Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-10-24
HELD FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

Damon and deputies went to the nous
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ohls, at tn
corner of First and Jefferson streets
armed with warrants for the arrest o
the owners of the premises, also
search warrant giving them the priv
lege of searching the house. Mr.. ant
Mrs. Ohls were placed under arres
charged with manslaughter in the frs
degree. and were taken down to tEt
county jail and locked up in separat'
cells, where they have since and sill
are confined. Their arrest followed
Investigations made in the case CT tn,
Ida Gutzmeir death and from the evi
dence at hand the authorities are of tn,
belief that Mrs. Oils and husband art
responsible for the death of the
Gutzmeir girl, or at least know some
thing of the matter which they are con
cealing.
Gunnerd Gilbertson, a boy nineteer
years of age, residing on the west side
who had been keeping company witt
Miss Gutzmeir, went through rigi6
examination by the officers, and appar
emily made a clean breast of all he
knew in regard to the girls movements
just prior to when she disappeared
from sight. He stated that he had a
conversation with the girl and he gave
her $40 and accompanied her to the
Ohls residence on the night of Monday
Oct. 9th. That something transpired
is quite evident from the fact that Miss
Gutzmeir was found in her bed the
next morning by her employer, suffer.
ing great pain and was secretive as tC
her ailment. A careful investigation
has brought many things to light in
relation to the case, which are, in the
! interests of justice, withheld from the
public. That there is sufficient in.
eliminating evidence TO warrant ar
rests is evident from the steps that have
been taken. When the officers entered
the Ohls house they found a state OF
affairs which leads to the belief that the
pair have been conducting lying-in
hospital. They found another girl who
was near death from blood poisoning,
which resulted, it is said, from a
criminal operation performed The
girl, who is about nineteen years of
age, resides in the town of Rib Falls,
but has been working as a domestic in
the city. The means and sufferings of
the girl, it is said, would melt heart
of stone. A trained nurse was placed
in charge of her and it was thought she
could not survive, but later she showed
signs of rallying and on Saturday was
removed to the Riverside hospital.
1t will be remembered that at the
time the body of the unfortunate Gutz-
meir girl was found in the woods, she
was very thinly clad, there being no
hat or underclothing in evidence. In
an effort to locate the missing garments
as evidence that the girl died in the
Ohls house, the place was searched
Tuesday night and corsets ard under
clothing were found which it is be-
lieved were worn by the girl; at least
Mr.. and Mrs. Oils will be required to
prove who the articles of clothing be-
longed to. A search was also made
through the ashes of the stove and the
officers found corset steels, steel hooks
and eyes, buttons and other articles be-
longing to the clothes of women. They
| also found about half a dozen other
| corsets, all none the worse for wear.
On Wednesday evening, at 7:30, the
sheriff brought the prisoners before
Justice j. A. Jones for a hearing and
they were bound over for examination
on Saturday, October 2Sth, each being
required to furnish $4,000 bail, and
this they have been unsuccessful to do.
Since the body of Miss Gutzmeir was
found and the events that have fol-
lowed, there have been many rumors
current, many of them idle or old
woman's talk. There are stories which
would lead one to believe that the Oils
place is a charnal house to which the
tabled palace of Blue Beard or London
| tower could not hold a candle. The
Bridge of Sighs did not claim as many
victims as gossipers have connected
with the house on First street.
There may be some truth connected
with allegations that have been made,
which we venture to say from past pro.
ceedings in court. Developments in
which the Ohls woman has figured dur
ing the past few years have given some
light on his methods of operation. Ii
is not so long ago as to be forgotten
that she visited the home of Mr. and
Mrs. VIM. Beck, of the town of Easton,
to "treat" Mrs. Beck, and later Mr.
Beck summoned physician who found
that the woman was dying of blood
poisoning. After the woman's death
an autopsy was conducted by two
reputable physicians, who found that
the blood poisoning was superinduced
by criminal operation, which had a
few days previously been performed
Mrs. Ohls was arrested and charged
with manslaughter, and the case is still
pending. Some months later another
crime was laid at her door and she was
arrested for performing criminal
abortion on Minnie Fiebelkorn, girl
of the city, the arrest being made at the
instance of the girls father. Last
spring she was again arrested upon the
death of Mrs E. o. Dressed, like of
fense being charged against her. Il
could not be proved that she had per
formed the criminal operation apparent
in this case, but she was prosecuted anC
fined $50 and costs for administering
medicines, which a mid wife has nc
right to do, under the state laws. Dur
ing that same week three women dice
in the city and fourth had a hail
breadth escape, and in each instance
Mrs. Oils was suspected of having some
connection with each case, though oil
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