Daily Republican., 1889-02-04
A FIEND S WORK.
HE sLAYs A WOMAN, AND
KILLS HIMSELF.
The Murderer of Pretty Annie Klaus
Found to be q Lover Who De-
ceived Her-He Attempts
to. XIII His Wife.

PHILADELPHIA, February 4, 1885,
The murder Of pretty Annie Klaus on
Saturday night at Hope street and Mont
gomcry avenue was followed few hours
later by the suicide of her murderer, but
not, unfortunately, uutil he had also at
tempted the life of his innocent wife.
The brutal assassin was Otto Kayser, a
conductor on the Second aud Third
streets railway, 27 years old, who lived
with his wife and two children at No. 273S
kens'ngton avenue where his body now
lies. The body OF his murdered sweet
heart, an attractive-looklng girl, 10 years
old, who lived with her father, Henry
Klaus, shoemaker, at No. 1851 North
Second street, was mourned over yester-
day by houseful of sympathetic friends
| Of the family. The woman, who I'm all
probability will make the third victim of
kslser's butchery, though she was doing
fairly well last night, has but slight
chance OF recovery. She is lying at the
Eplscopsl Hospital, where all possible ei-
iorts are being made to save her lite.
now ANNIE KLAUS WAS KILLED.
Shortly before II O'Clock on Saturday
night the report Of pistol rang out upon
the air, and u few moments later young
girl In the thores of death was found
lying In the shadow of q big mill in a
vacant lot az Montgomery avenue and
Hope street. The two young men who
made the dlscovery-Edmund Travis and
Lott Morehouse looked for the assassin,
but he had tltd.
BULLET IN HER BRAIN.
The body of the girl was taken to the
Eighteenth district police station. The
bullet that caused her death struck her
just above the lett eye and penetrated the
brain. Although she was not quite dead
when found, she lived but few minutes.
IDENTIFIED BY HER FATHER.
Early yesterday morning Henry Klaus
went to the police station at Front and
Master streets and reported that his
daughter, Annie, who bad left home
carly in the evening to go to the bakery
kept by his son-in-law, Henry Stachl, at
No. 80 North Second street, had not re-
turned. He was taken to the Eighteenth
district police station, where he found
his Murdered child and identified the
body at once.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Scott, in whose
district the crims was committed, had
started out, acc mpanied by Special 0fll-
GERS BarSantee and Mckibhen, to run
down the ASSASSIN, and 1t is due to their
Efforts that he was located. They were
soon Joined by Captain Brown and Detec
tive Geyer, and the father of the murder
ed girl was closely interrogated, but he
only knew that his daughter had been re-
eeivlng attentions from young man who
was known only to him as Tom, and as u
horse-car conductor on the Second and
Third Streets line. The officers visited
the Office aud depot OF the company to
and conductor named Tom, but there
was only one man by that name In the
4 employ of the road, and he was on hi.
car at the time the tragedy occurred, re
turning to tie depot at II o'clock.
, Laura Fania was found in a circuitous
way, the officers being obliged to hunt up
, the clerks of the Election Board to get
the address of the girls parents. She
lives at No. 1925 Howard street. She
sad that week ago last Friday night q
party Of girls aud young men, among
whom were Tom and Miss Klaus, were
prone nadiug together, and that one OF
the young men who knew "Tom" called
him "Mr. Snyder" in making introduc-
tions.
HE USED AN ASSUMED NAME.
For the third time the officers went
back to the street car depot, and they
looked over the list of employees. They
had obtained an excellent description of
the murderer from Miss Fania, and the
man IN charge OF the stable was then
a ked If he knew Conductor Snyder. He
said there was no such man In the COM
psny's employ. When the description
was read to him he said 1t CORES ponded
with that of otto Kayser, but the man
did not know where Kayser lived. He
had not been at work for four days, and
he thought he (Kayser) had been dis
charged. A directory was consulted,
and Il was found that Otto Kayser lived
at No. 273S KensinRton avenue. 1he
officers went there.
The house was surrounded by the police
and then they raped heavily on Tie door.
There were sounds of scutfling, and a
body was heart to fall on the floor. The
door was broken In, and tho sight which
met the mortified gaze of the officers will
be with them to death. An unappareled
woman stood before them, her long black
hair hanging dishevelei below her waist.
Her eyes were CLASSY, and In her arm she
held an infant. In Ler throat were two
great slashes from which the blood
gushed forth in streams. The woman
was literally covered with blood, and her
hair was matted with II. The blood flowed
from the horrible wounds down her naked
body and trickled to her feet. The baby
on her arm was saturated with 1t, so that
az hi oh A' "oS hos hhOWh lhdt tuS tulu
was there.
"Who did thisi' asked one cf the off,
GERS.
For few moments there was no reply,
and 1t was thought she was dead.
"Up-stairsl upstairsl" came In feeble
tones.
There was no light, and the officers
feared that the assassin would level them
with bullets, but they darted bravely up,
however, and there another horrible sight
met their gaze.
Kayser was lying on the bed partly un-
dressed On the floor near the bed
bloody razor was lying. The bed cloth.
Ing and bedding were saturated.
When the police entered the room Kay
ser had his face to the WALL but he tried
to turn over and face them. When he
did SO the nature of his injuries was re-
vesled. Although his body turned around
toward the police his head scarcely
moved with 1t, showing that he had
gashed himself terribly with the razor
aud that his head was almost severed.
Yet he was conscious. When the officers
took hold of him he stood upon his feet
and struggled as If to get away. He
twisted himself about, and In shaking his
head he sent blood flying in all directions.
He was held IN firm grip until he sank
upon the floor from exhaustion, and 1t
was there that he died.
AFRAID OF ARREST.
The officers suppose that he committed
the awful butcheries when he heard
the ran on the door and IL WAS fully