Mary Magdalena Goebel

Biographical Information
Name	Mary Magdalena Goebel
Level	Unknown
A.K.A.	Mrs. Magdalena Werner | }} {{#if:Mrs. Magdalena Miller | Mrs. Magdalena Miller | }} {{#if:Mrs. Magdalena Wease | Mrs. Magdalena Wease | }} {{#if:Madge | Madge | }} {{#if: | | }} {{#if: | | }} {{#if: | | }}
Birth	9 Jun 1888 | }} {{#if:Spearville, Kansas | Spearville, Kansas | }}
Death	Nov 1962 | }} {{#if:Chehalis, Washington | Chehalis, Washington | }}
Burial	| }} {{#if: | | }}
Cause
Nationality	American
Occupation	housewife
Parents	Wilhelm Gottlieb Goebel }} {{#if:Sophia E. Hug | Sophia E. Hug }}
Spouse	{{#if:Heinrich Werner (m1904) | Heinrich Werner (m1904) }} {{#if:Benjamin Miller (m1914) | Benjamin Miller (m1914) }} {{#if:Adolph Wease | Adolph Wease }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }}
Children	Johan Carl Christoff Werner (1907) }} {{#if:Wilhelm Henry Werner (1908) | Wilhelm Henry Werner (1908) }} {{#if:Martha Werner (1909) | Martha Werner (1909) }} {{#if:Agnes Werner (1913) | Agnes Werner (1913) }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }} {{#if: | }}

Case File: Henry Werner Murder

Documentation

Census Records

• 1900: Monohon, King, Washington - "Mary M. Goebel", 11, with parents
• 1910: Monohan, King, Washington - "Magdalen M. Werner", 22, with husband and three children
• 1920: Tenino, Thurston, Washington - "Mary Miller", 31, with husband and four children

Newspaper Transcription

• 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
• 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; 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
• 18 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): Mother tells her of charge
• 19 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): She is read the charge
• 24 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): She is arraigned
• 27 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): pleads not guilty
• 30 Mar 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): Frank Piconi's trial set for April 23)
• 6 Apr 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): Mrs. Werner turns states evidence
• 10 Apr 1914 - Seattle Star (Seattle, Washington): Madge says Henry Paulone aka Smith is innocent
• 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