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The Confession: Wanderer Gives Details to the State's Attorney and Police Q. How much did you give him? A. leave your own gun Q- Because you thought -n-, gun couM bo traesd? 0v say for certain. Q. Then which home? A.

Went go to way did you down Lincoln tiidii else to have her If I couldn't. I wanted to get back to the army. I thought it would be better to have her dead. Q. You thought she would be better off dead than with somebody else, is that it? A.

Yes. Coroner Hoffman What did you intend to do with the money? A. Bury went to tnc bank to gt 10 o-t Lawrence. Q. Did you see this man? A.

-Yes, at the corner, at the drug store. this Knew that, ditin't I 1 Q. That is the same place you left! .1 aiKUi, mat. A wui ju.ne rni.r-.o-i- is: are ri. $1,500, leaving STn.l You did not intrnd to thact evening near the butcher chop at Logan boulevard and Western avenue.

At quitting time he met the stranger and they went to the home of hte cousin, Fred Wanderer, where he borrowed an automatic' pistol. He made another appointment to meet the atranger at Lincoln and Lawrence avenues, near bis home, and told him what his Job was to be. The tramp was to follow Wanderer and his wife from the Pershing moving picture theater to their home, where, in the darkened vestibule, he was to hold them up." Eats Sapper with Victim. Then the" former annyiofficer went home and ate supper with the woman ho was to kill two hours later. After the meal they went to see a moving picture.

As they the apartment he hung back and put his own automatic in his pocket, first placing seven of the bullets In his cousin's gun. They went to the theater, but Wanderer was nervous. He tmggested leaving at Sio'rlock. and they did. although tiA5TlV seen a tortion of the PlOVhe Sfa Wolf" They strolled bll'VWorner where the hired stranger and he aJor behind til I their doorstep and Into the lA'iif11' According to the cue.

he d.iqiJd their money." WandertVined Are with bth pis-tola lie wslA" nervous and the tirst in Statement of Carl Oscar Wanderer, made in the office of the state's attorney last night at 6:40 o'clock: Present John Prystalski and James C. fyUrien, assistant state's attorneys; Peter M. Hoffman, coroner; Lieut. Loj-lis, George T. to the state's attorney, and A.

J. Flynn, shorthand mar, Mr. Prystalski State your full name. A. Carl Oscar Wanderer.

Q. Where do A. 4732 North Campbell avenue. Q. Do you want to make a statement now with reference to the death of your wife? A.

Q. Do you want to make that freely and voluntarily; do you? A. Yes. sir. He was then told the identity of those present, and then questioning continued: Q.

Realising the situation, you want to make this statement, do you? Yes. Q. You understand that anything you say herg must be free and volun 1 I i I i tA I 1 A- 1 1 i I -i iMMiiiMiiiwiMrimCTiriwrniiriW her, do the best I could, cost $S00. Q. You told me you wanted to take the money.

A. After the burial was over. Mr. Prystalski: Q. Do you kcow who this man was? A.

No. Q. Have you any idea at all? A. No. Q.

Why were you going to kill him? Well, just to make it look as If he done the job. Q. What Job? A. Killing my wife. Q.

Make it look as if it was a holdup? A. Yes, sir; a holdup for money more than anything Coroner Hoffman You wanted your wife killed so you could get away and lead an army life? A. Yes. Q. You wanted It to appear as though what? A.

As if he shot my wife 'and I shot him. Q. You wanted It to appear as if you were held up? Yes. Q. Were you really held up at that 1 ll; I A ill Mm IIIMII llllll I II IWMIIMM HtllMMllllMliif A quarter at that time.

Q. Is that all that was said there? At Yes. Q. Then where did you go? A 1 went back to the shop to get the knife. Q.

What time of day was It you talked to this man? A. Must have been between 11 and I don't really know the exact hour." Meets Man Again. Q. Did you work all afternoon? A. Yes, sir.

Q. About what time did you leave the butcher shop? A. About half-past 6. Q. Where did you go then? A.

I walked a block south to the Dou'e-gard Logan. Q. Who did you see there? A. I seen the fellow. Q.

