New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-22


~, -, Chioiyo TlibpR' MartA ~ -,
n. Tros5av Ian g there was publlshru an
secSSpsSi , on me lake front Tie man bsd evidently
Az en nI SSat WITH though no Testimony could be al,
au ow who was tS S STe 9ct hat the deceased
lad come 10 death ny dronns and that he St Se
fonSd At teis limo it IVES sHpp9s9td "a tn Una" n W.
49, mar whose name was asccrt9ned 10 pe ~, ~
80 Ton Mas An Enghman and although some ev
M. rlt receipts were found on his body no fIo
rond ne ON Inc Ssh Of January Detective pxogt ok
tic case hand, and rl9ceeHeG m rnS SnP % IN
dSsd man TIE shipping receipts found rn che body
showed that Gunnoon mad reGcNe4 DWo loves over me
-pgosumahly the same-to Manhattan Kansas over the
NvY,,t rectcd 10 t;uinuletop IN Baltimore referring
y" ann OF money and Gdyfng the recipient to leave
che money ia their hands pntll ne had sclted mnsll
in the west whittier he seemed TO have formed the in
Daicstye DlSon ascertained that man calling him
sell GsmbetoE had been rooming At No 42 Dearborn
st Room IS Tut that c had departed on the 2Oth Of De
eenhcr jus, two weeks before So a[ the matter %%S
IN his inquiries to the appearance and habits OF Gua
The G,m.6cton taScn from tho basin dead was dark
nan, medium size with little black hear, 9ash halr;
ot at' u, ION , an EsnS nc lo5cers with Gumhleton
a. wc as the other people with whom he came ia con-
fac. all represented him very hEhc oiil %
Shou 81 years age, and German. This latter ac was
apparent from the very broken manner ~
used tic language. and from his owa rtlresen i
FuttN r Investigations proved that Gumhleon arrived
zio-rn-cycr whose description obian6 afcrward. tai
hci with that Of the Young German 1T then came orr
tbat CumetOn had been almost constantly IN company
~ "a , to ief 10 fbe 18th Of November on tic
latter date the two proceeded 10 the Cchl UeIOt 70
roycd IN have contained clothing 10 Manhattan, Kan
sas. That this shipment was made IS SHOWN ny
the receipt found the body OF GumO!eion. 1LIs
tie last ever seen Of the latter alive As 10 10 i bs
murderer to compass ms purpose, there l1 De u" o nv
reader s well able 10 form theory for himself
~ = % that there was piece Of rope found bound or
Ted arOGnd the lead and face OF the deceased man ana
partially over lbs mouth l0khs lhS ei,ileh. El 'io
go l-lo iii 80 nd zdceTncvcT took
walk toward the lake alter the business OF Emp
ssb5t in t6 SftoTroon. ana at that hour in November
lc night had nearly come on. 10 Is prJnate thaJ
the Younger and crafty OF the couple had no
difficulty in gacsng OF binding the Older man. ana IN
struggle though the hooy showed 10 MARKS 9i haoece
Nt however il may have been accomplished there neea
he no doubt that when Zegenmeyer Vent hacE 70 ms
ioogqs tlat nlet ne ie,t la ne naI .} HIM fro,
himself nom ono lneumprahee %hcn pre- S.tU ~,
oJtliI the money which he kne" his victim 10 pe pos
Knowing intimately the habits and customs Of Gum
bcto, Zegenmeyer was perfectly aware That the former
rTouClt nom Balfin1se and which, together with the
- 51 fouId on lis boy was the only money he
M West. mis- $500 was deposit on Nov d. the day Of
tie arrival ~ the Two On the 20th OF Now ne DAY 9iiet
iho National Bank OF Commerce, No lO Dc IrDoInst.,
AMI repre- onted hat lnblesn who wa ms Llr.eT ~
buSe, had left on the previous DAY Tor New .pt
that had authorized MIN Zegenmeyer) to ara" me
money SHe us is ~ ,n5F ts ~ dit WN6
n lad taken from the body Of Gumbleton Tie bank OF
mrtsT HAL he Would have to lave the Endorsement Of
Cunbeton before he could draw the money. He acQni-
eSccd in the decision OF the hank and went away,
S6rk aud have II indoTsed by Gumble;on. He could
calculate that il would take about uIee days for
lctter TO reach New-York, surprising he had one to
send; and So he forged Gumbeton's name, with the
date Of new York, Nov - just three days AFTER the
iFs pIg scnga.H GltllS IIe eI aNbsi 5 .1,' VA
heIrsen,cd himself AGAIN at the same bank on the 269
,cta Of tbis strange AMIR is that Ziegenmcyer mad
beSp Known by his own naAe during the time that he
snd CumhetOn had been rOoming together ut No III
Tie afternoon Of the 18Th OF November at about 8
O'Clock; that he came BACK On lhe same nsnV ~, us
20,H lie was GuIOc.on ri bis lodgings and Zegenmele T
a. bank. Shortly after he had successfully oD.ned
the money hc himself 20 work TO get back iIon an
So The EO boxes Of clothing which Lad been sAlpd on
he to Alderman Powell tie freight agent OF ne
tneHgo, 4'lI On ar. & Ii,sci2 a. t4n1i7ifoH do
sized mat the boxes he telecraphed for. This was
done. anI tho car in which teey were known 70
he found TO be 2t Quincy: IN rfiron7e % IGo
turned on Nov ~, ana, Nith Ie,elNt ~ .
