The sun., 1910-03-28

IN wnlCn WOou was Drouknt up 10 Nho
rooms. The sack aftsrward had been
used a. a doormat. she said. She had
felt afraid TO spand Saturday night alone
in tho iO5th street house. after wolter :
Imprisonment for abduction. she said.
and had gone over 10 Riverside Drive and
spent tho night with a friend who WIS "A
servant there. not telling her friend OF
her trouble Then in the morning yestsr-
day ahs had wandered back tn lOSth street.
Shs said that on Friday when she got
up to 60 to work AZ q O'Clock Wolter told
her 60 pack up their things aud meet him
in the evening at Park avsnu" and Eigh-
tieth street where they were arrestsdb.
As he was going oIit to r"ut new HON"
because the detectives might Continu" to
bother them where they were in seventy
fifth street
On Saturday morning she had been
Discharged from the bakery because her
employer had read IN that mornings
papeY Of the rrrs-st Of Wolt"r for abduc-
ton and that She was living with him with
out ceremony She had then gone to
the court on Saturday morning because
she had nothing to fear and wanted TO
see what was don"
At tn order Of Coroner Holt zhauSer
Katie M0Iler was committed to the House
Of De- mt ,on as a wItn-ss
Dr O'Hanlon. after making the post
mort en- - examination Yesterday afternoon
sent portions oS the body Ia Prof. John
X. larkin of Columbia University for
microscopic examination. lie saId Ia a
reporter
clotted blood What does that signify?
, am not entering into speculation. | am
telling you what ! found Tbs. lungs
were uniformly cOnge-ted throughout.
There was "A mark on the right side IT the
neck. evidently made by a rope. over
the right nnstril and for "A distance cover
ing the upper part of the face | found the
rema,ns "t piece "t cloth. evidently
linen.
I determined that the girl died Of
asphyxiation following strangulation.
This I determined from the condition Of
the lungs. the presence of the rope and tho
indentatiOn IN the neck. beheVe that
the girl was snothers-d and while stIll
alive hut unconscious was put into the
fireplace and incinsrated
The iden tificatlon which MiSs Adelaide
Wheeler made OF the body Of her sister
on Saturday evening was cltnChed when
she examined the collar Of her sisters
ahirtwaist. parts of which remained at
tached to the burnt flesh she said she
made the collar herself
The police found In WOlter's trunks q
spool OF wire OF the same sort that had
been used to bind Ruth Wheelcrs body
when it was thrust into the fireplace
Thoy found pawntickets showing that he
had pAwned his overcoat. shoes and other
articles. They found also some postcards
with the addresses Of other girls hut have
learned nothing material from them up
70 date. One Of the names was that OF
Miss Hattie Schmidt. 2ts Elizabeth avenue.
Elizabeth, y. J.. and another was % Mise
Dora Liebler. I3 Fifth street. said 10 he
also In Elizabeth. There were the names
and addresses of two other girls in Eliza
beth. Katie Muller said that she did not
believe that Wolter mad had anything 10
do with other girls or With the white slave
traffc
The police learned also. they said. that
the Merchants and Bankers business
School whsrs Ruth Wheeler was lgTadu-
Ated and where she got VOTERS address.
did not advertise for PLACES for stenOg
rnphers. hut that advertisements were
inserted in publications hv one cnnnected
with the school ~ wing that a stenOgrap pheT
wanted "A place and giving the nam" Niss
Lsmbrecht and the address of tn" school.
but not its name. for purposes " answer.
Ihls. II Wss pointed out. mig ht hay"
excused Wolter's first statement 10 the
police that he had not written tD the
Merchants and Bankers School and knew
nothing Of II except for the fact that the
police found later in the book ia which
Nolter had entered Miss Mh"e,er name
and 81 per week. the name. also entered
=
which seemed TO indicate that Miss
wheeler told him where she came from.
The authorities expect to 90 ~ Katie
Muller with further questions
Sherman 4. Estsy u th" business school
gave out n statement last night ia which
he said thst Ruth Wheeler was grad
uated from the school uu March -
She called on Thursday morning. Mr.
EAtey had just received the card from
Wolter and turned u over to her with
bis own business card a. an Introduction
4 told her u go and sss what the rNsl
ton was.- Mr.. Estey said. Such cards
come regularly 10 other schools well 80
70 our school. The address given On IA.
card. 22t Fast Seventy -iifth street. was IA
g residence district and had no idea hat
there was any danger for the girl II the
address had beensin any questionAble
neiGhborhood I would not have sent her
alone 90 apply for a position.
Ruth Wheelcr's sister Adeln de was
graduated from our school four wears
ago. Six months ago Mrs. Wheeler
brought Ruth TO me and said. BaCaus.
OF the treatment you accorded her sister
Adelaide am bringing you another 0T my
daughterr.
The horrible outcome Of thnt card
which turned over 10 her ! do not think
I could have prevented. ! am "a sorry
for the child and for her parents as any
one could he"