The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-28
MYSTERY IS UNSOLvED
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his cell he had told his attorney and
brother where he had placed the gun
and officers were sent to his boarding
house to see If 1t could be found.
When Attorney AXE was seen with re-
gard to this he said that the statement
was
ABSOLUTELY FALSE
and that he would take an oath that
no such conversation took place. The
weapon was not mentioned, nor was
anything, else vital to the case as he
feared that some one might be in the
cell adjoining listening.
Although nothing of positive sem
sational nature was brought to the
surface in the Drukenbrod murder case
yesterday, all of the afternoon and un-
til late in the evening Prosecutor r. H.
Day and Chief of Police McCloud de-
voted their time in gathering evidence
discriminating either Wilson Druken-
brod, the murdered wife's husband, or
Peter Sonnhalter, a personal fridnd
of the couple. Drukenbrod and Sonn-
halter were arrested early yesterday
afternoon while working in their home
town, New Berlin. This husband has
been employed as sewer digger; sonn-
halter as a coal miner. Both were
brought to Canton and locked in diff
ferent cells at the headquarters to
await developments.
1t is thought that the perpetrator Of
the deed is
ONE OF THESE TWO
individuals and as the case stood last
night suspicion directs itself upon the
dead woman's husband more than 1t
does upon Sonnhalter. In fact from
the authorities viewpoint, Sonnhalter
has clearly divested himself Of all sus-
picion in the murder by the compre-
hensive statements he made when ques-
toned by the officials.
Drukenbrod's story told to Officer
Piero when first arrested at New Ber-
lin in no wise comedies with some
points declared by him when undergo
ing the sweat-box ordeal before Day
and McCloud 1t is understood that
Drukenbrod, after being separated
from his wife the last time, had offered
Sonnhalter s. in money If he could
effect a reconciliation between them.
The subject had more than once been
topic of conversation and even as
late as Saturday night it was discussed
when the two men were in Canton to-
gether. At this time, Sonnhalter,
while being examined said that Druk-
enbrod showed him a revolver and
swore that he would kill her unless
she killed him first. Then in direct
contradiction to this comes the state
ment from Drukenbrod that he has not
carried a revolver for three years.
MUCH GOSSIP.
During the separation period be-
tween the couple 1t is learned that
Sonnhalter's numerous visits to see
Mrs. Drukenbrod at the Gonser farm
where she was employed as a domes-
tic was long topic for gossip in the
New Berlin community. Apparently
these visits we're made in the garb Of
a peace maker more than anything
else, and finally on Monday night
through Sonnhalter's efforts Druken-
brod and his spouse were brought TO-
gether. Sonnhalter Immediately left
the couple, but from an admission the
couple remained together until IL
o'clock Monday night and the woman
left the Gonser house when she and the
Gonser family heard the knock that
Sonnhalter Was In the habit Of giving
From this on deep mystery exists as
with whom the woman departed
on Tuesday night is not known.
Drukenbrod Gays that he was In
Canton oil Of tuesday evening. coming
here on the $3.50 car. Drukenbrod
was in Canton in the afternoon also,
being seen in several saloons. He said
he left on the theatre car at II
o'clock and went right to his boarding
house. On the car going to New Ber-
lin he can name almost every person
thereon; but where his story
WTlAKENS DEPLORABLY
is in his alleged trip on the car here.
This is substantially the alibi that
Drukenbrod will try to make for free
dom. He is known to have been In q
saloon on East Tuscarawas street at
1890 o'clock, Just before going for his
ear. His whereabouts before this
however are unknown.
Orders were given last night that no
one should see the men and conse-
quently statements could not be se-
cured. Sonnhalters sister called in
the evening, but even she was denied
admission to the man until this morn
| ing. Sonnhalter claims to have been
in bed before the deed was committed,
which was between $3.50 or o'clock
standard time as near as can be as
certained.
The gun in the case has yet to be
foand. The searching around the
scene OF the murder discloses no
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