The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-17

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unborn childs II he had sonpht ont
the man who had debauched Ills wife
and family and shot down that villain.
then he could come before Won and
| ask for sympathy, but not now. FOR the
murder Of his helpless wife and inno-
cent child.
Question Of Intent.
"The pivotal question in this entire
case is, Did Henry M Sussman intend
to kill his wife. Fannie Sussmang, It
| is for us to examine the evidence as
bearing on this point, for it is on this
that question of the degree Of the
crime must be based.
He is a smart, keen, observing,
truth does not lie in Henry ar M N. sas ns
man s mouth. You heard him on the
stand and you know it does not. Let
us take his evidence in his own words.
BY his own words he didn't go
near the bride until she had gone for
him and brought him home, and when
he first saw her he wanted the marriage
certificate. lie never at any time es-
tablished a home, never contributed
anything to her support. In other
| words, he deserted her immediately az
ter marriage. =
.. "He was convicted for neglecting
and DESERVING her. Is that, the Conduct
| of loving husband such as his attor-
ney would have you believe that he
| was? <st,5 =.
Gle wouldn t ignore his wife from
wouldn It leave her and enlist in the
army only a few days after ille we'd
| ding; he wouldn't leave profitable
profession to enter the army for a few
paltry dollars q month; he wouldn It
have taken an assumed name except
Tor a strong motive. I don It blame
Sussman g relatives for shielding him
now, but this tragedy would never have
happened had the relatives of Henry
Sussman taken half the interest in him
and IN his young wife that they do
now. This dreadful tragedy would
never have happened" =. Y
Fears Consequences. -. E.
! Isn't it plain from the evidence
that even before his marriage Henry
Sussman feared the consequences Of
forging the name of Clara Gin to a
money order? Didn't there face him
prosecution and conviction when he APP
peared at the. office of the United
States district attorney at La Crosse,
and was informed that he must stand
trial at once9.7 Then he bought a. re-
volver and returned to Minneapolis.
| He saw the significance of the fact
OF the purchase of the revolver. That s
why he, tells you that he bought it
| before his interview with the United
states district attorney instead of af-
terward. He was confronted with the
serious predicament in which he was
placed: He says that when he cot to
the Masinger home he tried to Jolly
Fannie up. He did! He lured the girl
to her death. He took her to theaters.
bought her supper and lunch, treated
her well, was kind, and did everything
to win her favor, as he says, to cheer
her up because she seemed to feel bad,
| but really to lead her to her doom. ,
wouldn't wait until the girls father
came home. No; the father distrusted
him and might not let the girl 90 away
from home with her husband. But his
| plan succeeds and when the woman
sleeps calmly in her bed he puts the
| bullet thru her brain. And what is his
story9 oh Twas in a frenzy, was
crazy and drunk, so I shot her and
then. ! went out and took another
| Rot! Rot! You don't: believe iii
| You can It believe it! 80
| He may have taken drink or two
to brace his nerve, but he WASH It drunk.
his behavior after the crime-his own
testimony on that matter-shows clear
ly that he was Ethoroly responsible.
Every act of his I married life
showedf this, and it is shown by his
own admissions that all he wanted Of
ner was to- go and .perjure herself to-
save him. From con vfction as forger.
That's all he wanted, and when she re.
FUSED again as She had before, he shot
her down. =. q -
.'.:,*- Killed While Asleep.
-."If that dead girl could speak she
...You killed me while I was asleep. !,
why not call a spade a spade and a
murderer murderere Was he crazy9
Was he even drunk9 No! -
What are we to say of the victim,
Eannie Sussman9 She sinned, no doubt
But there was no evidence that it was
Pefore last August, when this man
Hoover says that, she and a companion
came. from Midway to a saloon res
taurant in St. Paul. ~, .,'. -, I.
It is seldom that we see even in the
court such examples of human depray-
1ty as these monsters Maxon and Miller.
What are they? They are iackals who
feed on fallen womenl They are VAN,
nires that get their Isustenance from,
unfortunate girlsl< -. -. r.. n
but it. wasn't Henry. M. Suss1nan,
the man who had promised to cherish
and protect her, but abandoned and
neglected her until such a, time as he
thought that he could use her, that had
the right to demand vengeance.
You remember in the Bible story of
a multitude invoking the law of the
Jews. the laws Of Moses and brought to
| the Master a woman caught in the crime
Of adultery. Ny Christ and yours said,