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his life having inherited criminal tendencies from his grandparents
who had spent time in prison and said that he killed his wife to
remove her from the sins of the world and to spare her the shock
that he knew that she would experience if she should ever find
out’ about his criminal activities. Fischer was se
and, with a smile on his face, he marched up the s
gallows at Yan Quentin on July Ih, 1903,
enced to hang,
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his life having inherited criminal tendencies from his grandparents
who had spent time in prison and said that he killed his wife to
remove her from the sins of the world and to spare her the shock
that he knew that she would experience if she should ever find
out’ about his criminal activities, Fischer was sentenced
and, 1% 1a smile on his face, he marched up the steps to
gallows at San Quentin on July Ih, 1903.
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Fischer, a 31-year-old barber and religious enthusiast who was ac-
tive in the work of the “alvation Army by preaching in prisons and
slums; moved to Riverside, Calif., with his wife,Glarayon Dec, 2),
1902, where they took an appbtment over a Carriage shop. rs a
“morning of April 23, 1903, smoke was seen doming from the apartment
and the fire department was summoned. they forced the door which
opened into the kitchen and found Mrs. Fischer's body burned beyond
recognition. Fischer rushed to the scene and went into YS DEP LCS) 41)
that necessitated his being hospitalized, The coroner's examination
“Yevealed that she had been manually strangled to death before the.
fire and when it was discovered that the previous day she had pur-
~ehased-a-$200 life insurance policy naming her husband as BEREYXEG
beneficiary, he was arrested on suspicion of murder, Fischer finally
confessed, stating that his wife had a pimple on her face and that,
with her consent, he applied chloroform to daze her before he
doctored ah and then strangled her to death with his hands, He —
doused the body with gasoline, set fire to the room and then went
to the barber shop-where—he worked to await being summoned when the |
fire was discovered, He claimed to have been-a petty theif all of
FISCHER, Frederick C6,
Fischer, a 31-year-old barber and religious enthusiast who was ac-
tive in the work of the Salvation Army by preaching in prisons and
revealed that
and that,
e he
35 He
With gasoline, set fire to the room and then went
op-where he worked to await being summoned when the
fire was discovered, He claimed to have been-a_petty theif all-of
“riscun, Frederick C,
cher, a 31-year-old barber and rel:
tive in the work of the Salvation Army by pee ig in
slums, moved to R
1902, where they took an. apabinent
morning ae April
ious enthusiast who was ac-
prisons and
eens and went into hysterics
s hoin, ei id. The coroner's examination
Head ‘amy stranglod to-death before the
‘e and when it was discovered the pr u lay she pur
: ous day
a $200 2ife insurance policy naning her husband as Tanereegg
e rrested on suspicion of mrder,..Rischer final
ssed, seating “that his wife had a pimple on her face and that,
ofom to daze her before he
and tho
,the room
e olf
ber shop where th
8 discovered, He claine:
