The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-16

A cell al the District jail is now oc-
cupieI by Olof pallesscn. He was placed
there yesterday afternoon. after jury of
inquest. over which Coroner Carr presided,
had declared him responsible for the death
Of his wife. Josephine Pallessen, thirty
Two years OF age in front Of his home,
1921 Twcnty-fourth Street northwest,
Wednesday afternoon.
The remains OF his wife were removed
last night from the morgue to the home
Of relatives. where they were prepared
for burial Arrangements Tor The funeral
have not been completed.
Reports from the Columbia Hospital
where Mrs Mary Heugesbach, the third
victim OF Pallcssons knife. is lying with
seven serious stab wounds. are slightly
encouraging. She has a chance 10 re-
cover.
ID was II o'clock yesterday morning
when six men were sworn by Coroner
Carr 20 investigate and judge as to the
cause Of death in the case Of Josephine
Pallessen. The inquest was convened at
ihe Sixth precinct station. on New Jersey
Avenue northwest. where. late the pre-
vious night Deputy Coroner Giazebrook
had performed an autopsy on the remains
OF the dead woman.
The members OF the jury were J. F.
Ritter. Daniel Hamilton. Frederick Well,
George o. Miller, John Schl0tterblch, and
John H. Justice.
Deputy Coroner Glazehrook who per-
formed the autopsy on the body Of Mrs.
pallessen. was the first witness examined
He found in the subject OF the inquest
strong healthy woman. She was attired il
the ordinary garments Of women and wore
a small cape about her shoulders. There
were three cuts in She cape In the waist
were two cuts. while only one was visible
in the chemise. There was no cut visible
+ in the corset In the back Of the body at
the shoulder was an incision about an inch
( and one-half in length the wound capped
/ for half an inch.
Death said DR.. Glazebrook, was due 10
this wound In addition. Or. Glazebrook
stated to the jury that Mrs Pallessen
would shortly have become the mother
OF a male child.
L. NJ. Monroe. whose home is at 2115
y Street northwest, testified that he and
his little grandson were passing the Pal
lessen home when he observed a man
striking a woman who was holding a child
in her arms. The woman fell in the yard
in front OF the house. The child dropped
beside her. AT that instant 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-fourth Street toward L Street The
man followed and struck the woman sew
eral times. When she was about midway
between the Tallesscu home and l. Street
she dropped the child. Mr.. Monroe thought
the child was unframed. The man with
the knife followed the woman to the
corner and there stabbed her several lines.
At this point Mr. Monroe was asked if
he could identify either Of the women. He
replied that he could, and was then escort
ed to the morgue where he viewed the
body Of Mrs pallessen. When he returned
10 the jury room M Monroe said:
The body ! 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
be 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 Pallessen
with a brick. was next examined. His at
tenticn was called to a man and woman
struggling at the corner of Twenty-fourth
and / Streets. The woman was screaming
and several men were standing by Offering
no assistance. Dr. Wreun called his clerk,
S A. Wolfe. and together they attacked
Pallessen. Dr. Wrenn did not see a knife
until he was close upon the man welding
H. He then grabbed Pallessen by the arm
and defied him to again strike the woman,
threatening TO throw a brick. Palessen
remarked:
You dare me to do it? Wei. here
goes"
At that Pallessen stabbed Mrs Henges-
bach three times, and DR.. Wrenn struck
him with a brick
Matthew b. M2hany, a clerk IN the
Weather Bureau. whose home Is at 2213
! Street northwest. saw the attack on
Mrs. Hengesbach, at the corner Of Twenty
l fourth and L Streets. He did not see the
/ attacks on the others.
H. F. Lyons. also clerk at the Wealth
er Bureau. and who lives al Si1 Eleventh
1 Street southeast c0rr0borated in the main
/ the statements Of Dr. Wrenn and Mahany
/ as TO the stsbbing Of Mrs. Hengesbach.
/ Nellie Freeman. c0iored. was walking CT
/ the west side OF Twenty-fourih Street,
4 when her attention was attracted to a
T group Of people in jhe yard at the palles-
+ one Of whom had a 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
I lessen as the man whom she saw in the
/ yard. In answer 10 a question she was
positive there was no one except herself
/ iu the street. When the child spoke TO
/ Pallessen he bounded toward tie woman
and stabbed her with a long knife. She
/ fell TO the ground and the child ran into
/ the house Pallessen stopped over the