The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-12
Suicide and Not Murder Was
Intention Of Miss HiIdsbrandt
BULLET STRUCK HER LOVER.
Was Nervous and Excited, and Ia a Struggle
the Shot Found a Mark Little
Meant BY Her.

New York. March i3.-"As heaven IL
,,v ,uap. did not mean TO commit muir
dsrl"
Tha, declaration was made yesterday
An xf,s court Of quarter sessions mt New
AZ. n. J.. by Miss Annie M. Hiideorandt
w4,o In on trial charged with shooting
hsr former adrnsrer. Bernard Joseph Mo
c>al.un. with intent to kill. Miss Hrlde-
brandt 10 q trained nurse and 10 years
old.
The shooting occurred July i last M
MoCailurn.s boarding house. No. % sny-
d~r street Orange. II Is alleged miss
Hsldebrandt shot McCafium after ne TO
e,,sed 60 marry her or accompany her 70
Denver. Col, to which city she toid nm
she Intended 10 go. Tho bullet ioosed
An McCallum's stomach. For two months
he v~s between life and death bven-
tuas1y he recovered. the buliss stu TO
ruaaning IN his body.
Mccaihum and Mrs. Samuel d. Phfipot.
proprsetress OF the bcardins-house In
vfssch the shooting occurred. were uhs
chief witnesses Cor the state. Mccall
fum ssid he nrst met Miss Hidebrandt
.aoux \ year before the shooting. He
.Au,stt.d hs received presents and love
ysttsrs from her.
WOULD NOT GO TO DENVER
.-rhs DAY OF the shooting" he tesi-
asd- sMlss Hfsdebrandt called at the
osncs where was employed and told mo
shs was going TO Denver. She said
80 wanted me to go with her. tod
her I would not 90. and then. af her TO
uuast we went to my boarding house
20 r,t an umbrella that belonged 70 her.
7 left her In the Kitchen and went up
stairs to my room. AS I was coming
down stairs again she asked me once
more to 20 with her to Denver AND
again told her I would not. The next
thing I knew I WAS shot. I did not
know she had a. pistol until the shot was
fired"
ON cross-examination McCaTlum ad-
mitted that his trip 20 his room was part
ly for the purpose OF getting some love
letters Miss Hildebrandt had written
him.
Mrs. Phiipot testified she had under
stood McCallum and Miss Ktldebrandt
were engaged 10 be married. She said
she saw the defendant shoot McCallum
She tried TO prevent It but could not :.
After testimony by detectives and
other. Miss Hiidebrandt was called by
her counsel 10 tell her story. Her eyes
were red from constant weeping. but
she told her story firmly and was not
shaken on cross examination. She told
OF meeting McCallum and OF their sub
seauent friendship.
He asked me 10 marry him." she sad,
''and consented. Soon afterward l
noticed he began to act coony toward
me. This continued until I realized that
he had discarded me. was heartbroken
and decided to go away after i learned
he was paying attention to another wo-
man, who lives in Paterson.
WANTED HER PRESENTS.
'T went TO McCaIlum the day OF the
shooting to get back the presents 1 had
given him and the letters had written.
/ did not ask him to go TO Denver with
me. When ne went TO his room at his
boarding house he left me in the kitch-
en- He was gone a long time and was
nervous had serious thoughts OF kill
ing myself and carried revolver for
that purpose.
'T started TO go up stairs in search OF
him. When I reached about the third
step from the top ne came out OF MS
room. / became faint and asked him 20
get mo water. His reply was an insult.
and he tried TO push ma down the stairs.
At the same time his andlady came up
behind me and tried 20 pull me down.
i struggled against both. / thought OF
the pistol an determined then and there
to send a bullet into my own heart
had no thought to kill him. for as heaven
10 my Judge. l did not mean to commit
murder.
II tried 10 point the pistol at my breast.
In the struggle and excitement the weap-
on went of and McCallum received the
bullet ] had intended for my own heart"
The case will be resumed today.