The evening world., 1905-07-18
While Little Girls Lisp Awful
Charges Against Neidinger,
New Indictments Are Found.
TALE OF HORROR.
Men Used to Criminal Trials
Shocked by Statements Of
Child ACCusers.

Edwa.d H. Neidtnger. the vilest type
OF man ever arraigned at the criminal
bar Of this city, may be sent to prison
for eighty years II all the indictments
SO far found against him and the bills
the Grand Jury is now framing are
prosecuted. Should the scores of COM
plants that sum up the mans wrongs
to little girls ever get on the docket
1t would take the span of three lives
to answer tine punishment that could
be melted out to him.
He Is now on trial in Judge Fosters
part in General Sessions on one OF the
many charges found, and when he tot
tered TO MS eat at the prisoners table
six little girls. ranging in age from nine
to twelve. went on the stand and Lsped
old court officers open wide In horror.
Look where he might the monst
could not find one glance of sympathy,
one unbending line in the stern features
Of the men who regarded him with dis
gust. Even the jurors did not seem
able TO look at the crcature covering
in his chair, working his long. claw
like fingers convulslvely and blinking
the puffcd lids over his fish-like eyes.
Nobody VANS to Defend Him.
So unspeakable are the crimes OF this
man that Judge Foster had to plead
with all his eloquence to get a lawyer
TO defend him. Charles Keefer was
hrst assigned as Nied!nger's counsel
and in a conference with the wretch
advised him to plead guilty and TAKE
the nllnishmanf he lnSnrynl rho ,,,,
would not agree to this and Mr.. Keefer
said he could not proceed any further
in the case.
Then the Court called upon one law
yer after another to act as an officer
OF the tribunal and defend the wre.ched
prisoner, but their rcpulsion for him
was SO o~verpogering that they shook
'heir heads and refused. Then judge
Foster said:
H'htl"nen. some one must come for
ward to defend >this man. no matter,
how horrible the accusations agains,
him The whole nation stood aghast at
the crime Of the crazy Anarchist who
shot President Mckinley. Nevertheless
when he was formally tried for murder
there had &c be q lawyer to defend
him.
No stigma should attach to any ono
who simply acts as a necessary officer
OF the court melting out punishment to
n criminal. AS there must be prosecut-
ing officers sometimes arraigned against
innocent men, so there must be lawyers
to defend criminals, no matter how black
and terrible their deeds
Mr.. Hansen Consents.
For a time there was no response to
Judge Fosters appeal, but at last ].
Fischer Hansen. who Is n son-in-law of
one of the millionaire members of the
Brokaw clothing firm, and who Is a
philanthroplst lawyer. came forward
and volunteered to take the case. He
also pleaded with the man to avow his
guilt and prevent the shocking testi-
mony of his child accuscrs from going
on record "hc man was obdurate, hoy
ever. and the case had TO proceed,
There were fully fifty children and
their mother about the corridors and
in the ante-rooms OF Judge Fosters
court ready TO 60 on the stand and
spread chapter after chapter of horror
sgainst the accused man. It was hard
lSl lic ~ . VI NSs' NittNN'
about the biiIding to restrain the wom-
IN from open manifestation of their
feelings,
Little Saddles Story.
Sadie sokolin. an eieven-year-old
little girl, whose bright yellow hair is
lone in two little braids, was the arst
OF the child accusers to take the stand
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parents at No. 1876 Madison avenue.
In a hin little voice tina could hardly
carry to the jury, she told a story that
80 reused the Jurors that for a time
1t looked as II they would leap from
the, box and rend the prisoner, She
S Sha sssn party iay'; at -nls home Ms,a' atter b ,e 8
induced to join his Flower Club.
Other little girls told hfr 1f Promi,ed
the botany ci5ss. This was so aiiuring
that she begged her mother to alive Ter
rs ceprs as 'nitta ion into the FLOW er
Club and 10 cents ior a card In the bot
Tins.
Assistant District Attorney. Clark by
eleven years Old, Of No. ISL Madison
avenue, had been lured to a rehearsal"
Neidingcr alleged was to be preliminary
to a play. lake helpless insects they
fell Into this spiders trap, and thelr
shocking testimony was c~ortoborated by
two physicians.
Loinbroso lifted the veil from many
dreadful crimes and opened the eyes Of
the world to sickening examples OF
broso are agreed that he never In his
lifetime Of investigation found the rec
ord Of a viler man than this Neidingsr.