The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-27
choosing between husband and loving
father, but the old love won. She
turned to her husband and said she
would 90 50.


would CO.
No one knows the movements of the
two after that, until they arrived at
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
Fred Tyler" They were then taken
to their room by Hitchcock, proprietor
of the hotel. The room was on the
second floor, on the Washington ave-
nue. side. When the proprietor left
them they were. apparently in good
spirits. and othing aroused the least
Suspicion So ~ HE5.a, ~ 49,. - =
! sNos5one 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
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. T."
Once she was asleep, the murderer
lost no time. Taking the revolver from
his pocket he carefully placed it to her
head aiming 50 that the bullet would
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
the hotel slept peacefully, little real
izing that under the same roof was
chamber Of horror. ..~<.,.. -.
Five Hours Of Silence:
For five hours the police were in ig-
norance Of the crime because of the
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
pm, when she learned that the
woman was dead. d.,
Identification of the dead woman and
placing suspicion on her husband as
her slayer were the results Of rapid
and most Intelligent police investiga-
tion. Seeing the woman dead on the
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and unable to see the blood-stained
pillow because Of the darkness of the
room, the hotel proprietor thought the
woman had committed suicide. The de-
tectives sent to investigate the 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.
| ters on the case. and the work Of iden
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
LITIGATION. These, however, had been re
moved, and the only marks, were the
initials I'll. To- on the underclothins
and file 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 jmmediatel,
conducted an autopsy, finding 80 -cali
Der bullet in the brain. The autops,
also showed that the young womaii
would in short time have become
mother. This fact is thought by som
of the detectives to have furnished tn
real motive for the crime.
Father Sees Dead Daughter.
Early in the evening Coroner Kistle
visited the morgue. He had been fu1
nished with a description Of the mu1
dered woman and suspected it was
young woman he had known since child
hood. He recognized her and at one
told her father, A. Messenger. The faith
er, unable to rid himself OF the fear
caused by his daughters action Of tn
night before, knew what had happened
and he fastened to the morgue. lie re
manned few minutes by the dead bod
of his daughter and then went to polio
headquarters, where he gave all the il
formation he could. He told of tn
last meeting with his daughter, tn
time and other facts that would aid i
running the slayer to earth.
From him the police obtained an ez
act description Of the fugitive mul
derer, and kilograms were at once ser
thruout the northwest, asking police
men and sheriffs to arrest Sussman.
Sussman is Jew, 20 years old. He
:: five feet eleven inches tall, has dar
| hair and long face. He wears neithe
J beard nor mustache. He is we'll know
/ In Minneapolis, having worked for h!
brother, j. I. Sussman, Nicollet av'
nue. photographer.
He married Fannie Messenger for
years ago. At the time of their ma
rage bride and groom were but ]
, years old. The marriage was not
happy one, and many times the unha1
by wife left her husband and went t
; live with her parents. She continue
, to love him, however, and her parent
could not persuade her to renounce hin
! Sussman has. bad reputation wit
: the police. He was arrested in [
Crosse few weeks ago, charged wit
forgery. He pleaded not guilty to tt
charge and was released on ball. &
was to have had a preliminary hearin