The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-04-23
ALBERT WoLTER MUST DIE m
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR
TERRIBLE CRIME.
BOY SHOWS NO EMOTION
Youth Who Strancled Pretty Ruth
Wheeler to Death, Then Attempted
to Burn Her Body in His Fireplace
Hears His Doom Without the Slight
est Show Of Excitement.

New York. April 22--Albcrt woltcr.
a youth OF ~ years. who -ioatcd over
lewd pictures and was crazy about
women. must die In the electric chair
for the murder OF Ruth wheeler, Il
pretty 15-year- stenographer.
After one hour and 30 minutes Of
deliberation a jury in the court Of spe-
clal sessions found him guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree at 1880 o'clock
tonight. bringing 10 a close trial
marked by lts swift movement and IT.
testimony of horror.
The boys counsel with eloqiicncc
declared that Wolter was too tcnder-
hearted to harm cat. but Il men
decided tonight nc had strangled Ruth
Wheeler and thrust her while Yet
alive In his fireplace where. soaked
with oil. her crumpled body writhed
and burned With the same wax
face Indifference he had shown
throughout the trial. Wolter listened
to the verdict. with almost inhnman
complacency he had been found asleep
in his cell while the jury was DELHI
Grating. He will be sentenced Wednes.
day.
The jurors themselves showed emo
tion, while the boy who must die
showed none. when asked If they had
found verdict. William V. Kulp.
foreman. answered In shaking voice.
We have" and announced that they
had found Wolter guilty of murder IN
the first degree. All eyes Immediate
ly shifted toward the prisoner He
was stoIid as "A piece of stone VOL
ter refused to talk Il do not want
to talk tonight-Im tired and want
to get little good sleep first"
Mother Sobs.
The last chapter In the fight to save
Wolter from The electric chair hogan
when Wallace ID. Scott his lawyer
begun summing up for the defense
Wolter was himself the chief witness
and remained on the stand three
hours. As Mr. Scott began, Wolters
parents appeared In the courtroom for
the first time. The mother burst into
conNulslve sobbing as she saw the boy
led into the room
"cireUmstantlal evidence Is very
dangerous evidence upon which 10
stances have occurred where men
have been mistakenly convicted This
boy has not nerve To kill II eat. let
alone human being"
He Is not "A great criminal" said
Assistant District Attorney Moss; "ha
Is dangerous crlmna-a perverted
character and a scourge To Tho com.
mnnlty.
There ~ no unexplained crcuh-
stance here. There never was case
IN which every circumstance was so
straight"
Bin Crowd.
II was exactly 7;10 when Judge Fos-
ter ended his charge and the Jury filed
out. The court today was the largest
In the criminal court building since
Harry Thaw was on trial for his life.
Men and women struggled for places,
gowns were torn and hats crushed in
the fight for points of vantage. When
Woiter was led back 10 his cell ono
young woman pressed forward and
attempted to hand him a rose A
court officer brushed her aside
Robert T.. Montgomery. lessee of u
flat adjoining VOTERS, today told At
torney Foster privately that he had
received letter offering him slO0 IL
he would testify In substantiatlon of
the evidence OF Kate Gills.
Ruth Wheeler was killed March "A.
Failing 10 dispose of her body In ths
fireplace, Wolter cut il apart ana left
the bust and head wrapped Ia burlap
on fire escape whence it was pushed
into the yard below. He was arrested
March 26 and placed On trial Mon-
day, last, He denied knowing Ruth
Wheeler. but testimony showed she
had been sent to his rooms expecting
To obtain work as a stenographer