Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-30
CONFESSION FOR GIRLS LOVE
Youth Held for Stenographer's Mur-
der Says He'll Tell Everything
COMPANION PLEDGES LOYALTY
Albert WOIter Wants TO Make Sure OF
Katie Miner's Devotion Before
Telling of Ruth wheeler's
Death,

NEW YORK. March 2O-AIbert wolter.
the youth held in the Tombs for the
strOoious murder OF Ruth wheeler a
stenogrspher, said tonight that on wsdnes-
day he would tell everything" provided
HIS erstwhile girl companion, Katie Miller,
or Mueller now held as material witness,
remained loyal and stnl loved him.
The boy made this declaration in his cell
after a day Of almost ceaseless verbal
hammering by detectives who were strlv-
ing TO obtain a confession. At times he
wept and appeared on the verge of
breakdown, but at no time would he con-
fess having committed the crime or even
knowing the victim The motive for the
murder thus remains as much a mystery
as ever
The Miller girl told the police OF the
strange happenings at the fireplace in the
room she shared with wolter but her
statements evidently we're not intended to
incriminate Wolter, for she sent him let
ter tonight, written in German, advising
him to tell the truth.
Tell the truth" she wrote, "and l will
forgive you and love you still" After
reading this Wolter made the rather
cryptic remark that he would tell every
thing" Wednesday. 1t was suggested that
the girl be brought to the prison, but he
cried: mo, ] am ashamed to face Katie
now When / get a letter fiom her that
she forgives me 1 will talk"
One Of the developments Of the day was
tho finding late this afternoon of SILK
umbrella with a peculiar wooden handle,
which has been Identified as that of the
girl victim, in the room in East 1O5th street,
to which the girl and Wolter moved after
leaving the house In East 10Th street, where
the girls body was found.
VOTERS correspondence with other girls
not only in New York, but in other nearby
towns in New Jersey, is being unearthed
oy the police. He posed as a dandy and
clever man with women.
Spurred on ~ the discovery that Ruth
Wheeler was by every evidence smothered
and stuffed while unconscious into the fire
place OF Albert VOTERS apartments and
there burned to death, the authorities to-
DAY continued the task of trying to develop
the real motive for the crime
After the autopsy on the body Coroner's
Physician O'Hanlon declared that traces of
SCOT in the nostrlls and lungs convinced
him the girl was still living when her body
was set on fire. Under a merciless grilling
today, Katie Mueller broke down and gave
the police some startling additions to her
testimony.
According to the report of the young
woman's revelations, she told of having re-
turned to VOTERS apartments on the night
Ruth Wheeler was first missed and at 8
O'Clock was sound asleep. She said:
I was awakened at o'clock by a sound
as OF something falling. Albert was down
on his knees before the fireplace shoveling
something with his hands back into the
CRATE. He said the fireplace had broken
down again said cant help you? and
started toward him. He said roughly: Go
back to bed and stay there or I'll choke
you to DEATH I went back to bed and
stayed"
1t was learned today that last winter
WOlter had been employed as a clerk by
plumbing firm and that he had fled after
collecting $50 from Bronx bank on an
alleged forged check
This afternoon Coroner Holtzhauzer and
his physician, DR.. O'Hanlon, visited VOL
ter at the Tombs.
When asked II he would see the body Of
the girl and Identify It, Wolter, according
to the physician, appeared to be greatly
frightened and replied: mo, 1 would not
look at her."
| A fresh trail in VOTERS case was struck
by the authorities in a story told them by
a young woman, who confessed to having
known Wolter well.
! Her tale Of the many young girls who,
she said, had been associated with the
prisoner set the authorities to looking up
the numerous girls, whose names and ad-
dresses were found in VOTERS memoran-
dunn book to see II any of them are
missing.