The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-11
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BAND TO DEATH.
Berlin, Dec. 11.-Aecrime of ipcredi-
BILE depravity has been committed at
Weimar by seamstress named Rot
ter, aged 25.
The neighbors noticed that a fiat
occupied by widow. aged 60, named
Zeiss, had remained closed since Sat-
urday, and yesterday they forced the
door. Frau Zeiss lay in the passage
In a pool of blood, her head a battered
and shapeless mass. The cupboards
and drawers were wide open, and
there was some evidence Of a robbery.
Some one saw Rotters who sewed for
Frau Zefss twice, q week. carrying
large box and the police found her
about to leave Weinar. With cal
lousness the woman acknowledged
the murder, giving all "details and
exhibiting no emotion when taken to
view the horrible spectacle of her
victim. 8f =
generous to Rotter, Was struck on the
head from behind. With a fiat iron.
She ran screaming into the passage,
u,
The murderess then washed her
hands, and searched the rooms. TAX
ing everything of va1de. She locked
up the fiat. and on: leaving. threw
the key into the river. She pawned
some Of the stolen articles. Rotter
is described as handsome, vain
woman. fond of fine: clothes. The
reason which she gave for her crime
was poverty. s;.s
Sets Husbanl !Aire.
A dispatch. from Bucharest states
that an atrocious murder has been
committed In the town of >Remmie
Sarat. A couple named StefHnescu,
fell to quarrelmg Rllea ~ dinner.
After the meaf irer husband stretched
himself out for asnaE inter- he had
fallen asleep hisa wife poured ,petro
leum over his clothes, and set: fire
to them.
The man woke UP shrieking with
pain, and his wife rushed into an
other room, locking the door. All
ablaze, he opened the window and
shouted for help. A policeman heard
his cries and entered the house, only
When arrested, the wife J. expressed
her satisfaction with having COM
mitted the crime.
& Love may laugh at locksmiths, but
sometimes the invisible walls erected
by society are too strong for it. So
1t was In the case of Lieut.. Buchholz,
who a year ago went up. from the
cadet school, in the Berlin suburb of
Gross Lichterfelde, to the 175th in
fantry regiment stationed in the West
Prussian fortress of Cpurbiere.
: He was then 18 years of age. and
soon afterwards. in the neighboring
town of Graudenza, he eaught the eye
of pretty bookkeeper,i Minna Piepke
who was twelve months his junior.
She was '1attered by the attentions of
the gallant young officer, and soon
they had no thought except for one
another.
In vain did the lovesick lieutenant's
comrades warn him of the fatal con-
sequences which his infatuation
would have for his career; in vain
did the girls parents, who belong
OF the artisan class, urge her to give
up liaison that, could bring nothing
but distress. Separation was the one
thing which neither Of the lovers
could bear to think Of.
On Sunday evening the girl failed
to return to her home. Her mother
sought and found her In Buchholz's
quarters at the fortress. An angry
scene followed in which the woman
was peremptorily ordered to depart.
In her distress she thought of ap-
pealing to the commander of the regi-
ment, but failed to find Him at home.
The father. who is laborer at the
grain market. then went up to the
fortress to reason with the misguided
girl. He found the lieutenant's door
locked, and received no answer 70 his
knocking. An alarm was given. the
door was forced open, out It was too
late. The lovers lay stretched on the
floor. the girl already dead. and
Buchholz shot in the head with.
bullet, from the effects Of which he
may recover, but which had shattered
one of his eyes.
Correspondence found In the room
showed that the unhappy pair had
agreed to die together rather than be
separated.
ROASTED ALIVE
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