The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-12-17
VOGT'S WIFE GAVE
Sign F0R'ARREST
AS RIVALS SLAYER
Says She Was in Constant Ter
-. ror From Day He Muir
dered Nine. Guth.
LED HIM INTO A TRAP.
Slayer, Who Was Shot While
Resisting Arrest, Makes a
Fun Confession.
LED HIM INTO A TRAP.

Oscar vost. who 70 IN Bellevue Hos-
Uftal. suffering from . bui1et wound IN.
Mcted BY a detectives revolver last
night. has confessed that he killed Nine.
Agnes outh IN her home. No. sos West
Eishty-fo,rth street. on Dso ., and
utterly bswails the fact that e was
his wife who made his capture possible.
Mrs. Vogt BY q prsarVanged signal,
warned Detective Norman Connolly nat
vogt was approaching at Twenty-second
street and THIRD avenue last night
Vogt resisted arrest and tried 10 slaah
Connolly with q rasor. Tho detective
fired two shots. tho frst at the ground
The bullet bounded and landed in the
thigh OF George Palmer Of No. EOS East
Twsnty-first street The second sho
struck Vogt on the side OF the head
and he went down. Bellevue surgeons
say he will recover.
Mrs. Theresa Vost wAs found ~ N
Evening World reported to-day at work
ia the Kitchen OF Psbst's Casino IN
Harlem, whore abe u employed ~ .
cook. she said she slept soundly last
nssht for the first time since she read
In the newspaper that her husband was
D fugitive charged With the murder "
; Mime. 0uth.
AS soon - read Of the crime in the
papers" said Mrs. vogt II knew that
Oscar would be around. All his life he
has been depending on women for help
when he was IN trouble.
u Game here from Switzerland six
1sars ago and met vogt four years
go while I we working In q rsstau-
rant In Hoboksn. He posed ~ an sx-
e(icsr Of the Swiss army and talked
~ about an estate to which. he vas
hDk In 0wttssriand. He was working
Asn-as discovered iater-as q cook,
ev b. was also aba 70 play the plano
= saloons end dance halls. He was Alb.
szai With his money.
AFTER read that vogt had killed
0ms outA went 10 my room only to
SAAnss NJ clothes. I sleep nights 81
~ homo q my friend. Nrs. Trossr. at
-. NJ East Twsnky -seoonA street.
~ Afraid q vo6e knew he would
Annt ne up.
Last wednesday night I had thinss
= Do q my room and I went to bod
tAsrA About II O'Clock there was a
onook ct the door went to the door.
Oscar Wa outside.
Let me In for 0oa's saks!' he aid.
Z ask you on my knees. I am In trouble
end nsed help. II you help me get away
= Vou win never So me- again. I viii kill
uvsslf.'
Il told him to 20 away or would
scream for the police didn't near
him again. but I was afraid ne was
Watching the house. The next morning
I climbed down TIE fire escape snd sent
. neighbor out for . policerrSa. and tho
Doaaceman escorted me to the Third ave-
eus station ct Twsnty-third stpeet when
started to work.
When I got up here I told Manager
Heuser and he telephoned to Deputy
Police Commissioner Dougherty that
Vogt had been to my room. Then De-
tsotive Connolly came up and told me
he had been assigned to shadow me
always when ! was on the street.
was instructed to pull my handker-
cheif from my mum and wipe my face
Il I saw vogt approaching
Everywhere I went that detective
was close by. | saw him on the elevat-
ed train when was coming downtown
last night and he was right behind me
when | got Off Mt Twenty-thlr1 street.
] started down Third avenue to go to
Mrs. Troger's. AS | approached Tween
ty-second street, oscar stepped out OF
u doorway.
Il puii.-i NY iian,ia >i,i-f uui OF my
nun and began to wipe my face. Oscar
must have recognized that as a signal.
because I saw him reach into his
pocket and whip out . razor and then
saw the detective starting toward
him. turned and ran all the way 20
Mrs. Troger's. As | was crossing the
street | heard two pistol shots Later
heard that Oscar had been shot and
was prisoner In Bellevue and went
peacefully to sleep for the mrs, time
IN week.
Vogt wasted no tina in making a
confession after no reached the hos
pital. First he told the detective who
ka,ot him that he killed Mrs. Vogt.