The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-10
Outlines States Case in
Murder Trial.
Cold Blooded, Unprovoked
Murder Was Done, De-
clares States Attorney.
Promises Evidence to Show
Premeditated Crime, Not
Sudden Passion.

M4rder-murder of his wife, cold
blooded and unprovoked, premeditated
and carefully planned, will be proven
against Henry Sussman if the evidence
In the trial sustains the presentation
OF the states case to the jury. In
opening the trial today, John F. Dahl,
assistant county attorney, did not mince
words The crime at the Glenwood hos
tel in the early morning of Sept. 26,
was stamped as a murder. Any. chance
OF an accidental death, or suicide, or
even a crime committed on the spur
Of the moment in burst of passion.
was secuted. 5.
Fannie Sussman was deliberately
murdered, he declared-shot thru the
head while she slept calmly and at
peace with the world. The murderer
should have been the first to shield her
from all harm, the one who had solemn
ly sworn to love and cherish her in
adversity as well as good fortune-her
husband, Henry.
The motive, said the prosecutor. was
revenge and anger caused by the WON
an s inability or unwillingness to help
Sussman out of the ENHANCEMENT with
the police authorities Of. La Crosse,
where he had been arrested for for
gerry.
Point to Murder.
While many circumstances pointed to
the guilt of the defendant, the prin-
cipal ones, said the prosecutor, were
the following:
The prisoners threat to take Fannie
Sussman s life, made at the Messenger
home on Dupont avenue N in the pres
ence Of the members of the family.
This threat was made in such a cruel
and yindictive manner as to frighten
all those who heard it and convince
them that he contemplated murder
The purchase of revolver and am
munition on the day preceding the
commission of the crime.
The failure to- go to La Crosse on
Tuesday evening, as agreed, and the
registration of himself and his wife AT,
the Glenwood. hotel as "Joseph Tyler
and wife. -
The attempted suicide late Thursday
night after his arrival from La Crosse
and learning that he was suspected.
The confession to the police after
his arrest.
Scouts Insanity Plea.
According to the state, these circum-
stances, with others, form absolutely
convincing proof that the prisoner COM
quarrel or that the bloody deed was
the act Of an insane man is positively
rejected by the state.
The court was packed as Mr.. Dahl
began, and from now until the trial
ends, the customary scenes attending
murder trial will be enacted twice
a day in Judge Simpson IS courtroom:
The rush of the morbid minded to effect
an entrances en- the fight Of the deputy
sherifs to hold back the throng;' the
crowding Of every nook in the room;
the craning of necks and straining of
ears to see and hear everything that
passes.
Mr.. Dahl began with the early mar
riage of the Sussmans. Even at the
time OF her untimely death Mrs. Suss-
man was hardly more than q child.
Her marriage proved to be a loyeless
| one, her husband, in whom she trusted.
neglected his duty, and she was COM
PEELED to work for her living Then
Mr.. Dahl went on.
I'll Will Toward Wife.
Sussman's efforts to obtain posses
sion of the marriage certificate and the
destruction by him of a copy of the
Of i'll will toward his wife. His con-
duct was anything but commendable,
and he neglected to provide for her.
Mrs. Sussman continued to work. al
ways at respectable employment. Suss-
man led a worthless life, but often,
promised to reform.
Finally he abandoned her. With
a view Of bringing matters to a head,
Mrs. Sussman swore out warrant for
his arrest on the charge of non-sup-
port: For this he received a sentence
to the workhouse. Later he was ar
rested at La Crosse, Wis, charged with
forgery, but was released from impris-
onment on bail.
Sought Wife's Aid.
1.-Two weeks before the murder. he
returned to Fannie, not for reconcilia-
tion, but to secure her help in Securing
his release from arrest for forgery.
What plan he proposed we know not.
but Fannie could do nothing for him.
and it angered him.
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