The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-26

dress and a picture of Miss Maier,
With the words:
FIN case of accident notify Miss Ann
Naier,i Sss Nineteenth Street wa
tgrhsr was no money in his pockets
and those of his trousers were turned
Inside. out. In his watch pocket was
czAmped by a fastener a watch fob, a
gold lions head with a diamond in the
teeth.
mo watch was in the pocket though
Me dead man owned a fine hunting
case timepiece. 1t is not known
Whether he wore it yesterday or not.
IA diamond ring which he Wore when
ne left his boarding place was gone.
His stiff straw hat lay by his side, the
Under edge of the brim on the right
hand side, the side where the bullet en-
tAred hfs head, was stained with burnt
powder. The revolver, with two ex-
pIoyed cartridges, lay between his feet.
lit is only lately that Nittinger began
CARRYING the gun. Four weeks ago a
letter was dropped in the slot of the
apartment where he lived. 1t was un-
signed. but as nearly as coulds be re-
membered by Miss Maier and MIS-. f.
W. Goebel, with whom he lived. 1t
warned him to keep away from Nine
tAenth street.
Mills 1ancee became worried and made
HIN promise to carry a revolver.
Shortly afterwards. as he was walking
iii Tenth street, late at night. within a
few feet of where the body was found
%kzdarr fxrO wan 90 n nYff pf a non phU
RlIey with the evident intention of as
saulting him. There was a policeman
On the corner at the time and the men
appeared to take fright and ran back
a@afn.
This still further aroused Miss Maier's
a%pprehensions and she became still
more persistent in her demand that
he carry Il weapon Then. two weeks
ago, a second missive was found in the
Inail box, unsigned. like he first,
which stated:
You are not keeping away from
Nineteenth street"
yesterday Nittinger left his nome at
noon to go to Miss Maier's. He spent
the afternoon and evening there not
taking his departure until we'll after
midnight.
What Miss Mater Says.
II gave him his revolver as he left, =
said Miss Maier this morning. He did
not want to take 1t. He said that he
was not afraid. He did not need it. l
begged him to take it though, and ANAL
lg he did, though against his will. He
said: I don't want it. If anything
should happen to me every n would
say that it was suicide
TT could not have been suicide. He
left me in the best of spirits. He
never had any enemies that | ever
heard of. The only thing that could
make anyone want to kill him was
jealousy. 1 don't know who it could
ave been.
mo, 1 could not identify the revol-
Yer if l Shout see it again. All l re-
member Is that it has some black on
it,"
E. w. Goebel, the man in whose
house he lived, and who knew him
well, remembered the threatening let
tiers but could not remember the exact
wording. He said today that he could
find no motive for suicide.
,Nittihger had been cheerful, as he
Always was. when he left the house
for his. customary Sunday visit at Miss
Maier's. When Nittinger did not ap-
pear last night Mr.. and Mrs. Goebel
thought it strange, but did not worry.
They were not informed of what had
happened until after S o'clock this
morning.
,Nittinger was at one time connected
with the firm of Gould & Eberhardt.
Recently he changed his position to one
with an engineering firm in New York,
and had just signed a contract there.
- What Close Friend says.
William F. Zimmerman, who was a
close personal friend of the murdered
man, gave out the following statement
to the STAR today:
MIR. Nittinger was a personal friend
of mine, and started in at his trade in
our place, Gould & Eberhardt's, when
he was II years old, and all through his
service here he was well liked. He was
both steady and reliable. Two weeks
ago he left their employe to begin work
in New York, and was told by the firm
that any time he wished he could come
back with them. That's pretty strong
evidence of his character.
He was fon of jewelry. He car
rfed with him a gold watch with a
diamond fob. a diamond stud. and
always carried considerable money in
his pockets. He told me tina one time
when he was leaving his lady friends
home he was followed by two men. and
also that he was considering carrying
o pistol, although he didn't have a per-
init. He was a prominent lodge mem
Der. belonging to Columbia Lodge, f.
ana A. M; Union Chapter and Kane
Council. He also was about to be
advanced In his degrees in the Masonic
order;
He vas accustomed to stop in at a
place at the corner of South Orange
avenue and South Tenth street on the
way back from visiting his sweetheart
10 get something to eat. That hotel
man will maybe know something of the
men who were following him"
AS yet the police have been unable
to discover what amount of money the
dead man had with him when he left
for his home last night. Mrs. Goebel
stated that he was not in the abit of
carrying very large sus at the present
time. Formerly he had generally had
large. amounts in his pockets, almost
constantly, but 1t worried Miss Maier
sc. that she finally induced him to carry
as little as possible. Miss Maier said
hat he did not know how much he had