Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
Farmland at Chalco and Farmers
Wife Confess Their Guilt.
FORMER Is IN THE COUNTY JAN
Captain Haze Secures Full Statements
of Astounding Compact,
ATTEMPT TO MURDER IS FUTILE
Actors In the AtrOcious Drama Are
Mrs. Emil Ruser and Young
Farmland Named John
Slayer.

While Mrs. Emil Ruser and John Slayer
OF Chaloo planned to murder Ruser early
on the morning OF october 10, while the
farmer was asleep and Mrs. Ruser layed
beside her husband anticipating the ImuT-
| derer's approach, then permitted her hus-
| band to use her as shield while the
woud-be murderer fired five shots at him,
the attempt failed, both Slayer and the
woman have confessed to Captain II. Z.
Haze of Omaha and Slayer is in the Doug
| las county Jail.
Slayer, the hired man on the Ruser farm,
was caught Saturday morning by Private
| Detectives Haze and Cormack at the Ruser
home where, after attempting to murder
the husband, he returned to see the wife,
| with whom he had Illicit relations and who
assisted in the plans to do away with her
| husband. The visit Saturday morning was
| the cause of Slagers capture, though
| Omaha officers suspected him soon as
Emil Ruser related the story OF the at
tempt on his life.
When Captain Haze went to the Ruser
| home early Saturday morning he learned
| that Ruser was away, fqsuzESzHs Hser there
and taking the young the barn
! told him that Mrs. RISc1 1idd confessed
| and implicated him In the attempt on her
| husbands life. Slayer was at first indlg-
nant, but when Haze insisted that he had
the woman's confession siager broke down
and told the whole story. Then Detective
! Haze went into the house and called Mrs.
Ruser into a room. where he told her the
! story Slayer had related and all the details
of the murder plot.
Woman StaRHers the Officers.
The woman wilted. She revealed a story
which staggered the belief of the officers.
1t was made all the more startling and
pathetic because the woman is but 20 years
of age and held on her lap a 1-year-old
child OF Ruser's.
Then all parties were brought together.
Ruser, Slayer his would-be murderer. Mrs,
Ruser, the self-eonfessed conspirator
against her husbands life. and the detec-
| tives, Captain Haze and Thomas Cormack
| They talked the story over as a matter-of-
| fact tale and Slayer agreed TO sigIy a con-
fession while Captain Haze asked Mrs.
Ruser questions and took down the replies.
AS a special deputy sheriff the captain
decided not to arrest the woman. but to
I take the would-be murderer to Papillion.
Ruser took his wife and baby to a nelgl,-
boris and then secured a guard and re.
turned home with her. fearing that Mrs
Ruser would attempt to take her own life,
as she had frequently attempted to do
Heinttons cover Months.
The story of Mrs. Emil Ruser. who was
a bride in Omaha at II years of age. and
the farm hand. John Slayer, who entered
her home to work for her husband last
March, covers many months, hut two
months after he came to her home she
fell to his wiles and pleadings. Since then
her intimacy with Slayer is confessed and
her husband, though but a groom. was
seldom out of sight until she was with the
| farm hard and the Illicit lovers decided
that Emil Ruser must die that they might
live together-or at least have an oppor-
tunty to do the will of Slayer.
Following is the confession of Slayer:
John Slayer. of lawful age, being first
duly sworn, deposes and says that on the
sth or 10th day of March, 1905 the exact
| date affant is unable to state, he began
! working for Emit Ruser on the farm oocu-
pied by said Ruser; that he, the said
| Slayer worked as an ordinary farm hand
for said Ruser steadily from the time he
| commenced said work till about one month
unable to state; that about two months
after affiant began working for said Emil
with Matilda Ruser, the wife Of said Emil
| Ruser.. That along during the summer OF
1905 the exact date of which affiant is
| unable to state, he the said affiant, and
| said Matilda Ruser. began talking OF get
ting married; that they knew that in order
to do II was necessary to dispose in
some manner, Of said Emil Ruser and
that about two or three weeks before he,
the said affiant, left the employ OF said
Emil Ruser, said Matilda Ruser suggested
that he, the said affiant. kill the said Emil
Ruser; that affiant assented thereto
a,t,aa, ,hst l,,1 on the ith day OF october, 1908.
near the village of Chalco, Neb. for TIA
purpose Of getting his clothing which he
had left there; that while he was in tho
house of said Emil Ruser he, the said
affiant, and said Matilda Ruser being IN
the front room of said house and said Emil
Rugar heiug in fha Eifphan ~ agd
he, the said affant, again talked OF dis
posing of said Emil Ruser. and that after
was finally agreed betweer them that he.
the said affiant, should return TO the said
Emil Ruser home or the Fridey or satur-
1903. aforesaid, and that he the said az
flsnt, would shoot said Emil Ruser and
Kill him as he lay In bed that affiant WAS
familiar with the home Of said Emil Rnser
and that he knew how the said Matilda
RuseT and said Emil Ruser slept in their
bed and that said Matilda Ruser slept
nearest the window near said bed which
was occupied bS said Matilda Ruser AAa
said Emil Ruser.
Affiant further deposes and SAYS that ~
worked with bridge gang after ieaVina
the employ Of the said Emil Ruser and that
affiant began working for ono Henry
CRUDE southwest OF Papilllon. Neb; that
on the 9th day Of October, i90S. At about
noon he the said affiant left the Henry
CRUDE home and went 20 Omaha. Neh
where he remained TIL about o'clock IN
the evening OF said 9th day OF October,
1908. when he started out afoot 10 the home
OF Emil Ruser, aforesaid that he the
said affiant, stopped at a saloon IN Ralston
Neh.. for awhile and then proceeded 70 the
said home Of said Emil Ruser end that he
arrived at said home Of ssid Emil Ruser
at about fifteen minutes Of 3 o'clock IN the
morning Of the 10th day Of October 1875:
thnt affiant immed stely went to the win
dow ~ the bedroom occnnied bv said
Matilda Ruser and said Emil Ruser and
removed the screen on said window with n
par ~ pinchcrs which he found on a bench
near said window; that befnre Vetting said
Datr OF ninchers he. the said HffiRnt went
20 q granarY on the sgid Emil Ruser farm
and secured q hamraer which he know was
Wsnaliw keDt IN sald grauafy and that he
intended N use said hammer for the pu~-
nGse ~ rer1oving sat dqc~oen from a. a
window ard that after he found the pinch
ers be used them for said purpose instead
~ said hammer. which he took back 10
| grannFVt that said affiapt wsw,o...N