Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 37, Number 72, 29 January 1912 — Page 6

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CLAIMS KiuOCEHCE DEF0CUTi Albert Wolter, 21, Dies Gamely His Crime Was a Most Brutal One.

(National News Association) 8IXO 8IN0. N. Y., JU. 29. Albert W. Wolter, 21, was electrocuted at five-thirty o'clock today for the murder of Ruth Wheeler, 15. He protested his Innocence in a statement left with the warden. He displayed remarkable fortitude to the end. CRIME BRUTAL ONE NEW YORK, Jan. 29. The crime for which Albert Wolter paid with his life today was one of the most wanton and brutal in the criminal annals of New York City. It was the climax of a career of depravity that, for a youth of his age, has seldom been quailed. Wolter, the youngest convicted murderer in the history of the state, was only a little past 18 years or age when' be lured little Ruth Wheeler, 15, years old, to his apartment, assaulted and killed her, and then tried to conceal his crime by burning the body in a stove and hiding the package of charred hones on the fire escape. At the time he was living in an East Seventy-fifth street flat with a young girl name Katie Muller, who was supporting both herself and Wolter by working in a bakery. Having an unending supply of pocket money and nothing to do with his time, he was continually planning deeds of the kind that eventually caused bis conviction for first degree murder. Early in March, JMO. the little Wheeler girl advertised for a position as stenographer, saying she was Just finishing a business school course and would work for a moderate salary at the start. Wolter answered her advertisement with a postal, telling her to come to his apartment, that he had just the kind of position she desired. The little girl left her home on March 4, and was never seen alive again. After carrying on a fruitless search secretly, the relatives of the Wheeler girl notified the police of her disappearance on March 25. Upon being Informed of the errand upon which the girl had started, the police straightway went to Wolter's house and searched, not only the rooms of his apartments, but every room in the house, from cellar to roof. But no trace of the girl was found. A Reporter's Find Meantime the case had been given tremendous publicity in the newspapers and, when the detectives from police headquarters returned to search the house the following day, they were accompanied by a squad of newspaper men.' Then began a systematic hunt for some clue that might give a hint to the fate of the missing girl. In opening one of the windows of Wolter's apartment, a reporter accidentally knocked a large package from the window-sill to the fire escape, a drop of only a few inches, but the force of the fall was enough to break the package open and disclose the charred body of little Ruth. Wolter's arrest, trial, conviction and sentence after the discovery of .the murder broke all records for speed made by the New York wheels of Justice, requiring only twenty-eight days. v Justice Is Delayed. ' Another record was broken after his sentence In the number and length of delays before his execution. He enJoyed more respites In the payment of the death .penalty than any other condemned prisoner who ever occupied a cell In the death house at Sing , Sing, one year, nine months and sixteen days having elapsed between the time of his conviction and the final date set for his execution. This case brings the many delays that occur In the execution of Justice In New York 8tate Into sharp contrast with the swift msnner in which Justice Is meted out In the state of Virginia, where Henry Clay Beattle was arrested, charged with the murder of his wife, tried, convicted and executed all within the comparltively short period of four months. In the meantime Katie Muller, who Is the mother or Wolter's little sun, has married a young mechanic, who has announced his Intention of bringing up the baby in total ignorance of the Identity and terrible fate of his real father, whose place he intends to take. MINOR OFFICERS OF Y. M.C. A. BOY CITY Boys at the Y. M. C. A. are now under a strict code of municipal laws, for the plans for. a boy's city with a commission form of government have Just been completed by the selection of all the minor city officials, who are to conduct the affairs in Director H. A. PettUohn's village. Boy members of the Y. If. C. A. will have absolute supervision over the conduct of their playmates under the new plan, and will also have a voice In determining what activities are to be undertaken by the boys department of the aaso- . elation. Following are the newly appointed officials to assist Mayor Harris In govornlng the town: commissioner of , nous. Ralph 8naveley; police departMat, . Clarence Holly, ; chief, WUbur Ball, Horace Parker; social , department, Donald Warfel; games. Logan Keeler; ' commissioner of instruction, Eugene Qulgg; Bible classes. Ed Lantng and Bsaorr Caster; library 8eldon Phi21ts; health.. R. J. Horton; commissioner ot extension. Bwart Bans; outlars and camps, Al Lanlng; , sick and relief. Clem Ferguson; eommissloners of finance. William Weed and Russell Parker: prlntlna- denartV Robert Smith and William i; collection department. Robert - WlSlam Martin. Edsar Loshr; city secretary. Robert Weed; etty attorney, Hariow Haas; asst city ' attorney. Wilson Tne-ait; chief Justtco of ts scheme court. H. S. Weed.

