New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-20

going clear through her heart ana an
other through her neck, were also made
by soft-nosed bullets.
Coroner Healy held a preliminary hear
ing in his office. and examined the seven
material witnesses arrested the night OF
the shooting. Joseph Golders. a jewelry
salesman, was the first to testify. He
identified the bodies of the thief and his
girl and told how he had dealt with
them.
Samuel Freedmen. Of No. 233 East Slst
street, private detective and assistant
10 Luigi Gerard-one of the surety de-
tectives wounded in the fght-told how
ne trailed Vogel, on Monday morning
from his house to ed street and Seventh
avenue. then back TO the Third avenue L.
wi re they rode 10 Hath street. From
a house at No 124 East 1lSth street Nogel
was tra.led Gown to one Of the thiei
apartments, at No 22S West 18th street.
Vogel then got an express wagon, and,
aided by two negroes, loaded on two
trunks, two valses and two suitcases.
Then F~iedner told how he followed Mr..
and Mrs. Vogel," met lis friends, Allen
and Fay, and continued on to the hotel.
The others examined were excited en-
ployes Of the hotel. and a man and wife
who came in 10 see the excitement. The
witnesses were all released
Found in Lottie's Handbag.
In 'Lotue's" handbag was found, among
other things, the cipher message. 1t read;
Il NYN NJ R-T ] y r T Nj Y Y +
Nm YAIZ My Rgot-G G Amnn."
one set of letters was placed above the
others. and at the bottom Of the paper
was a series Of crosses ending with an
arrow head.
In the trunks We're found four safe de-
post keys bearing the numbers 1891, 5S5,
,g3l and 931. On several was the name
of J. Mossman & Co, Of New York. The
detectives think It possible that more
Jewels may be found in the safe boxes.
In her hand bag was a scrap Of paper
containing notes on the railroad fare be
tween Liverpool and London, and on
time table was the name II. Lewis, steam
ship agent, No. 1123 Broadway. In the
afternoon many persons identified stolen
property as theirs.
When the bOdies Of the dead and wound
ed had been removed from the room in
the hotel the detectives found the follow
ing note scrawled upon torn sheet or
paper:
Dear Mr. Kimball: It is all over. We
are going 10 kill ourselves. Take care OF
the apartment and Lottie. Please give
her something to eat Please tell her we
have done with life. She may be happy,
but she won't forget Us. Tell her, please.
The letter was unsigned. A Mr.. Kimball
is the manager Of the Prison Association.
In the office of District Attorney Whit
man last night Sophie Beckendorf, the
young German girl who had stolen for
Vogel and who now awaits indictment,
broke down on learning of the shooting
and the deaths and made confession TO
Assistant District Attorney William d.
Embree
she told how she had been born Of
middle class family in Hamburg, where
she later worked as a stenographer. She
arrived in this country in December, 1910.
Because she knew so little English she
was unable to take up stenography here,
and so secured employment with family
'by the name of Schwartzchid." II was
there that she met another domestic,
kind Mrs. Joseph NogeL"
When Mr.. Embree told her Of the
shooting and how the woman known to
her as Mrs. Vogel had been shot through
the heart and neck she burst into tears.
Superintendent Green of Lebanon Hos
Iltal said last night that Detective Fay
would probably die before morning. The
other three patients, who were operated
on by DR.. Parker Syms, the superinten-
don't hnlinrDn rn1ld rncnNnr