The Washington times., 1907-08-18
PRISONER PAINTED BLACK
BY STARTLING TESTIMONY
IN HAU TRIAL FOR MURDER
CONTINUED from First Pagel


piled:
Il did not commit the deed. Il is true
was ir Baden Baden at the time Of
the crime. but I will make no state
E-ent as to the object Of my journey
thither" Thus. at the very outset the
prisoner seemingly defied the law and
threw down the gauntlet to the Ger
man courts, for this was his attitude
throughout the entire trial.
He was then interrogated as TO his
early life at Freiburg while still stu
dent. The examination was as fol-
lows:
Refuses to Answer.
The President-You are understood IS
early as that T. have associated a good
deal with women. and SO to have
damaged your health?
Eau-As 10 that l refuse to answer.
Q.-In Berlin you had a lot to do with
women?
A.-That I will not contest.
Q.--In Corsica you got to know Frau
Molitor who WAS staying there with her
two daughters. Lima and Olga?
A--Yes.
Q. You gambied at Monte Carlo; did
you lose?
A.-No, I won.
After being questioned by the presi-
dent as To the fact that he had eioped
with Lima Molitor and that Immediately
afterward he had entered upon course
OF oXtravagant and reckless living that
so distressed his wife that even at that
early period in their married life Lima
had attempted suicide. he was asked:
Did she FIRE the snot herself, or did
you. as I presume, shoot her with her
ConnWance?'
As to that refuse to reply Hau
answered.
Studied in America.
After being questioned the prisoner
then said that ne had stJdied three
years in America. had passed his exam.
iration 10 the State bar. He stated that
hc lived on an allowance from Frau
Molitur OF so per month and conlribu
tlons from ais father, when finally, al
The repeated request Of his wife, heI
dowry Of about $4,000 had been sen;
her. and with this amount ne establish
cd IN cffce in Washington.
Shortly after this Hau was appointed
private secretary 10 Dr. Schonfeld
Turkish consul general at Washington
which compelled him TO make frequent
trips 10 Europe. lie was ther qUes
toned as to his extravagances while Ii
Europe and he said that il was neces-
sary.
Q.-At Baden Baden you stayed with
your mother-in-law.
Ayes. from October IS 10 ..
Q.-You took your wife and sister-in
law Olga with you to Paris.
A.-Nes.
Questioned on Intimacy.
Q.-Have you had closed relationship
% your sister-in-laW Olga?
AS TO that I refuse to answer
Q.-That is another point where re
fusal 10 answer strikes one as remark
able. Is It true that your wife was fol
some time jealous of you.
a. AS to that / refuse to answer.
The testimony then developed that
mysterious telegram had been sent from
Paris to Frau Molitor calling her ther
on account OF the serious Illness of Olga
her daughter At that time Hau WA,
in Paris with his wife and sister-in-law
After refusing to answer whether or no
he was the author Of the Telegram
the president said:
You should not refuse to answer thes
questions. You are in a very serious DO
sltion. You are accused OF \ revOltinl
crime that caused the death Of a nea
relation. an act in consequence Of whicl
the person standing nearest TO yOl
has gone to her death.
Hau remained silent
Q.-On October 81, Frau Molitor re
turned TO Baden-Baden. few day