Which fellow? A. That was shot. Q. That Is the same fellow you saw earlier that day at Halsted and Madison? A. Same fellow.

Q. Did you talk to him there? Not much there. Q. What? A. No, sir; we -got on the car.

Q. Did you say anything to him? A. Just said Hello." That is all. Q. What did he say? A.

Hello." Q. You got on the car? A. Yes. Q. On what car? A.

Western ave nue. Q. Which way did you go on Western? A. North. Q.

How far did you go? A. Irving Park. Gets Cousin's Revolver. Q. Then where did you go? A.

My cpusin's house, Irving and Greenview. Q. That is Fred Wanderer? A. Yes. Q.

What did you do at" Fred Wanderer's house? A. Got the revolver. Q. That is this revolver here (indicating)? A. The new one.

Q. At the time you got the revolver at your cousin's house, where was thin other man? A. Greenvlew and Irving Park. Q. Waiting outside for you? A.

tary? A. Free and-voluntary. TRIBUNE Photo. George T. Kenney, secretary to the state's attorney, whose kindly attitude finally'broke through Carl Wanderer's mask of innocence.

ITHIBUKEThoto. Carl Wanderer, the murderer of his wife and a stranger, telling how he hired the man to aid him in a mock in order to kill his wife and escape, v. 1 1 sshots hit the floor. The next two. ne says, struck Mrs.

Wanderer. Evidently she died st once. Then three bullets found the tramp. Wanderer fired four more into the- walla, dropped both guns and frantically beat the stranger's head on the tile floor so he would surely be sifcneed when the police arrived. He plaed his cousin's gun beside the man's "This was the' error' thatj caused his side of tle weapon bore the numerals C-2282." Wanderer did not think that; he forgot that it might be '-traced.

That nfohi at the North Robey street station. hVs nonchalance was remarkable. Ho 'expressed pity for his wife, told how they had planned great things for the baby to and posed as the herowho had kilted "wife's slayer. But he talked baseball, poll-tics and war without a of He was released. Apparently the nolhre were satisfied.

Q. Nothing has been forced out oi you? A. No, sir. I Want It All Tsed." You understand anything that you say here may be used a'ganist you in the future proceedings? A. Yes, sir; everything I want It all to be used against me.

Q. You underst.yd if you do not want to tell the truth we do not want you to talk. A. That is right. I want to tell the truth.

Coroner Hoffman And the statements you have heretofore made are only true In part? A. Yes. Q. The statement you make now will be the real truth? A. Yes.

Q. How old a man are you? A. Twenty-five. Q. Where were you born? A.

Chicago. Q. How long have you been married? A. Oct. I 1919.

Q. Where were -you married? A. A. Yes, sir, on Friday. Q.

Go to your cousin? A. Yes. Q. You didn't get it at that time. A.

No, sir. Tired of Married life The Coroner: When did you first become tired of your married life and want to bo single again? To get back In the army? A. About a week before my wife's death. Mr. Prysialski: In your own way' start with the beginning and tell us all about it.

About this man and everything else. A. Well, on Monday. June 21, I went down town with my father to buy a knife. Mr.

Prystalski: Did you buy a knife? A. Yes. Q. Where? A. At Paul J.

Daem-icke's on Lake and La Salle. Q. What, time of day were you at that store? A. About, perhaps 11, between 11 and do not recall the exact time, between that time. Q.

On the way back from that store him? A. Yes. sir, a little bit this side. Q. How far is that from your A.

About two and one-half blacks. Q. Did you give him any sign of recognition? A. Nodded my head. Q.

Did he givo any sign of recognition? A. Yes, sir, by following up. Q. How clos was he following you? A. Sometimes alongside of us, sometime behind us.

Q. How far behind you? A.7 Couple oty steps. Q. At the time you talked with him about getting the money did he say anything about where he was going to ask you for the money? A. Up -in the vestibule.

