Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 22 | Gruesome Crimes in Berlin Punished Lightly since War

Gruesome Crimes in Berlin Punished Lightly Since War I n nr fly I KARL KAm n ii n. n YON VON WIEGAND ND I cr Service Staff Correspondent BERLIN Aug 6 Mrs Mrs Irs Ottilie Flehmer mer aged 55 is of oC a n. porter and her daughter Gertrud 20 20 have been boon taken to to the l penitentiary to begin serving th their lr sentence for one of ot gruesome crimes s over ever unfolded unfolded unfolded un un- un- un folded In tn a G German courtroom They were convicted con of or killing Emilie Emi Emi- lie Tiller a a. widow 70 years c rs of or orage age In order ordel to get her savings bank book so that they might bu buy themselves nicer dresses and remain attractive to their common lover a laborer 4 40 years ears of or age Mother Iother and daughter made mado friends with tho the a aped cd and anti lonesome widow v. v who who- vh responded to the feigned affection and und attention b by promising to leave thorn then all her property wh when n she died which consisted of ot a n. small savin savings era bank account The two women however however how how- ever co lid coUld ld not wait walt Mother and daughter as is they admitted on the on-the the wit it- it ness stand havo have the same sam lover who wh-o was wan beginning to show signs of oC drifting drifting drift drift- In ing awa away J The Tho autopsy shows that the tho widow willow Tiller had been poisoned with sublimate sublimate mate mato Jn In n coffee cortee Presiding Jud Judge e What were ware the tho motives for tor putting putting- Frau Tiller out of the way va Gertrud Mother had Improper re relations relations re- re lations with Ho lie did not want LIlt to have havo anything more to do with her and md she wanted the dresses of ot Frau Eran Tiller In order to 10 look better batter and app appear appear ap ap- ap- ap p pear ar more attractive She said then Franz Fram Benedikt will remain here her an annot and not KO go o away so much Bursting Into tears tho the mother In Interposed Interposed In- In with the tho confession tho-confession I will tell why I did It I put Frau Tiller out of the way because I wanted her savings savinG's bank book The Tho dau daughter related l in detail how she he dissolved sublimate tablets i In a a. teaspoon placed the tho solution In a 0 small smaIl boUl bottle bottlo and filled tilled It t with water T The solution was wai then always added to the coffee for tho the aged widow The rue daughter told how the widow given coffee coffeo e four tour or five lve times Umes a day and that tho they te fed t her this poisoned pois pois- med coffee corree for tor four tour weeks before she finally died Hed What happened then 7 asked the judge judt Frau Flehmer then related In detail how ho she he disposed of the bod body I packed lacked the boll body In a n largo large basket bas bas- ket hot of tho the kind which working women carry on their backs and myself carried car car- red ned th tho bod body to to tho the attic There I took the body out of ot the ba basket ket and with a hatchet cut the head off oct At this a shudder er ran through tho the spectators Frau Flehmer continued It put the head in itt the stove and burned it which took one anti and a 3 half halt hours Nothing Nothing Noth Noth- I In ing remained of of It When hen tho the head was waa gone I cut off oft one arm and put it In the stove stoc And as your our daughter G Gertrud came In a part of ot the tho arm um was still stickIng stick stick- In lug Ing ut of ot the stove interposed the presiding presiding- Judge The Tho daughter confirmed this and said she ahe had just como come to tho the kitchen to bring her mother her luncheon but buthe buthe phe he did not Imo know whether she sho ate It or not Frau Flehmer then told how on the following tiny day ay she had cut up the body further and burned it Jt In the stove tO leaving a ani only tho the torso Tho Tho dot details ifs b by the witness are arc so gruesome that they are unprintable The daughter daughter daugh h ter told toM how how tho the mother said that t the e torso would not burn well wrapped It In a n. sack and threw It Into tho the Spree river in tn the evening evening- Tho The court sentenced the mother to twelve years In the tho penitentiary and the tho daughter to six years SInce Since the tho revolution th there re has been bean beana beena a strong strong- tendency in In Germany to lot let lotoff off orr murderers in man many In Instances with comparatively light sentences A few days before the sentencing of or Frau and her daughter for their crime a n. man Inn who killed his sweetheart because she had become burdensome to him was given gl only onh one and a a. half halt years In the tho penitentiary