Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-19
SENSATIONAL
MURDER CASE
IN GERMANY
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
AGAINST KARL HAU
Witnesses Identity American
Charged With Killing Moth
cr-in-Law as Mysterious
Stranger With False Beard


10y Morning Journni special Leased Wire
Karlsruhe, Germany, July ib2Ihe
trial Of Karl Hau, at Washington, y.
a.. on tho charge ~ having murdered
hi mothef-ln-laW. was resumed today.
He surprised the court by making
important admissions concerning me
cldcnts Of which hc had hitherto roe
fused 90 speak. when the presiding
Judge called handwriting experts TO
Identify Hnu's writing IN q dispatch
from Paris calling Frau Molitor 90
that city. Hau. anticipating the tes-
timnny. arose and said thai in order
10 expedite the case he would admit
that De wrote this dispatch.
Philip Uhlg. . merchant 81 Frank
fort. testified that he saw a man ON
November 9 in the railroad station
wearing q false beard The Judge
here asked Hnu 10 put On "a similar
disguise. and tfhiiR recognized him
ag The same man.
Hnu boarded with Frau Mueller
while attending the classical prepare
tory school ut 1reves She said he
was % good boy and "a model student
hut thui be had shown symptoms 81
nmaturN alterations as soon as he
len the school Referring to Hau's
elopef1ent With Lima Molitor, the wit
mess said fhe couple wont to SWii2er-
land They soou after ran out ~
funds end were I'M despair. Upon
father decided that The couple must
marry, GO to America and start NE
anew.
Ihc testimony at the afternoon nose
Sion was considered damaging. b0ras
Meter. who conducts q confectionery
shop ln Radon Baden. testified that
on the day Of iho tragedy between 3
ana z o'clock. she walked with au
escort Oh thn vicinity Of the Molltor
VIA. sho noticed D talI man wearing
u heavy beard. which both size ana
lier escort regarded aa false. The Wit
nes wHs unable TO say whether or
NOT ihc man was Hau. but She de-
f.aro1 that the collar of hts uVefc1at
Ntr turned up. o. other Witnesses had
Irstrlbpd.
otto Fletcher. u barber of Frank
tort, irfiifiod 90 making i board for
Hnu who had explained that he
euuted to Furprlar his relatives WHOM
hN had not Focm lu five years. TAU
pui uu thp beard Dol bis shop about
Nuau NuNcmner g. ana started On the
M .rc. 1901 uf thc milwly station, cur-
rglnE Duo y%allHcs.
All tho evening scsfion the court
Took un 1850 nffidaNlis pf Paris Wit-
nrrs,s s walter in the Hpfri flogiun
tfDra tHHt hc henrd a lively dispute
briveen M aud Mrs fiau on che day
th1i She telegram WIS alnt 10 Ffuu
Ma'lfor
The Judge asked Hlu it olea wan
the clusD of thi. quarrel and Htu
leaned forward. etldDutlf Intending Goo
answer. uud thea suddenly said THAT
hp would refuse tu swe
The judge warned the prisoner ihat
hc bad hrilor answer the question
T~hrre1pnu iluu aia that The dispute
NHa the nrHi Instance when hlH wife
ra, reached huu fnr nrlng too intimate
uiIh htr slsitr olga Tie. however
caIIueo her hp said, removing hhr
fuHr
Oirp MoItnr. recalled, testified rna
Ms tiuu gave nor "a similar version
of tho uifalr upun her return 90 1913
don padcu. addlug That U1u bad ful.
b, stayed hrt fears. Hau continuing
na testimony. said this dispute $3.50
Iho cause of IBIS sending his telegram
Zoo Frau Mollior to come 90 Paris Im-
m".fiatiI,. Olru N1- 900 and ttp rct-
.nH 5000 fhis action was th1l ho H1ui..
fI arf olga away aa soon as possible
~ Judge pointed uut the Wt4knp
H ..I. explanation. since lttu hnN
arranged the date of elEaF d,
nIHfIrH only tWu days distant tiih
..I|U,I INtt h, was su excited thnf hr
ff Ihr fIsi thiuN That suggested It-
r, go lIr mind
number of HHu'~ fellow student
aI Trorhurr university. testified tu
.lrummuu intellectual lhII.tt.
lNI a|.. tu hia moral de~lluuururir
fI Wumtn several ut ia,u
ih8t Hau did nut want e. maerh
IIat Nnnior after their olopemen
a. teacher named StHul. q FRIEND 9.
h. uau flm'N. -wusc that NJ iilu