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Furnished by A. W. Thomson Co, ' Htttto Block. Phone 2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan. NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK. Jan. 29.Open High Copper 62'i 62 Am Smelt... 70 70 US Steel... 63 63 U S Steel pfd 110 Pennsylvania 123 123 St Paul 106 106 B Sc O 104 N Y Central. 109 111 Reading 152 154 Can Pac .... 229 230 Ot Northn . 128 129 Un Pac .... 153 164 No Pac 116 116 Atchison ... 105 105 Low 61 69 63 Close 61 70 63 110 123 106 104 110 153 230 128 163 116 106 151 160 108 40 . 12 . 91 123 106 109 152 229 128 162 116 105 160 107 39 L ft N Le Val So Pac Mo Pac Am Can . . . Am Can pfd. 151 160 161 107 108 39 40 12 .. 91 CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO, Jan 29. Wheat 103 96 95 Com 68 67 68 Oats 51 46 41 May July Sept May July Sept May July 102 96 95 67 67 67 50 46 41 102 96 94 67 66 67 50 46 40 103 96 95 67 67 67 51 46 41 Sept LIVERPOOL, Jan. 29 Wheat futures d lower; corn d higher. EAST BUFFALO LIVE STOCK EAST BUFFALO, Jan. 27. Cattle Receipts 5000; prime $7.25 7.80; butchers $5.756.15. Calves Receipts 1400; choice $5.75 (ft Hogs Receipts 17000; heavies $6.50; pigs 85.75; yorkers $6.206.50. Sheep Receipts 18000; prime $4.50. Lambs $7.15 7.60. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Jan. 29 Sheep Receipts 30000; prime $2.25 84.80. Hogs Receipts 53000; heavies $6.00 6.32; pigs $4.155.25; light $5.55 6.10. Lambs $4.35 7.80. Cattle Receipts 26000; beeves $4. 8.35; cows and heifers $200 5.65. Calves Choice $6.006.25. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29. Cattle Receipts 600; steers $6.25. Sheep Receipts 100; prime $3.50. Hogs Receipts 3500; top $6.40. Calves $8.00. Lambs- $6.50. PITTS B U RG LIVESTOCK PITTSBURG. Jan. 29 Cattle Receipts 110; steers $7.65; butchers $5.806.20. Sheep Receipts 20; prime $4.30g 4.50. Hogs Receipts 60; yorkers $6.006.50; pigs, 5.505.75; heavies $6.50. Lambs $7.00. Calves Receipts 200; choice $9.00 9.50. CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK CINCINNATI. Jan. 29. Cattle Receipts 700; shippers $5.75$ Sheep Receipts 200; extras $3.35. 6.75. Hogs Receipts 2,600; good to choice 6.356.40. Lambs $5.50. Calves $4.00. INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 29. Wheat 98c Corn k 66c Oats 52c Rye 97 Clover seed $10.Cd TOLEDO GRAIN TOLEDO. Jan. 29. Corn Wheat , Clover seed Oats Alsiko 66c . $1.00 $13.92 52 c S10.8V A BASKETBALL GAME The Y. M. C. A. basketball team is being put through the final stages ot Its practice in preparation for the game with Kokomo Wednesday evening. The local association players are playing a fast game, and if they maintain good team play, are expected to win the contest. Coach Horton announces that the line up at the start of the game will be Allison and Harrington, forwards, Welchman. center; Kemper and Mayer, guards. Might Be, but Net Wisely: "Do you consider him a man who can be trusted?" -Well." replied the purist..! suppose he can be trusted, but there would bo considerable risk attached to the proceeding.' . Had Proof.'' The Man (shaking his fountain pen) Too havs no idea how easily these pons nut His neighbor (applying a blotter to his trousers Oh. I have an inkling!--Harvard Lampoon,

