Editing Case File: Henry Werner Murder


==The People==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Name
!(Born-Died)
!Description
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|Victim
|[[Henry Werner|Werner, Henry]]
|1862-1914
|Rancher, aka Heinrich Werner
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| rowspan="3" |Suspects
|[[Mary Magdalena Goebel|Goebel, Mary Magdalena]]
|1888-1962
|Wife of Henry Werner, accused and on trial for his murder
|-
|Paulone, Henry
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|aka Henry Smith
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|Piconi, Frank
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|
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| rowspan="4" |Witnesses
|Hall, Mrs. Sophia Goebel
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|mother of Magdelana
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|Kells, Dr. O. A.
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|Saved Magdalena from strychnine poisoning
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|Sutter, Mrs. Mariette
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|sister of Magdalena
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|[[Wilhelm Henry Werner|Werner, Wilhelm Henry]]
|1905-1983
|8 years old, witnessed his fathers murder
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| rowspan="2" |Officers
|Beebe, John
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|Deputy Sheriff
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|Roberts, John W.
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|Deputy Sheriff
|}


==Documentation==
==Census==
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/80002978:7602?ssrc=pt&tid=183368&pid=-409794378 1900]: Monohon, King, Washington - "Mary M. Goebel", 11, with parents
* [[1910 US Federal Census - ED9 - Sheet3A|1910]]: Monohan, King, Washington - "Magdalen M. Werner", 22, with husband and three children
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/14020656:6061?ssrc=pt&tid=183368&pid=-409794378 1920]: Tenino, Thurston, Washington - "Mary Miller", 31, with husband and four children
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/111623058:6224?tid=183368&pid=-409794378&hid=1022350498780&_phsrc=QFx10067&_phstart=default 1930]: Longview, Cowlitz, Washington - "Magdaline Wease", 41, with husband
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/62491130:2442?tid=183368&pid=-409794378&hid=1022350498784&_phsrc=QFx10070&_phstart=default 1940]: Silver Lake, Cowlitz, Washington - "Magdline M. Weese", 52, with husband
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/65539633:62308?tid=183368&pid=-409794378&hid=1022350498782&_phsrc=QFx10068&_phstart=default 1950]: Lewis County, Washington - "Magdaline M. Wease", 61, with husband

===Newspaper Transcriptions===
* [[4 Mar 1914 - Daily Herald (Everett, Washington)]]: Her Husband Slain, Wife Tries Suicide
* [[4 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: BOY GIVES CLUE IN MURDER MYSTERY
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531112/?match=1&terms=Werner 5 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: 
* [[6 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: 8 Year Old Boy Witness Sticks to His Story That Strangers Slew Father
* [[7 Mar 1914 - Tacoma Daily Ledger (Tacoma, Washington)]]: Wife of Man Slain With Ax Arrested
* [[7 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Wife of Murdered Rancher Betrayed by Love Letters
* [[9 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Widow Admits She Knows Man Who Murdered Rancher
* [[14 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: "I PAID $100 TO HAVE MY HUSBAND KILLED"
* [[14 Mar 1914 - Spokesman-Review (Spokane, Washington)]]: PAID $100 TO GET HUSBAND KILLED
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531310/?match=1&terms=Werner 18 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: Mother tells her of charge
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531316/?match=1&terms=Werner 19 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: She is read the charge
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531396/?match=1&terms=Werner 24 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: She is arraigned 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531455/?match=1&terms=Werner 27 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: pleads not guilty
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531477/?match=1&terms=Werner 30 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: Frank Piconi's trial set for April 23)
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531563/?match=1&terms=Werner 6 Apr 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: Mrs. Werner turns states evidence
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531624/?match=1&terms=Werner 10 Apr 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]: Madge says Henry Paulone aka Smith is innocent
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/146531652/?match=1&terms=Werner 11 Apr 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)] : Baby Agnes is taken from her. 
* [[8 May 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Mrs. Werner is Given Auto Ride to Old Home
* [[19 May 1914 - Tacoma Daily News (Tacoma, Washington)]]: Six Women on Jury Trying Mrs. Werner on Murder Charge
* [[19 May 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: PLEADS WITH PROSECUTOR FOR HER BABY
* [[20 May 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Mrs. Werner Hears Murder Confession Read in Court
* [[20 May 1914 - Tacoma Daily News (Tacoma, Washington)]]: GOES ON STAND TO REPUDIATE CONFESSION
* [[21 May 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: 3 Girls Hurt at Trial of Mrs. Werner
* [[22 May 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Mrs. Werner Not Guilty of Slaying Her Husband
* [[12 Jun 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Mrs. Werner in Collapse, Mother Says
* [[27 Jul 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Witness Held 84 Days Given $76 by County
* [[14 Aug 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Mrs. Werner to Wed Again
* [[16 Sep 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington)]]: Pretty Soft for Frank

===Vital Records===
* [https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/f15eab77-c453-4712-89c9-b8959a5cfe68 1904]: Marriage Certificate of "Henry Werner" and "Magdalena Goebel"
* [https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/a3e8702e-1e5e-40bb-887a-655ac7a42fec 1904]: Marriage Return for "Henry Werner" and "Magdalena Goebel"
* [https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/011c069f-9383-4a76-b878-b8d71e362023 1914]: Marriage Certificate of "Ben Miller" and "Magdaline Werner"
* [https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/f1990df3-232e-47c4-978e-e8d3a99a390d 1914]: Marriage Certificate of "Ben Miller" and "Magdaline Werner"
* [https://digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/f303d782-937a-4610-a6dd-1062eb434e5a 1962]: Death Certificte of "Mary Magdaline Wease"