| Show HIDES IS 18 YEARS IN HOME KILLS WOMANS SPOUSE slayer P protected Prole cled by widow in secret rooms in her residence LOS ANGELES the story of a man who lived eighteen years in secret compartments in the homes of fred wealthy apron manufacturer fac was told when ott who went trent under tinder the name of walter kieen was arrested in conn connection edlon with murder here eight years ago the story etory was waa first disclosed by hermon herman an at attorney tomey who said that confessed the murder to him Sa chuber admitted at the district attorney office that he be killed oester mich ile he said im glad Ws if over I 1 am ott my family and the fily family have known each other since my childhood for years yeara I 1 have tried to pose as aa walter klein I 1 can think of nothing now but san quentin but I 1 shot abot in self defense 1 I endure her buffering erinc yes I 1 was in the house bouse on an the night of the burder I 1 was there when the officers searched the house but they cou find me when the entered the house they were quarreling I 1 thought she was being killed so I 1 shot him San buber built his own compartments according to Sha piros affidavit under the attic eaves of the oester belch homes after the manufacturers manufacture es wife had smuggled him in trails pair across U 8 S the almost unbelievable existence begun began when the lived la in milwaukee and mrs became friendly with when the moved to an other residence in milwaukee and later to lot los angeles San buber went 1 I thought she was wae being killed so I 1 shot him along fashioning himself each time quarters that could scarcely have been detected leh was found shot to death tn in the los angeles home in august of 1 1022 pollee police discovering in their investigation a closet locked from the outside broke down the door inside they found the manufacturers manufacture es wife semiconscious semi conscious widow escapes escapee trail she was taken to jail and accused of the murder but never brought to trial because of insufficient evidence while she was in jail however ft a former roomer in the leh home her she told him that some one was waa hiding in the house if food in designated spots and clied on the walls she said someone some one would appear this did and came from his bis hiding biding place the men struck up a friend friendship shIA find one day Son huber told he shot the manufacturer he be then locked the widow in the closet he aft said and went back to his secret c compartment to watt until the gation ended the outside I 1 loch on the closet door in which mrs aim leh was found was the principal reason why she wax waa never placed on trial since she ahe had been locked in by another person it was waa thought she could never b ba proved guilty of the murder police said eald she described later as her vagabond half brother |
