The Washington herald., 1910-03-31

| New York, March 30.-Albert w. VOL
ter, who is accused of the murder Of
| Ruth Wheeler, viii be arraigned to-
morrow morning before Judge Mulqueen
/ in the General Sessions. The case viii
be placed on cne calendar Friday, and
wolter will be tried early in April.
1t required little more than half an
hour for the coroner's jury TO decide that
he killed the -year-old girl. and to
hold him for the grand jury. The grand
jury indicted him for murder in the first
degree in less than fifteen minutes.
The eoroner's court was crowded when
Detective Devine brought Wolter from
the Tonbs. Devine found the youth
whistling when he went to get him. He
asked Devine II he could get him clean
collar. The detective told him there
wasn't time.
"All right, won't wear any collar"
said Wolter. I'm kind Of particular
about how l look. and If anybody asks
me why I'm barenecked III tell EN-
Loses Jaunty Air.
He was not so gay when he came into
the court room and faced the eyes OF sew
eral hundred people. His eyes twitched
and he couldn't keep his hands still. HIS
fingers were fumbling constantly at the
buttons on his coat, at his mouth, at his
chin.
Katie Mueller, the girl with whom he
lived, was in the court room when Wolter
entered. They gave a quick look at each
other, but made no other sign OF recog-
milton. The man sank into chair, look
:ag straight in front of him.
Coroner's Ply sieian O'Hanlon, the first
witness. testified that Ruth Wheeler's
death was due 10 asphyXiation from
strangulation and incineration, He ex-
planned that he meant that she was first
strangled until she was unconscious and
then burned to death
Adelaide Wheeler. a sister OF Ruth. said
that the last time she saw her sister
alive was al their home last Thursday
morning at a little after O'Clock She
told how she went TO the police station
on Saturday and identified the string OF
beads that Ruth had worn.
Describes Visit TO Flat.
Pearl Wheeler. the other sister. de-
East Seveuty-fifth street When Ruth
failed 10 return home by o'clock on
Thursday evening. she got worried and
went TO the stenography school at Mad
ison avenue and Fifty-eighth street The
superintendent told her that Ruth had
answered a postal card signed. "A VOL
ter. Secretary. pa East Seventy-fifth
street" and had gone to that address to
see Wolter early that morning.
Pearl Wheeler said that the Mueller
woman opened the door for her when she
was shown to VOTERS fat Katie Muel-
Ter was told to stand up and Miss Wheel
er identified her as the woman who ad
mitted her 10 the fiat. Wolter, who came
TO the door laughed at the suggestion
that Ruth was there. He told Miss Wheel
er he hadn't sent any postal card to the
school
Miss Wheeler told how she went to the
East Sixty-seventh street station house
and got a policeman; how they searched
the fat for Ruth. and called her name
loudly. and how Wolter and Katie NIuel-
Ter denied over and over again that Ruth
had been there or that they had ever
seen her 1t was Pearl Wheeler who
identified Ruth's stickpin, which was
found in the fireplace OF VOTERS apart
ment
Tells of Finding Body.
John Taggart. who occupied the fiat
next to VOTERS, described how he found
the gunny sack containing part Of Ruth's |
body on the landing of the fire escape. |
and said he pushed it into the small /
yard belonging to the Wolter fiat because
he was sure the bundle belonged across
the way. With Mohl. the janitor he went
TO the yard in an hour and discovered
what was in the sack.
Katie Mueller was the next witness
She said she had lived with Wolter since
December. 1909. and that they had occu- |
pied the fat at pa East Seventv-fifth
street for two weeks before Wolter was
She told how Wolter had
painted the fire place and identified /
Ruth Wheeler's umbrella as one she had /
seen in the house in West 1e5th street /
where she moved after Wolter got scared /
by the visits of Pearl Wheeler and the
police. Pearl Wheeler identified the UNI /
brella as Ruths.
The jurymen returned their verdict
without leaving their chairs
Wolter was taken back TO the Tonnbs /
and Assistant District Attorneys Moss
and Turnbull sent the witnesses to The
grand jury room. Practically the same /
testimony was given there The indict- |
ment was made in a few minutes.