The Cairo bulletin., 1905-10-15
DREAD LEST NE
Be NEXT VICTIM
La Mole Relates Horrible MUIR
der Story
HEARD A SHOT FIRED
BY DlsME INCREMENT
or B0DY AND BREAKING or
HUMAN JOINTS 1N
u BONES.

New York, 0et. a.. Upon tho al
raignment Of Jacob Bauer in the York
vile police court today upon thc
charge Of ling Thomas +. Corcoran
| George La Mole, the acrobat who gave
information 70 the police Of the ter
rible crime, told the following story
which IS accepted as true by the au
thorities.
\ got into town last evening and
went to 149 Third avenue, where / was
/ assigned an inside room tha one on
the third heor adjoining Bauer's !
went to sleep early
III was about 2 O'Clock that was
awakened BY loud words in the adjoin-
ling room. Ny bed lay along the tnin
partition dividing my room from
Raueg's. The glass in the door stir
further helpd the sound Of voices to
reach me. There were Two men quar-
relling IN Bauer's room about n1one-.
One was accusing the other Of cheat
ing
In a few minutes | was startled to
hear pistol shot in the room and the
Sound Of body falling Then heard
oaths in German and English.
4 get UP, intending to run out 70
iind q policeman. but the bed creaked,
and the man in the next room opened
his door and looked out In terror
leat he come in and shoot me too, i
hraced my feet against my door and
waited
'lt seemed an eternity before the
man, whem | am positive was Bauer.
shut his door | erept MO NV bed
end laI there, trembling with horror
Suddenly d sound startled me still
more, if that were possible. / heard
tho noise Of knife against human
iesh. The sound was unmistakable
Then came he crunching sound of
bones being twisted until they broke.
My hair fairly rose. / could stand
il no longer, crept to my door, but
che instant | opened It. Bauer-for /
got Q glimpse of him-stepped again
quickly 10 his door ana looked out. II
had heard him, and quickly as could
shut my door and locked 1t. Bauer
stood in the hallway a minute, | sup
pose 1t seemed f1reyer
Bauer cnce more closed his door. |
and in a few seconds again there came
.hese terrible sounds of ripping flesh
and tearing apart bonss. nearly |
or ed out, but The impulse to shout was
overcome lay there trembling SO /
that It is wonder my bed did not fall /
apart.
Soon Bauer once more stepped our
nto the hall. I feared he was making
Ter my room, to kill aud cut me up
also. he PASSED on to The sink. and
'eard him washing something there.
Then he returned to his room and the
'runching and cutting was resumed.
neditated dash out of my room and
iown the stairs buL I was unacuuaint-
ID With tho house, and feared should
'un in 10 trap where I would fall an
'asy victim to he fiend next doar.
AS ! was hesitating, shaking like a
eaf, Bauer's door again opened. and
he made another trip to the sink.
Three times more Bauer left his room
o 30 10 the sink / think now that
le was washing parts Of the body so
hat the stains would not ooze through
be suit case and hamper when he car.
ed these out.
Finally heard him leave his room
nd descend the stairs. Dressing
asst as ! could, Iran Eown the stairs
nd TO The poliee station. II was :
iclock by this time, / had been in
error for five of the most awful hours
f my life. u ran to the police station
nd told my story"
q Mole is the only per on IN the d
ouse who admits hear ne the sounds
T the tragedy Mr. and Mrs. Schrai-
er who con 5uct il. say they heard 7
ounds, but did not think it was any
hing more than a restless lodger. Mr. g
chrieber says he heard sound like g
shot. but thought it was some one +
no had slammed a door.
In the room next 70 Bauer's. at the 2
-ont Of he bouse. was II g HilIman.
ho claims to have slept soundly alIi
trough the night He and La Mole
ere committed 20 be House Of Deten- r
on until this morn 'ng.