The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-14

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and didn t care anyway. I couldn It
get her to promise to come with me. =
sussM.an $, .Gl q, told his story very slowly,
hesitating between words, often maxi
ing long pauses between sentences.
Continuing he said:425,~s,a. \ 25E ~.
xSEssiss asked her who the TWO fellows
we're ssWh hos 4; saw her with, on Sunday
|nightsand i she said that it. was none of
mEf business
THE Wife 'ssLas. Story.
2sssThen she Ssaid:E!S AS ssIoSnsg, s, as I will
never see you again andsI don't intend
to live with you any more, might as
well,tell you all that I have done while
you have been away Then she went
on to say that she &didn It care for me
and Ia had & no o. intention Of living with
me. ss ta ~ s55ss sse 81 S5.,..:; &
sss The only reason@ /, married,' she
said, was SO that the folks wouldn't
have anything .toEsay to me. That d, IS
from my parents. g When / was sure
you had gone Invent up to Duluth and
to SUPERIOR whefegI lived in houses
where made lots Of money. and had
a good time::':: y >''"-+~'t> ..~ ,s:a'
"She said. that she had four Or FIVE
different fellows in st. Paul and lived
Sin four or five different houses. She
was sitting on the edge of the bed
most.of this time.'' ~ SEA.
They emptied the bottle and he, on
his. part, had been quite drunk,
- When my wife was telling me this
story 1 was excited and nervous, was
pacing up and down. -. .,
F. N''Previous to this did you. believe
that your wife had been unfaithful?'
ao >'No;I didn It. I had no reason to-
p; -'r Nervous and Ill at Ease
AS he progressed with his story and
neared the climax which he dreaded to
approach, the witness became more and
more i'll at ease. He had to be urged to
continue with his story.
''She told me was not the father of
her unborn child,' he said, between
two long pauses: :.
"Well, what else was said or done,'
urged Mr.. McGhee.
q I know can help you, but Idon It
care for you,' she said several times.
/ couldn't hardly believe that it, was
the truth that she was telling me, and
was excited and nervous
His Hand Clenched.
He sat with bowed head and re-
hIp1uCu ollCuI, Will Ills udLtl tIlS HGly
clenched. In this attitude he remained
for some time, until aroused by his at
torney, who encouraged him to go on.
Sussman then said hesitatingly:
p, ''She said, Go way! You we got
| nothing to say to me- -
, He bowed his head again and an
other long silence ensued.
sshe Ms sag3 &c on Go encouraged on Geg aTsS MSGhee
told her if she would come to La
Crosse. | would go away when the trou-
@.stWhat was the last said by her?''
80 / remember her telling me that she
was nothing to me any more. She
raised UP in bed and stretched out her
hand and told me to CO.
"Then I shot!' .>--,
| While deep silence pervaded the
whole room at this time, the prisoner s
statement was given in such a low tone
| as. to be audible only short distance
! away.
| Having gone past the dreaded por-
ton |ot MS testimony, Sussman bright,
normal composure, answering ali oues
| tlons freely and in voice that all
could hear.
Sussman was shown letter, which
he said was in the handwriting of his
wife Fannie. While the letter was not
introduced in evidence, it will be he
Fore the day is over It is the letter
of which Clarence Maxon testified tc
yesterday as having been received from
FANNIE Messenger from Minneapolis g
few days before her death. In
| His Remembrance Not tsclear...o
~ didn't know what I was doing
and nave mo- clear remembrance OF
| what happened,' he said in response
to his counsel IS question. .:r :,
| Did you intend to kill Fannie?, ,,
Never had any intention. of killing
her, then or any other time, ~, an
sWered Sussman: positively. - X : - -
were repeated by. Mr.. McGhee and an
swered in the negative ~
The. remainder of his story was al
most identical with the confession as
testified to by the police officers an6
3court ,stenographer. He could not re
member what had become of the re
vofver, but Thought he had thrown: i
from the cars either on his way to OF
FROM La Crosse. ~.
| Asked as to the contents of Ger
tain + letter the witness refused ttc
answer. -. ~. -
Z sttH1Was it too vulgar and too flthy?,
Inquired Mr.. McGhee. =.
eyes, sir. '-<
His Cross-Examination,
After going over the familiar story
of the prisoner s later movements, Suss
man was turned over to the county at
I torney. He admitted opening ali tht
1 gas jets in his double room at tn,
! Nashville hotel. -, ..,. :
Upon cross examinations, it was, re
5vealed that Sussman appeared on tn,
! street after the =, murder, rcarefull,
dressed with his collar, tie and: clothing
properly adjusted. but before the mur
der he was without his collar and tie
He was with his brothers and at hi
usual haunts and no one saw anything
strange. -. r.
!"You know it's wrong to kill a hu
man,..being, don't jyou?'' asked MI
@FCertainly I do, - said sussma,
sharply. -.
"How long have you known it?'
usWhy, I have always known it,
Yes, of course. Now, when was tn
first time Xyoui didn't know it was no
ftI don't KNOW
"The only time. you didn't know
at the Glenwood hotel?'
fI didn't know what I was doin,
! then'' ~.
.,,tAjl MAll right. About what time wa
HAfter she had told me what sh
"All that. night, then, you believe,
that it was right to; kill the woman9' =
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