The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-11-24
MAY BE KLEIN
WHOSE BODY WAS FOIND
HANGING TO MAPLE LIME.
Near the Old Crystal Glass Work, :.
South Of Bridgeport. on From
ell-Beaten Path.
Body and Clothes Identified by
Number Of Persons - Crime
Committed Last july.

More Eessome than Poas. Nuf.
isrs % the Rue Murgue ana per
iAps the mos appalling discovery
ever made in The annals OF crimina
history % the ohio river valley. has
ONE 10 light "a the ending ~ 'he
fead body 81 Louis Klein In thickst
IN bill west ~ the Old crystal glass
Ecrks. just south 90 bridgeport. ou
Thursday morning
klsin r. alleged % Inys he~n the
slayer OF AlrH Caroline Lipperman. ~
tellaire. me crime having been com
mittsd on ne hin east 81 the Nc
hecheD cemetery On the afternoon 81
he 11th day of IuIy ts mentiun-d
In the fun accoun' %, the AFFAIR m
ths Intelligence a. the time The
Gre~sotne discovery OF Mrs Upper.
mans dead body naa made hy Iud
Jsnsrs. Of MCMschen'- run \ bullet
hole In tho neck and another in tho
abdomen told The story ~ the vnm-
ans death. 80 Tar ~ could b. deter
mined by the coroner ~ that tltnk
The remains we're taken 10 tho Nc
dsehsn undertaking parlors of n "
Rogers. and a post mOrtem examina.
ION was conducted by DR. r. A Bar.
low under the supervision 81 Dr Nc.
.combs. coroner of Nar-hall county.
with the result as stated
Klein.~W vas a boarder ~ the
Lipporman home al Beilalre. H. said
10 have eloped with Mrs Llpperman
IN the morning or the crime Accord.
ing 90 traces OF the cscapade he Is
known 90 have been in company with
he woman in McMechcn. and that h..
also stopped at BenWood saloon in
The evening OF that day and purchas-
ed q drink Since that time nothing
more was seen % him. and the find
inE OF the body yesterday is believe 81
20 have cleared up the murder myE.
'eTy OF long standing n is the opin
ion OF the authorities that Klein.
1aunted and bounded by tho demons
~ conscience. wcnded his way to the
'one'y spot near the crystal glass
works, and there decided 10 end ~ ar
BY suiciding
oansi,na From a Limb
q was early NoHterdnv Nhen
Albert Friend. of bridgeport. came
down on fhc hin aboye the Cr,s
tai glass works He Ras follow
ing a narrow path through tho thick
cts of thar vicinity when he vas at.
tracted 10 tho side of The path Only
hy chance did he observe the body or
human being suspended from q
limb lie hurried 20 bridgeport. and
meeting Marshal Archie NcClairr.
fold him of rho grew some mud The
ofhoer In turn notified coroner Nc-
serly. and after viewing the remains
the coroner had them taken 60 The
Adolph undertaking establishment
AID
Oficer Marx. OF Beilairc. Who knew
Klein. but aside from Identifying tho
clothing which wac of dark brown
The oficer could say nothing moro
but he wa sure hat it Was the body
of Klein
Tho body ehen found. va. boo o.
partially sitting at'itude. the hEht
branch Of tho mspic tree to which
fhe man had hanged himself being
weighed down ln rho pockets were
found small mirror. penkrifo. pine.
tobacco. matches and door ker
Those vii ho uerd in evidence hy
nc coroner Iu ire course ~ his i'm.
vestiEation
Flesh Was Oecayed
Prom the tacf that tho nesh on tie
body was ln bad state of ferompo
sition. iu fact had almost dccsyeI
and the protrud.nr hores were bi4rt
here ~ little doubt huf that Klein
hsnFed himself shori, after rho
rhine ilad mo aufhoriucs ~ Whes.
ing and reirhhorinE foNue known
his The Ions and pcrsever.ug search
H uon'hs past could have boon
d.. Oidef
ptNcrs Nnu viewed .He remain.
so-s " them acquainted with kIrtr.
vrfs positive that f uas bis body
rtey said the slre Of fhe bodt cor
appended with fAat of Klein and f-..
(CoHtinusa on n rhth raa.l