Evening journal., 1910-04-22
WOLTER TELLS
HIS STORY

BY United Press Leased Special Wire
NEW YORK, April 22-Positively
denying that he ever harmed Ruth
Amos Wheeler, the young stenographer.
whose body was found on fire escape
outside OF the room he occupied, Albert
w, Wolter took the stand in his own
defense to-day. While plainly realizing
his condition, it was apparent that
Wolter had nerved himself for the
ordeal. ana as he told the story of
his alleged wanderings on the day the
missing girl is known to have gone to
his house, he looked straight at the
jury, and his answers were given firm
ly. Skillfully guided by his counsel.
he recited the alibi he hopes will give
him freedom.
Wolter declared he was born In Ger
many and had been in this country but
two years. He lived with his parents
while employed by a local piano firm.
He met Katchen Mueller at a dance,
he said. and went TO live with her. His
parents objected, but he declined to
separate from the girl and they ordered
him from their home
He declared that during the time he
and the Mueller girl lived together he
was out of work, although ell tried to
find employment. Their expenses, he
admitted, were paid from money the
girl earned while working in a bakery.
Describing his movements on the day Of
the murder, Wolter said:
IL got up at O'Clock and after Katie
and / had had a cup OF cocoa, we left
the house together. I bought paper and
after leaving Katie, who started for work,
went across into Central Park where
read the want advertisements. There
was nothing that appealed TO me. so
went across to the lake and sat down.
stayed In the park until noon, when
went over to the bakery on Columbus
avenue. where Katie worked. Then I
had some lunch and went back to the
park. I stayed there until o'clock when
! went home
when I got home found Fred Ahner
there. He was waiter 7 met at Coney
Island and he and had agreed to start
a school together where ] would teach
stenography in German. which / knew.
We had talked about this half n dozen
times tnd at his suggestion / took down
the writing in my memorandum book
Ruth Amos Wheeler. 15 parents Amer
lean, Merchants and Bankers Business
Schol. Ahner told me that she would be
a good girl to get into our schol and
this was the reason I made tho entries.
Ahner and I had nearly completed our
plans TO start the school and the day he.
fore had told Lena Schwartz who came
there TO come back that day and SEQ
Ahner
After Ahner left I did some painting
and cleaning up about the house. 1 had
been painting about there, the day before
having vanished the picture frames i'm the
room. When Katie came home that
night we had our supper and went to
bed Tho next day I left the house with
Katie at , o'clock and never went back
there being arrested that night"
Scott showed him the postal card sent
to the school. signed with rubber
stamp A. Wolter, secretary. and he de-
MED that he wrote II although the hand
writing xpert yesterday swore that IL was
in his handwriting.
When Assistant District Attorney Moss
began his cross-examination he did 80
In a contemptuous maner, indicating plain
~ by his questions that lac did not con-
slider VOTERS story plausible.
Where did you get money for your ex-
pensesT'
From Katie"
And you lived Off that in idieuess7"
yes"
Moss took UP the notations in the mem
orandum book and asked Wolter why he
had made them They referred to crimes,
notable entry being an account Of a
murder in Brooklyn. where a man killed
his wife and buried her in the cellar, after
ward being compelled TO stand by while
the police dug the body up wolter de-
ciared no copied this for practice in Writ
ing English"
Moss announced that he had seven wit
nesses to call in rehuttal and that hs
would probably he able to complete tho
case this afternoon.