Show DISCHARGED MURDERS Y UNG BRIDE RDE Parallel Seen SeEri In Two Crimes I IC C Confessions of I New and Have Much in Common I I ANTA ArTA Ar- Ar TA ROSA July Jul 17 17 Herman s murderer of his bis bride brid I J of three weeks today is ex extremely extremely extremely ex ex- sorry sorry not not sorry that h he I killed his wife wite but that he made a confession v i rth lt hi his conscience COn cl nc may Impel him to attempt s suicide th the authorities here have doubled the I guards around the cell of am and amI his every movement is being watched watches by vigilant deputies I Sheriff Ralph Byrnes of Mendocino county brought from Ukiah to Santa Rosa because of the fear that tha I the people of or Ukiah would storm the tho Jail there and lynch him I Officials here believe that he wit will plead Suggestions that he had suffered I from shell shock or gassing during hi his service in the American army were denied by him today I I was not even een near the front line lins trenches he declared It was Just a a sudden Impulse that came over aver me I and I felt that I 1 had to kill kUl her may be tried In SantaRosa Santa SantaRosa SantaRosa I Rosa owing to the fear that the people of Ukiah may attempt to take his life lire If it he were returnee returned there It is also believed that it would be impossible to tc I draw a Jury jur in Ukiah to hear the case CAME INTO TOWN I IOn On the day that the crime was commUted committed committed com com- I mUted an and his bride had I been to town in the morning They I returned to their ranch home hom shortly after aCter lunch time It was then according to the husbands husband's husbands husband's husbands husband's hus hus- bands band's confession that he first got the Idea to end the life of the girl He lie went to the barnyard to feed some hogs His Ills wife follo followed follO him As they 1 went out through a rear door a shotgun shotgun shotgun shot shot- I gun which was standing on toe the porch attracted her attention and caused a shiver of repulsion to sweep over her Why do you l keep that gun standing standing standIng stand- stand Ing around here she asked as she accompanied him to the barnyard barn ard The words caused a queer sensation to creep over him declared and the desire to kill crept into his brain and refused to be dislodged KILL KILL KILL lIe He went about his wOrk tossing decayed de deca decayed de- de ca ed peaches to the hogs All the time timo the thought kept singing through his mind Kill It kill III kill He said he couldn't resist It it was a mania manta When they started back for the house he was like a man in a daze his mind I confused and clouded cloud d except for this irresistible Impulse The sight of the gun on the porch brought back to him I the question of his wife wite a few minutes before Ive been keeping this gun here to kill you you he announced and Im I'm going to do it right now Overcome by terror his wife fled Into the house said and ho followed He calmly picked up the ther r weapon walked to the other end of the porch where the ammunition was kept loaded both barrels of the shotgun ana and went into the house DELIBERATE MURDER In tho dining room ne came upon his wife as she was hurrying for the stairs leading to their apartment upstairs No words passed between them calmly raised the gun to his shoulder took deliberate aim and fired Striking similarity In the details of the murder of Frieda Lesser In Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles to which Harry S. S New Now has confessed confessed confessed con con- and that of l Frieda In has Ukiah to which Herman confessed were pointed out here today The name of the dead girls in each case was Frieda confession said I 1 killed her I dont don't know why I did it I 1 was mad I loved Frieda FrIcda She was dearer to me than my life Im I'm sorry I did It One of News New's statements said I f 1 loved oved Frieda I 1 killed her but 1 I cant can't tell exactly why I did it I must have been een Insane She was the dearest thing in n life to me Im I'm sorry I killed her Mrs Frieda and her husband Herman J. J naturalized naturalized naturalized nat nat- German and soldier ex-soldier who shot and killed her under the impulse of a strange feeling that became irresistible when she displayed displayed displayed dis dis- played fear of the gun he kept in inthe inthe inthe the house r y I lb r 1 I PJ i |