PLAY I fikS TO!X TO ftitib S-lUllertoii By "PING" BODIE. Outfielder Chicago White Sex, Whose Terrific Hitting Hss Earned Him the Title of "The Fence Buster." The greatest play I ever saw is one I won't tell about. It was one by which that Jackson fellow over at Cleveland robbed me of a three-base hit this season. Honestly, that feUow baced up against the right field fence and climbed up It by twisting his shoulders agslnst the planks, stuck up one hand and caught the ball, m rob him of a home run some day to get even. But seriously, the greatest play I ever saw was made on the South Side grounds In Chicago this year. I may not be an authority, for I Just broke out of the bushes, but this one made me open my eyes and wonder if they play that way In the major leagues all the time. The play was really made by Lord, although he didn't figure much In it In the actual performance. He thought it out, and Tannehill tied him in thinking, so they both ought to have credit for it. I don't remember whether we won the game or not, or whether the play saved the game or not. It doesn't make any difference the play ought to have won half a dozen games. It was In a game against Boston, and In that series where we played them six in four days. I don't try to keep track of them after they're over, being too busy thinking of tomorrow's game. But In this game there was a runner on third and Boston needed a run badly I don't recall whether they needed It to tie or to go ahead, but they wanted one run and we were playing to keep them from getting It. "PING" BODIE. Lord was in rather close, fearing the batter would lay down a bunt and catch him too far back, and the others were In their natural positions. The batter zinged one hard he was a lefthanded batter and the ball went shooting in between Lord and Tannehill. Lord had to go backwards to reach the ball, so that when he got his hands to it he was in such a position he would have had to turn clear around to make a throw. He saw what this meant and yelled at tannehill, who was cutting across trying to head off the ball. Tanny stopped, and instead of trying to grab the ball and turn, Lord hit it with his hands and batted it straight to Tanny, who was in perfect position to make the throw, and threw the runner out by ten steps. The crowd didn't give anyone credit for it and neither did the critics, for they thought It was an accident and said It was "lucky." Lord planndd it out all the way, and Tanny was quick enough to see it and make the play for him. In a way it was lucky, but then Lord took a thousand to one chance to retire the runner and keep the run from counting, and got away with it. That's the kind of playing that sets a fellow thinking, and with a couple of fellows like that thinking all the time the others will think faster, too. (Copyright. 1911, by W. O. Chapman.) New French Rule. France has decided to adopt the English rule of the road. One of a new set of rules for regulating traffic, which, however, will not come into force for a year, ordains that "drivers of vehicles of every description and those riding or In charge of domestic animals must keep to the left in crossing and to the right in overtaking and passing." 'The speed limit for motor cars will be abolished, and a very salutary rule has been made for motor signals in towns," says the London Express. "A motor car must blow a deep-toned horn and a motorcycle a shrill one. while bicyclists ring bells. When they hear the signal pedestrians must leave the road clear." A Change of Color. "What was the matter with Miss Oldgirir "She got red and then turned blue because somebody discovered she was getting gray." Slipping on the Icy Streets Is Almost Unavoidable but glasses that are constantly slipping out of focus are a nuisance. We take pains to fit the kind that will not slip. HANER, the Jerrdsr'g, tlO MAIN STREET P. H. Edmunds, Optometrist.

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Coroner Pierce has filed his verdict !on the death of Dorothy Rybolt, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G rover Rybolt, of Cambridge City, who died January 25. The coroner states that death was due to malnutrition The child died two weeks . after, its birth. According to the father's statement to the coroner, he was awakened on the morning of January 25 by his wife who asked him if he believed the child was well. He stated that he carried the infant into another room and upon examination discovered it was dead. GREAT NATURES. Great natures are always generous. They are fountains not only of vitality,' but of bestowal. However great the rewards they receive may be, these rewards are but a fraction of the worth of the service rendered, and no man ought to be satisfied, whatever his position or work, unless he can feel that he is giving far more than he is receiving. ilpm. COBtmtt Tor ft Ath:AU tho best for tho competltlnn otoms tho ejvooUoa of R. B. ll nS b by-tfeat ttaoo. 'redact of tho Woot. la a to Now York A. C. and th pmr to ni miKtnaaco w.m jsnsnllun rprmen:cd tbo I'llnoi Gkleoso. one later the Hloro wl JT St. Laol. ' Up to a short wmlio uiMiularltr tbero Mo oltslbilltjr. bot tho St. aim. ana am ammn mm to t: 'too CUv A. C - , . r nnioiMO eiooo to DomoM la ShuaSrod rnJ raco orobabhr over 'nlt-l state, wltca a yard stick woull in cim tnrr tmwm at too xinin. M l lime BMtar uu &7 -mini. M o at Woot to onal of that nest oroek. waica wosm ; Games Te-ntght. . YjiSi tyfau th Street Several athS oarleca evoata. aa4

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The high school basketball team downed the Earlham freshmen, 26 to 16 at the school gymnasium Saturday evening in the feature event of an entertainment tendered by the high school to their alumni at Earlham.

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