The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-15
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rather Of her unborn child?' eyes. !"
she gave you the name Of her
"she told me Of fellow named
Clarence, that she wrote letter to. :"
Told you that she would have moth
ing to do with you; that she was going
to be bad girl all her lifeYO :WYes.0
And after she had told you all this,
you said that everything would be all
right If she would come with you to
La Crosse?'' :. 1-"~.z}.o
eyes, said that =. - &.
N.Then what did you kill her: for7n
Long and deep silence ensued. The
witness looked straight before him, but
"When you tell that to the jury I am
thru with you,'' remarked Mr.. Smith.
finally. 90
tion9" H"$
cit is" ~: r-
Mr.. Smith thereupon read the letter
from Syracuse, N. Y, which Sussman
testified was written from Columbus,
Ohio, when he was in the army bar
Two other letters written by sussman
from River Falls and directing certain
movements on her part were submitted
and admitted as evidence. The letters
are couched in terms indicating friendly
relations and good understanding be-
tween the two. >.
a.. Photographs as Evidence.
A number Of photographs Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Suss1nan. taken together
both before and after marriage were
produced, identified by the witness and
admitted as evidence. - =. -
The state attempted to- show that
Henry's movements regarding his en-
listment were mysterious. He insisted
that he informed his brother Joe, the
latter's wife and Fannie that he had
enlisted and they were all aware, Of it..
'Didn It tell them where you were
going?" asked Mr. Smith.
.NDidn It know where.D 49, e.
oraLittle Falls?'
.mttMo, I didn't go to either place.
go to- Little Falls where told Joe i
vas va going and q, intended to co. what
t'I may have had some purpose then,
but I don It remember it now.' 49,
e mWhen you: got in trouble over the
forged money order you wanted, Fannie
TO-. testify that she was with, you at
River Falls and heard Clara Gin give
YOU w.: authority + to sign her names"
And she wouldn't do itqn
mo, she twouldnt.'' r.. j = i
"That's all,'' said the county at
sussman's ordeal was over.
Saw Sussman's Gun.
Ethel. Peterson, an employee Of the
Brunswick cafe, saw Henry Sussman
almost daily. Once she saw a revolver
IN his grip and once she saw the re-
volver in his pocket. :. =
l. Clarence Maxon, locomotive fireman.
who had showed knowledge of certain
houses in st. Paul, was the next wit
ness. Since his last appearance he had
found the letter he alleged he had re-
rrelved from Lillian Taylor or Fannie
M N aslnger a few days before her death.
murdered at the Glenwood by recogniz.
ing her portrait in the newspapers.
IN response to questions by County
Attorney Smith, Maxon said that he
d1dn It have time to inform the authori-
ties as to the deead girls identity, for
he was working. He did not attend
the woman s funeral and never saw her
body after the murder. The letter was
Clyde Miller, IS years old, q wild
over with three children, had been we'll
acquainted with Fannie Masinger.
whom he said he knew as Lillian Tay-
lor. He had known her. in several re-
sorts, had fseen some of the pictures
introduced as evidence and had worn
a button with Fannie's picture. He
had helped her ship her trunk from
house in St. Paul to Minneapolis on the
Sunday before her murder. He had
not talked with anyone about the case
except Mr.. McGhee,. to whom he had
told the story as told on the, stand.
guilty of a felony?'' asked Mr.: Smith.
The witness stared a while smiled
broadly, stroked his chin, shifted his
Feet. but said never word ~: ..s
You can step, down. shouted Mr.:
Smith, in deep disgust. = 80 =! -
Miller, much relieved, hurried away
from the stand. ~ :..Io
- Queries by. Jurors.
One Of the jurors, on behalf Of his
colleagues, wanted to know if Sussman
had visited the Merchants saloon after
his return to Minneapolis from the
army. ! 80. 49,
Sussman said that he had visited the
saloon only once. He described the
premises carefully. =
The jury also wanted to know if the
gas in room. 80 at. the Glenwood hotel
was extinguished on the night Of the
murder, but was informed that this
would appear: in the states rebuttal.
The next witness was the woman who
has appeared several times in the evil
dence as Effie.'' She was sworn ,by
the name of Marie Powell. She identi-
fed the photograph Of Fannie Sussman
as those. Of a girl known as Lillian Tay-
lor, an inmate of house on st. Peter
street, st. Paul.
"The witness recalled distinctly Of
having accompanied Fannie to her
home in Minneapolis about two weeks
before her death.
uaook at this man here by my side
(indicating, Henry Sussman) and state
where you have ever seen him before. :,
asked Mr.. McGhee. M
Yes, saw him at the Masinper
house when I went up there with Fan
ME-
She had never seen Mr.. Sussman be-
fore.
Refused to Give True Name.
rs that your true name9o asked
MIR. Smith.
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