The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-20
Adelaide Wheeler Gives Dam
aging Testimony Against
Wolter, Alleged Murderer
PRISONER UNMOVED;
SETS LIKE A STOlC
Defense May Attempt to Prove
Boy Innocent Victim of Fiend-
ish Plot-Court Room
Crowded.

NEW YORK. April 2o.--The
most damaging witness to-day against
Albert w. Wolter. on trial for the
murder OF ruth wheeler, the 10
year=old-- steaossaps aesT-~~sstss "a defn4tf.
Wheeler. a sister of the murdered
girl. She positively Identified all OF
the pieces of charred clothing. this
necklace and umbrella introduced A:
belonging to her SISTER, Ruth. anu
awore positively that the body shown
her in the station house was that oi
her sister.
Attorney Scott, for NAofter Sub
jected her to a merciless cross-ea'
animation but failed 10 shake her. she
broke down and had TO be assisted
weeping from the stand
An interested spectator was Olga
INethersoie, who had Il seat along side
of Judge Foster:
Slowly but surely the State is weld
j ing a chain OF eiFe#HHssaHstiHf evidence
about the alleged slayer OF Ruth
Wheeler. He sits unmoved and un'
| ruffied as witness after witness con
meets him with the murder of tns
/ child stenographer.
Apparently the boy does not rea-
/ lie the enormity of the charge against
| him. He gives no more heed to ths
/ damaging statements Of the States
| witnesses than do the hardened eourI
! attaches
/ Ii is purely upon circumstantia
evidence that the State hopes to con
! Wet, but Assistant District Attorney
! Moss declares he has fixed together
/ the threads OF the story in SO con
/ ytncing a manner that he can ahso
Z fatsa ip ,,cfr nc IL
scene in VOTERS apartment wher
! Ruth Wheeler. fighting for her honor
| lost her life
| intination of Defense.
The first real intimation Of the hns
of defense came when Attorney Scott
for the defense. began cross examining
/ the States witnesses. He sought :,
prove that the fire escape gpon which
Ruth Wheeler's body was found cnuis
be reached from the roof OF the build
ing and by other persons than Wolter
| 1t Is said the defense will seek to shep
that Miss Wheeler was killed by sorni
man other than Wolter. who ,a'nningi,
sought to put the crime upon tn,
youth.
/ Wolter was brought across from Til,
Tonlhs early and the big crowd tina
gathered In Center street TO see hin
cross the bridge OF sighs' connect
ling the prison and court building wa
! disappointed
The first two witnesses called wer'
Jennie Fisher. who sold paint to Vol
| ter the day Ruth Wheeler disappeared
! and Police Captain Edward Hughes
who ordered VOTERS arrest
The evidence OF the Fisher girl wo
{ previously taken TO he introduced II
affidavit form. but fears that sucl
action might result In reversal Il
case Of conviction caused the prosecu
tor to have the girl delay Californii
trip so that she could tell her stor.
in person. The paint she sold Wolfe
was used on the fireplace in which Mis-
Wheeler's body was burned.
Captain Hughes identified the bun
die in which the body was found, tn
blood stained shirt marked W." TIL
picture wire which was tied abou
the dead girls legs, and the other piec
found in VOTERS trunk. pieces o
charred bones and corset steels foun
] I'm the fireplace In VOTERS room. an
told of turning over the body TO Pro
fessor Larkin for examination