The Washington times., 1910-03-28
New York Authorities Think
German Youth May Be
Whire Slave Driver.
MANY GIRLS NAMES
FOUND IN DIARY
Katchen Mueller Gives Damaging
Evidence Against Youth Ac-
cuSed of Fiendish Crime.

NEW YORK. March &.-While Albert
Wolier, from mis- cell I'm the Tombs. de-
family denies TO the officials that he
knows anything Of Ruth Wheeler. the
ffteen-year-old sfrl, who was slain in
his fiat and then burned TO a charred
mass. the police are weaving about him
a chain of cIrcumstantIal evidence.
In addition TO the death Of the Wheel
er girl, the police are trying to fasten
upon the German youth a series Of re-
yolting crimes, which will show him
up I'm the light Of a king Of the drivers
OF white slaves.
Katchen Mueller. VOTERS pseudo
wife, who supported the youth. and who
lived with him in the fat on East Sew
enty-ffth street, where the girl was
killed and burned. has been arrested bv
the police and has given damaging evi-
dence against WoIter.
She has given, TOO. the names Of a
number Of young girls whom she said
Wolter knew, and the police are looking
them up. believing they will be able TO
show that thc VI. th for a long Will
has prcyed upon women and has even
gone 20 the point Of destroying some of
them who refused TO become his slaves.
Employed Wheeler Gil.
The police have obtained from VOL
ters rooms memorandum book which
they believe viii disclose further evI-
deuce against the prisoner.
II was iu this book that was found
the memorandum that WoItcr had en-
IlCyed Ruth Wheeler, fifteen, as stenog-
TaphCr at s. "a week.
Wolter. when arrested denied that he
had ever heard of the Wheeler girl
This book contains the names Of dozens
Of other New York girls with their ad-
dresses, and detectives are seeking
these, to learn if they became VOTERS
victims.
Captain Hughes, in charge Of the Fast
SlNty-Seyenth street police station, wFO
is in active charge Of the case saId
today he believed the paSty-compIeX-
Toned German youth was the active
head Of band Of men and women who
task being 10 lure young girls 10 his
apartments.
Dead for Some Time.
Coroner Holtzhauser. who has held
Wolter TO the grand jury without bail,
on the charge Of murder. said today
that Ruth Wheeler was dead when
placed in the fireplace in which her
slayer sought to burn her body and thus
many details which showed the fendIsh
brutality Of the crime.
Ruth Wheeler's slayer was a dezen-
crate he said. Z believe he trafficked
in girls. Turing them 10 his rooms by
means OF advertisements
Ruth Wheeler went TO VOTERS apart-
ment IN search OF work Her SLAYER
probably attacked her and the girl
screamed. The man instantly seized her
by the throat 10 stop her Outcries. Prob
ably without intention. he killed her.
Ihen, 10 mako assurance dOubly sure he
tied a piece of rope around her neck and
twisted IT fendishly so that IL cut deem
into the flesh.
Realizing what he had done, the
murderer sought TO hide the evidences
Of his crime.
He doubled up the girls body with
her knees under her chin, and tied II
together with a piece Of wire Then he
built big charcoal fire in the crate
and kept II going with oil. he tried 10
thrust the girls body in, but il was too
large
Hacked at Body.
AN examination Of the gir1's body
shows that the brute then took a knife
and cut the body 20 Mt the frepIace
Then he literally broke the bones bv
bending them probably over his knee