1rcTt Tcrep,d ana taken in charge by Zcgenmeyer
NJ, ,t i.m tcu TO store on Flil-aye, ana there
sod lot vhot they would bring Having thus easily
seed up nc Western accounts OF ms Iteatci 5soT ~
the Gumbletod business AegeHmeJ ee next sit ms Tits
,.tei sd i'm Eav-York AID Tor which hc had
III I.ter 81 credit in GumnetOns nome, His first pro
ssediIe Was 10 forge letter to Blake Brothers * CO..
a. vi ,Gn tic letter Of credit was drawn lie
ia. 40 doubt, been in constant practice on
lor to tho 1s Of December, and that Re e., had
.raiuel eoI cIGle proficiency is Shown ny Ihe iaCt
That he was able to wTite letter so nearly an imitation
a. mans that 10 received ana answered as
.r.0u.no !v a banking firm which mad plenty Of genuine
vo.yinc some 5000 The New-York bankers evidently
SO question as TO the letter over GumbetOls sigma
tire They probably received the letter on Tie 81 or 4th
a. B-colubpr and their business would allow
fhev IasIe tic desired statement of GUmDeton's ae
court and transmitted it 70 him las they supposed in
once having received the draft zeigenmeyer had gone
far toward setting te money inv s ha bt Ms that he
was not known ri a a. Iegentneyer and That the
That he De known or youcheo 1Of H Some
Eesponsiec Fs3a lid on aaI {be cudv of man TO
5vc M the necessary indOr7emcnt lie fret visited the
go tfae office oi Rose d Cooley, No. IL South Canalst,
Soe@nr INV l,iciTgly introduced Mr. GumbleOn to
thenD a. d Who nd IA farm FOR sale. Mr.. MILLS had no
1o1it, i'm artancing matters with the supposed Gum
bet0n. The farm was agreeable. ana everything
lh"Itls'" i n ,geaty int balf-eduCaed German was
e ~ INC paroles 1ne only trouble was that MI Cum
Met had d e1ca amount Of ready money He mad 10 ne
srre. q draf5 New-YOrk for sum large enough 10
DO mems getting II ctshed Ia tine juncture MT. ~
" Ms Offered his services 70 heP hi" iIlehd Gu III, DE
Manufacturers National Bank He intr9duceu Mr.
Gumbeo % Mr. Holmes aud testified tlat ne was tne
ses Cun DlctOn 20 whom the draft was trawn ana no
otber Furthermore he YOuced fOr Gum hletOns hhal-
eiai etandng and offered 10 sign the draft with nm
rcnt ~ convince Mr.. Mills that he could CON
scenti5Gsly youch tor the identity OF Tins Gum,
A. pefass not TO inquire. Doubtless MI Ailis COR
eidcrod pant IN the transaction as mere nuai'
fornay bB Will be curious 70 see II the islTs OF
umIai Ion 40 ld any appear, will regard Mr.: ShIss
reimbursement tie light Not 9nlte satlsne IIh
Observation-Disclosures 10 zee Blake Brothers q Co., and itsce
tajn IL the draft all right Ihey fttutheu az ,"nt