The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-30
KAISER HELD FOR THE KILLING
THE POLICE DOUBT THE STORY
ABOUT HIGHWAYMEN.

rha Relief Now General That the
woman Was Murdered by Her
husband to obtain $4,000 Insur-
opce on Her Life-The Articles
alleged to Have Been Carried on
NV the Highwaymen Found Se-
creted Near the Scene of the
Crime.
Norrstown, Pa, Oct. ga murder un-
caralleed in the annals of crime in
Montgomery county, was committed early
Iost evening on a public road in Upper
usrion township, near Bridgeport.
Emma Kaiser, the young wife of
charles 0. Kaiser, Jr., was shot down as
she rode along with her husband. who,
an hour later was receiving the condo
Lance of friends, but, who to-day stands
accused of the crime.
The first information of the tragedy was
received when Kaiser drove into Bridge
nort with the body of his wife beside him.
The only witness of the crime was the
alleged murderer himself, and the only
details to be had were CLEANED from him,
first by Frank S. Mancil of the Farmers
hotel and later by the police.
Mr.. Mancil, accompanied by his daugh-
ter, was driving to Norristown and when
he reached a point on the road skirting
William P. David's farm near the Trenton
cut off railroad, he saw Kaiser circling
wildly about in the road, shouting Muir
der" Help" In a carriage standing in
the road lay Mrs. Kaiser dead. Alighting
from his vehicle Mr.. Mancil listened to
Kaiser's story of highway robbery and
the shouting of himself and wife. Kaiser
appeared to be frenzied with agony and
Mr.. Mancil suggested that probably the
woman was only unconscious and that the
best thing to do was to drive to the office
of a physician. Kaiser was finally persuad-
ed TO drive ahead of Mr.. Mancil's team to
the office of DR.. Mann in Bridgeport.
Kaiser propped the body between his
shoulder and the carriage curtain, the
blood streaming from the wound and clot-
ting on his coat. The body was carried in
the Office and when it was placed on the
floor exposing a CHASTITY wound in the left
temple Kaiser twice tainted. Kaiser said
that his wife was shot as she was draw
ing her watch chain over her head to
hand it to the bandit, and that he raised
his arm and received a bullet near the
shoulder that was intended for his head.
The police doubted the story and began
an investigation, and this morning Chief
of Police Rodenbaugh, Coroner Kurtz and
Mr.. Mancil recovered the alleged stoler
articles.
From inmates of the boarding house
where the couple lived, it was learned
that Kaiser and his wife carried join
insurance of $4,000 on their lives, the pol
icies being so written that the death oi
either would make the other the benefi
cary; and that several weeks ago Kaiser
and his wife each executed will, each
making the other executor and sole lega.
tee. Kaiser is "a years of age and his
wife was 80.
Thecouple came her from Lancaster or
Il June !, having previously lived in Altoona
Mrs. Kaiser's maiden name was Emma p
q Rule, her father being George Rule of Penr
q Village, Lancaster county. The officers
this morning found the alleged stolen ar.
4 ticles secreted along a fence near the
scene of the shooting. A mans gold watch
i and revolver with two empty chambers
and purse containing IS and supposed tc
have belonged to Mrs. Kaiser, were found
Kaiser is at his boarding house in the
custody of a detective.