Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-15

seventh and eighth ribs. The knife which
made the wound had grazed the spinal col
umn, made wound In the left lung and
severed the aorta, which is the large vessel
supplying the heart with blood. The
wound also had small opening on her
chest, showing that the weapon used had
gone entirely through the body.
An Eye-Witness Testifes.
L. NJ. Munroe. an elderly man, who re-
sides at No. Els N street, testified that he
was passing along oath street about thirty
or forty yards from Pallesens house about
o'clock yesterday, when woman with
child in her arms came out. A man had
hold of her and was striking at her. He
continued striking at and hitting her and
she Tell on her lace. Another woman, also
carrying child, came out and started up
toward L street with the man following
her and striking at her. Here the woman
stopped and some one threw a brick at the
man and 1t struck the woman in the back
of the head and knocked her down. Mr..
Munroe was taken out to the dead room
and identified the body of Mrs. Pallesep as
that of the woman who first came out or
the house and fell in the yard. Witness
did not see any knife in the mans hand.
and did not know he had one until he reach
ed the corner of l. street, when some one
handed witness a knife. Ii was broken. 1t
was a sharp-pointed knife. long-bladed,
with both edges sharpened. When asked II
he would recognize the man who struck the
two women witness said he thought he
would and picked out Pallesen readily from
the party in the inquest room.
Stabbed Woman Three Times.
Robert L. Wrenn, the druggist. testified
to seeing a man striking a woman on oath
street near the corner of L street. There
were four or five men standing by, but
they made no effort to interfere. Witness
he striking, the
with his fist, and, running into his store,
told an assistant that a man was beating a
woman. He then ran to where the man
had the woman and picked up brick. He
seized the man and told him not to strike
the woman again. She was then lying on
the sidewalk on her back. The man said:
do you dare me-"
Witness replied YES, l do"
Then the man deliberately raised the
knife and quickly stabbed the woman three
times
Witness struck him with the brick and
he ran. Some one else struck him in the
head with piece of coke. The man had
the knife in his hands 1t was then in two
pieces. The man threw them away when
the crowd started after him. Witness said
he announced that he would be one of a
party to put rope around the mans neck
and string him up.
When the man was stabbing the woman,
witness said a little child was lying on the
pavement. face downward in a pool of
blood. The knife was long very thin and
very. sharp. The witness identified Pallesen
as the man. :
Matthew B. Mahai Of the weather bu-
reau. the next witnA Identified Pallesen
as the man he saw sfXbbing woman near
18th and l. streets. Witness heard him
say something about the will of God
and saying that he had others to kill yet.
The VIII of God.
Horace F. Lyons of the weather bureau
testified to seeing Pallesen stab Mrs Hem
gensbach and to Mr.. Mahany and himself
catching Pallesen after he ran and taking
him to the patrol box, where the police got
him. While on their way the body of the
child was passed and witness said to Palis-
sen that he had mind to choke him then.
DO IL Do it, he responded. Its the
will of God"
The knife, small carver with a blade
about seven inches long, was identified as
the weapon. The blade was broken from
tn black handle at the base OF the blade
Mile Freeman, a colored girl, testified to
seeing woman in a blue wrapper standing
In the door Of Pallesen's house with q lit
Tie boy The latter exclaimed: oh papa
don't hurt mamma Pallesen was saying