The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-04
DESERTED WIFE
FA|NTS At SLAIN
JUSTICES COFFIN
New York Woman Says VIII
helm Left Her and Their
Children in 1896.
BAR NEWARK WIDOW.
Not Allowed to Attend Funeral
Third Degree for Sus-
pect Sica,
BAR NEWARK WIDOW.

The funeral Of Frank wilhelm. the
Newark Justice OF the Peace who was
murdered in his home at No. AS High
street, Monday night, was interrupted
this afternoon most dramatically BY a
woman who proclaimed Welhelm big
amist. She identified the body as that
Of the man who married her in Jersey
City fourteen years ago. and deserted
her In 1896.
The identification was positive and
was confirmed by another witness. Mrs,
Frederika Wilhelm Is the name OF WI.
helms first wife. She read In the news
papers Of the Wilhelm case yesterday,
and wrote to the Newark police stating
she believed the dead man was her
husband.
An Evening World reporter took her
to Newark with her sister, Mrs. Amelia
Armster. The funeral services at vii.
helms late home were just ending when
the two women reached the house and
entered the room. The undertaken was
Just about to place the cover on the
casket.
Faints Beside Coffin.
Mrs wilhelm ran to the side Of the
coffin, gave one glance at the face Of
the dead man and dropped in dead
faint. Her sister, right behind her,
turned to the people in the room and
said:
MY God, it's Frank her husband"
When Mrs. Wilhelm was revived she
became hysterIcal. Her screams and
sobs could be heard block away The
confusion was such that the funeral
was delayed nearly an hour.
The Newark Mrs Wilhelm, who is
held by the police on suspicion of know
Ing something OF the killing OF her hus-
band, was no, at the funeral, Prosecu-
tor Mott had given her permission to
attend, but at the request Of the detec-
tlves on the case he rescinded the order
Just as the woman was making prep
arations to leave her cell.
The scene at the funeral was the eli
max OF an exciting day In this tragedy.
Early this mornIng-withn two hours
after NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sica, who is
under arrest charged with numbering
Wilhelm, was taken to the house OF the
dead man, where the body had previ-
ously been planted.
Sica's Nerves mistaken.
Sica was confronted with his alleged
victims corpse. The sight did not teaze
him. He had evidently been expecting
something Of the sort and had nerved
himself to stand the strain. The method
OF third degree exercised upon Sica had
been used earlier in the night with Mrs.
Wilhelm as the subject. She was taken
to the Morgue and suddenly shown the
body OF her murdered husband. The net
result was an attack OF hysteria.
AS soon as Mrs. Wilhelm had been
was loaded into wagon and taken to
his late home at No AS High street.
The detectives placed their CHASTITY bur.
den In the basement on the floor at the
exact point where II was found on Mon.
day evening by the widow.
At Scene Of Crime.
Then they brought Sca to the house,
admitted him through the rear basement
door. walked him into the passageway
In pitch darkness and suddenly unmask-
ed a bright light.
So close TO him he could have touched
1t with his foot siea saw the corpse Il
the man the police say he murdered He
did not flicker an eyelash. For more
than an hour the slruths piled him win
Interroga;Ions or heaped him with &c.
cusations They could not disturb Ills
calm. He maintains that when the
proper time comes he can prove an alb!
and show the flsity o. the statement
Of Anna Sdutau. the girl who says she
saw him leaving the Wilhelm home
Monday evening at o'clock-abou, The
time Wilhelm was murdered
New Woman In Case.
The woman Wilhelm deserted here is
iani;ress OF flst-house at the Eighty
third street address. She Is comelv.
modest little woman with two children.
one thirteen and one twelve years old
An Evening World reporter learned
from her this afternoon that She was
tconinusd on Second PaSa)