Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-10
WANDERER IN
CONF FE:SSji|0N OF
BRUTAL CRIME
Admits He Deliberately
Killed Wife and Tramp
Whom He Deceived.
SOUGHT FREEDOM
AND .WIFE'S MONEY
Former Army Lieutenant Breaks
Down Under Grilline and Relates
Details Of Plot Thru Which He
Sought to Frame Up Robbery Story
and Show That Mrs. Wanderer Was
Killed 1y>Tramp.

q and Show That Mrs. Wanderer Was
Killed Hy>Tramp.
BY Associated Press.
Chicago. July 10.-Formal charges
of murder were prepared today by
States Attorney Hoyne. to be prefer.
red against Carl Wanderer, the ex-
army lieutenant who confessed last
night, to the killing Of his wife and a
tramp.
The motive for the murders was
first given by Wanderer as a desire
to go back into the army. free from
marital ties. It was later revealed.
according to the police. that he
wished the inheritance of the estate
and did not intend to rob her. nor
had he planned for his other victim
to rob her.
III his confession. police said, Wan
derer declared that he had deliberate
" shot to death his bride OF q few
months in the hallway and that he
also shot an unwilling victim OF his
planning, a man unarmed, whom he
enticed there so he could kill him and
then accuse him OF having tried to
rob him and his wife, who in two
months would have become mother.
Tramp Partially identified.
The unidentified man used by Wan
derer to pose as q xobber and then
slain, was partly identified as Will
liam Noeth. who, in 1911 or 1912 was
employed by Gentry Brothers circus
while in South Bend, Ind
An,5ther twenty-four hours OF eva :.
sion on Vanderer's part and he would
In all probability have been free of
the opportunities OF the police, it was
declared today at police headquar-
ters.
They had held him without charge
snd obtained a confession, police of
fcials said. just in time to avoid q
writ of habeas corpus or an arrange
ment for bond. >
Rope For Murderer.
We shall 80 before the grand jury
Monday and ask his indictment on a.
tchartse OF MURDER" State ATTORNEY
Hoyrle said. 'It is one Of the most
cold -blooded and ,revolting crimes in
8 Chicslgo's history. We shall ask an
immediate trial and the rope.''
4 want to be hanged" wanderer
commented. II hope to join her in
death. wonder If she will forgive
me. Well, loved her too much to
let another man get her. But I did
not want her myself
Wanted to Be Free.
Wnnderer said that he did not wish
70 desert his wife and join the army.
but wished to be free"
He was moved from the ce1l ba 81.
cupie.d in the detention home ve.+ar
day TO the death CELL"
He continued: "I certainly wi,,
sleep much better now. I feel 8, great
aeai better with that off my chest. I
mad bad dreams and the picture Of
the hallway with my wife lying there
came back once in Al while. feel
/ llke q new man and Tn ready to kick
OH whenever they want to take me /.
one OF the anomolies Of the case
which misled the police for weeks
was the romance Of the, couple and
their happy married life, suppos-
edly. Carl. who had never .smoked,
cheWed, drank or indulged in slang.
] mad but one love affair, the one with
Ruth Johnson. who became his wife
at the conclusion Of the war romance.
Hired Tramp to Aid Plot.
When he had finished he Iett oniy
one point In doubt, the idenrlry e. the
poorly dressed tramp whom he had
hired from the street to frame" a
holdup, which was to be his excuse
for killing both his aid and the bride
OF q year, who was 81 years old. The
wife had been busy making clothes
for a baby who was expected within
month.
Night was falling and dusk had
shadowed States Attorney Hoyne's
private office when the man decided
to come clean"
let ms clean UP and I'll tell you
everything" he said. Secretary
George T. Kenney ran for a tooth
brush, toothpaste, and safety razor
Wanderer washed and shaved calmly
X Iuen ne SSdISO u4IuSeI DeIOre the
states attorney. his aids. a, Ste
nographer. and the police, and told
them the following:
Afraid He Would SqueaI."
II shot my wife. ThensI shot the
bum because I was afraid he would
squ,sal. I did it because I was tired
Of her. I wanted to go back to the
free and easy life Of the army.
warlted to get the dough she had. Sc
4 figured it all out and planned tc
make 1t look like a robbery.
"lMonday afternoon I went down.
town to buy SOME butcher knives fol
my fathers shop. When I got them
+ went over on West Madison street
near the Midcity bank at Halsted
There found the bum. asked hin
if lie wanted to earn some money
easy and he did. I let on I wanted
him to drive an automobile. / TOLD
him to meet me at o'clock at Lin
colrl and Lawrence avenues.
."rhe Saturday before had tol6
my. wife to draw the money out Of