Show WOMAN IS MURDERED BY ROBBER chicago aug 22 mrs S E alze of new york city was murdered tonight by a robber while taking an evening walk in one of the fashionable residence districts on the south side for the greater part of the eummer mrs alze has been a guest at del prado hotel which fronts on the midway plaisance tonight in company with mrs R F allson of las cruces mexico also a guest at the hotel she went out for a short walk they had reached the corner of fifty ninth street and washington two squares from the hotel when they were confronted by a man who demanded their money and valuables all along fifty ninth etrest and on washington avenue people were sitting upon verandas and in the front yards of their residence and mrs alze evidently expecting help from some 0 them vigorously attacked the robber at the same time calling loudly bof help mrs allson turned and aari rari back toward the hotel mrs alze was able to utter just cries for aid when ohp robber shot her through the heart killing her instantly mrs wilson who was looking back at the time fell in a taint and when the residents of the neighborhood running in response to the calls of mrs alze they found both women lying upon the sidewalk mrs allson unconscious wa taken to the del prado hotel while the body of mrs alze was carried by tho polica to an undertaking establishment lish ment near at hand s the murderer attar shooing mrs mize fled into an alley between fifty eighth and fifty ninth street and disappeared in hs darkness he was seen by nobody except mrs alze wll son and mrs martha Scan loa a guest of the del prado hotel who hear ing the shot looked hastily out of the window and saw th man running into the alley she was not able to describe him and mrs allson was so utterly prostrated that she could not give to the police any details of his appearance A swarm of detectives and uniformed policeman were on ground within a few minutes but for the time being at least the murderer made good his escape without leaving a tangibly clue |