New Britain herald., 1929-12-06

Searchers are pictured at the top q right i5 Ida Reuter-, another of the aDusseldorf, Germany, Dec. 6. -- Dusseldorf today is a city of dread. ltear stalks the streets and shakes tle nerves of even the strongest. Anxious mothers keep their chillren a+4 home. Fathers dread the fall of the twilight when their daughters have not yet returned from office, shop or school.
 For in this great city, which is sHch hive of German industry, a three women and four children and nfntilated Il other women,
 '.sThere is no identity clue. There isS not even certainty whether the Killer is man or woman. The best efforts of the cleverest criminal po- lne of Dusseldorf and the famous Berlin force have so far availed nllhing.
 z. Directed Police to Victim
 And the killer, with sardonic in difference to their frantic efforts, calmly mailed to a local communist paper a map which showed where they could find buried the body of one of his latest victims, little five year old Gertrude Albermann. Dig gTng was started at the point indi- an1 tho hnIu 1ltr thnra ~.Not since the Whitechapel district or the east end of London stood aghast at the series of murders com- Iltted by Jack the Ripper has any great town been so shaken as is Dusseldorf at present. The London Killer claimed eight women victims and his crimes extended over a pe- ltod running from 1887 10 1889 in- t7usive. The German Killer already has exceeded this in ten months. ~"'Jack the Ripper never was caught, despite all the efforts of far famed Scotland Yard. Indeed. one Of his victims was killed almost un- der the nose of the police. The Frightened Dusseldorfers are begin ming to wonder whether their own shuths are going to have any better luck.
 sOne of the results of their feeling is that a sort of voluntary curfeW has been put into force. Parents dc not allow their children out when dark begins to fall. They are afraid to send them to nearby stores even tas get loaf of bread. The streets off tfre main highways take on a desert dd look when night comes. Plain- clothes police are everywhere on the watch.
 'NThe last victim of the fend was litle Gertrude Albermann. It is be- lieved she was enticed away by q woman, who. on the previous day gave the child some candy and promised to come again the next day to give her another package. sSThis clue was given the police by Two other children who said a wom- an also gave them candy. They de- ssribed her as about 50 years of age, with dark hair worn close down to the neck, dark eyes and red, sun- burned face. They also accentuated the fact that she spoke with q deep lIoarse voice. So now the police are wondering whether the murderer is asman who disguises himself as a woman, or a woman who sometimes disguises herself as a man.
 Map Indicated Grave
 4sThe police were not certain as 10 the fate of the Albermann child until the local communist paper got T mysterious communication II was posted in Dusseldorf and contained a, piece of rough packing paper on which was printed with a blue pen cii 8 map showing the terrain where T alleged the chiIds body was to be found.
 At the top was written, in Ger man:
 .,oForest Forest Forest ~~Forest Forest Forest E"M Meadow Field
 Meadow Meadow a.Between the last pairs of words indicating forest land there was a tn'oss.
 sSTo the left of the map was writ ten Murder near Pappendelle.' . At the right of the map was writ fen:
 .e"At the sign of the cross lies buried the body"
 s@Below this again was written:
 "The body of the missing Gertrude Abermann lies by the Haniel Wall. Citizens in Protest
 '"Undcr the direction of Berlir criminal experts, digging was under taken there and the body Of the child finally was uncovered. Nearby ii field there was found q Uoman'e red straw hat, a WOman's leather hand bag and d bunch of keys The police have so far been unable 10 lGarn whether these were the proper lN of another victim or whether they belonged to the person committing fife crime.
 1, Dusseldorfcrs have been so wrought up over the crimes and the inability of the police 10 detect the berpetrator that they arranged a mass meeting of protest