The Saint Paul globe., 1900-02-18

In attempting to solve murderous
| assault upon Mrs. Zeda Schwenberger,
| who was found unconscious In her room
on the third floor of. the block at 327
Wabasha street, Friday morning, bleeding
and bruised from vicious attack the
police have mystery on hand upon
which little light has as yet been thrown.
Mrs. Sohwemberger remains in state
| of semi consciousness, but is unable to
! tell the story of the assault or TO give
! the police any clue that might lead to
| the arrest of the guilty. parties. Acting
upon suspicion, however, the police yes
| terday afternoon arrested Prof. l.. A.
Mozzara, son of the injured woman, and
| Joseph Bone, young man who has
charge of the billiard room at the Wind
| sor hotel. No specific charge was made
against either of the prisoners and after
! they had been under lock and key for
! two hours the authorities experienced
| sudden change of mind and released
them The police still say. though, that
| both Prof. Mozzara and Bone will each
have to clearly explain the suspicion that
| has fallen upon them before they emerge
| from the cloud. Prof. Mozzara, the son,
| claims to have satisfactorily done this
already and declares his arrest was an
unwarranted outrage, for which he will
hold the police responsible.
The peculiaritfes of the assault upon
Mrs Schwemberger are many. She lives
alone on the third floor of the block. JUST
| off of a small hall, where she te0ches
/ dancing and gives music lessons. She Is
sixty years of age, though quite viva
I cious and active. Shortly before noon.
+ Friday, her son, who claims to have re-
I turned at 10 o'clock that morning from
]. trip through several small towns where
i he has dancing classes, went to see his
mother. He says he found the door
| locked, but after a short search found
/, the key lying in a cuspidor near the
/ doorway. Entering the room Prof. MOI
cara says he at once noticed that it was
somewhat disordered, but could SEQ
! nothing of his mother He says he re-
mained in the large living room, off or
which is a small bedroom, for half an
hour without discovering any trace or
his mother. Finally he went into the
bedroom, he says, and noticed what ap-
peared to be an unusually high pile OF
+. bed clothes on the bed. Prof. Mozzara
says he pulled the bed clothes aside, when
/ he discovered his mother lying beneath
/ the coverings, fully dressed, but uncon-
/ scious. Mrs. Schwemberger presented a.
! horrible appearance. Her face was
swollen to twice it's normal size, while
the flesh was abraded and discolored.
/ About her neck, extending toward the
chest, the flesh was frightfully bruised
and scratched, as though the woman had
been severely choked. Across one cheek
was slight cut and both ears were dis
| colored and swollen. From general ap-
pearances the aged woman had been in
humanity beaten and strangled.
Startled at the terrible condition of his
/ mother Prof. Mozzara says he at once set
about endeavoring to resuscitate her.
! Within short time Mrs. Schwemberger
| partially recovered consciousness, but
! could talk but Ette and seemed wholly
unable to remember what had happened.
/ She complained of being cold and asked
for something to eat, her son says. Prof.
Mozzara says he built fire, and spent
some time questioning his mother, when
he requested Mrs. Quinn---living down
j stairs to remain with the injured woman
/ until he went for physician. This was
! nearly an hour and a half after he found
1 his mother, a point which, the police urge,
! In support of their suspicion that led to
! the sons arrest. Prof. Mozzara secured
DIR. Boxell, and after an examination
4 the physician decided that Mrs. Schwem-
j berger had received her injuries probably
i as iong as twenty hours before her son
discovered her condition. According to
DIR. Boxell he advised that the police be
notified, but that Prof. .Mozzara objected to
this course on the ground that he did
| not want the case to get into the papers.
/ DR.. Boxell nevertheless notified the au-
thorities, when the police investigation
| was begun.
AS soon as the police got to work they
claim to have discovered Suspicious cir
cumstances that subsequently led to the
arrest Of Bone and Prof. Mozzara. It