St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-18
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Emil 0rdenberger of Chicago Said to Have
Been Strangled and Then
Hung Up.
The Proprietor of the House Where the
Victim Lived Under Careful
Investigation.
Horrible Slaughter of Wife by Her
Husband in Hoboken, New
Jersey.
fan in Defense of Fer
Father.
StrangIed and Hung.
Special to the Globe.

DpCCiul W lHo OlODe.
CHICAGO. May 17.-There is a startling
suspicion that Emil Orde nberger, profess
sional hunter. whose body was found Sat
urday hanging to door post in his room
in William Hilz's boarding house, 1928
South Halsted street, did not commit sui
eide, as was at first reported, but was MUIR
dered for his money. The town of Lake
police are investigating the matter. Friday
Ordenberger was with friend named
William Black, and together they went to
William Hilz's boarding house and took a
room. Black states that Ordenberger at
that time was in excellent spirits
and told him that he should
go to work at Fowler's packing house in
the morning. At o'clock Saturday morn
ing Black got up and left for his work,
leaving his companion asleep. At o'clock
Mrs. Hilz states Ordengerger came down
stairs and got a bottle of pop, returning at
once to his room again. Between IL and 1
o'clock he was found
HANGING BY A CORD
to hook in his door post, dead. He was
cut down by some tiremen from the Thirty
fifth street engine house and Dr.. Crane, a
neighboring physician, was called. He
stated that the mans throat was badly
lacerated, and, in his opinion, he was vio-
lently strangled and then hung up dead.
Nothing was found in his pockets, though
Black states that ne is certain the deceased
had several dollars when he left him in the
morning. Other friends also claim that
Ordenberger had between $500 and $500,
| no trace of which can now be found.
Deputy Coroner Barrett visited the Lake
morgue this morning to hold an inquest,
but finding the way matters stood post
mi 10 tafa I,
from what he had learned he was convinced
the man did not hang himself. Suspicion
falls on Hilz and his wife, and they are
! supposed to be under arrest, though the
police refuse to say anything relative to
what they have done or propose to do.
Killed by Her Husband.
HoBoKEN, n. j., May 1.-THE dead
body of Mrs. Mary Collins was found in her
bed this morning. 1t was partially dressed.
The woman'S head was bound with cloths.
which were soaked with blood Her skull
was fractured and two deep gashes were
inflicted on her forehead. The floor of the
room and the one chair in the apartment
were spattered with blood. Everything in
dictated that hard struggle had taken
place. Martin Kelly, q brother of the dead
woman, was first informed of the murder
ny 1Ato. OOiliuo wv SOllS, dUIlCh dilu MAJ
tin, aged respectively IS and II years, who
rushed frantically into his house this morn
ing. eXclaiming Mamma is dead' They
said their father had gone to work and left
them alone. Kelly accompanied the boys
TO their home and ON entering the bed
room
TERRIBLE SIGHT MET HIS EYES.
An old wash tub in the corner of the
room was filled with bloody clothes, sup
posed to have been worn by the dead
woman and her husband. Mrs. Collins
body Law on the bed, presenting most
horrible spectacle. Besides the wounds on
her head, many bruises were found on her
body. Some Of these were recently infiict-
ed. but others were evidently of long stand
ing. Collins was arrested in New York,
where he is employed as porter, and
brought back to Hoboken. He at first pro-
fessed innocence, but when confronted by
his children he agreed to make statement.
The elder of the two boys stated that his
father told them last night their mother
was dead. Both boys are held as witnesses.