The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-23
HISFRIENDSSH
News of Conviction Of Ac-
cused Heard with Regret.
HAS AN INTERESTING CAREER
Romantic Marriage 10 FrnuIein Mo-
IftOF and the Tragic Ending of
Their Married Life After Seven
Years-Features of the Arrest and
Trial OF Washington Professor.


News that Karl IIau had been found
guilty In Karlsruhe. Germany, of the
murde. of his mother-in-law. Frau Moli-
tor. was received as shock in Washing
ton st night. for the reason that Hau
was quite well known here because of his
conn elton with George Washington Uni
versity as an instructor.
With his vile. Hau lived in Washington
In Sixteenth street near Q, from 1901
until June y. 1896, when the pair and their
daughter sailed TO Genoa. Hau was on
business mission. representing the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company in Turkey and the Standard OIL
Company in Turkey and Russia. From
Genoa he went 10 ConstanliGOple. and his
wife and daughter and a Miss Stoles went
to Munich and later TO visit Mrs. Hau's
mother IN Baden-Baden.
Washington people including II. Ralph
Burton, Hau's legal representative in
Washington. heard frcm them regularly
until all were shocked on November last
to learn that Hau had been arrested at
the Hotel Cecil charged with the murder
of his mother-in-law at Baden-Baden.
Meets Frau MoIitor's Daughters,
Hau, who is about twentyesix years old.
was a student in the University Of Ber-
lin in 1900, and, because Of poor health.
he went to Sicily where he met Frau
Molitor and two OF her seven daughters.
| Lena and Olga. Olga was the younger.
and il was to Lena Hau turned his at
tentlon. although she was three years
/ his senior.
Frau Molitor was a woman of wealth,
the widow Of the court physician to the
Grand Duke of Baden-Baden. and took
| a liking TO the brilliant student. although
/ she gave no serious attention 20 the pos
sibility OF his becoming assOn-in-law She
| had more ambitious plans for her Gaugh-
| tiers than 10 marry them to impecunious
/ students but she tolerated him until Hau
and Lena became SO infatuated they
decided to become secretly betrothedr and
| later they decided also TO get married
without apprising their families of their
/ intention.
In the fan Hau returned 20 HIS studies
/ In Berlin, and Frau Molitor with her
/ daughters. went back to Baden-Baden.
! In the spring, Hau who lived with his
/ father and stepmother, went 10 Baden
/ Baden. where he again renewed HIS atten-
! tons to Frauleln Molitor. and although
! the mother did everything she could 10
prevent a marriage the young people
eloped TO Switzerland. where later they
I were married, Haus father having come
/ TO the rescue with funds, and from
Switzerland MIR. and Mrs. Hau came to
/ Washington.
They felt they could not go back to
/ Baden-B Baden OF Frankfort because Of the
protest their marriage aroused and be-
cause members Of the Molitor family had
not forgiven them.
Pair Came to Washington.
When they arrived in Washington Hau
entered George Washington University as
a student in the department Of arts and
/ sciences and later in the department Of
law He made an exceptional record, as
he showed remarkable capability In as
simnating knowledge, and received in 1902
the degree Of master of arts and In 1904
the degree of bachelor Of laws. He is a
\ lingulst of rare ability. and this aided
him materially in the pursuit of his
studies
In June. 1893 he was appointed instruc-
I tor In Roman law, on which he is an
authority. in the department of jUrispru-
dence and diplomacy. Later in the same
year he was appointed instructor in Ger
man in the department Of arts and
sciences, and given a salary Of 5000
His first visit abroad was i'm 1905. when
! he went to Turkey as the representa-
tive of American interests. He made
Il considerable money by obtaining con-
i cessions for firms in the United States
and called at Baden Baden and secured
the remainder OF his wife's dowry
I amounting to about $1,000. His wife
remained in Washington while Hau was
abroad.
Pounds Two Scholarships.
When he returned in October, he called
upon President Needham, Of the uni
versity, and stated that, as ne had pros
Ipered, he no longer needed his salary as
instructor, and offered to found two schol-
arshlps. This offer was accepted by the
trustees and published in the annual cat
alogue Of the school.
Again, in January. he applied for leave
and again went to Europe. He planned Il
get a contract for the Newport concern
2 to build a war ship for the Turkish gov
, eminent and in this he was unsuccessful
He also was unsuccessful in an effort e
get oil concessions in TshibulEi for the
Standard Oil Company.
? In this connection, it was brought out
at the trial in Karlsruhe by newspaper
man named Bratton, Of Constantinople
that the reason Hau failed to get his con
cessiOns in Turkey was because Frau
MolitOr angered because Hau had re
turned to Europe. had written the Tur
: kish government declaring her sOn-in-lav
/, an anarchist plotting to kin the Sultan
: These letters, it is said, drove Hau from
Turkey
|, When, with Mrs Hau, their Httl
daughter, Olga, aged six years, and IN,
governess, he returned to Europe in Jun,
. last year, he again was permitted to en-
ter Turkey and again he was unsvccess
ful. due to Frau Molitor's letters. it i
said.
Miss olga Joins the Haus.
1t was late in October when he returnet
n to his wife and daughter at Baden-B Baden
: and shortly after. taking Fraulein dig
= Molitor with them, the Haus went t
4 Paris. arriving October % and remaining
Y eight days On October % Frau Motto
+ received a telegram, signed olga" urg
y ing her to come to Paris. Mrs. Molitor
= with another daughter, Fannie, caught
= late express train and rushed to Paris
T only to find Olga with the Haus at tn
n Regina Hotel. Olga was the most sur
prised of the party when she learned he
8 name was signed 10 the message, an
: Han denied having used his sister-in-IaW,