Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-09
HAU IS CHARGED
WITH MURDER OF
MOTHER IN LAW
Police in Baden Baden AlIege
That He AssasSinated Frau
MoIitor in a Quiet Street.
DAUGHTER WAS WITH HER
Motive for the Strange Crime Said
to Have Been Insane Greed
for the Fortune of the
Rich Woman.
ODD TELEGRAM TO MRS. HAU
In Wire From Frankfort She is
Asked by Her Husband Not to
Reveal His Address ~ Wife
Declines to Make Any
Statement.
ODD TELEGRAM TO MRS. HAU

law to satisfy his greed for gold is
the motive which it is believed
caused Karl Hau, alias Stau, to re-
sort to murder. The police of
Baden Baden believe that the pro-
fessor killed Frau Molitor, who was
rich, in order that he might obtain
her fortune, and like page from
some medieval romance reads the
tale of the crime. A false beard,
decoy kilograms and deep-laid but
faulty plot have led to the detention
of the alleged murderer, about
whom difficult and tangled skein
seems to be weaving. The wife of
the accused assassin refuses to be
interviewed in London. An ex-
PLANTATION of a telegram sent her
from Frankfort on November 6
would be OF more than passing in
terest. Hau's friends in this city.
of whom there were many, abso-
lutely decline to believe in his guilt.
BADEN BADEN, Germany, November
9.-karl Hau, alais Stau, the ! wyer of
Washington, d. c., who was arrested in
London yesterday and held for extradition,
Is wanted by the local police on the charge
of numbering his wife's mother, Frau Moli-
tor. The motive of the alleged crime ap-
pears to have been insane greed for money
Frau Moltor who was Wealthy, refused
many times to comply with Hau's requests
for money, having given her daughter a
considerable dowry and arranged that she
should inherit part of her fortune
When Hau married Lena Molitor six years
ago shewas twenty-five years old and Hau,
student. was nineteen. Their engage
ment seemingly was against Frau Molitor's
wishes. Immediately afr their marriage
the couple went to America and Hau at
tained good position in Washington. Hau,
his wife and their daughter three wears
old, came to Germany last Summer to visit
Frau Molitor. rms Hau and the child
stayed several months at the villa Molitor
Hau arrived there later via Constantinople.
Haus and Frau Molitor Friendly.
Visitors to the villa observed that the
best relationship existed between the Haus
and Frau Molitor. A fortnight ago Hau
left Baden to return to America. and his
relatives thought he was either on board
ship or had already arrived in the United
States. Hau, it is now claimed, some DAYS
AFTER ne LETT Baden Baden, sent his mother
in-law false telegram dated Paris. ask
ing her to go and see her married daughter
there. The classification was discovered and
the inquiries of the postal authorities with
the view III Discovering the idan,;+,, 80 A.
sender of the message were still going on
when the murder was committed
Money the Object.
During the evening of November 6 Frau
Molitor received telephone message at
her home in Baden Baden asking her TO
go to the post Office and get parcel which
had reached there for her. Frau Molitor
accompanied by her young daughter. start
ed at once for the post office, and while
passing through quiet street she was shot
from behind and fell dead with a bullet
through her heart. The man who commit
ted the murder was discovered as being of
medium height and seemingly under forty
years old. He wore a beard, but 1t is
stated that 1t was false one. The police
believe the murderer was the man who
called up Frau Molitor ON the telephone
The telephone message which induced
Frau Molitor to her death was received
by servant of the household, who saws
she thought she recognized Hau's voice
and so informed her mistress. but the lat
ter insisted on going TO the post office.
Disguised With Beard.
Hau after leaving Baden sent his wife
and child to London and stopped at Frank
fort, where he attracted attention owing
20 long beard which he wore. This, how
ever, is now asserted to have been pur-
chased from a hairdresser at Frankfort
The day OF the murder Hau left Frank fort
at IL In the morning the Baden train
and returned to Frankfort at 10 O'Clock
the same evening. After his arrival there
he sent the following telegram 10 his wife
at the hotel
Arrive tomorrow night. Don't betray
address,
This telegram gave the police a clue to
the identity OF the murderer and they
promptly notified the London police Hau's
arrest followed.
II Is asserted here that Frau Molitor
had long been threatened and that she
was aware that deep-iaid plots had been