3 patrol
wagon and started him on his journey to
the Jail.
While he was being measured al Police
Headquarters previous to the inquest Pal
lessen was rather sullen, though apparent
ly Indifferent. His answers to the several 1
questions were in the main incOherent
He volunteered three remarks. The first
was when Detective Phillips proposed to
put the callipers on Pallessen's head to
get its dimensions, Pallessen asked indif-
ferently. Are you going To kill me-" And
when assured by Phillips that he had no
such intention. Pallessen added, Il don't 1
care: | only wanted to know Another /
time when Phillips was describing to De- 4
jective German. for the purpose of record. 4
the tattoo marks on the arms of Pallessen 1
he man said, Don't take those OFF They
have to go in the ground with me-" The
third remark volunteered by Pallessen was
when asked TO remove his shoes He
wanted to know if it would not be suffi-
Cient to remove one shoe as both feet he
thought were the same size. AS he was
being led from Headquarters a detective
said to Pallessen: Where are you 60
ine?''
up with my Father" replied the man.