Q. In the vestibule Of what? A. My house. Q. You told him that? A.

Yes. Q. Did he fay he would? A. He would. Q.

You were going honae, were you? A. Yes. Qj He was following right behind you? A. Yes. Q.

Did you go In the vestibule of your house? A. My wife went in first, I went in second. He followed behind us. Q. How close behind was he? A.

Pretty near like going up the stairs. Q. Did your wife see him there? A. She difl not notice until she got to the vestibule. Takes Out His Gun.

Q. What happened when you get in the vestibule? A. My wife said: We will turn on the light." Coroner Hoffman: Q. When did you take out your gun? A. When I got in the vestibule.

Mr. Prystalski: Q. Be-fore your wlfio said, "We will turn on the light? A. Yes. Q.

Then what happened? A. He says: No, you don't. How abut the That Is what he said. Q. Is that what you told him to say previously? A.

Yes. Q. Where was he when you told him that? A. Lincoln and Lawrence. Q.

Then what did you do. If anything? A. Then I drew out my gun. First'shot accidentally hit the floor. Feared lie Would SqueaL Q.

Yes? A. We old not have no money. I saw I made a blunder, not taking the money with me. I knew If I had to be there I had to do something he might sqnraL I drew the gun and shot both directions. I did not want to ehtrot my wife.

Two shots did hit her. Q. Did you want to shoot this man? A Yes. Why? A. I can't say why.

I 4id not hsve the money on me there. I knew" he would squeal If I dlt not carry out my plans. Q. Now, you wanted to get away, didn't you? A. Yes.

Q. You wanted to get back to the army life. A. Yes. Q.

You wanted to get away from your wife? A. Yes. Better to Have Her Dead. Q. How were you going to get away from your wife? A.

By having her killed like that. IA this holdup? A. Yes. Q. You intended to kill her? A.

Not really; I couldiVt say that, sir. Q. Who did your intend would kill her If you intended to have her killed? A. I thought maybe I would do the Job if I intended to have her killed. I did not really want to kill her, I done It.

Mr. K-enner-Yoj rW intend to? A. No; she did' You told her you agreed it be put there? A. 'J-' You used that ss her to draw out the Decides to fe Mr. Prystalski-When decide your wife ought to ty A- A d3J' two before sV- Q.

When did you first were going to kill hoi 4 TV-, QDid. you figure out schemes? A. No, sir talk 10 Q'. -Did you make 'nay pre--- about your getaway, your aliW?" Q. You were going to stay htt -I.

couldn't run away, 1 Q- Wanted Man to Die. did rou beat the head on the ground? A I w-n him to die; I didn't know how shot him. I wanted him to die. Q. "Wanted to be sure he waa fed' Q- Why were you so anxioa should die? A-So he would not a Q- Were you sure your wife ir.

dead? A. No. Coroner Hoffman On tMs in downtown to buy a knife for year ther you conceived the idea to car-out your scheme to get this hobo act as a holdup man? A. Yea, sr Q- Fr the purpose of shooting y'0i wife and then killing him, to rocket lieve it was a holdup, and that th holdup man shot your wife aad tJ. shot him? A.

Yes, sir? Q- Then you intended to tak4 wta; money was left and go to "the ancr' A. After the burial. Mr. O'Brien: Q. Did you era have any talk with your wifa aioa your going to the army? A No, Q- Was she opposed to It? A.

I never had talked with her that 1 cm remember. Tells About Cousin's Pistol. Mr. Prystalski Now, when yoa gy. this gun from your couslnJ Fred Vaa-derer, what did you say to him? A.

I Just says as I says to the sergesE, I made a bet," That Is the only I could get it. Q. What was the bet about, r.j-posed to be? A. About taking rn apart and putting together In rati 1 time. Q.

This statement you make fcsn Is true? A. Yes. Q. If we have it written op yoni sign It? A. Yes.

Q. That Is the whole troth! Mr. Kenney You have uot teea abused In the state's attorneys 2f A. No. Q.

No one has harmed yon la try way? A. No. Q. As well as you think yen EhraU be treated? A. Yes.

