New-York tribune., 1902-07-16
LIZZIE M4D4US ACQUITTED.
CHARGED WITH HAVING MURDERED HER
HUSBAND. SHE IS ALLOWED
TO GO FREE

Mrs Lizzie Madaus. charged with having mur-
dered her husband with q potato knife at her
home No $50 East Seventy-fourth-st-, on March
Il was acquitted yesterday by jury charged 10
deliver a verdict by Recorder Cor IN Part II OF
the Court OF General Sessions.
After the report Of the jury, Recorder Cor said;
Lizzie Madaus the ancients had a law that in
some cases wnere a very outrageous crime neo
20 i've in order that the shame and crime would
be a greater punishment than any that cou-a 3s
o-nbsna9 cbiidren that ycu have made orphans
your husband. The result OF this most extraor-
binary verdict the part Of this jury IN the tace
but you carry with you the kno~leass ma ma ,- y11
children You may go.
Lawyer Sachs counsel for the defendant, made
motion that Mrs. Madaus be given the CUSTODY OF
her children. boy aged FIVE years and girl
seven years. in the OF the Chilcren's So
c!ety In denying the motion Recorder Cor said:
7 will not do anything Of the kind From the
testimony in this case I do rot think that the chill
dren OF a drunken mother viii be improved oy
being put in her custody"
The case for The prosecution was all In yester-
day with the exception OF the testimony Of Coro-
uer's Physician O'Hanlon. who performed the
autopsy on the murdered man Dr.. O'HaHlou took
the witness stand this morning. and testified that
Madauss death was due 70 henorrhaSe resulting
from the stab wound.
Noses A. Sachs opened for the defence He told the
jury that mis- client had frequently assaulted
by her husband. and that the day OF the nlur-
der and while she in q delicate condition, the
deceased came home. beat her and threatened 20
kill her Mrs Madaus when called 20 the witness
chair said that she thirty-eight years Old, was
born IN New-York. and was the mother OF six chill
dren. She had been married eighteen years and
six months al the time OF the murder. On the
morning OF the fatal day Mrs Madaus testified
that she arose at o'clock in the morning and
prepared breakfast for her husband, which ne ate
without speaking TO her because OF quarrel the
night previous She said ne went out. but returned
al 10 O'Clock and renewed the quarrel OF the night
before. He again went out, she said and returned
a o'clock, when ne got can or peer, part OF
which ne offered her and which she drank Mrs.
room TO remove his coat, and when he came out
ne had a bottle of WhiSksy which he upora1ded her
for having concealed. She said she obtained pos
session OF the bottle and poured its contents N the
sink, which she said madeened him he said ne
would get her for IL he then rushed
at me" said the witness and threw NE Up
against the wall the window, and struck me
In the stomach and grabbed me by the throat"
In reply 10 question by Mr. Sachs. sne said
she did not know how her husband was stabbed,
blood coming out his shirt.
Did you Intend 20 do him any injury" asked
Mr.. Sachs
No sir" replied the witness.
Mrs. Ma aus said that the only explanation she
could orfe( FOR the stabbing that n a scufTfe
with her husband she threw her hand 20 pro-
tect herself from his attack, and in so doing ac-
cfdertaIy stabbed him with the knife with which
she had been peeling potatoes
The jury out an hour and quarter