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8 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 11. 1920. WIFE MURDERER BREAKS UNDER THIRDJJEGREE Chicago Man Confesses to Killing Bride of Year and "Aid" in Apartment House. t hit co Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago. July 10. Carl Wanderer, former army lieutenant, confessed tonight that he had deliberately planned and executed ike murder of his pretty young wife, Mrs. Kuth Wanderer, and the ragged stranger in the vestibule leading to their apartment, on the night of June 21. The confession came at the cot of a IWiour grilling which opened this morning at 2 a. in., when De tectives Sergeant Michac! Grady entered his cell. State's Attorney Hoy ne, Coroner Hoffman and Lieut. Michael Lol'tis were among the score of persons who questioned him ceaselessly until the suspect made a clean breast of h's crime shortly after 6 p. in. When he had finished he left only one point in doubt, the identity of the poorly dressed tramp, which he had hired from the .street to "frame" a holdup which was to he his excuse for killing both his aid and the bride of a year. The wife had been busy making clothes for a baby who was expected within a month. Wanted To Clean Up. "Let me clean up and I'll tell you everything," he said. Secretary (icoigc T. Kcmicy ran fur a tooth brush, tooth paste and a safety razor. Wanderer washed and shaved calmly. Then he seated him self before the state's attorney, his aids, a stenographer ami the police, and told them the following: "I shot my wife. Then 1 shot the bum hecau.'.c 1 was afraid he would squeal. I did it because 1 was tired of her. I wanted to go back to the tree mid easy life of the army. 1 waited to get the doug;i she had. So 1 figured it all out ami planned to nliike.it look like a robbery. "Monday afternoon I went down town to buy some butcher knives for my father's shop. When I got them, I went over on West Madison street, hear the Midcity bank at Halstcad street. There I found the bum. I asked him if be wanted to earn some money easy and he did. I let on I wanted him to drive an automo bile. 1 told him to meet ine at 7 o'clock at Lincoln and Ljwrence avenues. , "The Saturday before 1 had told my wife to draw the money tAt of the bank so we could buy aliouse. I wanted to get it where I could lav my hands on it. She bad brought it heme and put it in the bureau drawer. . Took Wife To Theater. "So Monday night 1 met the bum a Lincoln and Lawrence. I told him I wanted him to help me frame a robbery and said he shottld wait on the corner for me and I wpuld show up at 9 o'clock. Invent home and had supper, put both automatics in my pockets and took Ruth to the Pershing theater, near Lincoln and Lawrence. "The picture was the 'Sea Wolf.' We didn't have time to see it all be cause we didn't get in until after 8 o'clock and wc left at about 9. The bum was waiting for us whenJ wc left" the place. He followed us home, just as I had instructed. "When we walked into the vesti bule he stepped up to me and said: 'Hand, over that money!' just as I had told him. I drew my gun and shot her first" Here for the first time the man showed emotion. He cleared his throat, passed his hand over his fteshly shaved chin, and continued: "I shot her and she fell. Then I shot him three times. I was afraid he would still be able to talk when the police arrived, so beat his head on the marble floor so he would be unconscious. Then the police came and I went overto the North Robey street station and told the story just as I had planned it." Forgot Money. Wanderer said he had forgotten all about the $1,500 in the excitement following the murder, and because of this his mother-in-law, Mrs. Charles Johnson, with whom he ahd his murdered wife lived, found it in the bureau drawer. It was the discovery of the money which in a measure caused the police to suspect the former army officer. It led to the theory that he engi neered the murder to get possession of the ' cas!j, or that the slain stranger had come to the doorstep of the Wanderer home to blackmali