The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-07-10
ADMITS MURDER
OF TWO; LOVED
WIFE TOO WELL"
Former Army Officer Carl Wan.
derer Confesses to Brutal
Crime to Chicago Police
STRANGER ALSO VICTIM
Invited Ragged Unknown to
Home so He Could Slay Him
and Then Pin Blame on Him

Chicago, July 10.-Carl Wanderer,
former army lieutenant, and confess.
ed slayer of his wife, an unidentified
stranger, was ordered held to the
grand jury on two charges of mur-
der by the coroner, this afternoon.
States Attorney McClay Hoyne will
demand an immediate hearing and the
death penalty for Wanderer, who con
fessed last night to the horrible
crime, which had baffled detection for
weeks.
The motive was first given by
Wanderer as desire to go back in
the army free from martial ties; later
it was revealed according to the po.
lice. that he wished to inherit her
estate and did not intend to rob her.
Wanderer is said to have signed his
confession after cody reading over
the stenographic copies Of his state.
ment. He said calmly that he was
through talking and was waiting for
the hanging according to police
officers.
Wanderer was taken to detention
home No. where heavy guard was
placed over him to prevent escape or
an attempt to harm himself.
Enticed on Victim
In his confession police said he had
deliberately shot to death his bride OF
a few months and he also shot an un-
whiting victim OF his planning, man
unarmed whom he enticed to his home
so, he could kill him and then accuse
him of having tried to n BIB him and his
wife.
I In two months his wife would have
become a mother. The unidentified
man used by Wanderer to pose as a
robber and then slain was partly iden-
titled as VIM. Noeth. who in 1911 or
1912. was employed by circus while
in South Bend, Ind. r.t
i"We shall go before the grand jury
and ask his indictment on charge OF
murder" States Attorney Hoyne said.
1T is one of the most cold blooded and
boldest crimes in the history of Chi.
cago We shall ask immediate trial
and the rope"
J..-a. -, Wants 80 Hang -
81 want to be hanged" Wanderer
said. II hope to join her in death.
l wonder if she will forgive me. Well,
loved her too much to let another
man get her but didn't want her
myself"
Wanderer said he did not wish to
desert his wife and join the army but
wished to be free"
One of the anomalies of the case
was the romance of the couple and
their supposedly, happy married life.
Carl had never smoked, chewed, drank
or indulged in slang; had but one love
became his wife.
Family Can't Believe It
"She was the only girl l ever kiss
ed" he told the police. He took her
to church every Sunday. They mar
ried after he returned from France.
The family Of the dead wife ex-
press reluctance to believe the con.
fession.
'Ive got to hear it from his own
lips before I'll know what to think"
said Ruths brother, Carl Johnson.
"I'll go down to see him today and
then I'll ask him." ..
Wanderer would not allow his
mother to be notified. From June q
until yesterday the mystery had been
known as the lease without a clue"
The story Of how the ragged
stranger was hired to be the unwilling
victim in the double maner was told
by Wanderer in the same, cold blood
ed, Unconditional way he related the
story of his wife's death.
Hired Stranger
He picked up the man on the west
side on the day of the murder by
offering him job as truck driver.
An appointment was made for that
evening. When the stranger came,
Wanderer told him he wanted
the man to follow Mrs. Wander
err into the apartment and stage
a fake holdup. The stranger agreed
Wanderer returned home and dined
with his wife and mother-in-law.
Then he took Mrs. Wanderer to the
movies. He had two guns in his pock-
cts. both loaded. When they returned
to the theater, the stranger played his
part as expected and was met with a
steam of lead. Wanderer then shot
his wife, once in the knee and once in
the breast. She died in few minutes
Her only words were: "The baby!"
The child was expected in two months.
When witnesses arrived the ragged
stranger was on the floor shot in
half-dozen places and Wanderer was