Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-18
PRISONER IN A CHEERFUL MOOD
Sister of His Stepmother Thought Ac-
cused Crazy-Story of Elopement
and Attempt at Suicide.

cheerful and confident yesterday. He
surprised the court by making important
| admissions concerning incidents Of which
he had hitherto refused to speak.
| When the presiding Judge called handwrt-
| ing experts to identify Haus handwriting
| in the dispatch sent from Paris calling
| Frau Moliter to that city Hau. anticipat-
| ing the testimony. arose from his seat and
| said tnat in order TO expedite the he
would admit that he wrote the dispatch.
The judge inquired whether or not he
| had sent 1t off, but this Hau declined to an
| swer He also refused 10 say whether his
| wife was aware that this message had been
| sent
The First Witness Today.
Philip Uhlig, merchant, of Frankfort-on-
| the Main testified he saw a man November
| @ in the Frankfort railroad station wearing
| a false beard and mustache. The judge
| here asked Hau to put on similar DISCUSSES,
| and Uhlis then recognized him as the same
man.
Anna Lerch, who left Washington with
Mr.. and Mrs Hau in the capacity of a
maid servant, testified that when Hau left
| London to return to the continent lie eau
| toned his wife to keep his London adj
dress secret. The wife asked II she might
| write to her mother, and Hau replied, or
course.
| c. A Bratter, newspaper man of Con-
stantnople. testified that while iiau was
in the Turkish capital he played the role
/ of a of wealth He spent money
| lavishly, chartered a yacht, organized
| revels at a hotel with dancing girls and
| boosted of his wild life student He
| claimed to have an immense income and
| showed a passion for collecting precious
stones.
| The Interview in Prison.
Frau Mueller a sister of Haus step
| mother testified that she accompanied
| Hau, senior to London. Upon hearing OF
! the arrest of Hau she had an Interview
| with him in prison She found him much
| altered and in a state of great mental
] excitement He gave her the impression
| of a crazy man. holding his arms rigidly
| to his sides and then touching his fore
head in a singular manner. She said to
| him, Are you guilty, karl?
| To this the prisoner answered, No. L
did not do it..
| Hau boarded with Frau Mueller while
| attending the classical preparatory school
| at Treves She said he was a good boy
| and model student, but that be COM
| menced to show signs of amatory aberra-
| tions as soon as he left the school.
The Elopement.
| Referring to Hau's elopement with Lima
Moliter, the witness said the couple went
to Switzerland, where. they were visited
| by Mr. Hau, senior. They soon after ran
| out of funds and were in despair. She
| was informed, the witness continued, that
| the couple intended to commit suicide
| and that Hau had shot at Lima, but
| missed her heart.
Lima then requested Hau to shoot sec
| ond time, but the mans courage failed
him. They then planned to end their
lives by poisoning, but this project also
| was abandoned. Upon hearing of his
sons trouble Mr.. Hau senior decided that
| the couple must marry, go to America
and start life anew. He undertook to
| assist them financially.
Yesterdays Summary.
| Developments of the most sensational
| character marked the hearing from the
| very opening of the proceedings.
Charges made by Attorney Dietz, rep
| resentfng Hau, that the latter's wife had
| been driven to commit suicide to escape
| persecution by the German authorities in
an effort to force her to make damaging
statements against her husband, and that
| she had been threatened with arrest as
| an accomplice In the alleged murder I'M
| less she furnished discriminating evidence
against him, caused remarkable demon
| stration against Prosecutor Beicher in tho
| courtroom.
| The name of John D. Rockefeller was
dragged into the trial as showing that
| he was interested in the American syn
dictate whose interests Hau had gone 10
! Constantinople to promote.
| DietZs charges of the persecution or
| Mrs. Hau created the sensation OF tho
| day. He produced evidence that the eh-
| aiming magistrate had repeatedly pressed
| the wife to testify against Hau. All sorts
| of devices were resorted to in the effort 10
| extract such evidence.
| Prosecutor Kissed in Court.
| The new explanation of her suicide that
she had been driven to it in desperation TO
| escape persecution caused shouts OF
Shame" ''Cowards" etc, to come from
the spectator Prosecutor Beicher tried
| to stop Dietz and long wrangle followed
| Herr Bratter, witness, testified that
| stantinople as the representative OF an
| American syndicate until Frau Moiitor
! had interfered against him. He brought
| in the name OF Rockefeller as a member
| of the syndicate.
| Bratter declared that Hau had been sys-
| tematically pursued by Frau Moitor, VINO
wanted her daughter separated from him.
! Frau Molitor, he asserted, wrote anony-
nous letters TO Turkish authorities declar-
| ting to kill the sultan. This caused spies TO
be put on his trail, and he was forced out
of the country without fulfilling his mission.
The selection of jury from Yenire of
tWenty-eight men, of which each Side could
reject seven occupied only ten minutes
A forward a list of more than seventy witt
nesses and ten experts to be called was
read. The presiding Judge examined Hau
for three hours. The prisoner pleaded not
admitted having been in Baden Baden the
night the tragedy occurred.
Olga Molitor Testifies.
At the afternoon session Olga Molitor.