the wife. t The bp which caused the slayer's downfall was a detail following the actual murder thai he had apparent ly not planned closely enough. It was the numerals on an automatic pistol borrowed from his cousin, Fred Wanderer, because he thought it could not be traced as easily as his own weapon, an army gun. Wheal- lie had committed the double, slaying be laid his cousin's revolver-by the side of the unidenti fied stranger and told the police his wife had been shot in the exchange of bullets which passed between him and the "holdup" man. U. S. Airplane Patent Rights Upheld by Court New "York, July 10. American airplane patent rights were upheld against foreign infringement in a decision! today by Federal Judge fhomas- I. Chatfield in Brooklyn. "Si.e decree perpetually restrains the Interallied Aircraft corporation of New York from selling or using in the United States foreign-built ma chines which are liable to the charge of patent infringement. The suit was brought by the Wright Aeronautical corporation of Paterson, N. J. 'A similar suit is pending' against the Aerial Transport corporation of Delaware, which planned to use British planes in an air express service between Chicago and New York. Reject Villa Proposal. Mexico City, July 10. Govern ment has decided to reject the peace proposals of Francisco Villa, Gen. Francisco R. Serrano, under secre tary of "war and marine, told the Associated Press today. Only un conditional surrender, he declared, vould.be accepted., SLAIN MAN MAY ' BE SON OF RICH GOTHAM TURFMAN Chicago Elevator Operator Identifies Tramp as War Hero And Heir to Millions. Chicago, July 10. Carl Wanderer, former, army lieutenant and con fessed slayer of his wife and an unidentified stranger, was ordered held to the grand jury on two charges ot murder today by the cor oner's jury. Before a coroner's jury Wanderer repeated details of the confession he made last night. The ragged stran ger killed by Carl Wanderer was partially identified today as Al Wat son, said to be the son of a New York millionaire turfman. The identification was made by Mrs. Catherine Vanos. a resident of this city, who visited the morgue this afternoon after reading news paper descriptions of the body. Mrs. Vanos said she met the man in Manchester, England. He was at that time a member of the Second Mechanical Transport Engineers of the Canadian forces, and that he told her he was the son of a New York millionaire horseman. Mrs. Vanos is an elevator operator. Mrs. Vanos said she was a war nurse in Manor House hospital, Manchester, England, and that Wat son was in the hospital for some time recuperating from wounds re ceived in France. A coroner's physician said he failed to find any wound scars. May Be New York Man. New York, July K). On reccip. of a dispatch from Chicago stating that the ragged stranger killed by Carl Wanderer, alleged wife slayer, had been "partially identified" as Al Watson, son of a "millionaire turf man" of this city, the New York police recalled that last May an Al exander K. Watson had bcin re ported missing by his wife, Rpse. She could not be located today. Whirling knives feature a new machine for peeling fruit or vege, tables of all sizes and kinds at high U.S. RETURNS WAR MAPS JAP SOUGHT TO SELLTO ARMY Army Officials Declare Infor mation Offered by Jap anese Is of No Mili tary Value. Tokio. July 10. (By The Asso ciated Press.) In connection with the case of T. Oyama. arrested late in June, charged with attempting to sell military map?, te American embassy today turned over to a rep resentative of Oyaina some 200 maps of Siberia which Oyama had left temporarily in the office of Col. Charles Burnett, the American military attache, saying he wanted to sell them. Before being able to regain possession of the maps, which Col. Burnett decided were of no value, Oyama was arrested. Edward Bell, American eharge d'affaires, told th foreign minister that Oyama, describing himself as a merchant of Khabarovsk, Siberia, called at the embassy, accompanied by another Japanese, and offered to sell the Siberian maps, an examina