The Washington times., 1907-08-18

later you went with your wife and child
to London. whence you were called back
10 the continent BY an alleged urgent
telegram. Why did you have false
beard and wig which YOU had made for
you in London fitted on you at Frank
fort?
Al feared that I should be recog-
nized.
Q.-why were you afraid, and why did
you go to Frankfort?
Al had a business engagement there.
Q.-With whom?
A.-As to that, l refuse to answer.
Q.-The beard is said 10 have been
very badly fixed. so that travellers called
a policeman's attention to you. What
did you do in Baden-Baden?
Al refuse to answer that question.
Tries Another Procedure.
The president had been trying to lead
up to a chain of circumstances that
would either establish the guilt or inno-
cence OF Hau, but not being able to get
any information from him. he said:
Then 1 will put It 10 you this way.
After reaching Baden-Baden you rang
up Frau Molitor. A servant went to the
telephone and you said it was Mr.. Hau.
You said that Frau MolitOr should come
al once to the postonfice. and TO that
came the answer that Frau Molitor did
not feel well. and preferred not to go
out. You replied that IT was urgently
necessary. and she should come. as In
spector Braf had an important com
munication to make with regard to the
Paris telegram.
Frau Molitor then went into the
neighboring villa 10 fetch her daTgh-
ter as she feared to 60 alone No:
many steps from the villa 7 shot was
fired at her point blank. which killed
her instantly. II Is established that
twenty minutes after this occurrence
You took the train for Carlsruhe, but
this time without a false beard. with
the next train you continued your Jour
ney to London. From Brussels you tele-
graphed your wife that you wecc com
ing You had previously telegraphed
her from Frankfort that she should re
veal your whereabouts to no one. We
are now about to close your examina
ton. I must cali upon you once more
10 answer the following questions.
"Why did you 60 to Baden-Baden'
Why did you pretend TO your wife
that you had important business on th'
Continent? What did you do in tn,
time for which you have refused TO an
swer2 And, finally. II you are no
guilty who DO YOU believe to have mur
dered Frau Molitor.'
Still Refuses to Speak.
A.-To all these questions 1 refuse al
answer.
Q.-Your associates IN America hat
given you sS75o. and you had alsc
I taken your wIfe's money with you. Al
I that you had spent with the exception
i OF a small sum. On the other han,
You know your mother-in-law was yer.
/ wealthy. The suppOsition IS not un
naiaral that you murdered Frau MolitO
4 in order 10 obtain possession of he
/ fortune
A.-As TO that ! will say nothing.
deny most emphatically that 1 was a
an end Of my resources.
Q.-Now we come to the most painful
point I'm the whole affair. You know
| that your wife has gone to her death
/ Your counsel has put IN a letter b,
! your wife. from which il could be sup
/ posed that you and she have agreed L
l take leave Of life together. Your wifi
also left behind a letter as her will Fl
which she requests that your child b
I given a different name. II is eviden
I from this that she did not regard yo1
as entirely innocent.
/ In reply to further questions Hau de
| clared that his wife would neither hav
| believed him guilty or committed suicid
! If she had been permitted 10 have pri
/ yate interview with him in prison
Urged to Confess Guilt
The president then urged him to ADM
his guilt, but Hau obstlnately persiste
in his refusal TO give his own accoun
Of the events Of November 6.
! Railway pOTters and other wftnesse
testified to Hau's travelling on Novem