The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-18
ON TRIAL FOR
NUMBERING HIS
MOTHER. R.IN.LAW
Case of Former Professor in George
Washington University At
tracing Attention.

KARLSRUHE, Germany, July H..
ton in two continents came up for
trial here today, when Karl Hau, for
merly professor of Roman law in
George Washington university Wash
ington, d. c., was brought to trial
for numbering his mother-inlaw,
Frau MOlitOr, a wealthy resident of
Baden Baden in that city on Novem-
ber 6, last.
The selection of a jury occupied
only ten minutes, after which the
presiding Judge put Hau through
searching examination that lasted
several hours. Hau was unable or
unwilling to explain many of his ac-
tions with regard to which the pro-
secution has pursued a careful in
vestigation, such as the wearing of
DISCUSSES and their secret disposi-
ton, and the sending of kilograms
to himself. He declined to explain
his connection with a telegram ask
ing his wife's mother to come to
Paris, and refused also to answer
various questions regarding his do
mestic relations, although repeated
ly warned by the Judge that he was
jeopardizing Lis case.
Altogether the testimony today
was considered very unfavorable to
the defendant, the judge declaring
that one provision of the will left
by Hau's wife, who recently com
mitted suicide, which he read and
which provided that her little daugh-
ter should assume another name, in
trtprnn nnh
of her husbands guilt.
Olga MolitOr, who was with her
mother when the murder was COM
mitted, told of the shooting and OF
the man who ran away so quickly
that she could not recognize him.
The collar of the mans coat was
turned up, but the coat she recog-
nized as one similar to that worn by
Hau This witness, who has been
mentioned as having had relations
with Hau that caused jealousy on
the part of MRS. Hau, gave an en-
phatic denial to such reports.
Various other witnesses were ex-
amined and they testified to having
| recognized Hau in the false beard
he wore at times. The case Will ne
continued tomorrow.
Inc tOOh a WluC uht
! including Hau's life in Washington
and his visits to Constantinople IN
an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate
concessions from the Porte for GER
! tain American firms.
Hau admitted that while returning
! from Turkey in October, he stopped
in Vienna and collected $1,000 on a
letter of credit and that he had sub
| frn F n ~ nj n
| the-Rhine to his London bankers,
saying this letter of credit had been
lost. He said that he had tried to
get a renewal of this letter of credit
Afterward he visited his mother-in-
law in Baden Baden for week, and
that he went to Paris, accompanied
by his wife, and his sister-in-law
Olga Moliter.
The Judge here showed the, pris-
oner a telegram sent from Paris
signed "Olga" asking her mother TO
come to Paris Immediately and which
was not sent by Olga. Hau refused
to say whether he had written TINS
| telegram or not. Here the judge
warned him of the risk he incurred In
making denials. Hau also declined
to say whether or not he had had a
| disagreement III fdTlS Will hiS WHY
owing to her jealousy of her sister
Olga.
The Judge then called Hau's at
tention to the fact that on his .arriv
al i'm London on his way to the Unit
ed States he had received telegram
recalling him to the continent ant
selecting Berlin as meeting place
with an unidentified person. Hat
had shown this telegram to his wife
to justify his trip and he admitted
having sent the message himself.
Hau admitted to having had wiz
and false beard made by barber
of a we'll known hotel of London. HI
says he threw the wig and beart
from the car window after leavin,
Charing Cross. and that his only OBJ
} ject in useing them had been to leav'
London unrecOgnized. He admitted
however, to having had secont
false beard made at Frankfort-on
the Rhine. He admitted going t.
Karlsruhe November 9Th, the day o
the murder, wearing false beard.
He refused to say why he had tele
phoned Frau Molitor to come to thu
railroad station. Asked whether o,
| not he had heard the shot fire(
which caused Fran Molitor's death