The Washington herald., 1908-03-29


Ambassador would probably have been successful.
Presiding Judse-You are said to have lived very
exit avagantIy.
Dcfendant-It was necessary that do so on ac-
count Of my business.
| Presiding Judge-An attorney. married man aud
a father. with. moderate income. had no business
10 throw money away carelessy that
| Defendant did not look az il in such light.
Presiding Judge-You had from Sl5.OOO 70 $4,000 at
your disposal. part OF which had been advanced by
| other persons With other peoples money one
| should not carry on yenturesome schemes That
might be all right for millionaire OF multi-mil-
| lonaiTe. but you should not have done So
Defendant-In America people have different ideas
! Presiding Judge-But you had not become an
American
Defendant-I wonld probably never have had such
opportunities had not been in America before.
! Presiding Judge-Nou seem TO have oTer-Ameri-
esnized the Americans. They are known TO be al
vays careful and prudent From Constantinople
you went 10 Vienna from there 20 Frankfort and
from there to Baden Baden You had at that time
about s.00 or 5000 marks which was for man Of
your caliber very little. Had that been all the
money you had arrival in Washington those busi-
ness ventures would have been looked upon As fail
ures. would they noty
Defendant-Not at all | would have taken up my
Presiding Judge-In Baden Baden you lived with
your mother-in-aw. Were you intimate terms
with Miss Olga MolitoTg
/ Defendant-I refuse to
Presiding Judge-Was you wife jealous o. Miss
! Olga2
Defendant refuse to answer
Presiding Judge-You went 10 Paris with your wife
and Miss Olga
Defendant-I refuse 70
Presiding Judge--Then q mysterious telegram was
received by Mrs. MolitOr in Baden Baden. reading
4 expect you by next train. Olga il.-Lena. Mrs.
Molitor went to Paris On the Oriental Express.
riving the next morning. Did you write that teie-
gramg
Defendant-I refuse to answer. CExcitement)
Presiding Judge-The experts believe that the tele
gram was sent by you. You refuse 10 answer and
do not dispute it.
Defendant-I neither acknowledge nor dispute IT,
/ simply refuse a statement
Presiding Judge-Have YOU had disputes with your
wife owing 20 jealousyi Did not your relations with
Miss Olga appear 70 her as being a little too inti-
mater
Defendant-I refuse to answer. iExcitemeut)
Presiding Judge-NIrs. MolitoT was very much dis
pleased over the matter Of the telegram. and she
thought that you intended TO break into her house
while she was in Paris She went back to Ter
many with her two daughters and yoe went TO Lon
don with your wife You telegTaphod 20 your own
address calling You back 90 the contnenty
Defendant (hesitatingl-Yes.
Presiding Judge-You showed your wife the forged
telegram in order that YOU might more return
10 the continent. What were your plansi
Defendant-I had something IN mind that could
not tell my wife
Presiding JudEe-What was itY
Defendant-I cannot tell you
Presiding Judge Furthermore YOU equipped your
self with a wig and false beard.
Defendsnt-I did not want % be recognized on
my departure from London
Presiding Judge-What did you do with the false
beard?
Defendant-I threw it away between Calais and
Dover
Presiding Judge-You then went 20 Frankfort.
/ What did you do there2
Defendaut-I went to see some aequaintanees.
/ Presiding Judge-That was on Saturday What
\ did you do on Sunday?
