The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-19

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The police have given up the theory OF
robbery in connection with the brutal as
sault committed upon Mrs. Zeda Schwem-
berger. who was found unconscious in
her room on the third floor Of the block
at S27 Wabasha street, Friday, but this
seems only to leave the case enshrouded
in deeper mystery, as no progress to-
ward the capture of the aged woman
inhuman assailant by the police is ap-
parent Mrs Schwemberger is still I'M
able to talk nationally Of the affair, ap-
pearing to be suffering from mental
hiatus, and, until she can furnish clue
to her assailant, the authorities are prac-
tically at standstill. That robbery was
not the incentive for the assault, the
police conclude, negatively, because there
is no positive evidence that anything was
stolen from the room, and, positively, pc
cause a valuable gold watch and other
jewelry belonging to Mrs. SchWemberger
were found on the table, in plain slght'
when the unfortunate woman was DIS
covered, where burglars could scarcely
have overlooked them.
Prof Mozzara, son Of the injured Wom-
an, says he has been unable to find sou
that he thinks his mother had, out no
information about this money is obtain
able from Mrs acknowledges herself.
Prof Mozzara says his mother told him
she had this amount Of money sunday,
Feb. IL He admits, however, and the
police believe, that Mrs. Schwemberger
NAV have hidden the money somewhere,
that has defied the search Of the room. or
may possibly have spent part or, all OF IT,
or even deposited the money in some
bank after her son left the city. The TACT
that Prof. Mozzara says this money Is
missing furnished the basis for sne rop-
berry theory, but, until it Is concluslvely
shown that the money cannot be founo'
the police say another motive for the at
tack on Mrs Schwemberger must be
found.
Information received by the authorities
yesterday entirely relieves Prof. Mozzara
Of the suspicion in connection with the
assault that led to- his detention Satur-
day. In fact the police released him WIN
In a short time after he was locked up,
before any information Of his alibi had
been made. But an investigation has since
been made, and 1t develops that his story
is true in almost every detail, the police
having learned that he was at the dif-
fe1ent small towns where he claimed to
have been during his absence from the
city. The sheriff at Annandale and at
Buffalo, where Prof. Mozzara claimed TO
have been Thursday and Thursday night,
the time when the assault on his mother
Is believed to have occurred, was COM
municated with, and telegraphed that
Prof: Bdozzarar had told the truth. The
sheriff wired thataProf. Mozzara had been
at Buffalo Thursday, where he taught a
dancing class Thursday evening, and de-
parted for this city, over the 500 road
as+he claimed to- have done, Friday
morning shortly after 8 o'clock. This
shows concllisively that Prof Mozzara
could not have been in this city at the
time when the authorities think his
mother was assaulted inquiry at Anoka
Big Lake and Monticello, other towns
Prof Mozzara claimed to have visited
proved that he was at each place as ne
stated.
The most peculiar phase Of the case
the police say, is the story told by Joseph
Bone, the young man employed at the
Windsor hotel, WHO. was also arrested
Yesterday, but subsequently released
Bone claims to have gone to Mrs
Schwemberger's room Friday morning
about 10 o'clock to take music lesson
He says he found the door locked, knock
ed heard some one call come in" anc
tried the door to find it locked. Then he
says he found the key in cuspidor out
side. Unlocking the door, he went Int
the room, and says he saw woman hor-
ribly beaten up, her face swollen ano
startling in ITS frightful discolorations
He SAYS he did not recognize MRS
Schwemberger, whom it is claimed ne
knew several years. He says he asked
for his music teacher, when the woman
said she was Mrs. SchWemberger. Still
failing to recognize Mrs Schwemberger
though admitting that he noticed thai
the woman had on dress that he die
recognize as one such as his music teach
and, with this apparently suffering ole
woman before him. played several tunes
| Then, according to his story, he left tht
room, locked the door on the outside
leaving the woman with no means o.
escape or summoning help. and threw thu
key back into. the cuspidor. After leav
| Ing the room, Bone admits that he saiG
nothing to any one about what he hai
seen nor reported the matter to any one
Such a course as pursued by young Bone
Chief of Police Getchell says, Is beyond
the comprehension Of the police.
Why any ordinary person finding {
brute, much less a human being, pounded
and beaten up like that alone, locked
in a room without food with a good
chancs of freezing to death, would have
noIified some one,' declared the chief
speaking of Bones conduct yesterday
And how did Bone know where to lool
| for the key in the first placer Agar
| what did he want to go into the room
for at all If he found. the door locked
But, after getting in, seeing the woman
| In her frightful condition and talking tt
| her the young man declares he did no
ecegnize her. This is, at least, odd. FL,
says he realized whoever the woman wa.
| she had been hurt, yet he amuses himself
| IN the face of her suffering by playing OF
| the piano. Then without doing thiIis
| to help the woman, he leaves the room
| locks the-door and throws the key bacl
| into a cuspidor, leaving the woman tt
starve, freeze, die, of her injuries o.
| burn up in case of fire, without means O.
| escape. To further complicate matters
he never breathes a word of what HI
| has seen or done to any one. I mus
| confess the young mans story has thor
oughly 'stumped' the police. and to m,
mind warrants the fullest investigation.
Beyond Bones alleged unaccountabl,
conduct In leaving Mrs, Schwemberge
locked in her room, there is nothing t