The Washington herald., 1908-03-29
FOURTH DAY OF TRIAL.

At the entrance 20 the courtroom there Was an I'M
mense crowd and the courtroom itseh vas packed.
Dr. Ritter the examining nudge. was called to the
stand
Attorney for Defense-In what manner was Hau
notihed q the death Of bis wife. and what the
| efect2
witness-Both the district attorney and we're
present He was uroS,rated He dropped bis head
and brcathod very hesriiy bui made no answer.
Attorney :or Defense-Was the notification q the
death q bis wife made By the district attorney il a
charitable or in a cruel manner.
Witness-I would not consider it cruel He said:
'Hsu. your ac has claimed another victim. Can
you imagine who It is.
Attorney for Defense He also said: viii you
witness-He sid. ~win this. perhaps. give YOU
cause 70 change Your attitude during the proceed
ingSl"
Attorney for Defeuse-At the time the notification
given only the vitneSs and the district attorney
were present Bnt there appeared n lccsl paper
an article. according 20 which the statement was
made that Han had confessed his guilt.
District Attorney--I had nothing 10 do with that
article. have always an,=ered when inquiries were
made that Hau had not confessed.
Witness O)r. Ri1rerf-I gave nothing 70 the T7rSs
Attorney fer Defense-D1ITing the whole course Of
tbs investigation interviews have been given the
I Press that Hau had confessed
Witncss-The ofice Of the district attorney bad re-
ations with the press and whether the articles men
tioued were gyen out or inspired from that quarter
/ I do not know.
Attorney for nefense-Even the last letter from
Mrs. Han has reached the press through the Office
of the district attorney and II directly stated
therein that Han had confessed II the district AZ
toTney himself has not made this statement 20 the
| rrvSs he declares. they have AZ least emanated
from his ohice. for from that quarter all the news
/ has been given out
/ A witness by the name Of Fank was then called
/ 20 the stand. He testified that on November . be
I hr0~ zf-- T-aHT
quiet for a moment and then he heard a sound like
| the crack Of a whip He found Mrs. MolitoI
! m heap and before her her knees was Olga,
| crying out; MY mother has been shot Witness
Immediately reported the 70 the police. He met
the servant. Wieland. whom he told Of the event
| The next DAY Nieland came to him and said: "YoU
are aware. ! believe that / climbed over the fence
yesterday and tore NY pants il doing So Witness
however stated that he did not know anything about
that
man by the name Of STEPHAN was then called
10 the stand. He said that he had heard two shots
/ but IL may have been one and an echo. he ther
ran 70 the scene where he Mrs. Molitor and hei
daughter Miss Moitor sid that the had
| been a tall man with and that il had
| been an act Of vengeance Wieland came 10 the
| scene afreTwRrd. climbing over a fence.
Presiding Judge-Did he tear his pants in set
| ting over!
Witness-I did not see him do Sc
| Lenk. an attorney. was then called 20 the stand
He stated that he had been prosecuted account
/
ed IN cell the 18th Of June. and that he had
at once the belief that he would be called wit
ness az the trial.
Presiding Judge-what caused you to have tha
beliefg
witness-The manner Of proceeding against m,
was very unusual. There seemed 10 be no reasoI
! for nv arrest.
Witness refused to testify as to what he hae
learned from Hau
Presiding Indge TO Hsui-Nill YOU authorize u,
! witness fpSfifyf
Defendant-No. Great excitement).
| Attorney for Defense-I that the Witnes
be compelled to testify.
Presiding Judge-I cali your attention TO the Law
tell Us why Hau returned 10 the Continent an.
what he intended 10 do in Baden Baden
Witness-I refuse 70 testify.
| Defendant viii save the witness the punish
ment and testify. iExcitementl. I will state VIII
! returned 70 the Continent. Why went to Baden
Baden. and what ] did there. Great continue,
excitement in the audience. l returned to n
I Continent in order 20 see my sisterin-law, Olga
once more before ] left for America.
Presiding Judge-Why did you not speak 4
your wife about iti
DefendantI have already said that she wa
jealous, but from Olga's standpoint sae had n
reason for il. I cannot, however. say the sam
for myself
Presiding Judge-why did you want 10 see You
sister-in-law againi Did you have any fondnes
for herf
Presiding Judge-Why did you disguise yourself o.
your trip from London 20 Frankfurts
Defendant did not want to be recognized i
Baden-Baden.
Presiding Judge-Why noti
Defendant did not wish TO be seen particl
larly by my mother-in-law.
Presiding Judge-YOu did not have heard 4
Frankfort and you bought new one thereg
Defendsnt-The beard which ! purchased in Lon
doa consisted Of several parts. and was 50 poo
that il fell TO pieces IN Dover
Presiding JndSe-Did you want to speak to yo,,
sisteT-in-lawl
TefenGant-No; only wanted TO see her.
Presiding Ju6ge-YOu. therefore, wandered abou
the places where you hare been seen in order I
observe whether not Olga al homer
Cefendant-YeS
Presiding Judge-Do you suppose that Olga kne-
about it
Defendant-No.
Presiding Judge-Did you wish TO eutice you
mother in-law from her house By means Of tn
telephone call;
Dcfendant-Yes; hoped that would then NEE
Olga alone
Presiding Judge-And then what happenedg
Defendant-9Irs Molitor called az a nelehbor'
for AIiss Olga When I saw them start for N
post-offce il ovsurred to me that il would nor
become known that ] was there and that la