tion of which showed them to have been formerly the property of the Russian general staff. There was nothing to show, according to Mr. Bell, that they were the property of Japan or differed in any way from those procurable in Vladivostok and elsewhere. Deciding that the maps were of no interest, an assistant attache in formed Oyama they were not want ed and requested him to call as soon as possible to recover his property. Oyama never appeared. Czccho-SIovaki was the only country in Europe last year that produced more sugar than it needed for home use and was able to export a surplus. TWO PERSONS DIE AND 16 INJURED IN ARIZONA WRECK Passenger Train in Crash Near Kirkland Governor on Board; Not Injured. Prescott, Ariz., July 10. Two per sons were killed and 16 injured, three seriously, when a Santa Fe, Pres cott and Phoenix passenger train on which Governor Campbell of Ari zona was a passenger struck a train of cantaloupe cars between Kirkland and Hillside Friday. The governor was not injured and immediately plunged into the work of extricating and gving aid to the injured. Ed Stephens, secretary of the State Live Stock association board, who was also on the train, received injuries to his read and spine btit he helped with the resell'.1 work until he collapsed and was carried to the governor's state room for treatment. The list of dead and injured: Dead: R. J. SHOMBER, freight brake man, Prescott. Unidentified passenger. Seriously injured: R. Johnson, brakeman, internal in juries. J. C. Gates, brakeman, internal in juries. F. Barnum, fireman, internal in juries and head cut. June Rains Boom Alfalfa Crop; Wheat Harvest Begins Sidney, Neb., July 9. (Special) The alfalfa hay harvest is in full force now, with a yield of unusual quality and quantity. The splendid rains in June in this section contrib uted to this wonderful crop. Early w heat is beginning to turn, and har vest will begin in another week. The wheat crop of 1920 is apparently a repeater of the 1919 croo Heads are long, well filled, and the stand is good. While a (rifle early for accur :'e estimates, yet a bumper yield is contemplated. SURGEON GRAFTS HIS OWN FLESH TO INJURED WIFE Former Army Doctor Shows Supreme Nerve in Perform ing Remarkable Opera tion at Chicago. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. Chicago. July 10. Dr. Orlando F. i Scott, one of Chicago's best known j surgeons, will carry an ugly scar through life, but he has probably saved his wife from disfigurement i and. possible loss of her right leg. J He has just performed one of the j most remarkable operations in sur gical annals. Without using an an aesthetic, he cut strips of flesh from his own thigh and grafted them upon his wife's foot and ankle, while attending surgeons checked the flow of blood, thus permitting him to continue the exceedingly delicate work. He made the bitter sacrifice with out wincing although the nurses and some of the internes shuddered as he sliced away his own flesh, mean while keeping up a running fire of comment. Mrs. Scott's injuries were the re sult of an automobile accident, in passing another car, its fender crushed her right leg at the ankle and the flesh was stripped off it long shreds. The bones were brok en in five places, gangrene formed and skin grafting became necessary. Her husband promptly announced he would supply the required skin. His i wife had begged him to set her broken bones, but now she was mv der the influence of ether and did j not know the sacrifice he was aboet to make. As he was cutting the fourth strip of flesh from his body, ; he paled and appeared to totter, but he quickly drew himself together , and the ra.or bit deeply into his j tortured flesh. lie made certain the strip was properly pUccd l that his wife' wounds were correctly dressed. After it wai over he tot tered to a lounge and sank in a faint, lie speedily revived, however, and smoked a black cigar. "Feel all right, honey?" he ak(d his wife, who was coming out from the influence of the anaesthetic he patted her cheek lowngly. I'.r ing assured that she u rcgaini-itf consciousness, he permitted the as sistant surgeons to t ike him to in adjoining room and dies hit lacer ated thigh. Dr. Scott was a captain in the medical corps and saw actixc serv- ICC ill I'Milir, His tiiarnjc, ,i bout bS mi. mils aci, H;h the I'ulmiii.itU'ii of a war luiii.tiuc tin witr w.m l.ibi'ity Aiiiii tic l .i !