New-York tribune., 1910-03-30

"uhu the boy 10y the police.
MT Scott had a long interview with
"e prisoner in the Tombs yesterday. and
s"'a later that he was sure the case
"O"id come on trial TO climax more
vealed
Nolter's father was sure last night
mot the murder was committed by an
IA the evidence which the parent
- investigating he expects to show that
man. Who had held farreaching in
nuenee over the boy. was the one direct
~ responsible for the crime.
Aatohen Mueller. the young girl who
HN"d with Wolter. is now believed 10 be
Nho"y innocent Of knowledge Of what
happened in the East 18th street apart
meht where the charred body of Ruth
Nheeler Vas found on SATURDAY. after
moon. The new evidence will ha with
held until young wolter is brought to
ulaI' and then il will be presented as a
surprise TO the apparently overwhelm-
ing evidence now i'm the possession Of
'he District Attorney.
Fathers Conviction chanoed.
Mr. Wolter at first denounced his SON
Tor what he regarded as his proved con-
nection with the death of Ruth Wheeler.
but further evidence which came into his
possession caused him 10 change his
mind, and last night he said that he
would do everything i'm his mower 70
bring forward the true facts Of the
crime. He viii himself put the hoy
through az inquisition, and at the end
or II hopes 10 be able 20 complete the
slibi.
I Il am convinced that the murder Of
Ruth Wheeler IS not ND 10 nv hov~ said
the gray haired father. There is some
thing deeper. something which only
father can ferret out that is at the bot
tom Of this case. i have never before
/ had any experience with the police. and
! was so upset that was ready 10 accent
anything as truth"
Mary WeismaE," said Mr.. Woiter.
identified Albert as the man she knew
some time ago. I am sure that he Was
with gang i'm her neighborhood. You
call them cadets have always read
OF them. but find II hard 10 believe that
my son was one Of them. Yet the eyi-
dence is there. and am now convinced
that he knew Jennie Kohn. the girl
whose picture was found in his rooms.
That connects him with the other
women.
IF my son wanted 20 kill a woman
why did he wait until Thursday" said
tho old man. as he summed up the evil
dcnce for the defence as he saw il He
could have taken any one Of those
women whom the police say were sent
( TO the house I'm East 10Th street on
Tuesday and Wednesday. He did not.
because he did not plan such an afro
Cious deed
Maintains Sons Innocence.
Ruth Wheeler was the victim Of one
OF the members Of the organization
young girls. She was murdered by
man who wanted TO make her lead a life
of disgrace Perhaps il was one of the
commanders of those fearful gangs. II
was not Albert. He may have been
wild boy. but he was not a murderer"
The elder Wolter had denounced his
son on Sunday night when the abduc-
tion charge was changed 10 murder.
His wife had WED with him in the de-
nunciations. but there was something. a
! thread in the cord of evidence that may
have slipped by the police, that caused a
! change in the parents manner. They
! had refused 10 come TO their sons aid,
! but the mention Of the name OF another
woman. not Katchen Mueller, made
them suspicious.
The defence Will try 10 show that Ruth
/ Wheeler was lured TO her death by
man. now unknown 10 the police. They
viii try 10 prove that Wolter was not in
the apartment when the girl called. The
/ paint, the umbrellas and the fact that
The bundle containing the body was
placed outside the dining room window
viii be explained, il is said.
In the defence we will show that
! Wolter was "A tool of the young men who
are supported by women" said L. H.
Saper. Of No II Broadway, Mr. SCOTS
assistant. The man who is charged
with the crime is not guilty. / say this
4 not ss his lawyer but knowing that
! every word is true. The story printed
I'm The Tribune on Monday is the key 10
the murder II was committed by one Of
J 'hc gang of vicious characters whose
. habitat is the east side of the city
This man knew Wolter. He carried
out his plan so cunningly that Wolter
was ar unwilling aid. He induced him
( L, let him use the rooms. under the cloak
OF taISc friendship.
"Wolter was always broke. He never
] ! n
was greater than Katchen Muelle-'s stood
behind him. She may have engineered
the plan. Then, again, We know il was
not a woman who committed the crime
/ but = man. that man Was ,hc head Of
! the syndicate which sent women away"
1t Is true ! Denounced my son" said
Mrs. Wo,tcr "a cannot think that this
crime Is laid 10 him. He was never
cruel Yet the murder was done in the
boys rooms / shudde- 20 think that
he should have beer arrested fo- such
] n thinc. Even il nay son Was one Of
! that gang which intests some parts of
/ ,he city 81 is better 10 know that than
J =, know that he s a murderer"
4 Here The reporter asked Mrs. Wolter
why she did not go 10 the Tombs 10 con-
/ sole her san and why she had not writ
ten TO him. The details of the police
iuauisition on Sunday and Monday we're