Bisbee daily review., 1920-10-21
Tells Jurors Police Forced Confession By Brutality

N1lCAGO, OCI- ZU.-CdTl all C derer, testifying in his own de- fense in the. trial for the murder of his wife, declared he was inno- cent and repudiated the signed statement in which he confessed staying his wife, and the unborn child and vagabond he said he hired to. stage a mimic holdup and thus divert suspicion from himself. He said the confession was wrung from him by bully ragging and violence" and that he made it "so the detective would let him alone and let him get a little sleep" He was beaten and mauled in his cell until he confessed. he testi- fled. Dr. Hickson, head of the Psycopathic hospital, previously testified the defendant was insane and had the mind of a 10-year-old child. He was insane at the time of the murder and when he made II6 COAlSSS.tll, itl. I1lChoOh Sdlu he believed.
 Hummed Irish Ballad
 Wanderer entered the court room humming an Irish love bal lad At no time during the three hours he was on the stand did he hesitate in answering questions.
 He repeated the original version of the shooting of his wife by the tramp and the slaying of the hobo, telling almost. gord for ward the story given the police Iie cay O. the affair and which made him hero until he was arrested charg- ed with murder.
 Ruth (his wife) and I went to a picture show" he said. ''On the way back l noticed ragged stranger following us, but thought little of it until later when I rec ognized him as the man 1 had shot. Ruth went into the vestI- bule in the hallway ahead of me. I could see the outlines of a man, but before I could do anything he began firing. I drew my revolver and emptied it in his direction"
 Says Did Not Shoot Wife
 Did you shoot?" asked one of IKTandarar'c lawvnrc
 q shot in the direction of the man." he replied.
 Did you shoot your wife?"
 No, sir, I did not shoot my wife" said Wanderer.
 Wanderer told them how his mother-in-law had come to the door and found him with a strang- CT and beating him with a gun. He then told of his arrest ana the confession.
 Coroner Hoffman, he said, threatened him, land tried to break to work on my emotions"
 He told me the spirit of Ruth was lowering over me-" said Wan derer.
 Broke Bone In Foot
 He asked me if I could not see Ruth and the baby 0here above me. Other officers shook their fists under my face. One stamped on my foot and broke bone in it.. Another hit me on the nose until it bled.
 Hoffman repeatedly said to me: Carl, you know you shot your wife and this stranger and that you paid him to stage a holdup so it would look like you had shot in self defense, and killed her ac- cidentally. You know you were tired of married life and wanted to go back into the army Final ly l was all in. l wanted to rest, peace and quiet. l thought of tNe fake 'holdup idea and wove my story around it. l confessed to es- cape their bully raging and vio- lence"
 Confession Was Forced
 Under cross examination by the state Wanderer said he did not re- member saying he was making a confession Of his own free will or saving it could be used against him. In reply t5 questions from his attorneys, Wanderer said he had been hit on the head with a baseball while overseas and bad ly hurt and that his head also had
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