Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-03-28
.CORONER'S
INQUEST IS
HELD TODAY
Arrest of Katie Mueller.
Companion of Albert VOL
ter Big Aid to Police.
THEORY AS TO PRISONER
AND WHITE SLAVES
Special by United Press Wire.

Special by United Press Wire.
New York, March 2S.-A coros
ner's inquest will probably be held
this afternoon over the body of Ruth
wheeler, sixteen years old, who was
strangled and then burned to a crisp
In the fiat of Albert Wolter, who is
now in the Tombs. The spolice are
trying to fasten on Wolter the theo-
ries of the revolving crime, showing
him to be king of white slave deaI-
ers. Katie Mueller, who supported
the youth, has been arrested and
gave damaging evidence against
Wolter. The police believe her iuno-
cent OF completely in the crime
Coroner Holdhauser says when the
girl arrived at VOTERS fiat, search.
Ing for work, he probably killed her
unintentionally during an ASSAULT
He then tried to remove the traces
of his crime by burning the body
The body was too large for the fire.
place, so he cut flesh off the arms
and legs and broke the bones over
his knees. 1t is expected that the
grand jury will hand down an In
dictment within few days, charg-
ing Wolter with first degree murder,
Under cross examination by de-
tectfyes Katie Mueller said this AFTER
noon: About midnight on Thurs
day / was awakened by a crash in
the front room of the fat. | asked
who was there, and Albert told me
he was fixing the fireplace, which
was broken. About o'clock another
noise woke me up and ] ran to the
door. Albert was on his knees in
front of the fireplace, apparently
showing something into the CRATE I
offered TO help him, but he ordered
me back to bed"
The jealousy OF Katie Mueller, u
work to support In idleness her ~
husband, caused her to quest
draw from Wolter admiSuG
practically solve by circ1
dence one of the greatSg s5dfes
which the police Of New York have
faced In many years.
Under questioning Of the police Ka.
tie Mueller said
knsE Nothing of the Murder.
Il knew nothing about the disap-
pearsnce of Miss Wheeler nor that
any woman or young girs- bad called
at the apartment which / oeeup4
with wolter until Pearl Wheeler. the
sister Of the missing girl, came TO our
rooms Thursday evening. l had been
to work, as usual, at Junnemanns
bakery.
Tired out, l returned home. where
had left Wolter | noticed that the
stove in the dining room had been
moved. The stove connected with the
chimney fiue by means of an ordinary
stoyepipe, which was connected with
screen of zinc inclosing the old FASH
Toned fireplace.
Hearth Screen Newly Painted.
This hearth screen was newly
painted with lampblack. why tha
stove had been moved and the screen
freshly painted puzzled me. and I ask.
ed Wolter who had done It"
81 did it, he replied"
1t was In the chimney of this old
fashioned fireplace, which wolter had
SO cleverly concealed by the newly
painted screen and the lithograph pic
ture, that the police expect TO prove
the body of Ruth Wheeler was con-
cealed after the attempt of wolter to
incinerate It,
After the policeman and Pearl
Wheeler came to the house inquiring
for Ruth Wheeler his actions were so
queer" continued Katie, that / be-
came jealous and accused him Of hay-
ing other women IN the rooms while I
was at work.
Told Her That Ruth Had Called.
AT first Woiter denied to me tbas
he had written any card asking a
stenographer TO call or that he knew
why the woman who had just left had
come to see him." she said. Il knew
this was false from the way be said
it and demanded the truth.
He told me then that he had sent q
postcard in answer to the ADVERTISE
ment for joke He told me that
Ruth Wheeler had called. He said
that she had become angry when he
told her the postcard was a hoax and
had gone away"
The statement of the Mueller girl Is
the most damaging made against VOL
ter. He has steadfastly maintained
that he never saw Ruth Wheeler and
is trying to establish an alibi
Believes He Is the Slayer.
Miss Mueller protested her absolute
innocence Of any share IA the muir
der. Il never saw Ruth Wheeler.
she declared. "Wolter unaided must
have strangled the girl and tried to
burn her body in the stove" The po-
lice believe Katie tells the truth
In the To4nbs Wolter admitted that
1t was his design to have young girls
come TO his rooms in answer to his
response TO advertisements. but he de-
ciared that he had never seen Ruth
Wheeler. He said
Il am a faverite with women and
knew ] probably could lind some
young girl who would take a liking to
me and teach me how to write short-
hand in English =