The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-31
WOLTER
 APPEARS
 IN COURT
Case Against Youth, Charged With Murdering Girl, to
 Be Rushed.
JUDGE MULQUEEN REFUSES
 COUNSEL SCOTT'S REQUEST
Prisoner Must be Ready to Plead to Indictment by To-
 morrow.
Especial from United Press.)

1 Especial from United Press) 1 New York, March 31.-That the case 1 Of Albert Wolter, charged with mur- 1 dering 15 year old Ruth Wheeler, dis 1 membering and burning her body, will 1 be rushed to a conclusion as rapidly as possible, was made certain today ! when Judge Mulqueen in the Court of General Sessions refused to grant the ten days. asked by W. B. Scott, Wolter's counsel to plead and under protest allowed only 24 hours. tI am giving you A hours for what you should be able to do in five min Utes,' said the court. 'sThiS is a sim
 pie indictment for murder and you cannot ask for more time. This case is set on the pleading calendar for 1O:3O tomorrow morning and the
 call calendar for 1 o'clock in the af- terpoon-
 At that time the date of the trial will be fixed. It is expected to be
 held within two weeks.
 The courtroom was crowded when Wolter entered, from the Tonbs to
 plead today. He had apparently re- covered much of his original bravado
 and was quiet and self-possessed. He He had made a careful toilet, having been provided with a collar and neckt1e which were missing when he appeared before the coroner's jury yesterday Clothing and shoes were carefully brushed and he appeared self-satished
 and indifferent to the curiosity of the spectators.
 . Before the prisoner could answer to the question, ttAre you guilty not gui1ty?'' his counsel fnterposed and demanded the statutory A hours in which to plead He also demanded "a copy of the indictment against Wolter. The "A hours was allowed and the at torney was told that he would be giv- en a copy Of the indictment. immediate ly.
 The next case was then called and Wo1ter was taken back to his cell in the Tombs without having uttered a word.
 l Later Attorney Scott declared that he could hardly prepare his case with 1 in ten days and will endeavor to have 1 it set not earlier than two weeks. As sistant District Attorney Moss, who l has charge of the case for the state,
 announced that he would have. a spe-
 cia1 panel in readiness for. the open l ing of the trial. s.Interesting'' is the
 sole word which Scott would apply to
 the description of his proposed de-
 other case and have. not been able
 to perfect the defense,'' he said today, 'Tbut I can assure you that it will be | interesting"
 l when it was suggested that insanity
 would be the logical defense the at
 torney smiled. sEYou may draw any
 conclusions which you like, but will
 not discuss them for you.'' 1 It is rumored in circles that are
 interested in the defense, however,
 that an attempt will be made to
 prove that Wolter was not even in
 his flat at the time the Wheeler girl
 called and that another man who had
 access to the flat received the girl and committed the crime.
 l Scott today denied flatly the report
 that Mrs. John Murray Mitchell, wife 1 of Former Congressman Mitchell, had retained him as counsel for Wolter. 1 Wo1ter's father, who visited his accus- | ed son in his cell at the ToInbs for the first time last night, declared that
 he had retained Scott as he believed his son innocent and although the boy had been disinherited, the father did not wish to think that he might be
 convicted through any lack of legal ad- vice