Crime of a Knight.

Hastings Standard, Issue 56, 1 July 1896, Page 4

Crime of a Knight.

MURDER TRACED TO AN ALLEGED NOBLEMAN. Sax Fr.vkcisco. May 20. T'n-'■ To«-ph 1' Blai .her, Ilmght of the l.'itnm I' atl U .mi 1 h iiu r d . in f Mi- P nit p * i L l f ' l l n_, 1 (mii'Ui wi! Un w\j \ > li in h* rtnv.-r to i S ttumav morning with her throat cut. is now appar. atl\ >.-tai lish _ -1. T.qi.3 morning George Dodge, a wellknown architect and intimate friend of Blanther, confessed that he had been induced by the accused man to pawn a number of diamonds whie;had been taken from the rings of the dead woman, Blanther atumgrd with Do l_r for the latter to c >r> 1 ict the nego ntoi with the pawnhruki r some ua\ - 1 cfoit. the murder. Blanther also fo r _ed the name of a female friend of his to an order authorising Dodtre to act as her agent m dealing with ths pawnbroker, a'i.t t f) t. u * i r did not wish tap iiiin *i. ii " and that lie Wis dif" ;• • ' i r Th« rui-tnuii']' after the ..inrli-r r< x 'her rt - Dole 1; appointnel t, and the two visited the where 100 dollars was advanced on the diamonds. Blanther then accompanied Do- 1 :," t'3 Oakland, where the pair separat d. When Podge learned of the n i 1 r and saw a description of the i n in gems he became convinced thai Llanther had duped him, and t 11 t 5 whole story to the police. The stones were taken from the pawnshop, and have been identified by Mrs Langfeldt's friends as the property of the dead woman. Blanther is still at larjxe. Decoration- and dnm .i°nN tourd anion*? Blanther's effects show he Vt tis a, lieutenant in tho army of Emperor Francis Joseph, and tii such distinction that he n a ivi d -t >1 of Imperial favor four cro- - > ai 1 decorations. The documents fix his age at 37- Tie must have descended from a noble family, as at the age of 10, he was lieutenant in Archduke Ludwig Victor's rpgnnrnt. Blanther arrived in the United States about ten years ago, and has resided in this country continuously ever since. He resided in New York, Chicngo, and numerous towns in Florida. He arrived in San Francisco on February 2nd. It is argued that had the supposed murderer not been a nobleman he would have para l«d his title and decorations, wfcor-" no one, not even his moat intimati friends, suspected that he possessed them. On the other hand, ii is that Blanther may have made away with the real owner «f the honors and approapriated his name a well as his jewellery.