A GERMAN MURDER.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 12 (Supplement)

A GERMAN MURDER.

11l N'I'KI) ,UY oUO I'HIJCKMh.V IATIO ul' WKAbTIIV NEW YORK. WOMAN. A New York message, .luted May I, says: I nexamplcd activity is bring shown by tlic .police in the search for the murderer ul' Mis. Julia- HcTlncr, who was killed yesterday at her home, in JSrooklyn under vircumstancr* of unusual brutality. A week ago'.Mrs. Ileilner and her Imshand, a wealthy manufacturer, 'hutli of whom are ardent sympathisers (if the Fatherland asked a, Herman relief Ugcney to send them a. needy reservist lis a, servant. The agency sent Joseph lliinel. who re]iresented himself us a steward on the Herman liner Vatei'hind, rendered ilestitute iby the inlernment of the vessel. As a general utility man in Mr. Ileilner's unpretentious household, Ham I appeared anxious to please. lie .-.mid turn his hand to anything.

Yesterday. Miss diuck, Mrs. Hcilnor's companion, left Jut fur a few hours, ami mi returning in tin' afternoon .slii! met lliini'l burning away from the house. AH doors were locked, but a 'boy \rfio I'liiuhi'il In tile kiti-hi'ii window saw tin' lunlv dl''Mrs. Ili'iliicr 1 vim; on (he door. When tiir 'police forced'the door tliej. found sli.' had 'lici'ii strangled with a rope after having '..l'i'ii beTiten insensible with a beer bottle. Hit ilinmimil earrings bail burn lorn from livr ear-, mill rings from bur lingers, 'the murderer hail also taken Mr. Hcilner's will, a .led to .property in liiTinnny inlieriteil by the dead womiin, iiiid miscellaneous silverware. The theft, of tlie Hill mid the ilee.l adds, an eh-nient of mystery to the .rime. Mr. Ileilner, who is an invalid, has no idea why they were taken. Instead of the usual procedure of detailing a few detectives to investigate the ease, .Police Commissioner Woods yesterday ordered the immediate issue of circulars 'bearing reproductions of a photograph oi' the suspect, and liunilreds of thousands were posted on rail way stations, elevated subway stations, pawnshops, lodging-houses and at otber public places. tie also told oil' oUO men to run down the ■murderer. Police squads last night visited the crowded Kast Tide lodginghouses, where they flashed electric lamps in the faces of sleepers in their search !for llancl.