The Washington times., 1920-07-19
.OTHERWOMAN.
.|NCASE FREED
Pretty Julia Schmitt Proves to
Be innocent Dupe OF Man
Who Killed Three.

CHICAGO, July 19.-During the
past week the interest OF the entire
nation has been centered upon the
amazing developments In the murder
OF Mrs. Ruth Wanderer by her hus-
band. Lieut.. Carl Wanderer
Probably in all the annals OF crime
there has been no more cold -biooded,
cruel staying than the calmly staged
tragedy in which the young bride,
her unborn babe and q derelict strang-
er hired to "hold up" the little family
were slain after Wanderer had induc-
ed his wife to withdraw their savings
of 81, 800 from a bank.
Outrof a mass OF contradictions. in
which Wanderer asserted that he had
killed, his beautiful wife and their
prospective heir because he wanted
10 return to the "easy life OF the
army" the Inevitable woman in the
case" has been fourd--an innocent
victim OF the Establishments Of the
man who had proclaimed himself one
OF the heroes of the World War.
"GIRI. IN CAsEv RELEASED.
Detained by the police when they
learned that she had received an I'M
psssioned letter from Wanderer SIX
days after his murdered wife had
been buried. pretty Miss Julia Schmitt
proved beyond the shadow OF doubt
4 tndl Sne was iunoteht iaStot ~
his plots ard plans and was released
! after an exhaustive investigation con-
cerning her relations with the slayer.
For hours Wanderer was grilled on
the same subject at the States attor-
ney's office. but he refused to make
any 'admissiops regarding his inten-
tions toward the girl, explaining that
e',had told all ard would make no
further admissions.
. LII Inn haV N q
temporarily abandoned, he was put
through rigid sanity test before
Drs. William o. Cron, John j. Ma
honey and Charles Lee Heit, who
found him normal mentally.
HOLDS HIS BIBLE.
'T am tired Of being bounded" said
wapderer repeatedly during his cues
tioning. "I have told all l have to
tell. and I want time to read my
Bible"
Throughout the griliing he held the
Bible except when he was required
to move about in the sanity test.
Referring to the girl. whose rela-
tion to the case was established by
his love letter to her, Wanderer said:
"I knew Julia Schmitt for a year
and admired her as a pretty girl, but
she had nothing to do with this case
at all and had never talked OF mar
riage to her. She knows nothing about
me or any plans or performances OF
mine and ! never spoke4ruer words.
1 swear it" f' ~
The police are convinced by the
trend Of WANDERERS answers, COM
bined with his attentions to the girl,
that, however inG6tent, she may be,
he had her included in his plans wheh
he had attained his freedom by the
brutal means he had decided upon
the elaborate hold-up plot which
brought death to his wife and unborn
baby and the luckless ragged
stranger" John J! Maioney.
HAD BEEN OUT WITH HIM.
In the final questioning of the girl,
who was kept entirely apart from
Wanderer, both at the Detention
Home and the States attorneys
office. she admitted that she had been
out with him eight times in rather
rapid succession, during which time
his wife was killed in the supposed
hold-up. He had never proposed mar
rage, she insisted.
She said she met him in juno. 1919.
and that, although he frequently
spoke TO her and patted her shoul-
ders or chucked her chin when she
came to the grocery store, he had
never asked her to go out with him
until three weeks before the shooting
OF his wife.
: When that shooting informed her
far the first time that Wanderer was
n married man she was indignant and
had no desire to see him again, she
said. Yet she admitted that he in
duced her to go out with him. three
times after that, including the night
before the arrest.
SAYS HE WAS LONELY,
Though this on it's face would seem
TO involve the girl. she made IL clear
that wanderer begged her FIRST to
meet him following the death OF his
wife on the plea that he was going
away to join the army and wanted TO
apologize for having deceived her.
she went with him and insisted that
her sister Hilda, twenty-two, come
with them.
Then he begged for a moment alone
with her on Monday night last and
she reluctantly consented for the
last time" They roGe around toe
North Side together for two hours
and when they arrived home the girl,
against his protestations, bade him
good-by forever. '.s u. ...
She was corroborated in this, me
statement by wanderer. but he in
sists that he never sought to win the
girl, and was merely lonesome for
some one"
CERTAIN HE Is LYING.
The authorities are certain that the
slayer is lying in this particular. His
attentions to Miss Schmitt and a batch
of letters hidden in his personal
effects have led them to the belief,
rather, that he was inspired to the
crime by his love for other women.
White the stage for the new in
duisition was being set the grand
Jury returned two true bills against
the former army officer for murder.
Carl johnson, brother of the slain
woman, was the nrst witness. Sergt.
John Norton followed with the story