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Show oo HOLD WIFE FOR MURDER Mrs. Augusta Dietz and George Nurnberg Will Be Arraigned for the Killing of the Former's For-mer's Husband Chicago, April 18 On the blotter of the Sheffield avenue branch of the municipal court today appeared tho names of Mrs. Augusta Dietz and George Nurnberg, scheduled for arraignment ar-raignment In connection with the murder mur-der of Mrs Dietz' husband, George I Diets, a fashionable ladles' tailor. On the charge book of the police ' station their names wore written in i red ink. which is the practice when I the charge of murder. . At the coroner's Inquest yesterday ; it was testified that Nurnberg, a har-' har-' nesfi makfr. and Mrs. Dietz had en-fcur-od In a liaison for some months I Dietz was aware of this, as was the harness maker's wife, who had had her husband watched by detectives.' who among other things had tapped telephone wires and listened to aliened al-iened conversations between Nurnberg ! and Mrs Dietz Two months ago Mrs Dietz consulted a lawyer about ob-I ob-I talninc a divorce, but was dlsBuad-! dlsBuad-! ed. Nurnberg and Mrs Dietz. accord-1 ling to testimony, speut part of thei da before the murder at Highland1 ! park together. The testimony further showed that, on tho night of tho murdf-r Mrs Diet' did not occupy her bed, as she is said to have told the police; that j I sho was fully dressed when she gave i the alarm to the police and wore her wig and corsets, which she had nev-1 i er been known to do so early In the' 'morning, and lhat when tho officers' arrived the found the milk bottle I OUtflide the 'lour although Mth. Dietz i i Mtid to have told the police that! found the body of her husband L'ttcr bunging in the bottle. Will Fight the Charge Counsel for Mrs, DieU: aud Nuru-1 I erg irere Kpeeted to flbt the carry- out of any recommendation of tho coroner's Jury and formal charting of them with murder The coroner's jury had recommended recommend-ed that Mre Dietz and Nurnbi rg be arrested. Attorneys E E. Crow and Chailos V Barrett, representing Mrs Dietz, and Harvard Strlckler, counsel for N'uiubcrg, and Coroner Hoffman agreed that Mrs Dietz and Nurnberg were to be given their liberty under police 6im clllance until this afternoon, after-noon, when they were to be becked, on a charge of murder and released on bonds of $6,000 each pending the outcome of the inquest, which was continued until April 24 Rumors were current, however, that the attorneys would demand that Mr6 j Dietz and Nurnberg be released on their own recognizance. Coroner Holt man today offered a reward of $5-i for Information! which would show where tho hammer with which Dietz was killed was purchased pur-chased The official said It apparently came from a second-hand store, as It was somewhat rnstv from disuse The manufacturers of the implement have hern unable to trace it beyond their establishment. Mrs Augusta Dietz, and Georce Nurnberg, owner of a harness shop. toda were formally booked on charges of murder. The complaints charge Mrs Diotz and Nurnberg with murdering the woman's wo-man's husband by assaulting him with a hammer It was planned to fix the hall of the prisoners this afternoon The preliminary hearing probibly wil he continued until after the coroner's cor-oner's inquest, which Is to be resumed on April 24 |