Mr. Kenney You have had son thing to eat? A. Yes, sir. Q. You, are not hungry? hungry.

Q. Your supper has been ordered' A. Yes. Q. What did you ask for xu A.

Pork and beans. Two blocks from the house. But "C--2S2" came back to haunt him. The homicide squad had traced the automatic found by the body of the stranger in the vain hope of Identifying him. Instead they found that 1-Yed Wander the cousin of Carl, Had purchased it.

Wanderer was ioclced up. Clock. Kace Against did you go anywhere? A. I took a time? A. No, sir, no more than what I told you.

Had Both Revolvers. Q. Were you afraid at that time of your life from, this man? A. No. sir.

Q. Did this man have a gun at any time? A. Not that I know of. Q. Did you see any gun? A.

No. Q. I show you this gun you identitfy as the one you got from your, cousin. A. Yes.

Qj Did you have that gun at that time? A. Yes. Q. Was it loaded? A. It was.

Q. Did you shoot any bullets from it at that time? A. I shot seven. Q. I show you this other which Is marked did you have it at that time? A.

Yes. Q. Whose gun-was that? A. Mine, my army gun. Q.

Did you shoot that gun at that time? A. Yes, sir; three shots. Q. -Now, when you shot was it dark In the hallway? A. Tes, sir; very-dark.

Could ust See Faces. Q. You could, see the outlines, of the people, could you not? Ay Just the faces. Q. You saw Jhe face of your wife? A Yes.

Q. You shot her? A. Yes, sir; but I was not looking when I shot her. Q. You looked away from her? A.

Yes. Q. You shot at her? A. I shot in the direction ehe was. -q.

You knew she was there? A. Yes Q. You wanted to kill her? A. Yes. So you could get back to the army? A.

Yes. KHIed Wife First. q. Who did you kfll.flrst, your wife or the man? A. This man.

q. What? A. My first shot went In the ground alongside of us, the second shot must have hit' my wife. I had a gun In each hand. Q.

Why. did you get this other gun from your cousin? 5 A- Just to make out it was a stickup Job. I said before, I planned it, 1 Q. That is the same caliber as your gun? A. Yes.

Q. Is that the reason you got it? A. Yea. Q. What were you going to do with it after the stickup? A.

Leave it lay there on the floor; make out it was the other man's gun. Q. Did you think this gun could be traced? A. I did after a while. Q.

At that time you thought it? A. 1 No, sir. Qv Is that the reason you did not At Seminary school, Chicago. Q. Your wife's maiden name? A.

Ruth Johnson. Q. How long had you been married to her at the time of her death? A. Since Oct. about nine months.

About to. Become Mother. Mr. Prystalski She was about become a mother; when? A. In August, latter part of August, or September.

Q. Before you were married what was your business? A. Butcher. Q. Were you in the army? A.

Yes, sir. Q. For how long? A. Five years Q. After you came back here, when did you come back from the army? A.

June 26, 1919. i Q. Where did you go to work then? A. Working for my father, 2701 Western avenue. Q.

As what? A Butcher. walk down La Salle street to Madison and across the river. Hires Man for Plot. Q. How far west? A.

Up to about right by the restaurant, 'one door from the corner. Q. How long did yon talk to him there? A. Fivo or ten minutes. Q.

Was. themrinybody around there at that time yotFkrfew? A. No, Q. About what timo of the evening was this? A. Must have been 7:20, 7:25, some place in there.

q. What was Eaid between you and him at that time? A. I asked him If he wanted to make some money. Q. What did he say.

A. He says, "Yes." ahead. A- I says, "You just carry out my instructions. When I get to a certain place Just a3k for the money. I wul give it to ytm.

You Just get it as quick as you can." That Is what 1 told him. I gave him a dollar to buy his supper and I left him there. I told him I would meet him. Q. Did you say anything about how much money he was going to make? A.

No, sir. TakesWife to Show. Q. What happened after that? A. I told him I would meet him there between 9 and half past 9.

