Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-21
DEAD GIRLS
HAND SHOWN
TO THE JURY
Wisp Of Hair Of the Murder
er Found In Fingers Of
Ruth Wheeler.
PATHETIC SCENE IN
COURT; JURY IN TEARS


Special BY Untted Press WRs.
New York, April 21:-Pollce Of
ficers concerned In the investigation
of the murder Of Ruth Wheeler and
the arrest of Albert Wolter, testified
at the trial today. They told OF
Wolter denying ever seeing the
Wheeler girl, of finding her name in
his memorandum book, and of find-
Ing a package in his trunk which
contained a blood-stained handker-
chief.
A sensation in the trial came when
Assistant District Attorney Moss
showed by the testimony of DR..
John Huntingdon, professor of an
atomy at Columbia College, that in
the hands of the murdered girl were
ciutched several hairs which were
not of the same texture as the hair
on the skull Of the slain girl. This
indicated that Ruth Wheeler strug-
gled with her slayer before he put
her to death.
DR.. Huntingdon and DR.. O'Hanlon
] testified that there was unmistakable
evidence observed at the autopsy to
prove that the girl had been attacked,
then strangled. then burned while she
was still breathing.
Hand Shown to the Jury.
DR.. Huntingdon showed to the jury
the poor little shriveled, half burned
hand in the palm Of which not all de-
stroyed by fire were dozen hairs and
not Ruth Wheeler's hair This same
| witness also testified that in the
sweepings from the fireplace in VOL
ters room which had been sent to him
| for examination he discovered attach
ed ito some burned meat or flesh" a
gold ring. the ring which the murdered
girls sisters identified as having been
worn by Ruth Wheeler on the day she
started out looking for employment
Both Of the sisters testified. In ad-
dition to their story of the household
alarm over the disappearance of Ruth
and their all night search for her, Mr.
Moss submitted to them for Identified
tion the braid of hair, almost untouch-
ed by the fire, which was cut from
Ruth's head, her ring, her umbrella,
charred remnants of her outer and
under waist, the ribbon with which
she tied her underwaist and the ring.
The Wheeler sisters were dressed In
deep mourning, spoke in low, agree
able voices and as their stories were
disclosed 1t was revealed that the sis
ter OF whom they testified had been
their pet the ring had been a present
from one, the umbrella the present
from another, piece of charred en-
broidery was recognized, because
mother made 1t and | sewed it on;'
the ribbon with which the underwaist
was tied was identified because Of a
peculiar knot which taught Ruth to
make" the braid of hair was recogniz-
ed because OF popularity in the
braiding about which they had often
spoke.
Olga NethersoIe Spectator.
While Adelaide Wheeler was telling
her story Olga Nethersole, the actress,
was an Interested witness, and she re-
marked that as these revelations went
on the courtroom was in absolute ST.
lence, the faces Of the jurymen became
drawn, and some of those who sat In
the box took no pains to conceal Their
tears.
Judge, jury. spectators, all plainly
showed how deeply moved they were.
Only Wolter, the defendant, appeared
Indifferent. He sat between a uni
formed court officer who guards him
and one of his lawyers, unmoved and
seemingly wholly indifferent.
Police Captain Edward p. Hughes,
testified that in trunk in VOTERS
fat he found a memorandum book
which contained this entry:
Ruth Amos Wheeler, aged fifteen.
American, lives with parents; 81 a
week.
Blood Stains on Wolter's Shirt.
John FL. Larkin, adjunct professor
Of pathology in the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, testified that at
the request of the district attorney he
visited the room In which Ruth Whee-
Ter is supposed TO have been stran-
gled and burned. He found in the fire
place part of the frontal bone of the
human skull, ana that and all the
carefully collected sweepings from the
fireplace he submitted for examination
to Professor Huntingdon.
AT the police station he examined
the iron shield or summer piece taken
from the front Of the fireplace and a
portion of brick taken out Of the
fireplace construction. From both OF
these objects he had removed speci-
mems of burned flesh.
The police had given to him two
blood stained handkerchiefs which
they had found on VOTERS person and
also the blood stained shirt which
formed part of one OF The fire escape
bundles. These blood stains he had
to microchemicaI examina-
tions and found them to be human
blood.