Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-03-28

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up. She was never on the streets at
ter night and her failure to come home
Tor "A hours without explanation meant
more than a mere caprice. The next
morning her sisters Pearl and Ade-
laide, in serious concern. went to the
college and learned that the following
post card had been turned over to her,
Dear Madame-Please call in refer
ence TO position of stenographer at res
idence of the secretary.
(Signed) A. WOLTER.
222 East 18th street.
Investigation at the address given,
soon showed that Wolter. a youth OF
about 20, had left the apartment,
where lie lived with his wife earlier IN
the same day. He received many calls
from young girls said the landlady,
and she had particularly noticed that
the one who called Friday was fresher
of face and better dressed than the or
binary run of them.
Wolter fed, the detectives waited for
his wife. When she appeared, they
tra!led hey to corner where she met
a man answering VOTERS description.
He was Immediately arrested, taken
back to the rooms he had vacated and
searched. At first he denied writing
postal cards to business schools, but
wher the detectives turned up answers
10 him at various house numbers, he
admitted The correspondence but could
not explain il.
Before a magistrate he had nothing
10 saw but to others he admitted that
the woman with whom he is living is
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coming to this country from Germany
two years ago, he said, they fell in
love and set up housekeeping. Last
summer he and she lad worked at
Jrylngton- on the Hudson, at a board
ing house They came to this city last
month and since then the woman had
supported him by working in laun-
dry.
The discovery of the body Saturday I'M
medately caused a second search of VOL
ter's vacated apartments and rigid eX-
animation of the tenements adjoining. In
the ashes of the fireplace was found the
charred bones of human toes, portion of
an arm bone, a woman's garter and u
bundle containing q mans night shirt on
which was embroidered the initial wv.
Mrs. John Taggart, wife of the neighbor
who pushed the body off the fire escape,
said that on Thursday night she saw
man step out of the Walter apartment
and lay a bulky bundle on the grating of
the fire escape She got no view of his
face
The parents of Wolter were found Sat
urday night. The father a piano tuner
from Dresden. Germany, said Albert was
or
ployer, the father said.
In vague way the mother, however.
had kept in touch with her son, She
knew that he had set up housekeeping
with woman to whom he was not mar
ried Mrs. Wolter asked the girl if she
was going back to the apartment Albert
had vacated for her belongings.
mo. no." she says the girl replied. I'm
never going back again. It's too ghast
ly" In the meantime the woman has
disappeared entirely.
Pearl Wheeler, one of the elder sisters.
told of an interview she had with Wolter
in his rooms before she fled and before
she complained to the police. He denied
having seen her sister or having been in
correspondence with her, but she noticed
with terror that he locked the door on her
as soon as she entered the room and
would only unlock it on her threats to
shrek for the police. 1t was her unfa-
vorable Impressions of this interview that
carried her to the detective bureau
Detectives who searched VOTERS room
said that he was a procurer. Among mis-
effects was found obscene photographs
and a note book filled with the names and
addresses of girls. with their ages. wages.
weights and details of appearance noted.
Among the names the detectives say was
that of Ruth Wheeler. They believed he
obtained his names from employment
agencies and business colleges, who have
lists Of girls looking for work.