New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-04
JAN|T0R'S WIFE SLAIN
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together the two men ran to the street.
Muhlner's first thought was to inform
the apartment house at No 522 West
1881 street, across the street Ludiret3
advised him TO report the matter TO the
police Muhlner, Harra and Ludiretz
police station and reported the matter
10 Captain Farrell The captain at once
detailed half a dozen detectives on the
case
Mrs Muhlner's body ley with the feet
toward the parlor door and the head
toward the kitchen stove. There are two
doors leading into the three rooms oc-
cupied by Muhlner One Of these doors.
the one leading into the parlor, opens
into the vestibule and the street The
second opens into the cellar and the yard.
In the rear door keyhole vas found
hanging bunch Of keys One Of the
keys fitted the lock and Tas turned go
that the door was locked from the out
side. The front door was also locked
The police ere inclined 10 believe that
the woman must have let the man in
willingly. yet they are unable 70 &C
count for the story OF the tenant who
said she saw a man skulking in the rear
yard, as though fearing detection.
Think Visitor Was Welcome.
II - also argued that Mrs Muhlners
visitor must have been a welcome one.
for the woman had gone about her reg
ular homework while the man was sit
ting in the room. Everything showed
that nothing unusual had happened until
the sudden attack on Mrs. Muhlner The
evening supper was ready to cook on the
gas stove. On the small kitchen table
were potato parings as though the
woman had been murdered while in the
act of getting supper ready.
Near the body lay two sids hair combs.
These were blood covered and bore
strands OF Mrs. Muhlner's hair. Other
wise everything else in the room was In
perfect order Not even q chair had
been disturbed.
Mrs y. A. McCabe. u'ho lives directly
over the Muhlner fat, saw the rnysteri-
GUS man In the yard, but she heard no
struggle in the room below her. she
said she saw Mrs. Muhlner alive ct
o'clock, almost Two hours after seeing
the man. Other tenants told OF seeing
the jsnitress alive between end
O'clock. These same tenants first noticed
that something vas wrong when me
electric lights. which are switched on
from the ianltor's rooms. Uere nor
turned on at o'clock. They had Just
started for the basement when Muhlner
returned and found his wife $ dead BODY
7. was said last night that Mrs. Muhl-
nar often collected tbs rents OF the mousse
>or the owners. and that the murderer
might have intended getting this money
uhen ne murdered the woman. ms
house might easily be entered from the
rear yard owing 10 the fact that thete.
are vacant yards in the rear. guarded
orlv nv low walls
cororer Holtzhause- took charge ~
the ease later IN the night ana promise"
~ make some arrests before morning.
Coroner Holtzhauser held The husoano
ra tJarra as material Witnesses The
coroner said there pes NO d"pp' " 'dS
case IF murder
CAREFUL examination Of the knife.
according 10 the detectives. showed
re,I defined finger prints Lieutenant
Faurot. the finger print expert OF the
Police Department was calico INTO 'n7
case al once He said the finger prints
we're unusually clear cut and WOULD
probably furnish important evidence.