("., and he met hrr while he was in army rr ii r. Mexicans at fJucvo Laredo Ordered , to Turn In Arms teredo. Trv, July It. -1 he niih iirv and civil uliicuW of Nuriu l.4icdu, ,Mfiin, have itMird a mint oidrr requiring .ill iiluu irident. of ilia: pl.ue to turn pi ..rim and . inniunitmu .ind ti-ieuc u teturu ! lui.il receipt, it became known today Norweijian Explorer Flans Trip to North Pole Srat Ik I inumlv plorer, i pt.iuuiliK the Not j rxpeditin Nome I to Cap) member who va; New V said he location but was J,;Iy 10 Capt. R.ould i. i:"ted Norwegian ex w in northern Siberia,, ii .i new attempt to reach i . pole and will start h;i ; as soon as he can reach i load supplies, accordfnir F.mm.muel Tonncson, i ot the Amundsen party, in Seattle on his way to irk. Captain Tonncson lid not know the exa?t f the explorer at present .atislied he was safe 7TTT hi 31 Wahoo, Neb., July 9, 1920. To the Stockholders of the Skinner Packing Company: The following letter was received by me last April before the Skin ner Company was investigated by the State. The letter shows who is back of the lawsuits now being urged against the Skinner Packing Company, and I think every stockholder should see it. Mr. Stryker, mentioned in this letter, is a member of the law firm of Crofoot, Fraser, Connolly & Stryker, the firm which stored up most of the trouble at the Howe meeting, and which is now seeking to inter vene in this case and at the time Mr. JfCiddoo's letter was written repre sented Frank Chittenden, inspector for the Live Stock Exchange and later selected through Mr. Fraser's recommendation as a member of the Committee of Nine. I am not in favor of any committee which has this kind of backing, are you? I have over $36,000 invested in the Skinner Packing Company and Byers Brothers and Company have none. Why their great interest? ( I am in favor of Paul F. Skinner because he has proved that he is independent of the Live Stock Exchange and any of the big interests which wish to control our investment. - Yours truly, CHRISTIAN SCOW. Ralph M. Byera, President .Fred A. Emery, Vic President CHICAGO KANSAS CITY OMAHA Alfred E. Conine, Secretary H. G. Kiddoe, Treasurer BYERS BROS. & COMPANY Live Stock Commission Merchants STOCK YARDS 1 STOCKERS AND FEEDERS A SPECIALTY X MONEY LOANED Omaha, Neb., April 21st, 1920. Christian Scow, Wahoo, Nebraska. Dear Friend : No doubt you are quite well aware of the present difficulties in the management of the Skinner Packing Co.'s business. Some of our friends who are stockholders in the Company are pool ing their interests and referring the matter to the law firm of Crofoot, Fraser, Connolly & Stryker. Mr. Hird Stryker, whose card we here with inclose, is a member of this firm and is the son of the Secretary of our Exchange. We regard him very highly as a young man of ability and entirely trustworthy. i If you care to have your interests looked after by a competent law firm, we would suggest that you get in touch with Mr. Stryker at once. You may tell him that we recommend him to you. Trusting the outcome will be alright and that your investigation will prove satisfactory, we remain as ever Yours very truly, BYERS BROS. & CO., HGK-A- By H. G. KIDDOO. -V i m m ei Sweeping Reductions in All of the Departments DURING JULY SALES STORE HOURS 9 A. M. TO 5 P. M. Tr TT A TrfiTT7,Tr9 ii TH5 CASH STORE STORE HOURS 9 A. M. TO 5 ?. M. HEMARKAHI.K VAMJKS AMI'ITIS WEEK L' JULY SALE OF SILKS $Lr,0 'M-mt-h Chiffon T.tf- $ 1 49 feta; tan, deer, emerald, , green and old ! Yard J.."i0 ;;ii-inch Col. Mcs:a- lin; yellow, reseda, light lliie, olive gi; y, cardinal . J 41.9S, CiJ-iticli corduroy for j;ii' find ,' :;ii-incii wash satin; ,J;ir, white, sport skirts; uhitr, Mack, prat-oH;, ro.se, pink, tan, light, lute, tin y and