The Washington herald., 1906-11-10
REFUSES TO BELIEVE
CARL HAU GUILTY
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% respect and ike MIN. and all who cam
e. contact with him became stancl
friends He is member of the Cosmo
Club. where he was a frequent visitor
and well liked by his fellOw-membeTs.
Though dozens OF his friends have been
interviewed regarding him. not one word
has been said that would show anything
bat praise and the greatest admiration
for his high standard Of integrity, his
5riIliance and affabi.ity II Is impossible,
in the estimation Of al who know Mr.
Hau. 10 think for one moment that he
could have been guilty OF the crime with
which he Is charged.
Messages Received from Him.
IN January last Mir. Hau went TO Con-
stanunople representing business inter
ests of this country. returning the latter
part of March. On the i2td Of June he
again sailed for Europe. taking his wife
and child. TO visit her mother in Baden
Baden. where they have a very beautiful
home Here Mrs. H1u and little girl re-
maiued. while Mr. Hau went on 10 Con-
s,antinoTlc 10 take " the business which
ne mad not completed on his previous
trip lie was really not well enough TO
undertake this task at that time. but,
as was Characteristic Of him, he continued
~ his work in most conscientious man
ner While there. his wife became III
and il was found necessary that she Un-
dergo an operation Mr.. Hau immediate
fy left ConstantinopIe for his wife's home,
aud took ner 10 Munich. where the Oper-
alton was performed BY an eminent sur
geon. In "A letter written 70 friend while
on his way. Mr Hau said: 4 am on my
way 10 Mrs. Hau, WHO Is I'll She viii
nave 20 have an operation performed in
fcw DAYS" Not long after that an
other letter was received by a friend Of
Mr. Hau in which he said: Mrs. Hau
Is doing better. I took her to iler mother
and SIZE viii have the best of care and
nursing there" As soon as hc was ole 70
leave mis- wife be returned 10 Cons,anti-
nople II vas Mr. Haus mention 10 re-
turn TO America the early part Of Oc-
tober bat upon completing has business
IN urkey ne found he was too i'll 10 un-
deVJake the long journey back to this
country. and decided 10 spend q while
at his wife home Regarding this. Mr.
rau said sIn one of his letters; Il am
going 10 Baden-Baden and VIII stay there
FOR a while tos recdpera,e. as my nerves
are in Il frigntful condition. After at
tending 10 some business in Germany ana
Parls. I expect 20 sail toward the enc
OF October
His kindly feeling toward his mother-in-
law was well known. No friend or ac-
qu8intancc Of Ar. Hau has ever heard
anything to the contrary. nor did he in
MS correspondence with friends here ever
mention anything OF this kind II seems
To be the unanimous opinion Of all VINO
know him that he never had a feeling
Of any other kind toward any one.
CabIepram to His Attorney.
On November > the following cablegram
was received by II. Ralph Burton. pat
cnt attorney in the Bond Building. who
has had charge OF Mr. Hau's affairs dur
ins his absence for the past year or so:
I am forced to DELAY sailing one week
on account Of my wife's Illness.
Hotel Cecil"
This cablcgram was dated London, No
vember y
Mr.. Burton was interviewed at the Hotel
I oxford. where he resides. last evening.
and said:
Il have known Mr.. Hau intimately for
two years. and know that even the idea
of such crime would be revolving TO
him. He is q man of the highest prin-
ciples. whose standard Of honor and integ-
rity Is far above the average I feel safe
IN saying there is not one person among
the thousands who know him who would
or could say one word detrimental to his
character
If Guilty, lie Was Insane.
In spite Of the circumstances, which
seem to point toward Mr.. Hau as the
Ierson who committed this crime, it is
still stoutly maintained by his friends
that il cannot possibly be so. All things
are possible, however but the only con-
ceivable explanation should subsequent
events prove him to be the person,
IS that. .oEEng TO the great mental
strain and anxiety which he underwent
while attending closely to his business in
ConstantinoplsstAs illness of his wife, and
his own weasH5 physical condition. Mr..
Hau tenipor' - lost his mind, and for
some reason Iec0untablc only to such
mental alteration. returned to BADEN
Baden II is thoroughly believed by all
OF Mr.. Hans friends that this entire mat
ter viii be satisfactorily explained and
cleared mp In a few days
HIS Relation with Students.
Mrs Emma Reba Bailey, graduate Of
George Washington University. speaking
OF Prof Hau, said:
During my attendance at the unirer-
sity ] knew Prof Hau, being a co-stu-
dent in some courses with him and since
then knowing of his work in the school.
Prof. Hau always treated me with tluc
/ courtesy. lie was quite well grounGed in
Roman law, which he studied abroad. His
possible unpOpularity with the students
arose from his manner toward thcn. * =
said, which IS a natural sequence OF his
birth and education IN foreign univer-
Sly. There, a professor is more potential.
and relegates by usage, custom. or regu-
/ lations. students to a subordinate posi-
ton in which each one is only a fraction
in the student body, which only has