Q. Met him "where? A. Lincoln and Lawrence. Q. What happened after that? A.

I went home and got my supper. Q. Yes? A. Then we went up to the show, me and my wife. Q.

How did you happen to go out to the show that night; did you suggest it or she? Being we did not go Sunday we both thought we would go. I guess we both suggested It, Q. You knew at that time you talked to the fellow your wife and you were going to the show that night? A. Yes, sir. Q.

What time did you leave the house to go to the show? A. Must have been 7:30. Q. Then where did you go? A. Went down Campbell to WilsonV Wilson over to to the show.

Q. Did you see this fellow on the way to the show? A. No, sir, we did not pass that way on the way to the show. Q. What time did you leave the show? A.

Five after 9. Halsted street. Then ttie facts about the $1,500 in the bureau drawer came out. Another oversight. Wanderer seemingly had forgotten abcut it in the days following 'the murder, ami Mrs.

Charles Johnson, iiis mother-m-Uw. with whom the couple had lived, discovered It. She lace.d no importance on the find. But police did. It became a race gainst docc.

Attorney John had been re-rained. He threatened to obtain A writ of habeas corpus unless Wan-'Ter was released. The authorities flared he would suc tj. in the army what was your rank? A Second lieutenant. Q.

Did you tell him to stay A. Yes. Q. Why did you tell him to stay two blocks from the house? A. So It would not cause suspicion when I went for the gun.

Did you tell him what you were going for? A No, sir, not at that time I didn't. Q. How long were you at your cousin's, house? A. About fifteen minutes at the most. Returns to Home.

Q. Then what did you do? A. I came out, walked back to the corner, met this fellow, Q. At your cousin's house whom did you see? A. His wife and Mrs.

Stock-meier. Q. Anybody else? A. Her son might have been there; his son was there. Q.

Whose son? A. Stockmeier's son. I don't know whether he was there that night or the other. I seen him one night. You had been there the Friday previous? A Yes.

Q. Afteryou left your cousin's house where did you go? A. After I left my cousin's house I went home, Irving Park to Lincoln, Lincoln to Lawrence, Q. Dld you meet this other man? A. Yes.

Q. Where did 3Tou meet him? A. Greenvlew and Irving Park. Q. Did you talk with him there? A.

No, sir, not much; got on the car. Begins to Concoct Plot. Q. Did you talk on the- car? A. Not much, no, sir; the car was crowded Q.

Did you talk after you got off the car? A. Yes. Q. Where were you when talked to him? A. Lawrence and Lincoln.

Q. Now some time in the early part of 3une of 1920, this year, did you have a taJk with your wife about money? A. 2Sot that I can remember. Q. Did you meet anybody there? A.

I met a young fellow there, yes, sir. Q. That is tho man was afterwards skot? Yes. Q. Do you know his name? No, sir.

Q. Did he tell you his name? A. No, sir. Q. Where did you meet this man? A.

On Halsted and Madison, on the corner. Q. In front of the cigar store? A. Yes, right across from the Mid-City bank. Q.

Did you talk to him there? Just a little while. Offered Him Job on Truck. Q. What did you say to him? A. Asked him if he wanted a job.

Q. What did he say? A. He says, What kind?" Q. What did you say? A. I says, "Driving a truck; working for us, in my business." Did Not Like.

Work. Q. Well, did you talk to her about moaiey that you had in the bank? A. Well, I might have tauted about changing; never asked 'how much she ked, because there was not enougn tangible evidence against the man to warrant holding Mm under specific Coroner Huffman and Lieut Loftls. under protest, agreed to hold the inquest-yesterday Instead of next r-usday, as planned.

Meantime, at Detention Home No. 1, the "third degree" had started. Detective Sergeant Grady entered Wanderer's cell at a. m. He uUed him with hundreds of questions.

Jo away and me sleep," said the prisoner. Tell me the truth and I will, the Uetective replied. He kept up the rain ut 'querries urrtU 7 a. when other mombera homicide squad re had in the bank. You knew she bad.

some money in the bank? I knew she had some. Q. You say you were in the butcher business? A. Yes. Q.

