Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-28
detective work.

The skeleton of the body of Anna
Latter. who year ago was married to
Otto Mueller, revealed revolving muir
der, the bones showing two bullet
wounds. A gold watch found near
the body bore the initials "A. L." and
there were also merchants memoran-
da Indicating the purchases had been
made in a small town near Hamburg.
Germany. The German police became
acquainted with the facts and they
quickly discovered the purchases in
dicated in bills had been made by
Anna Latter. who short time before
had been married to an Otto Mueller
in this country and who then was on
her honeymoon with her husband to
her old home in Germany.
The Hamburg police informed de-
tectives here that when Mueller and
his bride returned to this country
Mueller brought with him two dogs
OF the variety used for police work.
The local detectives Investigated the
records of the German steamship
lines and found n memorandum of a
passenger who arrived at that time
with dogs. Through an expressman
the dogs were traced to a house in
Astoria park. New York city 1t was
there Otto Mueller. who is now under
arrest, was captured as he was enter
ing the house where he is known as
Frederick Gebhardt and where he was
living with wife he had married four
years ago through matrimonial bu-
reau
The police announced this afternoon
that Mueller had confessed to muir
dering Anna Latter in Germany.
CAPE GIRARDEAU. Mo-, Oct. 26.-
Twenty minutes before sunrise this
morning President Taft stepped from
his flagship Oleander as 1t docked
here at 6 o'clock. This city is the
first stop on the TIP from St Louis
by boat to New Orleans, and greeted
the president with prolonged cheering
Thousand of country people arrived
during the night by rail and wagon.
While the levee was thronged the
NAL school one mile from the city
where President Taft was driven in an
automobile. In the natural amphithe-
ater the chief executive was introduc-
souri by Congressman G. c. Crow of
the Fourteenth Missouri district May
or Leming presided at the meeting,
One of the features of which was the
planting of tree. The chill weather
ol the morning air reverberated with
cheers when gold badge was pinned
on the lapel of the presidents over
coat. The badge was a gift of the
citizens. Because the scheduled call
ed for only one hours time here, the
presidents address was brief.
| AT Z o'clock the presidential flotilla
4 departed for Cairo
1 CHICAGO. Oct. 26--In their effort
TO give President Taft royal wei
come when he visits their little city
next Tuesday, citizens of Jackson
Miss. are having an entire banquet
furnished from Chicago The hotel
where the dinner will be given will
supply nothing but chairs and tables
! The linen. china, glass. silverware and
food will be shipped from Chicago
: Forty servants. including the most
skilled walters and finest cooks to be
found in Chicago, will travel eight
hundred miles to the Mississippi city
to prepare and serve the repast In
the most artistic and approved fash
ion OF the food only filet of pompanC
and roast wild turkey, both of which
| tanned there. No wines will be ship
ped from Chicago as Mississippi is
prohibition territory
I ST. LOUIS. Oct. 26.-Officials Of the
breakfasted yesterday morning as q
guest of the Commercial club were
indignant today over the story printed
locally and attributed to the authority
! Vi lHe ciuD = Heau waiter, tuui fTesi
dent Taft had drunk big cocktail al
the club. thus falling off the water
wagon" that he had added six biz
cups of black coffee to the cocktail
and had partaken of the remainder o.
the breakfast in like proportion.
AS matter of fact the club off
cials say they knew full well tha
the president is dieting and that he
recently abstained from drinking any
alcoholic beverages merely as par
of his dietary plan and for the reason
of his health, and service to him wa.
governed accordingly.
: LYNCHBURG. Va, Oct. 26.-Fiv'
children lost their lives early toda!
in fire that destroyed the girls col
lege OF the Presbyterian Church or
, phanage here.
NEW YORK, Oct, 26.-New Yorl
was shocked last night when it wa
learned that Mrs. John Jacob AstOr
the beautiful and queenly leader of tn