Evening star., 1927-11-14
s. AND TWO RINGS
PAID FOR KILLING
Husband Hires "Friend" to
Choke Wife While They
Were Out Driving.
BY the Associated Press.


MILWAUKEE, Wis. November
14.-Three dollars in cash and two
diamond rings stripped from life.
less hand were the price police said
Alvin Greenwaldt paid for the Staying
of his wife Emma-the wife with
whom he had lived for ID years with
never quarrel.
GreenwaIdt, who is Sc. and Arthur
+. Paetzold, alias Kelly, II years
Younger. are held in the Waukesha,
{ MIS-, Jail for the crime. committed a
week ago, and it was on confessions
the two are said to have made that
police revealed details of the uXorclde
Insurance carried on Mrs. Green
waldt was the motive Greenwaldt said
led to the killing. There was $4,000
life and SIS. 900 accident insurance.
PaetZold was the actual slayer. ac-
cording to the confessions. stranglng
Mrs. Creenwaldt to death as she sat
between him and her husband in
coupe bound for Mount Horeb. Wis,
the Greenwaldt's home, from Milwau-
kee.
Death came while the woman sat
with laugh on her lips, the PaetZold
confession said, as PaetZolds flngers
frightened around her neck. There
was a moment during which the BODY
fiexed under the unrelenting pressure.
then, the confessions said, the lifeleSs
body of the 36-year-old woman Slid
gently to the floor of the car.
Paid ".AII the Cash" He Had.
The money police say Greenwaldt
confessed paying PaetZold was all the
cash he had. The rings. which were
taken from his wife's hand after her
body had been lifted from The coupe,
were valued at $500 Greenwadt in
the confession said he had promised
$500 more as soon as he collected the
insurance.
PaetZold told police that it wasn't
the money that induced him to agree
to take part in the staying, but be-
cause Greenwaldt was "a good fellow"
Had money been his object. he added.
he would have insisted on full pay
ment before committing the crime.
The woman's body. partly clad and
bearing signs of an attack. was found
last Monday near Waukesha, Wis.
Greenwaldt later staggered into road
house nearby with a story OF having
been siugged and of his wife's having
been attacked and killed by bandits.
Confesses to District Attorney.
Yesterday, just as officers believed
further questioning would be futile.
Greenwaldt asked District Attorney
Herman Salem to take him for a
motor ride.
Salem, unarmed and slight of stat
ure. obtained the confession from
Greenwaldt. a six-foot-four giant. as
the little car rolled along the country
roads. PaetZold. few hours later.
confirmed and supplemented the story.
Paetzold said the three of them,
crowded on the single seat. were joll
ing and laughing as the car, with
Greenwaldt at the wheel, hummed
homeward through the night. Paetz-
old's story was that he threw his
arms about the woman, seeking a
kiss; that she laughingly sought to
avoid the embrace, and that he then
choked her.
Body Left i'm Field
The body was taken into a field,
where the husband tore her clothing
partly from her to indicate botn rob- |
berry and attack. Paetzold they drove |
on with the car, which he later aban- |
doned, according to prearra ngement, |
and Greenwaidt walked to the road
house, outside Of which he struck him
self with a large stone to give ver-
similitude to his story of being at
tackled In falling his head hit against
another rock and he was unconscious
several minutes.
Police said Paetzoid readily told his
story when confronted by Greenwaldt.
His one concern, he told them, was