The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
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at the corner. where they conversed for
was said by any Of the persons.

some tune. witness did not hear what
was said by any Of the persons.
just Before the Murder.
;nanlya When nd did Ike 91u next see. HenryR''
On Tuesday, morning, the. day be-
Where vas that ~
:" At our house. He had ii talk with
Fannie and asked her, Did YOU burn
the letters I wrote you?' Fannie SAID
she had. They left the house in the
afternoon, saying that they were 90
ing to the Unique theater. The two
came home,.bnt did not remain for sup,
per. Henry did not want Fannie to re-
main until her father came back. and
insisted on going to a restaurant fol
supper. Fannie said that she was 90
ing to La Crosse with Henry, They
said that they were going to the Biiou
theater in the evening, but did not saw
anything about coming back home. .
When did you next see Fannie?'
Stricken Mother weeps..
The next afternoon at the
into tears and. burying her face in he1
hands, ssf
After recovering her composure, she
testified that she had seen Henry Suss
man in the jail a few days later. but
did not speak to him. So
elbow old was Fannie when she
came home from the. reformatory9, -
asked Mr.. McGhee, changing his tao
tics. = u-. - II
mshe was about II years old,
Mr.. McGhee probably meant the
state training school instead of the
reformatory, as IA moment later he
| spoke Of Fannie s return from Red
Wing, where the training school is To-
Gated. ....@ -.
1 !"'Mrs. Masinger, were you ever cor, con
victed of crime9" asked Mr.. Nc
Ghee, suddenly. ~ E1.,..
"What do you mean by thate'' re-
sponded the witness.
81 mean convicted and punished fol
a crime.' * 49, g~i "a
"No, SIR ,..-...s.s
"sure of thatG'' insisted the at
Eyes, I am, - responded the witness
positively.
.n,Weren It you convicted Of assault
with deadly weapon shooting man
with. a revolver?'. =.
II never shot a man. -
Mr.. McGhee dropped this line of ex.
animation and tried to ascertain where
Mrs. Sussman had been living after
her marriage. Witness said that Fan.
ME, stopped with the Joseph Sussman s
Tor several weeks and then worked for
Mrs: Walblom in Minneapolis for ten
weeks ~ "@ke - '77 =
For several weeks before her death
Fannie worked in the Midway district
and had quit about a week Before the
murder. Mr.. McGhee tried hard te
identify the girl who came to the house
with Fannie two weeks before the
crime was committed, but the witness
could not describe the girl or give any
information. An attempt was made tIt
get witness to admit that Fannie intro.
duced her friend as Fife and that she
said Effiei lived in Anoka. Witness
taller or shorter than Fannie.
Almost in. Hysteria. ~
The cross examination of Mrs. Ma
singer grew, tiresomne after it had con
tlnued an, hour. The attempts of coutl
sci for the defense, to secure additions
details of the various meetings between
Fannie. and Henry Sussman at the Ma
singer house were not very successful
The witness could not remember many
things he desired to know. Mrs. Ma
derstanding Mr.. McGhee's questions
and this, in connection with condi.
tion that bordering on hysteria, made
her slow and unsatisfactory witness
to cross examine. " 4, - 4:
"When was Fannie in Superior9,'
McGhee asked. @'.t -: ~ +
replied. .~''..~F'- - = - : S; :.
"Didn It you tell Joseph sussmaan
that she was in Superior?' - =as'
- didn't know where she was. '''i&
What did she say when she went
.tShe said that she was going away
two weeks. - =
..sWhen did she come backf,,s = f.
1.-THE day before Henry came.o
$50 she WASH It working. at the Mid
way up to within two weeks Of her
death as you have testifed7' inquired
Mr.. McGhee, with some exultation.
1t developed that the attorney and
the witness were talking about two diff
ferent times. Judge Simpson and Mr..
Dahl had to help straighten out the
Mr.. McGhee tried to have the wit
ness admit that Fannie was away from