Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-02-10
TRIAL To SOLVE
MURDER MYSTERY
CASE % MRS. AUGUSTA DIETZ
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oi unusual character remain 10 be-
solved .n mo case OF murder Of
George Uiez FOR whose death Mrs.
Augusta Dietz. widow Of the slain
man and her frlend. George Nurn-
beft xas placed on trial before
Judge Kefstru
DIstl fifiy-nine gears Old. owner
NJ a0mans tailoring establishment
and rrputcd no. be- q man ~ wealth.
va. found murdered IN his home al
.71g hldine Avenue. on April brought
~ ugft from day 10 dag Some Of
tho con unriurr raised seemed al
most beyond belief. 20 moiOdramatic.
ro out of the ordinary Ncre they
The akull NJ the murdered man
had been crushed as be- ~ believed 10
have been beaten 20 death with a
mason hammer. ahich vas found IN
the room The handle ~ the ham
mer bad been wrapped with red
handkerchief l0oped ia such way
that tho murderer could keep firm
grasp IN addition 10 the hammer a
letter was found DO the room indicai-
inr that revenge vas th" motive for
the rifme
ON uight ~ tho crime Mrs Detiz
occupied bedroom adjoining that
Oi Dor husband. when questioned
by the police ho said the first thing
b. know OF the murder Was when
she vent 90 Vaken her husband
Tho letter found in the room was
unsigned written on tyop1ritcr on
yellow paper and Sas ungrammati-
cal 200 % degree that led the police TO
suspect that this feature oi the crime
had been planned 90 confuse inyesti-
gator u read. IN part as follows
f'nl Ike man that DO right
I KIN MIN like w. XIII beast. Gerry
tel mo all when she vas SICK ! work
hard and he is rich man he steal
ms little girl Poor gorly she s not
bad she Is foolish and Ike good
clothes be- gave her llc not think
she tol ne. These WrIht 81 I get
Killed young friend not done u !
rot give name o. get chance TO
hell old pix We all saved
The pallce a. first worked ON the
theory that revenge was the motive
for the crime and that either the
father or the sweetheart of some
rirl committed the murder Mrs.
Dietl vas taken into custody aud
questioned. but Was not detained
She told the police that she knew
nothing OF the circumstances men
toned IN the letter
Lack Of evidence Of O forced en-
trance to the Dietz home. as yell as
rumors Of a quarrel between Dietz
and his wife Of friendly relations be
tween Mrs Dietz aud George Nurn-
berg. a harness maker. first directed
suspicion against the accused The
testimony before the cOroner's jury.
by Mrs Detil Nurnberg. and Cabrlos
Haas. a private detective who reveal
"A 10 the police N. Friendship of
Mrs Dietz and Iurnberg. was highly
sensational
How a suspicious wife. Mrs Nurn-
berg had telephone wires tapped. In
tcrceptod letters aud her husband
trailod, was revealed In the testimo-
as of lass. the private detective.
The friendship between Mrs. DietL
aud Nurnbcrg charged by lIass. was
later admitted as true by Nurnberg
under close questioning by th"
coroner Mrs. Diet1. however. has
denied the alleged relations with
Nurnberg. despite the testimony Of
detectives that she had been In the
habit OF meeting the harness maker
In q certain house on Ontario street
The evidence of the detectives. u
Is said had been revealed to Dietz a
short time before his death. and II ID
The general belief that the prosccu-
ton viii cudeayor 10 prove thar tho
usbaud VAS murdered To prevent his
taking action To obtain n divorce
There is much speculation as IA
whether an effort viii be made to
prove that the wife was the actuaI
slayer OF her husband Physicians
who testified before the coronor's iu.
~ expressed the opinion that great
strength would not be- required "a
WELD the hammer with which Diet
was killed Mrs Dictx is n large
powerful woman
So far a. Is known there Is no ey-
idence TO connect Nurnberg with ans
nhysical action In the murder Mrs
Nurnherg stated before the coroner I.
jury and will probably give the same
testimony AZ the trial that she occu.
pied the same room with her hus
band throughout the night on which
the murder vas committed
The hammer Is expected 20 figure
conspicuously In the evidence at IN,
trial While ordinarily spoken of a.
mason's hammer. Il H. said that
the same style OF implement is com
monty used by harness makers IN
hammerlng out the inside OF heay,
work harness collars The hammer
found in nietz's room bore the name
OF the manufacturer Whetha IN,
police have succeeded In tracing tn,
implement 90 the retail dealer and
thence 10 the purchaser has not been
disclosed Bloody finger prints were
found on the handkerchief and on
the handle OF the hammer and Il g.
possible that an effort will be- made
to use these as a medium through
which % establish the identity OF the
slayer