DCftndant-I went 10 Linz
/ Presiding Judge-On Menday the day before the
crime. you went back 10 Frankfort There you pro
cured from a barber smother false heard and also
! purchased cloak and hat. Thus equipped you
went the next day 10 CaFlsruhe in frst-cass coach
and from there 70 Baden Baden That was on the
sth Of November What did you want there! Did
/ you want to meet your sister-in-law. olga
Defendant-i refuse 20
Presiding Judge-Was Miss Olga notified before
hand that you would arriyel
Defendaut-I refuse 70 answer.
| Presiding Judge-You made yourself conspicuous
20 everybody. You looked like a suspicious individ-
nal. II you had wanted to be unknown il might
I have been easier without a beard The witnesses
have stated that you ielerhoned 90 Mrs. Molitor-
calling her 20 the post-ofRce. where you said she
/ would receive important communication relating
/ 70 the Paris telegram. Mrs MolitoT went for Miss
Olga. who was al the residence Of neighbor. and
/ both ladies started for the postuffce On the way
/ a shot fred a. Mrs Molitor. which resulted in
/ her immediate death. The perpetrat0r away.
/ Twenty minutes later YOU went from Baden Baden
/ 70 Carsruhe. and the way YOU threw away the
/ false beard. Why did you do this?
! Defendant remains quiet
Presiding Judge-It certainly shows want Of
| honesty and cand0r
Defendant-I threw the beard and cloak out Of the
window.
1 Presiding Judge-You then went 10 Frankfort from
( thsre 10 Brussels. and from there 10 London. In
/ Brussels YOU notified your wife by telegraph when
J 49,
your trip. Why did you throw the beard away? The
inference is easy: The criminal disguised himself for
the crime and afterward threw the beard away?
| Defendant remains quietl
Presiding JudEe-fOur wife bad written letter tc
\ Mrs. Molitor on Saturday in which she told her
that it necessary for you to return u the con
| tinent.
Defendant-she sent this letter Immediately after
nv departure from London.
Presiding Judge-Im Immediately upon your return to
! London you were arrested.
| Defendant-Yes
Presiding Judge-we have now taken MP all the
points. First. why did you go 20 Baden Baden after
telling your wife YOU were going elsewhere? Second
what did YOU do In Baden-Baden during the time
| about which you refuse to give any information
| Third. why did you call your mOther-in-law away
from her house? Fourth, whom, if you claim TO be
not guilty, do you suppose killed your mother-in
law
Defendant-I refuse 10 answer any of the ques
tions particularly the last one Great excitement.
| Presiding Judge-lO You MAINTAIN tnat You nave
| not been in fun control Of your mental powersg
| Defendant-No.
Presiding Judge-Your whole defense. then. is the
| refusal TO give any information concerning the cir
cimstances which caused you 10 be under suspicion
You pretend mysterious motives which perhaps an
not true. Your wife left a letter and win provld
ing that your child should take another name She
| committed suicide because she believed that yOU
could Tot establish your innocence 1t seems there
FORE that she believed YOU guilty.
| Defendant-They did not give me remission II
! speak 20 my wife alone II they bad everythinI
would have been different. The district attorney
fused 30 permit such interview and was al
lowed to talk to her only in the presence of jaors
Presiding Judge-They must have had reasons
for it.
Defeudant-The district attorney stated that sh,
would be arrested il she openly confessed the belie
that her husband was innocent In violation of III,
law. even her letters were seized.
Attorney for Defense-They summoned the woman
to furnish evidence against her husband. Great ex
ciiemtntl She has often bitterly complained to m.
about that After they found nothing among IN,
letters which they cOnfscated. they demanded tha
she tthe wife) voluntarily testify against her hus
band. tGieat excitement.1
Presiding Judge-What caused your wife TO com
NIT suicideY
Defendant-They did not allow me to explain mat
tiers TO her or I would have been able to couvinc
her Of my innocence.
Presiding Judse-Why. then do you not tell US?
Defendant-There are things that I would hsT
told my wife that cannot tell here. (Tremendou
excitement)
Attorney for Defense-Did you have revolver ii
Baden-Baden?
Defendant-The only revolver had. which hav
always had with since being followed By spies Il
Constantinople was in my trunk
Testimony of Miss Olga MOIitOr.
Amid great excitement Miss Olga MolI
tor took the stand. She was dressed II
mourning and appeared 10 be somewha
agitated and distressed. She spoke in
very low voice. She stated that she wa.
willing to testify and that her age wa.