The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-14
MAlER, TIE MURDERER.
(From his Latest Photography

MAlER, TIE MURDERER.
(From his Latest Photography
Wilhelm Maicr, who on Tuesday
morning OF last week coolly shot his
wife to death, was captured yesterday
afternoon late and is in tho county Jail.
He was first seen by Mrs. James liner
making his way along the hillside above
Manchester toward the Pcninsular GEM
etery, and her suspicion being aroused,
she called her husbands attention to
his strange movements.
lie went to tho cemetery, visited his
wife's grave, and then returned to the
creek bank. The police being notified,
went out and came upon him, and after
q brief chase he gave up and was made
aprisoner, being brought to the city on
the Elm Grove motor at 5:35, and safe
ly lodged in the county Jail.
The news OF the capture created ex-
element only excelled by that caused
by the crime itself. It was known over
tho city in ashort time, and large crowds
gathered about the Jail.
The prisoner was taken from the mo-
tor to the Jail almost on a run, lest some
attempt might be made to take him
from the officers, but, though consid-
erablo feeling prevailed against him,
there was no demonstration Of VIC
lence.
At the Jail Major said he had not
eaten anything for three days, and he
was given 4 substantial supper, which
he ate with avidity.
rALK WITH MA1ER.
Att o'clock yesterday evening an In
TELLlGEScER reporter had a talk with
Maier, as he lay on his bunk in the
cell.
"What caused you to do this,
Maicr?" he was asked.
Maler was sulky, and at first made no
attempt to reply to the question, but
when it was repeated he answered:
MY wife threatened to 10 away and
l asked her not TO-"
"Did YOU have any words with her?
1t is said that you asked her to kiss you,
and when she refused"
81 don't remember anything about
that. She told me. that night that she
was going to leave"
But when you came back that night,
what did she ,say?"
"She told mo again that she would
leave"
Wasn't she in bed and undressed ?"
Yes; but she said she was going to
leave in tho morning"
How many times did you shoot 2"
u don't know how often"
What did you do after the shooting?"
u ran and ran, until l got too tired to
60 any farther, when l rested"
(Which way did you go?"
II went up over the hill"
"Where did you go thcn?"5
u went to Benwood."
did You go to Benwood back OF the
hills or along the river2"
II don't know"
Benwood?"
II Jumped on the mail train and rode
out in the country back OF Bellaire, and
have been there ever since. I;begGed
something to eat ut different places, Tor
few days, but had had nothing to eat
for tho last three days"
when and how did you .Eot,to the
PenlnsuIar cemetery"
This afternoon; Jumped on a train
out in the country and came on it as
lar as BenwoOd. There | got of,
crossed over the hill and worked nv
way around"
"4id you know your wife wqs!dcad2"
why did you go to the graveyard 2"
THE GRAVE HIS SAFEST PLACE.
because when l got around. there I
thought it was the safest place for me
to stay. intended to wait until dark
and then 90 to some friends house and
inquire how my wife was getting
along" 5G6ss
When did You buy the pistol?"
On, V chad that four years.
All these answers did not come yery
readily. and tho questions were ire.
quently repeated. Much Of the CONVEX
satlon was in German. Us
u"S " Two altcr the murder there
was much speculation as to what Maier
mad done with his cornet. Some OF tho
%ne'ghbors insisted that Maier had
played on the instrument upE to 10
o'clock the night OF the murder, but his
iitt!e sister-in-law. who was wounded in
ne hand by. II Of his shots, asserted
mat no had carried tho instrument
way from the house. He was asked:
Maicr?n
,,I sold 1t tho day before. My wife
ia'. Oeon'scolding me about prTacticinr
on the instrument, and | decided to sell
j. so she would keep quiet. Isold it 10
some one in North Wheeling. l don't
remember who it was"
In a bundle"
No. My other suit which I had