The Wanderers have been living with Mrs. Eugenia Johnson, Ruth's mother, since their wedding on October 1st, 1919.

Last night, they went to the Persian theater. They walked home. Wanderer noticed the stranger in

front of Zinth's drugstore at Lincoln and Lawrence Avenue, but paid no attention to him.

The man followed them. Telling his story to the police, Wanderer said, Ruth went up ahead of me when we reached

the house.

She opened the outer door and I heard her fumbling with the keys to the inner door of the hall.

We had some trouble with the lock.

I asked her, Can't you open it, honey?

She laughed. Sure I can, she said, open it, honey? She laughed.

Sure I can, she said.

Wait till I turn on the light.

And she reached up to pull the little ribbon that switches on the light.

Just then we heard a man's voice in the outer doorway saying,

Don't turn on that light.

Then he fired twice.

I heard my wife say in a whisper, the baby, I saw her fall.

I jerked out my gun, a 45 Army revolver and shot it out with the fellow."

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Neighbors told of carrying the lifeless body of the woman up the stairs to the arms of her mother

and of laying her down on the lounge near which there was a tiny basket ribboned and laced

which contained tiny garments and pink and blue for the baby that was expected in aug. How did you happen to be carrying the gun?

Wanderer was asked by Sergeant John Norton of the Homicide Squad.

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