Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-07
hont L months before e0ming to

THIS city. -.
..we lived first at II Mercer street.
Mrs wilhelm said, land then 0 to
475 Fifteenth avenue, going from there
II go BERGEN street. We lived at lfs
Market street. Forest Hill, Roselie
Park and S14 Bergen street. | went TO
europe alone about three years ago n
when 1 came back we lived at 311 john
SON n moving from there to Sls
johnson avenue. We moved to 44S
High street, on May l. 1908.
Mrs. Wilhelm said that they had SIX
ebildren. but all of them died. Mr..
slack then asked her to tell in her own
way all that she did on Monday, Feb
ruary /. the day that Wilhelm's body
was found. She spoke scarcely above a
whisner. and was several times inter-
,1,nted by the court and the prosecutor,
and told 10 speak louder.
.I got I'D early on that day., Mrs
Wilhelm continued, "an after making
the beds. went downstairs and MI. WIT
helm and myself had lunch. About l:So
o'clock W. had dinner together and then
he said TO me, Mary, help me move the
desk into the parlor.' l told him ala
nat want 1t in there. because 1t MADE
tho MACE upside down.. ] was around
,bo house for a little while afterwards
# must have been 8 o'clock, because the
chiI.lren were coming home from schoot
S,ca had been at the house, put lelt
hour twenty minutes before | did.
~ walked slowly down 10 Market
street. and h up South Orange ave
me IN Broome street. l went TO Mrs'
& Farmers house. which is on the corner
- vent into the house and Mrs. Farmer
az there alone. Her daughter had
come home from school but had gone
ont again. I stayed there for awhlle
ana when her daughter came back 1
said T guess I'll be going, it's near rsup-
per time -aa
aAtr Farmer came in then and asked
40 ~ stay to supper. which l dld. l
lola them that I had better tell my Ola
nar. was going to stay there. After
s,,pner I helped wash the dishes, ana
they sent their daughter, Pearl, uo"h
!, house 70 tell my husband ! was
there. aoa
~ intended TO give Pearl q necklace
which was in a small box IN MT. WIZ
helms bookcase, and ! sent "oru ~
pearl where to fnd it. She came pach
roor af+aruards. ii must have beer
a,ort 7 o'clock. and said that she couid
not get into the house. we tieh
down 70 a moving picture sho"
Springfield avenue. where w
for about an hour"
With the evidence of the state all H.
Mr.. Black stated that he Wouiu PRIV
q perfect alibi for Mrs. Niheiih'
He said that while there Is NUNS
tenabIe to support the theory that WI
helm had been murdered ior roopo.s'
due to the fact that money ana VAIN
ables we're found on his oody' II Was
known and the defense would pIVs9
that Wilhelm was in dept. ne no.
many pressing creditors, MI Dia
said. and some of these creators ia
threatened him. At the same Tune ne
said 1t was not his purpose TO ma d
motive for the murder Of Wilnelm. oer-
tain facts stood out Wnlch Went ~
prove. he said, that Mrs. Wilhelm Wouio
not be benefited by her husband oeal"
Mr.. Black said that the de1ense Wouiu
rully disprove the testimony OF Wiiiia",
Levy that Mrs. Wilhelm had declares
that she would give $1,000 10 be ria OIL
her husband.
Mrs. Wilhelm was the hrst wltness
called after the State had closed,
The defense was opened by EoWaru
s Black, who, together with Chauncey
FL. Beasly, is representing the woman
The gist of his story was that thefe
no motive for Mrs. Wllheim 10
kill her husband, and tina a numoei
If creditors had threatened his IRE, and
he Immediately called her TO the VIII
ness stand.
Mr. BLACK first insisted that Mr..
wilhelm was not shot carrier thah :
o'clock on the evening in question ana
that there was strong p~robaoihty tlae
be was shot as late as 8 or 7 ociock.
Mrs. wilhelm will deny emphati-
esflv hat she attempted to pflpe MI
Levy or anyone else to XIII her nus
hand. II was simply q conspiracy on
his part to injure Mrs. Wiihelm De
cause of the outcome OF the Dls'fice
Court suit. a;u
I'VE will show" he continued IA
1906 Mrs. Wilhelm executed her ias'
VIII and testament, leaving everything
ia her husband and made him soie eN-
ecutor. In regard to the insurance
policy. we viii try TO show tnat the
policy had been in existence LOT at
least eight years"
Mr.. Black added that the accused
woman was not the legal wife OF the
murdered man, who was guilty VI d
isan1ous marriage, having married a
vonaan named Frederika, and deserted
his drst wife. She had borrowed, ne
said, $500 from her sister, Bertha
stafford. and almost immediately AFTER
u.srd assigned that policy to her SIS
ter.
s.Eyfdence shows Murder
precedine the telling of the story by
Mr.. Wilhelm. Mr.. Beasley made a
forrnal motion to dismiss the case on
the ground that there was no suspicion
that Mrs. wilhelm had committed the
crime of murder or that she was an
accessory to it,
The evidence said Mr.. Mott,
shows that she committed premedlta-
ted, wilful murder.
II think that there is enough evil
denoe to go to the jury" commented
Mr.. Mott and the court agreed with
him.
Captain Michael j. Ryan, OF the
First police precinct, was recalled De
fore the defense opened and said that
he had made observations of the front
basement door.
was the latch hroken% he was
asked.
There was nothing broken" was
the answer. THE door was not tam
rered with.