Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-22
SLAYER OF WOMAN
ENDS LIFE IN CELL
Insurance Broker Hangs Him
self With Belt ard
Collar.
NOTED MICHIGAN MYSTERY
Body of Miss Frieda Weichman
Found Near Railroad
Track.
tBy Assocla;cn presa l

Eva S''iN '-H'->' .ti-fi December 2l.-
"i'hin foot OF guard who had been
stationed outside his cell to thwart
any attempt at suicide. Milo II. Piper.
ioca! Insurance broker, charged with
the murder OF Miss Freda weich,nan.
OF Chicago. hanged himself in his cell
tonight.
Officials OF the Jail FOR a time de-
MED that Piper had ended his life. but
after az examination DR. Samuel a.
Jackson. county physician. announced
the accused man was dead
Piper. Ii Is said. removed his collar.
twisted IL as nearly into the shape Of
rope as possible and secured it
neit through the collar he fastened
II TO the cross bars OF the cell gate
and and threw the weight Of his body into
the moose. ending his life.
Sheriff Stau1er. fearing he might at
tetnpt suicide. had stationed Jail at
Tn;at 1ache to constantly watch his cell.
tarilE unguardcd. Piper slipped his be IL
through the bars and completed his
PREPARATIONS.
Up to the last Piper maintained his
innoGence in connection with the death
OF the "eichman girl who he was
ccnarsed with killing in order TO hide
from ms wife and child here his al
in 1916.
Eor several days the accused man
according TO Jail officials
Piper's suicide brings TO an end orc
OF Mb,eh ehe ,imn,r, m9st battling mysteries with
TO deal. In the spring of 1917 the body
oil young woman was unearthed by
railroad laborers near here. Efforts at
identihcation then were unsuccessful.
ana the coroner's jury returned a GER
DICT that the unidentified woman had
met death from an undetermined cause.
KNOWN AS TENNIS STAR
Local officials continued their inves-
legations. which led recently to the
identifcation OF the body by means of
man. of Chicago. a bookkeeper and
KNOWN locally as tennis star.
wsinSstner inquiry showed that Miss
giving the name Of Milo H. Piper,"
at Rensselaer. Ind. in March. 1917.
Returning to Muskegon officials
questioned Piper. who lived here Win
MS wife and three-year-old child pip
That night he ned from Muskegon to- o
Hamilton, Ont, where he was arrested
last SATURDAY and brought here charged
Win the murder.
Inc accused man admitted to the
authorities that he had known Miss
WSeichman; We that he had travelled about
as man and wife. but that she had
left him suddenly at Kansas CITY. Ao
co:ding TO his story he and Miss WEIGH
man had not been married, but another
man. one John Sheldon" had weddcd
the girl in Chicago. using Piper's name
Later lie said sheldon" gave her TO
him TO live with his wife Piper de-
c'ared throughout the examination thar
ne knew nothing of how the woman
met her death or OF her burial in the
lonely roadside grave Efforts TO iden
t:% Sheldon or william, f;,id
berg" whom Piper said accompanied
me couple on the motor trip, were un
availinE. vi"
Relatives and friends of Miss WEIGH.
man; or Chicago. notified the local au-
,hoFities they could identify the Mus
kegon man as the Milo III. Piper 10
whon the girl had been married and
mad been summoned here for the hear
ing tentatively set for December ga
letters from Miss Weichman written
curing her tour of a dozen States with
pipcr' according to the police indi.
Ga.ed E that as the tour drew to an end
ilper hegan to tire Of her and caused
hcr 10 worry over her safety
inc route Travelled on the return
3ourneS had been traced to Kansas City
ana oihcials were continuing their in
on the theory that Piper.
rearing exposure of his alleged big
amy, ann had killed her just before reach
Mrs. liilda Carlson Piner. the dead
mans wife. who had remained un-
shaken in her belief in Piper's inno-
cence. was near collapse Tonight when
she learned of her husbands death