Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-27

NEW YORK. March 2G.-1he bOdE
OF Ruth Wheeler. the little CIR!
graduate who was lured from her
widowed mother on Thursday last by
decCy offer Of employment. was
found late this afternoon. huddled III
n gunny sack. Oh fire escape out
side the apartment of Albert WOlter.
the man charged with her abduction.
She had been strangled with
short end OF three Fights rope. hacked
with a knife. burned beyond recosnl-
lion. and thrust carelessly out OF
q ors like SO much rubbish.
Identification was only possible by
shreds of clothing and fragments OF
iewelry. but there was abundant evil
dence OF how the murder had been
done. Around the neck were the
charred nbres OF MANILA burnt into
the flesh.
How Crime Was Committed.
The apartment reeked with the
odor of kerosine. There were oil
stains in front of the newly painted
hrebcard that hid an open CRATE. Fully
dressed. the girls clothing and halr
had been saturated with kerosine, the
hrc board had been removed and the.
body thrust up the chimney standing.
When the match was touched 10 her,
she burned like torch.
Probably the murderer had hoped
for an opportunity to remove the.
body under cover Of night. but when
the girls disappearance raised such
an uproar and he began to suspect he
was Swallowed. he had packed and fed
in terror.
Discovery Made.
This afternoon, a neighbor living
on the same. floor of an adjoining
house. had noticed the lumpy bundle
outside his window and. thinking 1t
refuse. had poked it of the fire es-
cane into the back yard with broom
handle The bundle moved obstinate
" and fell with a crash. His curios-
itv. more than his suspicion aroused.
The neighbor hurried down stairs for
the janitOr 10 investigate When the
Two men cut the strings that bound
:he sacking. there rolled out before
them the .ull horror of an atrocious
murder. Both fed for the police
Ruth Wheeler was II years old. the
Youngest of three sisters bred by
their mother. a dressmaker. Tor sell
support. Both the elder sisters we're
stenographers and Ruth mad just
graduated from a business college.
eager for employment and proud OF
her diploma.
CauQht in the Trap.
An employment agency for grad
yates IS conducted by the college and
Ruth called there often 20 look for
a situation. Thursday morning she
left nome On her usual errand and
never returned.
The girl had been carefully brought
up. She was never on the streets
al night ana her failure TO come
home for "a hours. without Sxpiana-
lion. meant more than caprice
The next mornig her sisters Pearl
ana Adelaide. in serious concern. went
10 the college and learned that the
following posi- card had been turned
over 10 her.
Dear Madam Please call in re-
ference to position Of stenographer AT
residence OF the secretary
C~SigHedJ
A. WOLF Err. l22 East lo5th- Street
Arrest Made
Investigation at the addr~ss given
SON SnDAen lNdA ~ ttN'i- y th VS.
iandlady Described a. sickly, white
faced youth. Of about 20. with hashy
clothes and deliberately curled hair,
lad left the apartment where he Nv
Cd with his wife. earlier in the same
dav. he received many calls from
Young girls. said the landiady. and she
had particularly noticed that the one
who called yesterday was fresher 81
face and better dressed than the ordi-
nary run g them.
with Woiter gone the detectives
waited for his wife and when she ap-
reared. they trailed her 10 corner
where she net man answering
VOTERS description. lie vas i'm
r,cdiaiciy arrested. taken back 10 the
rooms ne had vacated and searched.
Al frsf Dc denied writing post cards
60 business Schools. but Wher the de-
fofff.cs turned up answers from
business schools addressed 10 him A.
various house numbers he admitted
she corrcsuo ndcucc. but could not eN-
plain 10.
Before a magistrate be had nothing