New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-20
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THE GUTENBERG MURDER,
KETTLER ARRESTED IN THIS CITY

| HOME IN WEST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. STATE
MENT TO THE PoLIcE-How THE ARREST WAS
| BROUGHT ABOUT.
| Martin Kankowsky, alias Louis Kettler was ar
rested last night at o'clock in front of his dwelling
at No. 80 West Thrty-sxth-st, on suspicion Of be-
ing the murderer of Nina Muller or Schmidt who
was found dead in the Gutenberg woods He was
taken to the Twentieth Precinct Station in Thirty
seventh-st. His wife followed him, apparently not
knowing what was the matter and an excited con-
Versation ensued between the two in German Tho
woman reproached her husband with having dono
what was wrong; TO which he answered.
| Mein Gott! that woman ruined me-"
He was pressed for confession, and stubbornly
refused for some time but finally he made the fol-
lowing statement which was taken down in
writing:
May 10, 1881, 1918 I'm.
mason married know Nina schmidt did ii not knoI
that she wa~ married. She told that she loved me,
and asked me To come with Ter to Germany. She said
tat she ri wealthy relatives there and that they would
take take ca care OF me 1 went with her 10 Gutten-
Derg anu TO schutIen Park and met there two who
told me that Nina did me- but loved another. She
then ran away WIN the men and have not seen her
lett our trunks, aud had the removed 10 Iny house.
The story Of the arrest is best told in the words OF
Gustavus A. sede. reporter The Erening Journal
OF Jersey City, to whose endea ors the capture
seems almost exclusively dnc.
This is how managed the NATTER he said TO
| THE TRIBUNE reporter III the Twentieth Precinct
| Station:
Il went to Scherrcrs Hotel in Chrstopher-st this
man who had taken away Mrs. Mners trunks the
day of the murler. Scherrcr could not tell me.
but customer who happened to over
ance Of the expressman. After mnch trouble
| found the man, whose name is sirang. He in
formed me that he had carted the four trunks and q
"A -!
by Mrs. Clifford. | Immediately went there, and
this woman then told me that . man bearing the de-
sfriptOn Oi kcttler. or kankOWsh as bc now turns
ont Ia be-. had lodged in her house from the 4th
insi; until this day last week when he moved away
lady for irewood:' Before making hi, departure
lac said he was going To California. Mr. Clifford
showed me The trunk. which still was in her back
yard. and told me further that >trang had removed
| the trunks from her house.
then returned 10 Sfrang and asked him 10 tell
wherr h. had carted the trunks the second time.
He did not know the address bnt said he ought Ia be
able 10 find the hOuso. ~ feed him and wc started
together taking a trunk with MS and also
Cliiord,. This We did Ia avoid suspicion. rather
to let the murderer think that We were brin 1lng
him his property. Abont halt-past Z o'cl2rk this
evening Strang finally found Kankowsky sdwrlling.
"A tenencnt-house, at No. 30 West Thirty - xth-st.
We had arranged it together that he 'h"uli 90 up
stairs. and III case our man was not az home he
should remove his hat upon issuing from he front
door Strang was l.. the act Of making this signal
when couple OF policemen of the T~enIrih Pre-
protests arrested Ils ~ suspicious CHARACTERS.
I'VE were taken to the police station and sue
cecded ~ convincing the Captain of our good lhien-
tiOns. lie not only discharged us both but sent
Officers Irrg0ning and Fitzgerald To help us arrest
the murderer. We had yet two full hours io llc IN
ambush before the fellow showed hIEs,it At
went mp the stoop of No. DO who
Strang declared was his former customer general
rush now made and he was in our power. lie
rather savagcly, Uas ist Wasistf lie has wlie
aud two children who were frantic about the mat
ter"
In Kankowsky's apartments were fcnnd three
trunks belonging to the murdered woman, which
were full Of her clothing They were taken 10 tho
station. They bore labels with the name and adj
dress "Jos.ph Rcymann, No. - Rue Clissant,
Paris France In the prisoners pockets
were found a receipt for 80 cents AMI some printed
papers of the Ehrnritte Lodge. *. and l.. OF H.
to which Nina Muller belonged; also a clipping
from "A German paper describing the recent double
hanging AZ Newark.
Ihro,iorr Schcrrrr the keeper Of the hotel At M.
l7s Chri.toph,r-,t., al which kanko"sk} aud The
dead woman remained short time just before tho
murder arrived shortly after the arrest and ld"nti-
fed the prisoner. ketier. or kankOw,kt, Is 4 man
slightly below the medium height with Hebrew
east of face. When taken oui Of hl5
cell fer Identification be- trcmblc H. wore blue
cutaw as coat tight black trousers and sim black
nrckiir. His clothing was b,sln"ar"d win mortar
10 tEIRv NJ reporter he SAID IN his nati'" tongue
which hc ,p-ak- with strong AlsatIan accent;
ION len wing the pastorat- Nav 3. Nina and took
Il walk When We reached Opdykr Wood tvs" men
Suddenly came across oar path. They seemed 10
know Nina who was a little the wor,r for liquor,
and they began talking to her III a lively manner.
not taking any motto" oi me. Ait'r Il whllo
Nina went away with them, telling no
,Lr would be- back very SOON. | Nrli"d
whole hour but Nina cane - ! nn1lly con-
clu,lcd that she had deserted M" and came back
home. That j. all can say. Bclor" Ioh J. ,l"rllro
nv eli To bc innocent oi any crime toward h"F.
Acting under the nstru tons OF DiStiici-Ni"'nry
Mct;ill. of jersey CITY, Special Oincer stanton ana
Constable Tanning were bISily gngagrt yesterday
IN securing ltnc>Srs 10 testify at tc inquest Mir.
Loul. Mann al No. lJ5 lentE-ayc, ms
r,tv nur of the sisters of the murdered woman,
hutilL II viii De- taken to her house t!i's morning.
No one was allowed TO see the boiy Yesterday.
nrnn,r VIRGINS be gln the iuquss IA ia, allie Ihooii
Edw,rd Ilbrl, the bccr-srllcr who sold ne botiio
of Rhine wine tO tie MURDERED woman hTs Ills
inn Fink whose brrT->hOp Mrs. MIiltr vl-itrd;
Wrs sarah Jane Riglrr who showed hcr 10 tho
house of the Roy. DR.. Mabon. and Joha H. Selinnhn,
tL. ,,rr,unu no was asked by the minister to W.T.
urss thr marriage of Nr-. Muller and kctt.,r, wtre
first examined but no facts were "htiled je!Jhd
tLns, alr.ad, published in TIE lRIBt NJ.
Simou Muller ot. No. go West lhrtirth-st, thls
city The dead womans first husband gave hls tcs':
mony without any feeling whatever. When
heard that my wife was going To the "lE oyuhuy
,,itI nuotlrr man" he saId went down 10 tho
strnnn,hlp wharf to sce if She sailed on Wednesday,,
N,vl i}ut was satisfied what dIl ctln "hcto
b,' won't ~ he Identified the dress the gold rngs,
br,astnin earrings and stockings oi the dead
Thr testimony at the evening session rreS'p'ed 70
n.,v f,,ts and the inquest was ADJOURNED when Tho
Coroner heard of the arrest OF hetll"r.
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