Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-29
MURDERER OF RUTH WhEELER
PUT TO DEATH " ELEcTRo-
cur,oh At SING SING.
DECLARES HE suFFEREp
FOR CRIMES OF ANOTHER
Crime Which Shocked Country Two
Years Ago Expiatsd Esrly Today-
WoItsr Said to Offer Least Rssist.
anee to Electric Current ef Any MUIR
dsrsr Executed At Sing Sing.

Ossining. N. Y, Jan. 2s--Albert VOL
ter was put to death in the, electric
chair at Sing Sing prison at 5:Al
o'clock this morning for the murder OF
16-year r-old Ruth Wheeler nearly two
years ago.
The girl came to VOTERS fat in
New York in search Of employment
and he killed her after she had been
mistreated. Wolter left statement
with Warden Kennedy denying that
he had committed the crime. So
The execution was without feature
and Wolter was declared dead after
one contact with 1860 volts.} The state
electrician said that Wolter showed
less resistance to the current than any
murderer ever put to death by elec-
tricity in Sing Sing prison.
Denies Numbering Girl.
The murderer spent his last night
quietly. At Q o'clock this morning
wolter wrote his denial of the killing.
It was on single sheet and so even
and clear were the letters formed that
the writing had the appearance OF cop
per plate. the statement reads:
warden j. S. Kennedy: To be given
to the public: Jan. 20, a. m. Now
that am departing from this earth to
go into the presence Of God. wish to
make this last statement. The world
refused me justice but our Father. IN
heaven, who knows our innermost
thoughts, He will give me pure and un-
defiled Justice. wish to state am In
nocent of the crime was convicted of.
I have been a victim of circumstantial
evidence. I hope there may come a
time when the conscience Of the per-
petrator will overpower him and nc
will come 70 the front to- acknoWledge
his guilt. It n my honest PRAYER q
God that He may bring the person
guilty Of the crime to justice that my
name may be cleared ce this stass, and
that the people may see the injustice
done me and that they killed an tnno-
cent boy. To those who, have given
me the kind assistance and have trust
ed in me give my sincerest thanks
To those who have prosecuted and
killed me for them pray Gods for
giveness."
Decision Of Court OpneIo.
Altho wolter was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence the court OF ap-
peals reviewing the case after q series
Of legal delays. declared he was fairly
tried and Justly convicted.
Ruth Wheeler met her death on
March "a, 1910. in VOTERS partments,
on the fourth foor OF a house on East
Seventy fifth street. New York. where
she had gone to seek employment as
a stenographer. Her charred body was
discovered subsequently. -
The evidence indicated that the girl
had come to her death by strangulatton
and burning after having been raw
ished. The body had been thrust into
a fire place, where 1t wasspartly burned
and concealed until it became conven-
lent to remove it in a bag to the hre
escape from which 1t was thrown %
the ground below. S
wolter admitted that he wrote the
postal card which led Ruth Wheeler g
visit his apartment and In . book kept
by him was found In her handwriting
an entry Of her name and address. A
hat pin and a ring which the girl had
worn on the morning Of her disappear
ance were found in the fireplace and
in q house to which Wolter had moved
on the following day Vas found On
umbrella which the girl. Was said to
have had with her when she left home
"Frsd Abnsr" Mover found. s,s
wolter claimed he had. never seen
the Wheeler girl. He sought to account
for the entry Of the girls name in hia
book by saying he wrote 1t there at the
dictation Of Erred Abner."' who wai
desirous of starting q school of shart-
hand and told him he was going to en-
rage Ruth Wheeler No one could bt
found to testify to the existence oi
Abner. ys
The girl who was trying to help sup
port a widowed mother, vent to the
wolter rooms in answer TO his adver.
tisement Of "stenoSra pher wanted" Shl
was terribly mtstreated and strangled
to death. a.
wolter was sentenced to be electro-
cuted on June g. 1910. but the execution
was stayed by an appeal. Altho the
law allows but six montmatn which te
argue such an appeal the case did moi
reach the court Of appeals until Dec.
.oi1 The court affirmed the judgment
Of conviction within ten days.
Parents Pay last Visit. 3
The visit OF VOTERS ,Ated pasvntl
SUNDAY afternoon was a34Sting to ell
but the doomed youth. The mcthes
collapsed in her sons arms and cried
bitterly.
After his parents had LETT: the youth
said to the guards:
.Poor old mother. how sorry feel Sfo.
her, and poor old dad, TOO. = don..
mind going to the electric chair. but y
i. terrible on them. wiillbe glad wlseI
It's all over" ~ ssf
The Rev. F. r. Buernaeyer. who -.
mained with the condemned man dur
,n< the evening. said woltlr seemed
reconciled to his fate. s
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