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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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...
Kancy Cooking Mica, lb ,
Choice Dried .rapea, Ih
Choice New York Apple,, lb
l-'ancy Pop Corn, lb .''.e
I'uucy Table Layer -Figs, lb .Mr
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17 '-ic
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VEfiFTAlll.R MAKkKT OF OM UM
New Potatoes, Ih r. l-.le
T,arRe heads New Cabbape. each V
Large Ripe Tomatoes, lb ,1V
Fresh Wax or C.reen Beiins. Ih f 1?e
; tmnchi-3 Had slip ,v
3 hunches Crein Unions fte
2 hunches Fiesi Heeln .V
i bunches Fres Cnirots ....Se
I.hixo Head l. ttuce 10e
4 bends l.euf f -ttuce Be
l.arsu Juicy Lei n, dor tV
THK TAI OF OMAiM
DEN'S U ,MI 4 OI FEE
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Our famous Co un Santos, lb.
II. D. 11. i.'offe. , lb
The brat to 'I n. Ih
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Host C'ovlnll Tet Ih
Fancy spider L k Tea. lb
Fancy pan Fire I Jap Tea. lb..
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All the best br mds .Nut Butlers,
ler lb Wc
The best packa Creamery nut
ter, per lb sio
The best No. I Country Cieameiy
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