The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-02
PUZZLED BY DOUBLE MURDER.
WHOSE PISTOL KILLEDFRU ECKER
AND MRS. KLOPM4N7
The Suspected Italian Lover Of the wife
Stll Fugitive. While the Husband
Is Held on susplcion-ONnership Of
the Pistol Iscd May Settle the Doubt

The Suspected Italian Lover Of the wife
SUI Fugitive. While the Husband
Is Held on SuSplcion-oVnershlp Of
the Pistol Jscd May Settle the Doubt
The murder Of Mrs Clara Klopman and
George Fruecker. both shot 10 the back
IN Saturday afternoon in Ernst Klopman's
fiat At IA East Fifteenth street, is 4 tange
hat Coroner Goldenkrana and the police
are finding difficult To undo
The Coroner takes Baker klopmans
story--that his wife and his friend Fruecker,
foreman in the hakeshop we're shot nv
Antonio Ieorara Young Italian shoe
Guitar who had been IN love with Mrs
Hlopm9n for year or more and who wac
iealou- Of Truckers friendship for her
CAPT Gallagher believes klopmsn did the
killing himself having abundant reason
for jealousy
Gallagher had Elopman arrsgned yes
terdav hofore Magistrate Barlow and
remands1 10 tho Yortylle iris for et
animation ON Tuasdav afternoon A. q
O'clock Gala Cher Inspector Walsh and
dozen detectives some Of hem from
The Central Once. and -ome precinct
eleuths gave Elopman searching e1ani
nation He lie slow witted German, but
ne tOlQ an ulN8TNlDE rlNlN NllNH wa
oorroborated in part hy Herman Lohse
~ 4si East Fourteenth street. who knew
all about Mrs Kopman= intimacy with
toe Italian shoeoutter They couldn't
fudge Kloprlan He vas Al home at noon.
Sf~ the Italian. permitted him TO 90 M
airs ordered him ont after awhile re-
ceIved F1uecker went out TO get window
fasteners and then came back and found
had threatened 10 kill her and TO kill
Fruecket Lohse knew those things and
he police vent 10 Lohse He backed ~
Klopman IN every statement
Klcpman said then that Marian Nendel
, niece Of Nm klopman. was engaged n
be married To the Italian Miss Mendel
was brought 10 he police station She told
what she knew about The Italian He lived
across the street from Klopman Al t4S
East Fifteenth street, in furnished room
She had been engaged 70 him some months
aud knew he liked her aunt he eloped
with the aunt 10 Boston early in December
but Ieorara told her. she said. that he loved
her aunt like mother only She didn't
see anything peculiar about Feorara's
relations with her aunt She had an ap-
rointment to meet Feorara At o'clock
Yesterday afternoon at Third avenue and
Fifteenth street. The detectives went
here and arranged pretty little trap,
rut the Italian did not walk into y Now
hey are watching wine shops and table
d'h6tes he was known to frequent and have
sent word 70 Lynn. Mass. and Pough
.Aepeie and other cities Feorsra talked
Gnout going 70.
Miss Mende said that Feorara owned a
revolver but the one that was found
n the room. she said, wasn't his.
August and Sadie Sechrist who live in
he same house as klopman repeated their
tory that at4l5o'clock they saw the Italian |
cofrom the top floor 10 little balcony and
limb from there 70 fire escape where he
neered INTO Klopman's fat. The police say
me Italian could not have done that because
he window OF the hall leading 10 ne fire
= cape was not only locked but nailed fast.
Coroner Goldenkranz inspected the two
looms of kloprnans fiat again yesterday
md made this statement: feel certain
that the Italian did the killing. Klopman
impressed me as = man who was telling
he truth Most # what he has said has
cen verified. My opinion is. from the
,!isordered condition of the room where
: ruecker and the woman we're talking.
hat Feerara slipped into the house after
Elopman left, pulled his revolver and shot
nen1 both before they heard him Friecker
lad pistol which he had purchased 10
,.efend himself against the Italian He
evidently had M chance to Use il. II was
rilnd loaded in his hip pocket. | got the
ideS hat the man and woman might per-
haps have heard Feorara and started 10
run into the other room. knocking over a
table and chair in their fright Then
Feorara may have slipped out again IN.
seen. although II L. hard to understand
Why somebody did not see him after the
noise Of the shots.
Against this Capt Gallagher said Save
for Klopu1an'S story we have no proof
against Feorara. Why shouldn't the hus-
hand be jealous OF Friecker who was his
boss in the bakeshop and who visited the
fat a good dealt'
Gallagher agreed that the disappearance
IT Feorara bore out klopman's story. but
he thought Feorara might simply be ner-
vous and affaid Of being mixed UP in the
case
The bullet that killed niecker went
INTO LIE hack under me left arm The
dealt wound Of the woman vas in rela-
lively the same position under her right
arm The bodies are in the Nlorgue