Yes. A. He says, How much do lieved him Q. Were you satisfied with' that life? Wel I never really liked the butcher business since I learned it they all krtow it. Q.

Did you express that thought? A. They all know everybody knoww that. you pay?" I told him Twenty-five dollars a week." Q. What else? A. He says', "All right; when can I get the Job?" I Q.

Well, why did you do that? A Just as I said, I did not want anybody for Prisoner Hoys is set for 2 p. m. at irtaking roosns, 4542 The lnqj the CarroU "What 6how did you go to? A. Pershing. Q.

Do you remember what picture you saw there? A. I am quite sure it was The Sea Wolf." I wouldn't says. Meet me at Logan and Western" that Is a block from our shop Q- Well, on the Friday before your IHemrg Sons- nue. At a. wife's death, did you get a revolver? at half -past 6." I gave him car fare.

Hoyne called for the State's Att 1 id ta i prisoner. maae bicciui ith WandevS lawyer. With the sus "I certainly will. old man," he re "They seemed to be so happy all sort of be said. Mrs.

pect in custody, (Joroner Hoffman ana the nollce would be powerless to keep plied lightly. I feel much better with that off my chest. Do, yon know. I Louis Snyder, who lives next door fhfir nromise. One day would be tify.

John MacDonald." The address of the sender was not given and the St. Louis police were unable to throw any more light on the identity of MacDonald. Among those who viewed the body was Father J. C. Quille of the Working Boys' home, Jackson boulevard gained.

The trick worked so well that Attor felt all the time you. were going to get me. From the moment I thought the Whole thing over -I knew I was a goner. That gun queered me. Only once I had hope.

That was ney Tyrell and the witnesses went to the undertaking room. The lawyer found he had outwitted and he started out at once to get his writ. As Store Hours 8:30 tm 6:30 the authorities had planned, he was too late. He declared he would cer and Racine avenue. "I studied the young man's face for a long time," said Father Quille.

It is familiar. I have see nit before, but I can not place it. Pve racked my memory, but Just cant eeem to catalogue it, I was so sure I had seen It tainly get it today. In the office of the state's attorney, when they let me go and the papers were calling me a herb. But as I lay In at night I decided the stufT was off.

I had bad dreams, you know, and the picture of the vestibule with my wife laying there came back once In a while. 1 I feel like a new man and I'm ready to kick off whenever they want to take me." He stepped back and the door clanged. the quest for the truth continued. Soft Words Win Confession. wouldn't find any weak spot in Carl's makeup.

Then we learned he had a mania for army life. "Right after that we learned that Mrs. Wanderer had a bank account-We Visited the bank, and found that a few days before the double killing she had withdrawn the $1,500. The case looked better. Fred had also admitted he lent Carl the revolver on the day of the shooting.

Worked on Theory. Then, of course, there was the fact that the alleged holdup man could not be identified in the rogues gallery as having a record. This was unusual. Any man who has the courage to walk into the vestibule of a home to commit a holdup must have had long criminal training." "And what was your theory from the first? My theory was that Wanderer had planned to murder his wife, and that he had arranged the setting himself. My Instinct and judgment told me he was guilty.

It was merely a question of finding the motive and we found it in his overmastering desire to return to the army." before, that It was the face of some Coroner Hoffman would bellow ques described Ruth chatting pleasantly as she sewed by the window, playing the piano, exchanging greetings with her husband as he came from his work In the butcher shop. Another neighbor told how they used to walk arm in arm about the back yard, seemingly happy as could be. No one had ever heard sounds of quarreling. Neighbors Urge: No Mercyl Last night -the -talk on- the front porches was all of the strange turn of events. Such a cold blooded schemer! observed one.

