The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-14
MRS. CHARTRAND'S CASE
Her Lawyers Say They
Have Abandoned No
Theory.

Since the arrest of Mrs. Vencedora
Chartrand, who is charged with having
murdered her husband, in Hoboken, two
weeks ago, numerous reports have been
circulated as to her mental condition.
Rumors went forth shortly after the trag-
edy occurred that Mrs. Chartrand was at
times irresponsible for her actions and
that in case the accidental theory, which
is the only explanation she has given for
the shooting of her husband. should prove
unsupportable, her lawyers would build
their defence upon her alleged mental in
capacity With these rumors for start
er, certain newspapers have published
parns to the effect that Mrs. Chartrand
is crazy
Yesterday an alleged interview with
DR.. Julius A. Zenneck, the Hoboken ply
sician who was summoned at the time OF
Chartrand's S death, was published. Dr.
Zenneck was quoted as having said that
Mrs. Chartrand had frequently called at
his office for treatment and that on one
occasion she said that her head had
grown so large that people were constant
ly looking at her on the street.
She asked the doctor to measure ner
head, so it was said, and the doctor was
Obliged to notify her parents to keep her
from annoying him
AS soon as DR.. Zennek read the alleged
interview with himself, yesterday after
noon. he called at the Willow avenue
nolice station and said he was convinced
that there were some newspaper report
ers at large in the city whose heads must
be beyond all noraml dimensions. He de-
clared that the only statement ne nao
made in reference to Mrs Chartrand
nhysical condition was that she suffered
from nervousness and had an apparently
frail constitution. He said he did not be-
lieve Mre. Chartrand was crazy and had
never said she was.
Archdeacon William r. Jenvey, rector
of St. Pauls Protestant Episcopal
Church. Hoboken, said this morning that
he had been Mrs. Chartrand's spiritual
adviser for many years. While she mad
been in his parish, he said, he knew OF no
act of hers that bore any sign of mental
trouble. He said he could not believe
that she shot her husband other than ac-
cidentally.
DR.. Jenvey had talk with Mrs. Char
trand at the County Jail a few days ago:
He has also talked with Mrs. Harroun,
Mrs. Chartrand's 5 mother.
Assenblyman John j. Fallon, who with
ex-Judge Hoffman, will defend Mrs.
Chartrand, was seen by a News" re-
porter this morning in relation to the re-
port that the accidental theory OF tns
murder was to be dropped.
"There has been no intention on our
part to drop anything, said Mr.. Faiion.
I'VE cannot prepare our defence until we
hear what the State has to say. Our de-
fence will naturally be guided by the
course taken by the State So far as !
can see there is absolutely nothing to
show that Mrs. Chartrand had any SER
io,1s quarrel with her husband or, in
other words, had any motive for inten-
tionally killing him. Several women have
been dragged into the case who have ao-
solutely nothing to do with it.
stories have been circulated to the ef-
feet that Chartrand had quarreled with
his wife over another woman, but they
are without foundation.
# the accidental theory is adhered to,
those interested in the case wonder what
erect the testimony Of William Noeite,
the gunsmith, who, it is alleged, sold Mrs.
Chartrand the revolver the day before the
shooting, will have upon the defence.
Noelte has identified Mrs. Chartrand as
the woman to whom he sold the weapon.
He alleges that Mrs. Chartrand at first
asked Tor rifle ..that didn't make much
noise =. .,.s u.a4a,s,a,, !
made by Mrs. Chartrand to the eIleel
that her husband had given her the re-
r-olx-ey- ~ nr0tect herself while she was