The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-09

 firmly grasped by the arm. back to his cell in the rear of the court room.
 Mueller was shortly afterwards transferred to the jail, so we'll man break for liberty would be futile.
 Investigation of the conduct of Muel- escape of Samuel M. Hawley, treas (urer of the Bridgeport Savings Bank, who reported the conduct of Mueller at the bank to the police Monday aft ernoon. Mueller entered the bank at 9:30 Monday morning, and accosted Paying Teller Charles Peet. He en- ing well known to the officials of the institution through his former business relations there. he spent several min utes talking with him.
 Leaving the bank just before 10 o'clock he made his appearance at the gun store of Daniel D. Smith in Fair William Dean. clerk at the cigar store, waited on Mueller. He asked to look at pistols. and Dean. seeing nothing unusual in his appearance or conduct, which Mueller. after he had made number of inquiries. selected a .38 tol and a box. of 50 cartridges with s1O bill, and pocketing the change de- parted. Nothing about the mans conduct impressed Dean, or the others about the much frequented store, as being out of the ordinary.
 Between 12 and o'clock. with his
 
 12ade his second appearance at the @7ank and this time he talked with Samuel M. Hawley. He demanded the S40O coo remittance he said the Ar hours had made to him. and on flaw ey's trying to mollify him he made threats that led the banker to call in he .7o1ice.
 That Mueller had the pistol unloaded - hts pocket when he reached Fair | field ave nue and Main street yesterday
 morning is the statement of Inspector | Exr1fin 7cSR nj 1n 0AT~ or a 1 Connecticut Co. as a starter of cars.
 q saw Mueller half walking. half -unning from the direction of Meigs | ,orner to Reads corner. Hackett was 1 walking after him. When he was 1 hearing the corner of Reads building
 ae pulled the pistol from his pocket. 1 and placed the four bullets in the pis- l o1. noticed the move. and saw 4ackett approa ching him. The other
 >olieemen in the vicinity didn't know 1 what was up. suppose. until a little ater, when Musante, Deitz and Brown
 .ecame aware of Haekett 'sss pEedica- 1 nent. In the rooms of the Police Commis- ! aioners at the Police and Charities l building, at o'clock today, Coroner 1 Wilson held his inquest into the death l If Deitz, and heard the testimony of 1 Medical Examiner Downs. Patrolnnan 1 Brown, Detective Hackett and Edwin l Chatfe1d, private detective of 1266 1 Bark avenue, the last an eye witness. l The inquest was formal. and occup ed l but a short time. Coroner Wilson at
 once returned a finding that Deitz had ] net his death at the hands of Muel- 1 Ter. and recommended that he be held | for murder in the first degree. Med i ;cal Examiner Downs, describing the 1 @ourse of the bullet. said it had en- 1 tered the throat an inch below the 1 Adams apple, and entered Deitz' lung. l It did not penetrate the heart. as was l Tt first supposed
 following the slayer. and of Mueller's l pulling his gun on him. He dodged, ] he said behind couple of women | who were in the vicinity and later i Mueller ran into the other policemen. l Brown told of the shooting of Deitz, | to which he was an eye witness. Chat field was also an eye witness
 i Inspector Jagoe, of the trolley com l pany who stood at the foot of Fair l field avenue when the capture of the l man wa effected. said he saw Mueller i start in towards the exit from the east bound station. and finding the iron 1 turnsti1e closed against him. turn back Brown disarm the prisoner, while Iackett covered him with his own pis-- tola and seized him by the coat col The plight of the little Italian bar Der, shot by one of Mueller's bullets f intended for the police. attracted lit tie attention from the crowd that gath cred about the corner. He sank to the curb near the doorway of Radford B. Smiths store. and whimpering with pain. said: Why should he shoot me? I did nothing to him. Leopold has wife and one little daughter living in Church street, near Yellow Mill pond. His little barber shop at 21s Stratford avenue is still open, in charge of an assistant.
 While still in serious condition at St. Vincent's hospital. the barber is his condition is still critical. The bull let was extracted late last night from the right lung. Leopold is possessed of considerable vitality. and it is ex- rected that he will pull through.
 Late yesterday afternoon while Mueller WIS sulking in his cell the To- a dozen letters all written in blood red ink. and bearing in the corner the ad- dress Of Mueller.
 One was addressed to Yale Univer- sity, another to the University of Ber- lin, and among the other addresses were the Enoneror of China. President educational institutions. The contents of all were practically identical. They i read:
 q condemn the combined universi- ties''
 Each letter was signed with the full | name and address of the maniac. On l being questioned Mueller said he was | unable to secure employment because l the 'scomhined universities had placed l him on their black list. It appears | that Mueller since his return from the | State Hospital for Insane in Middle 1 town last November. had been unable 1 to secure employment except for a few | OayS Dy the L@bcOII1ObIle OO-7 A10 Oe- l l4eved the universities had exerted
 their inf1ueunce against him.
 The plan of the police to capture l Mueller was disclosed today by Super i intendent Birmingham.
 @-Mr. Hawley called on me Monday l afternoon" said he +fand told me of 1 the visit of Mueller to the bank. I l recalled Mueller from the general de- 1 scription, as a man we had arrested
 at the Atlantic Hotel some time be- l fore I sent for Detective Hall and told him I wanted him and Hackett to go the bank and lay for Mueller. I instructed Hall to take a position near the tellers window, as if he were hi lne,1 xoff