New-York tribune., 1910-03-31
W0LTER is HELD
Grand JURY INDICTS
HIN FOR MURDER.
Ssc;ft fiction Drqscs Rigorous
Protest from Prisoners
LGscyer.

Found responsible Tor her death by the
torcners jury, and Will be arraignei he
F'~' Iudse Mu'queen, in the Court af
General Sessions to-day. District Al
r"ruev Whitman announced that ne
v"uid ash for tho trial 10 be set on
Nouday The proceedings yesterday
rado a record for This city. lasting less
shan three hours
" grand jury examined enough Wit
''seos 10y II o'clock 10 insure an indict-
-r-t At O'Clock Coroner Holtzhausor
a.1 his case weIl under vay and an
'rur later Woiter heard the jury give its
-rdict The indictment was handed l,p
'. Judge Nulqueen at O'Clock
>atchen Mueller. Nho lived with wol-
f"I Tor several months. was tho 3rinc!-
iai witness Tor the state. she said that
ou Thursday evening. the day of the
r.rder of Ruth Wheeler. she came home
e. 80 o'clock. Wolter was then paint
r~ thu fireplace where the body had
'eeu incirerated
The indictment accuses Wolter of
rgrdor I'm the flrst degree In further
d0t7H II reads that ne placed a piece
.f rope around the neck of Ruth Wheeler
.rd then and there wilfullv. feloniously
.ul ~ his malice aforethought did fix.
bind. tie and fasten, and with said piece
'' rope did choke. suTocate and strange
r.r"
Glowing clause that he did SET
fra - and burn" the indictment further
states that ''or said choking. suffocation.
strsrgling and burning. she. the said
Ruth wheeler. did then and there die"
wolter's counse Objects.
TIE swift action - Coroner Holtz-
'.lser and District Attorney whitman
was met by p protest from Wallace H.
SCOTT the lawyer who is defending
1toltcr
This is legal hutchery" he said Il
have not had an opportunity to work
"r Tho case. and ! viii use every end az
r7o law - give my client a fair trial II
true thar he is charged with a horrible
,rime. but ! am convinced Of his inno-
r.nce and ] must have fair opportunity
ta rrove IT."
Albert IA. Wolter presented a striking
0'rfraSt when he appeared in the Cor
orer's court Yesterday to the natty youth
who WIS srraigned before Magistrate
15reen on Saturday for the abduction Of
tfteen-year- r-old Ruth Wheeler. He wore
rHe gray suit in which he was dressed
when arrested. but ne had no collar and
vas dishevelled.
Pearl Wheeler. q sister of the muir
dered girl, was in the Coroner's court at
rHe time. she turned her head away
Phor Wolter was led past her. Katchcn
Mue' OF, Wolter's companion for months.
stared hard ~ him as she entered the
."ariroom, hut he did not glance AZ her.
coroner Holtzhauser conducted the
prooeedings. but his colleagues. Fem !
oorE Wntcrhotton ana Hellenstein. sat
with him Dr O'Hanlon, the Coroner's
YH. sician testified that death had been
aused JH straugulation and incinera-
tau
Adelaide Wheeler. the other sister Of
o murdered girl, said Ruth was fifteen
years old, and she idcn:ified a string II
beads and portion Of shirtNaist /
worm by Ruth when she left home last
Thursday.
P.ari Wheeler told OF her two visits
20. Nolter's apartments. at No. pa East
10Th street, in search Of her sister, who /
had been sent there by the principal Of a
BUSINESS college 10 seel, place as
-..uographcr. on her first visit Katchen /
Mueller opened the door. and Wol,er /
Fgs :usoicut, saying he did not know
What Miss Wheeler was talking about 4
When she returned later with a police /
uan Wolter opened the door and they
scar r-hcd the fiat, hut found nothing
Ruth's Hatpin Identified.
Miss Wheeler idenrihed a hatpin found
.srer in the fireplace Of Wolter's kitchen F,
- one worn by her sister on the day she
left home
Jo.n Taggart, Of No, Do East 10Th 1
S-ort. told of fndiug q gunnysack on his 4
rrc escape and throwing il down into 4
fhe ard Of No 22s. Later ne grew sus-
lcious and went down end opened the /
sack iu which he found charred portions /
~ body He notified the police
raptsn Hughes testified To the re- 1
mova Of the body and To the identfca- |
tou bv Miss Wheeler, while Detective ]
he'fne told of the hndins in tho fire. /
place ~ VOTERS apartment OF the hat 1
i.n corset steels, small bones ana hair.
kstchen Mueller was called and the 4
prisoner stared hard Al her bat she +
never looked his way, except to identify
h'w She told of living with him since /
December. and OF finding him painting 4
p, fireplace on her return home last \
thursday evening. After Miss Wheelers 1
visit she said. Wolter got up twice in |
Tho night 10 fX the screen which had 1
iFlen from the front ~ the fireplace /
She offered 10 help him, but n told her I
:" STAY IN bed
'Wrcn did you FIRST sec this umbrella d
sss~d Assistant District Attorney Turn 4
hull
= sew - ~ No pa East 18th street I
on Friday might" +" she replied
Had YOU ever seen ia before"
'No"
ear Wheeler vas recalled, and iden-
uhed tho umbrella ss one whicn her /
dead sister corried when she started .
'fom home on THURSDAY
Verdict Against Wolter.
Ifis c.0sed thc evidence, end after 1
''ron'- Holtzhauser had charged that 4
ihe iurv should hold Wolter FOR the .
ErgnC ttr-.. 49,. .-ftou-,l his fpcfrlIf lions