Rose, Victory SI. I!) 91.79 MANY OTHER SI'I,E.WI SPECIALS SHOWN 4 at $19.75 VALUES UP TO 43.00 22.) Women's and Misses' dresses, eapes and coats, made up in the sea son's styles. These garments sold up to $45.00. I'he Dresses are made tp in taffetas, cor cttcs, voiles and lawns n light and dark hades, suitable for street, afternoon, din ner or peneral wear. Values $25.00 to $45.00. Monday $19.75 Combination Clearing Sale of Women's and Misses' coats, suits and wash dresses. To go on sale Monday at $10.00 The Capes ami Coats are made up in Polo cloths, velours, serges, tweeds and novelties, made up in the differ ent lengths; styles suit able for misses, ladies and stout sizes. Values up to $45.00. Monday $19.75 These garments are made i n in the sea son's styles and consist oi odu garments and broken lots that sold up to $25.00. Monday $10.00 Summer Dresses at $5.00 .We put on sale one lot of Women's and Misses summer dresses suitable for street, afternoon or porch wear, including the fa mous Dix's make dresses; all sizes; elegant values. Special at $5,00 10 Doz. Women's Bun galow Aprons, light and dark colors worth $2.00, Monday special, at.. 81 .19 S doz. Women's House Dresses in lawns, ginghams and per cales; worth 13.00 and $4.00 ..$1.95 Women's Taffeta and Jersey Silk Petti coats; worth $5.00, for Monday, S3.45 Women's Hoather tliom Petticoats w:th taffeta floun ces, reg. and stout sizes, at....52.95 IT IS TIME TO PUT IP VOIR FBI' IT SOW Hayden's have all kinds of Jars and Covers for your Fruit Jars. MOA'DAi' SPECIALS I qt. Mason Fruit Jars, per doz 89 Pt. Mason Jars, doz....79 1 qt. E. Z. Fruit Jars, glass tops, doz $1.20 Pint E. Z. Fruit Jars, glass tops, doz $1.15 Glass Covers, doz 25 Economy Jar Covers, per doz 35 Camo Cold Pack Rubbers. 3 for 25 Sana Caps, Mason Jar Covers, per doz 104 Handy Fruit Jar Holders, at, each 74 MANY SPLENDID SAVI 'GS OFFERED IN July Sale Housefurnishings Just a Few of the Many Here Listed ixits or Others on Display M hile Mountain Kefrima- tr, side icer, capacity $10.00 diirlHiiii Oas Ranges, four burner, nickel trimmed rlass oven door $69 Inhersal Steam Hoiler, small size. for.. $1,35 Inhersal .Steam liilcr, large size, for. ..$1.50 Moulded (inrdcn flnse, 7 ply Vi-inch, SO-fl. lenpths and couplings ..$7.00 Moulded darden Hose, 7- ply Sg-inrh 50-ft. lengths and couplings ..$8.00 White Mountain Ice Cream I'reezer, 1 qt....$3.75 VUiite Mountain Ice resin Freezer, : qt....$5.35 White Mountain Ice ( ream Freezer, 4 t.. . . .$6.50 S irnl. (iah. (.ariiatre Can, for $2.50 I.:irire Size Splint Clothes Hamper f..r $1.75 Domoneo F.lectrlc Iron, complete with cord, on sale Monday, at $1.50 Cash and Carry Means a Big Saving to the Housewife llead Grocery Specials for Monday 48-lb. sack Diamond H Klour. .$3,811 8Mb. sack Diamond H Flour. .$1.78 24-lb. lack Rye Flour fl.40 'i'ha heat White or Yellow Corn Mffal. lb So Biwakfuat Oatmeal in hulk, tb.'ic Unnri Pi,.1ri.ri Vnvv Rin Ih . . Iftn Heat Head Japan Rice, lb Km; Gallon rana Corn Syrup f5o Gallon, cans White Syrup f 1 tS Large eana Baked Beana, ran... Mr So. 1 can Baked ana 1e Assorted Kamo Sou pa. can 10o No. 2 can Pumpkin Ac No. 1 cana Pink Salmon 3 .If Uara-e cans Booth's Eardlnea In Tomato 9Huce !V I -a rue cana Mustard Sardlnel IV 4 cant Oil Sardlnca t.V Pancy Sunar Corn, can 1S'4 Taney Ripe Tomatoes, can....l2'4e Earlv Juna Peaa, can 1''ir No. 2 cana Peaa l".e l-oz. rana Carnation, Wilson or pet Milk for lie t.arira bottla Tomato Catsup or Pure Cider Vlnerar. earn Toe T.ar(re bottle Street Plrklea 3.1e r.araa bottl Sour Mixed Chow Chow l1',,', fnrb 12-oz. jar Ji'lly, assorted flavors emh Choice Tapioca In bulk, lb Pearl Barley, lb No. 1 cana i'eachea in heavy eyr up, each , No. 1 cans Aprlcota In heavy syr up, each 8-oz. Jar Sweet Onions, each rhiteh Cleanser, 3 cans.... i bars Diamond C Soap.... Cryatal White ot Ulectrio Soap. 7 .il'ECIALS IN OI K rililRII Kill IT lKI'T. Kancy Peeled IVarhea, lb.... l-'ancy California Prunra, lb.. Kancv Seedleaa Kalaina. Ih.,., &'resh Roasted Peanuts, lb... 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