The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27

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No one knows the movements Of the
the Glenwood hotel shortly before IL
O'Clock that night. They probably at
tended some theater, for they came in
| just after the Washington avenue play
houses closed. Sussman walked up to
the desk in the large office, while his
| wife remained near the entrance. He
registered the names "Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Tyler.' They were then taken
to their room by Hitchcock, proprietor
of the hotel. The. room, was on the
seeond! floor, on the Washington ave
them they were. apparently in good
spirits and nothing aroused the least
Suspicion. o. ~ assss7, 81 O.. I'M
J.. ~ one knows what follows, but it
is believed that the murder was not
| committed until at least an hour later.
for the victim was undoubtedly asleep
when the fatal shot was fired. Be
side the bed on which the victim lay
was an empty gin bottle. She had
| probably taken the contents. The
| liquor made her drowsy, and she fell
| asleep after pulling some of the outer
| bed covering over her.
The Fatal Shot.
Once she was asleep, the murderer
| lost no time. Taking the revolver from
his pocket he carefully placed it to her
head, aiming SO that the bullet would
pass thru the most vulnerable spot in
the brain and then pulled the trigger.
AS no one in the hotel heard the shot,
the murderer probably took the pre-
caution to cover the revolver with a
pillow. Then, determined to see the
effects of his deed, he removed the
pillow, and stood beside the bed long
enough to make sure that his victim
was dead. Escape was the next thing.
but as no one had been aroused he
walked out into the corridor, down the
stairs, and out in the open air. where
night made him safe for the moment.
While he made his way thru the dark
est streets, the fifty or more persons in
the hotel slept peacefully, little real.
izing that under the same roof was a
chamber Of horror. .....- -.
Five Hours of Silence.
For five hours the police were in ig-
kindly heart of the chambermaid who
went to Mrs. Sussman's room. She
first went to the room at noon, intend
ing to make up the bed. Ignorant Of
the presence Of death, and seeing the
light shining on the dead face, the
maid walked to one of the windows
and pulled down the shade. She then
left the room and did not return until
4 pm, when she learned that the
woman was dead.
Identificat ton of the dead woman and
placing suspicion on her husband as
her slayer were the results of a. rapid
and most intelligent police investiga-
ton. Seeing the woman dead on the
bed with an empty bottle by her side,
and unable to see the blood-stained
pillow because of the. darkness of the
room, the hotel proprietor thought the
tectives sent to investigate the 80 case
summoned Deputy Coroner. Irvine, who
soon dispelled the suicide theory. But
this left deeper mystery, for the real
name OF the victim and the man who
took her to the hotel were not known.
On the slayer's Trail.
Acting Police Superintendent Mealy
detailed every detective at -headquar-
tifying the murderer and his victim be-
gan. Railway stations were guarded
and everyone answering the description
OF the murderer as given by the hotel
people was carefully watched.
in the meantime the body was re-
moved to the county morgue. Here
every article of clothing was carefully
gene over to find. some mark Of iden-
tifcation. These, however. had been re-
Initials II. IT, on the underciothing
and Tie name Of st. Paul department
store stamped on the shoes. Nothing
could be made of these and the case
looked dark for several hours.
Deputy Coroner Irvine Immediately
conducted an autopsy, finding s2-cali-
Der bullet in the brain. The autopsy
also showed that the young woman
would in a short time have become
mother. This fact is thought by some
real motive for the crime.
Father Sees Dead Daughter.
Early in the evening Coroner Kistler
nished with a description Of the MUIR
dered woman and suspected it was a
young woman he had known since child
hood. He recognized her and at once
told her father, A. Messenger. The faith
er, unable to rid himself of the fears
caused by his daughters action of the
night before, knew what had happened,
and he fastened to the morgue. lie re-
manned a few minutes by the dead body
OF his daughter and then went to police
formation he could. He told of the
last meeting with his daughter, the
time and other facts that would aid in
running the slayer to earth.
From him the police obtained an ex-
act description of the fugitive MUIR
derer, and kilograms were at once sent
turnout the northwest, asking police
men and sheriffs to arrest Sussman.
Sussman is Jew, 20 years old. He is
five feet eleven inches TALL has dark
hair and long face. He wears neither
beard nor mustache. He is we'll known
In Minneapolis. having worked for his
brother, j. I. Sussman, a Nicollet ave-
nue. photographer.
He married Fannie Messenger four
years ago: At the time of their mar
riage bride and groom were but l6
years old. The marriage was not
happy one, and many times the unhap-
ply wife left her husband and went to
live with her parents. She continued
to love him, however, and her parents
could not persuade her to renounce him.
Sussman has bad reputation with
the police. He was arrested in La
Crosse few weeks ago, charged with.
forgery. He pleaded not guilty to tho
charge and was released on ball. He
was to have had a preliminary hearing
in La Crosse this week.
Mrs. Sussman was well known and re-
spected. Because her marriage was I'm.
happy, she had the sympathy of all
her acquaintance.
TRIED TO DODGE WHIPPING