They ought to enow him no mercy." He thought he had got away with It, The detectives certainly fooled him," another "And to think he could have slept In that same room after killing his own wlTe, and ho went out to visit her grave, too." She was such a eweet girl, too." And so it went, while RuthB mother, knowing nothing of the confession, sorrowed for the trouble ber eon' in law was In. -i Uons at the stolid prisoner. The police reviled him. State's Attorney Hoyne, "Say he called "to Grady. The one who had been at the home at some time in the past, that I returned to the home and took some of the boys there to see It.

"All of the boys recognize him as a former resident of the home, but not one of them could recall his name." Secretary Kenhey and Assistants Prystalski and O'Brien spoke softly. They sympathized with the man, they said, detective moved to the bars. Say, would you want to shake the hand of a guy what did what I did?" They grasped hands silently and the slayer hid himself in the darkness of SOLVING THE CRIME his cell. Semi-Axintial CLEW TO SLAIN MAN Last night Detective Sergeant John W. Norton explained how the Carl Wanderer mystery was solved.

For eighteen days, from June 21 until yesterday, it had been known as the case RELATIVES ARE STEADFAST without a clew. The public had ceased to remember It, But Norton hadn't. How to link it up was his problem. All A WAR ROMANCE Oxford Sale although they knew mm gunty. "Come on.

now. Think of your dead wife. Think of the baby," whispered Secretary Kenney. Give them a square deal and atone like a man." This succeeded where all else had failed They had trapped' him In a hundred Ifes. They had laughed at his cumbersome attempts to explain them.

They had ridiculed his tales, one by one. The mimic murder at dinner time Called to move him. Mention of the afterward was taken stolidly. His story was obviously false, but he main-rained his innocence. Tires of the Grind.

He tired of the grind finally. He reached over and rut his arm on Secretary Kenneys shoulder and offered to talk if hi were allowed to "police up." The spell had been broken. In another hour the man had placed his neck in a noose. 4 he had to work on was a numeral Of the scores of persons who viewed the body of the ragged stranger In the county morgue yesterday, only one, E. H.

Pryor, 2717 Elston avenue, gave the police a clew on which to work. He one of nine who went to the morgue with members of the homicide squad. Many other visitors came unattended and left without giving their names. "I -am not sure," said Pryor, I think this was Bill Noeth, whom I knew eight or nine years ago. 2282 on a Coifs revolver, One of the anomalies of the ease and which misled the police for weeks was So dutiful a son-in-law was Carl Wanderer and so skUlful Jn his dissembling that not even the family of his murdered wife canbelleve he killed her.

rve got to hear It from his own lips before 111 know what to think," eaid the romance of the couple and their "That was the gun that was found beside the he said. We wrote to the Colt company the night the murder occurred. In a few days we remarkably happy married life. Carl Wanderer, who had never smoked, chewed, drank: or even Indulged in -slang, had but one tove affair, the one with Ruth Johnson. They Lrluth's brother; Carl Johnson, a man received an answer that the company files showed the revolver had been sold to Von Lengerke Antome of Chicago had been EChoolday sweethearts, and or the same age as the slayer.

I'll go down and see htm tomorrow and then I'll ask him." He would not allow his mother to be notified. She was too near a collapse, THE response accorded this great Sale is tribute to the buying of Chicago's men. They have realized that the values offered in this event have surpassed anything that has gone before values that invite every man to this store. "Bill was just a kid then. He had run away from his home to go in a circus Gentry Brothers'.

I believe his home as in Columbus, O. He worked in the commissary department, in 1913. Find Cousin Owned Gun their singular attachment was commented upon even by casual When he had finished "I assigned Detective Sergeants too nervous even to attend the mquest Grady, ICnowles, and Parr to check, did odd jobs, made himself useful. which will be held this morning. Mrs copy" on his confession be stood up and shook hands with his prosecutors and talked willingly to reporters.

Con cne was in oniy girl 1 ever kissed," he told the polioe and they be They found it had been eold to Peter Everybody liked him. I heard he went Johnson believed In her son-ln-Iaw im Hoffman- In 1914. There are a lot ef gratulations were In order unani to anottier circus later. Didn't Have Freckels mously. Hoff mans in Chicago, but the boys finally found the right man living at lieve Bride Homelovlng, Religious.

