EXTORTED CONFESSION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 25 January 1907, Page 4

EXTORTED CONFESSION.

TEACHER -iDiIITS COMMITTING fUREE MURDERS. Ilerlin, December -f. A dramatic confession of iitui'tli-i" has lieen extolled from a School t-acher named Mueller, at Dnernherg. ii-ar liayrenlii, by the examining magistrate. Heveral murders committed in tiiat neighborhood had remained unexplained. The first victim was a wid.-w. (lie -ee 1 a iele|,Mone irii-l. and the third an eleven ycarohl schoolgirl. The widow mis murdered eight years ago, the telephone girl threeVears ago, and tin' schoolgirl a. few weeks ago." Mooter was arrested on su.-picion liy the ami o.flties. who wer.'), however, unable to collect sullicicnl Ki deuce to convict him. The examining magistrate, according to German ens torn, endeavored to induce him to con fess dav after da v. but all attempts failed. Finally the magistrate had the grave of the iirsc victim dug up. and sudd'-il-ly confronted Mueller with the skull and bones, saying: "These are the re mains of the poor woman you murder ed eight veals ago." .Mueller', who" had hitnerlo with, stood a'l threats, tricks and persuasions, suddenly burst into tears, and confessed that lie killed the widow. The examining magistrate led him to confess in icars of the other two crimes, and to give details which enabled the police to supply conclusive evidence of liis guilt.