The evening times., 1900-03-15

DR. wrenn telephoned for the police re-
serve
Matthew b. Mahany. 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 sec 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 TO kill" When
asked TO identify Pallessen. Mahany point
ed him out as had the previous witnesses
H. +. Lyons. also a clerk at the Wealth
er Bureau. and who lives at Sll Eleventh
Street southeast, corrobOrated in the main
the statements OF Dr. Wrenn and Mahany
10 the stabbng Of Mrs. Hengesbach. He
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 PalIessen.
While on the way to the patrol box Lyons
said 20 Pallessen, Il would like 10 choke
you TO death" to which Pallessen replied:
AN right; il is Gods viii"
Nellie Freeman. colored was walking Cn
when her attention was attracted to
group OF people in the yard at the Palles-
seu home. She saw a man and two women,
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
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. Pallesseu 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 the
struggle with Mrs. Hengesbsch at the
corner Of Twenty fourth and l. Streets was
practically the same as that OF the pre-
CedEg witnesses
The Prisoners AdmIssions.
At the conclusion Of the testimony OF the
Freeman woman Coroner Carr decided il
was not necessary to hear the twelve or
fifteen other witnesses who had been SUM
moned and they we're excused. Coroner
NdIi iutu turned 10 IdlleS1tu anu dHhtA
1t he would like TO make a statement The
man shook his head negatively and replied
indifferently.
Il done IL. Il was the will Of the Faith
er in Heaven. Amt that enough state
ment. what more do you want?"
Pallesseu 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 10 general questions were perfectly
rational
Why did you do the kIing?" asked
Co-oner Carr.
Because the Father told me too" re-
piled Pallessen.
Had you quarreled with your wife,
uskcd Deputy Coroner GlazebrOOk
paI1essen answered: NO, 1 loved my
Wife. hut I had TO Kill her and the others.
1 begged the Father not TO make me DO it,
but he told me three times TO go do it,
lie talked TO- me while I walked up and
down the room. 40. ne never talked to
me about killing anyone until yesterday.
How many was I TO kin2 Four. 1 only
killed three. The other one was the little
lat fellow. His name is George"
Later Pallessen said he did not believe
George was his child In reply to ques-
tion from DR. GlazebrooR. Pallessen said
his wife had asked him 90 take medicine.
she thought J was sick, he said. be
cause I PRAYED. She said I prayed too much
and was too good and that was why could
not get work. I was not sick and Gid not
want medicine. l never heard Of a man
being too good. 1 have done my Father
IN and ] am not sorry / killed them"
During his statement Pallcssen exhibit
ed the same apathy which he had eyi-
Henced i'm his cell at No. station last
night. He frequently eXpectorated tobacco
juice in a non rchalant way, and occasion
ally smiled as ne talked. At no time did
ne show any concern.
Confronted With His Dead Wife.
While the jury was considering the evil
dcuce Pallesscn was conducted to the
morgue. and confronted with the body OF
his dead wife. Pallessen 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.
DIR. GlazebroOk. who was standing beside
Pallessen. asked:
DO you know where you struck here
and PaIlessen iippantly answered;
NO, don't the witnesses know? l don {
know"
The police led PaIIessen to No patrol
wagon. and started him on his journey TO
the Jail.
While he was being measured at Police
Headquarters previous TO the inquest Pal
lessen was rather suilen, though apparent
ly Indifferent. His answers to the several
questions were in the main incoherent
He volunteered three remarks. The first
was when Detective Phillips proposed tC
put the callipers on Pallessen's head q
get its dimensions, Pallessen asked indif
ferently, Are you going to kill me-" AND
when assured by Phillips that he had n,
such intention. Pallessen added, Il dOu't
care: I only wanted to know" Another
time when Phillips was describing TO De
tective German. for the purpose Of record
the tattoo marks on the arms Of Pallessen
the man said, Don't take those OF. They
have to 90 In the ground with me-" The
third remark volunteered by Pallossen was
when asked TO remove his shoes. He
wanted to know If it would not be sufii-
Cient TO remove one shoe as both feet he
thought were the same size. As he was
being led from Headquarters a detective
said 10 Pallessen: Where are you go
ing?"
up with my Father" replied the man
1T was the Fathers will, and I have dont
it
At Columbia Hospital this afternoon i
was said that Mrs. Hengesbach one o
PaUessen's victims was improving an,
doing as well as could be expected.
To Raise Sugar Beets.
FREDERICKSBURG Va. March 1j.-Ir
addition to a supply OF sugar beet seed
which has arrived here for distribution L