Ruth Johnson herself was of an unusual type. Quiet homelovlng and plicitly. 1 1 "Always So Thoughtful." He was always so thoughtful of all of us," murmured the brother. "When "We shall go before the grand jury 1908 North Crawford avenue. He had sold It a few months later to Fred Wan "Bill would be about the age this man was-and about his build.

Bill dn't have any freckles, though, but deeply religious, her Jove for Wanderer harge of murder," State's Attorney there was a sugar shortage he would 7.85 .85 loyne said. It la one of the most bring rnotHer bags of It, When pota derer, a cousln of Carl. "Our next move. waa to question Fred. Of course all this time we had cold blooded and revolting crimes In was the profound experience of her cloistered life.

Every Sunday he wbuld take her to the Holy Trinity Lutheran church, where she had sung In the toes were high he would send a lot of them home. He was a fellow of won of course freckles come easily. Yes, it looks like BUI. Enough like him, I'd say, to be his brother." When the body of the stranger was Chicago's history. We shall ask an Im not bothered Carl.

We shadowed him night and day, but our plan was to mediate trial ana the rope." Taken to Death CcH." searched at the Ravenswood hospital choir for eight years. -When he went to war in 1918, ehe resigned from the Immediately after the slaying the po Wanderer was taken to the office lice found a card Issued by the Robin of the homicide squad1 In the city hail and up to $13.85 son Brothers circus to E. Matson. choir because she did not want other boys to ask to accompany her home from evening services. Making Clothes for Baby.

7 and thence' to detention home No. 1. The police wired Columbus, last Here he was moved from the cell he oc night to see if Noeth '3 relatives live cupied yesteQay morning to the there. Shortly after midnight word Their engagement was announced lull him into the belief that he was pot under suspicion. In the meantime we had been checking on his habits.

Led Perfect Lite. "These puzzled us considerably. He didn't smoke, chew, drink, or swear. He attended church. He never went out with the His army life was as perfect as hie civilian life.

Ruth Johnson was the only sweetheart he had ever had. And friends and relatives remarked upon their de-otion. death cell from which several mur derers haveggone to their fate. Samuel derful character didn't chew or smoke or drink or even swear. It's hard to believe he could do such a thing." Carl stared gloomily at the sidewalk in front of their home at 47S2 North Campbell avenue.

"He neednt have done all that!" he exclaimed suddenly. "He could have taken the money, If that's what he wanted, and left without all that etir. What can they do to him, He was informed his brother-in-law could be hanged. Without comment he rose, sajd good-by, crossed the narrow little vestibule where the double murder occurred, and went upstairs. Both Carl and the neighbors spoke of how fond of each other th Wandorer Cardinelll, orti of the fifteen, men un- Its latest occupant.

der senten all right, but I cant "I like sleep on he told William March 31, 1918. wanderer returned from France In October of 1919. Soon thereafter they were married. Mr. and Mrs.

Charles J. Johnson, the bride's parents, gave her a cash dower of con siderable amount. At the time of the shooting in June she had been busy sewing on clothes for the baby which was expected to arrive In August. She could talk of nothing the mother said, and Carl was was received that no trace of Noeth 's, relatives had been found In Columbus. Besides the Noeth dew there is just one more hope of identifying the body today.

It lies in a telegram received at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon by Chief Qarrity from a John MacDonald of St. Louis. The message read as follows: "Chief of Police, Chicago. Hold body of man killed by Wanderer. "Will arrive la mordnr to Idea-.

aond Parr, the detec- ICnowles i Bu't every human being has his or were arranging his live sergq blankets from my 1 A State and Jackson On the N. E. Comer her weakness the Achilles heel, I guess you fellows would call it. Well, that's what you always want to look for in a person Under suspicion. For as dona.

quarters, old, cell." "WaU. I 1 you sleep better to- aiV- Saryeamrady.J a long time It looked equally laterettsd. a though wejjco'jple had been..