New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-29

home YESTERDAY afternoon. she idenu-
ned picture 81 wolter without = mo-
msnt's hesitation,
Il know woiter," she said.
Then she fairly screamed, Il only wish
7 had him here SO that ! could avenge
the wrong he attempted 20 do me. lie
worked ~ the Alexisn Brothers Hospital
about two years ago. and one night, NJ
the very threshold OF my home, when
had been acquainted with him only
short time. he tried TO strange mo when
! tried 10 resent his insults"
That was all But Hattie Schmidt. of
No 2s9 Elizabeth avenue, whose name
had also been noted by wolter, was
ready 20 add another link 90 the chain
cf evidence FIRST furnished 20 the police
through The Tribune by Mary Weisman.
Knew Many Elizabeth Girls.
oh he is the man." cried Miss
Schmidt That modth; those eyes, I
can never forget them. j met him two
years ago. lie had many aoauaintances
among the girs who live here. He
came 10 my house. ! cannot tell any
more
Then she referred 10 Dora Liebler, 4
friend. who had also known Wolter. IL
was her name which was signed 10
postal card which lay among the scat
tered papers that the police found in
VOTERS -ooms The girl said that she
had never written on thai card. Both
young women sre employed in factories.
In Elizabeth there Is another who is
seeking retribution. John Wheeler. the
brother Of the murdered girl. who lives
st No 10 Ely street. He brushed away
yesterday the last possible shadow OF a
doubt as TO the identity Of the girl whose
body was found outside of VOTERS
room. The necklace which chung 10 her
body he knew was hers, and finally he
pointed 70 the umbrella which the dead
eirl carried. The police found this in the
house where Wolter and his companion,
katchen Mueller, sought refuge on Fri
day night, in East lO5th street.
she is dead and / am living" he said.
~ swear by The Almighty If the New
York Authorities do not put IL over the
plate with Wolter and that very soon, I
shall avenge the death Of my little sis
ter, and nothing but brick. iron bars and
walls viii stop me from getting at the
man"
Although new and apparently damn
arg evidence continued 20 pile up against
WolteT all day, he maintained the stolid
Ettitude which had, since his incarcera-
zion, testified 10 his remarkable nerve
and hrayado. The police, with all their
sdroitnoss and their cunning of night
snd day inquisiuions. their relentless,
smashing attack Al his exhausted mind,
were unable 10 shake him. He main
tsined 10 the last that ne was innocent
OF the fllghtfui crime with which he is
charged.
The police mad driven at Wolter with
scarcely a moment Of cessation for more
than fifty hours up TO last night. The
lash OF their tongues had been piled
upon MIN ever since the discovery Of
Ruth Wheeler's body, but he came
through il all.
Tho dramatic Identification made by
Mary weisman as she fell back into
the arms OF Miss Maude Miner for sup
port after she had picked her man had
no effect upon him. The bullying by
detectives and the recitation OF new evil
dence which had frightened the grip Of
the law around him left him calm and
csIcUS.
Letter Breaks VOTERS Calm.
All this meant nothing 20 him. But a
hotter written by Hatcher Mueller
brought out the first STRINGS OF human
emotion thst the police discovered in
the extraordinary youth, on whom a
crime Of uneNampled ferocity is being
fastened AS the detectives stepped
back 10 allow him TO read the letter,
lhe contents OF which they already knew,
his hands trembled.
The rough voice Of cellmate broke
th. silence.
IN open IL for YOU. kid
Then the cellmate uafolded the sheet
a paper which bore the Official stamp
81 the House Of Detention. The cell
\ mate could not read The words which
were meant for Woltor. The gin had
wTittCn the letter m German.
Wolter glanced AZ the letter. Then he
halted. The girl had pleaded with him
20 tel tho truth. She had promised not
20 desert him. and her love had not been
turned away by the terrible charge
against him. she wrote His mother and
fntneI no9 denpOINtu nlhli pul hdiCntll
Mueller sun held her faith.
%. my COD, Ny Coo" burst out the
prisoner. as his walls rcsoundcd along
the prison uiers. lie doubled up in ap-
parent agony and sank TO the floor.
ONeYWrought nerves gave way. The ten
sion snapped, and. as he writhed on the
floor before the stony faced little group
az policemen, he cried like little boy
found out in some petty fault
His Cellmate went 20 his rescue. while
the policemen. supremacy satisfied by
HE collapse. stood b.. Not word was
spoken IS the group moved nearer the
cell. The men were Inspector Titus,
Captain Carey and Detective England.
They had seen such breakdowns before
and they believed that the goal Was in
sight.
Il want 70 ask Katie TO forgive me"
came from the prisoner. L cannot an
Ewer this letter. I cannot believe that
she bears no ovil thought against me"
"Tcll us tho truth" answered the
inspector, ana the inqusitors drew
nearer, but Wolter was not ready 20
give the police what they wanted. Some
thing had given him back his nerve.
lie had caught his second wind, and il
wss all 90 be zone over again.