Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-30
BY Associated Press.

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Chicago, Oct. SO.-The ragged
stranger for whose murder Carl
Wanderer is still under Indictment
was identified today as John Barrett,
ex- Canadian soldier.
The identification Of the man was
made at the county morgue by Her.
bert Potter, also IL Canadian, who
said he had known Barrett well for
some time prior to the murder.
In a confession introduced in the
trial of Wanderer for the murder of
his wife and her unborn baby Wan
derer said he hired the stranger to
stage fake holdup which would give
him an opportunity to shoot his wife.
and also confessed shooting the
stranger to conceal his testimony.
In the trial Wanderer repddiated sthe
confession.
Wanderer Jubhant.
Wanderer, found guilty Of murder
ing his wife and their unborn child by
a jury yesterday and sentenced to
twenty-five years in the penitentiary,
was jubilant today at having escaped
the hangman's rope.
Wanderers guilt or innocence OF
the death of the ragged stranger" J"
who helped stage the fake holdup in
which Mrs. Wanderer was slain, was,
not passed upon by the jury. The
death Of the stranger is covered by
another indictment. The state can
bring Wanderer to trial on that
charge, but ATTACHES Of the court
doubted last night that such action
would be taken.
T. The Jurors decided that the red
haired butcher boy is sane. They
decided that he committed what AS
sistant States Attorney James C.
O'Brien termed the most atrocious
crime in the history of Cook county"
And then they decided that he should
pay by serving twenty five years in
the penitentiary.
L knew they couldn't crack me-
said Wanderer. as he left the court
room. Il owe everything to Ben
Short. He told me not to worry
and knew I'd never swing"
The young man was in high spirits.
An ovation greeted him as he entered
the third tier of cells in the county
Jail. The criminals held there shout
ed their approval Of the verdict
Judge Scores.
The verdict aroused the ire of
Judge Pam. He criticized the jury
men.
"You have erred" the judge assert
o. tnn ho%
lieved him insane, but that you were
afraid an insanity verdict would not
have kept him locked up. Why, men,
| would have sent him away for such
long time that he would never kill
again. A grievous error-you call him
wife murderer and say that he shall
pay with twenty-five years imprison-
ment. A regrettable error-and, mind
you, don't want to be in the position
Of criticizing jury"
O'Brien Is Astonished.
Assistant States Attorney O'Brien
was 6umfounded by the verdict
What absurdity, what ineptitude!"
he exclaimed. They found him guilty
of numbering his beautiful young
wife. the trusting woman who was
about to become a mother, and they
give twenty-five years. What fallacy.
what foolishness!"
Credit for saving Wanderers neck
was given to Attorneys Benedict j.
Short and George Guenther by mur-
der trial fans last night. They de-
clared the mysterious, bewildering de-
tense presented by these two attor-
neys saved Wanderers life.
"BefuddIed Jurors Brains"
THAT weird defense that denied
everything and claimed but little SO
befuddled the brains of those jurors
that they could not decide what was
evidence and what was not" said a
court clerk who has sat thru num-
berless trials. They were all mixed
up, they didn't know what to do. So
they compromised by finding him
guilty and giving him twenty five
years"
Attorneys stated that the Wander
er case would go down in the law
books In large type. 1t is said to rep
resent the first marked success of the
"bewildering defense"
Discarded Confession.
The story Of the verdict was told