The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-14

testify as to the contents of either
( letter.
1'From the time you had married
Ia your wife until you received d letter
O. from her at Madison, how MANY lett
had you written to your wife I = IN I.
ssFive or six altogether, two} from
Columbus and threeof a fpur from Mad Il
s7n sinade pointnaeinltt sin III
Madison to meet tIny Wifasat homles
on Sept 12. When I arrived ataHhe
Masinger home, Mr.. and Mrs. Mas
niger, Rose and the smaller children
were there. Mr.. Masinger said that
Fannie was not at home, but said that
he would see that she would be there
sfhe%next evening": Mrs. Masinger said
that Fannie was getting along very
welL.T A$1nan was supporting her in. St.
4 Paul. When I came the next evening.
about 8 o 'clock,.s sAlrsst Masingers and
Rose were there, also Fannie and "a
Y girl friend. -: Go. &st =
,.,.y@ Who Was the Woma1l7 =, Is& I.-. [:
'sWere you introduced to this lady?'
st think + was, butt don II Eemem:
Der the name. Ny wife $and%I Went
into the front room, where We talked
over my case in Madison. No one in
terrupted, us while we were there, The
evidence of the Masingers' on this point
is incorrect. = - j.. j.,
II asked herif she wouldn t help me
find Clara Gin, and if she: would not go
with me to La, Crosse and testify as
to the. truth of what she: heard Clara
Gin say2to me. - E1&rm>''
.4ttI told her that this was very i'm,
portant to me-, but Fannie 1ollly laughed
and Went out with the other girl. L
sfollowed them out to Girard and Sixth
avenues A. | did not talk again with
my wife. MI. Masinger came out and
salked, with me until the ear came
Saw His Wife Again.
+'"When did you next see her?'
~ -. 8 On Sunday before her death, about
5 'cloc1 in the afternoon, In. front
Sixth and Girard. Florence and the,
baby were there and two fellows: L
Fdidn It know either of them. ''' -
.'Fannie and | went uptown and at
" night went. to the Beaufort hotel, where
Il registered as Henry Sussman and
swife.' We talked Of my case and the
Stria1 in la Crosse. | urged her to come
with me, but could not get her prom
F"In' the morning we went to break
fast together, and I returned to La
Crosse She accompanied me to the
Milwaukee station. I bought a return
ticket and left about 'clock in the
morning.
tie ft'In La Crosse I went into a gun
store. g. / had been accustomed to car
Tying a revolver, not only in the army,
but after had been held up in Fargo.
When I: saw the revolvers in the store
II went. in and got one and also some
"aHrmunition.
DID y yey buy that revolver to ! kill L
isHNo: sir; no.'' responded the wit
mess eagerly and with some animation.
N'Ts When you bought that revolver. dia
you have any intention of killing your
wife2N'
s'tf did not. No.
E".You, saw the United States dis
tricts attorney in La: Crosse and re-
turned tho next morning to Minneapo-
lis?' r..
%5ffssN' Yes, that is right''
. }a'fHThen what did you do?'
-" went up to the Masinger home
and had a talk with Fannie. We went
downtown and had dinner together. In
the afternoon we went to the Unique
.theater and after that to j. I. Suss-
{man's studio. About 4 clock we went
tupt ito her house. I repeated my desire
- to- have, her accompany me to La
Grossekto> help me in my case. During
the conversation she remarked that she
would be 10 years old in a couple of
days.
Dlq you at thaC time say, 1es
fsa; 1oms vi, II! be 10 if you live ! that
EDon't remember saying anything
ysof that kind. I had no intention
whatever of killing her,
Z; Did, you read any paper at the
house that time?''
.%' No, sir
.3@%s.} Saw No Murder Story.
.'s'.|'Did you see any paper with re-
port of the Riggs murder case?'
HhSNo, sir, did not. I saw no pa.
B. pers that evening"
"Did you say, that you would kill
her like a dog? -
No, sir, not at any time.' .,-s
.'In the evening We went to the
Biiou theater. [ didn't like the play
and went out before the first act was
over. Don It. remember the title of the
play nor what it was about. I went
into the<Biiou saloon, where I drank
beer and whisky, then went to Hook
with & YIELDS saloon and had some
more.s I bought a half-pint of gil
there. [ then went to the Biiou saloor
and2had more drinks and went into the
theater while: the latter part of the
last act was on. Then we went over
to- the Glenwood hotel:'
G:$s' At the Place of Tragedy. ,.:..
. g, "Go,3en s,, noy and tell all that yor
sttAfterWard went out and got
IS some fruit and sandwiches ana went
5STback to the room' We talked some
Fsabout: the play and Athe parts ! haQ
sSmissed, then 1 brought up the J: La
Crosse matter again and she said: "
I ". Oh, don't bother me; I am going te
sleep. = [ am tired!' =
''I asked her to write to Clara anC
help me find out where She was, but SHE
said she didn't know where Clara was
- pvI1C non ,s..