The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-13
City News
sQ;ssM n. l STORY
\. ISER]|nA II! ! JURY.
CONFESSION MADE TO POLICE
). LAST OF STATES EVIDENCE.
Prisoners Recital Of Crime and Incl
s. 1dsnts Leading n Are Made Part.
SD official Record Odds and Ends Of
81: Tles sst nD Given By Various Wit

Henry Sussman s complete confession
OF all the important events of his mar
ried life and the incidents leading up
to the murder of his wife, Fannie Suss-
man, at the Glenwood hotel Sept 26.
was read in the Sussman murder trial
as the closing Of the state 8 case by
Thomas =. Newlove, court stenog-
raRher: = =
While this confession did not bring
greater detail than the version given
by the police officers. ,.
e Sussman was anxious to have Fannie
accompany him to La Crosse and her
refusal to do SO displeased him some
what. = Asked why his wife refused, he
said: I Ky !
She told me that she was going into
a. : in St. Paul and wouldn It go
with me. She wouldn't help me and
would never give me divorce. I told
her that [ wanted her to leave those
but she wouldn t. listen to me.''
You quarreled a great deal?n
"Wel1 I wanted her to help me. -
LAS a waitress9''
- Yes, and to help me in La Crosse. -
After registering Sussman went out,
took a drink, bought some fruit and
some Chicken sandwiches, Sussman. re-
turned to his wife. ..~rs
"Now 60 on. and tell what hap
81 wanted her to see Clara Singer
and get evidence for me, but she would
not help at all. I told her to leave
the crowd down in St. Paul, but could
not get her to promise. She said she
would not come to La Crosse for any
thing and she said that she intended to
into 80 I'll q.
didn't care what became of me,''
When He Shot Her.
"When you shot her she was sitting
on the edge Of the bedqD 49,.
- don't remember if she was sit
'''Well, you were standing over her
above.N. ~
The prisoner confessed to the mr.
chase of the revolver in La Crosse on
Monday the day before his arrival in
Minneapolis. : y
=, After; the murder he visited his
brothers Adolph and J. I. Sussman sew
eral times, and at o'clock went to
La Crosse: s. -,
e. On Thursday he returned to- Mime
apolis, bought razor, some beer and
whisky: went to. the Nashville hotel,
and registered. He thought that he
gave the name of Joseph Weller. He
declared that, he had not bought the
razor in order to cut his throat. y.
After turning off the lighted Sgas jets
he turned all five open again and went
'toalie" down in the bed. Previously he
had torn out a part OF the sWeatband
of his derby hat containing his name.
A bow L, !
asked that Adolf Masinger, the father
Of the murdered girl, be recalled. Mr..
Masinger was shown a number of let
ters between Henry Sussmant#and his
wife while the former was in La Crosse.
The witness had read the letters, he
said. q, They were mot submitted, how
ever, and Mr.. Masinger was not al
lowed to testify regarding them.
Arrest and Rescue.
Then began, the cross examination of
Inspector. James Lyons with reference
to the rescue and arrest Of Henry Suss-
man at the Nashville hotel and Suss.
man s subsequent confession in the
central lookup in the presence Of the
police officers and Assistant County
Attorney Bernhagen.
Thes.story of the movements Of Mr.
and Mrs. Sussman from Tuesday after
noon until Wednesday morning have
been told and retold SO often and with
such little variation in the details that
the testimony Of Lyons brought out
by almost interminable cross-examina-
tion proved tireso1ne.
Mr.. Lyons stated that court stem.
ographer appeared in the room just as
the first confession was made. Captain
Mealey and Attorney Bernhagen, re.
manned in the room. Captain Michael
Mealey repeated some of the details of
the confession relating to the shooting,
Mrs. Maud Scholl, formerly Maud
Thompson, a chambermaid' at the Glen
wood hotel, told Of finding the body.