The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-20
.Tne zsegenmeyer Murder Ca.sse.

tin We have heretofore published the details
lof this case, but as we stated q day or two
ago that he had been sent to the peniten.
tiary for, life by,a Chicago jury, and as the
case is a very interesting one, we reproduce
statement of the facts of it from the New
| York Herald :: - - E.s 3.
! I'm April, 1910, an Trishman named VIM.
Gumbleton came to New York, bringing
with him sum equal to about s, 900 in
gold, This he lodged with the banking
house OF Blake Brothers & Co., in this city,
and obtained. q, letter Of credit for the de-
post. About the. beginning Of May he
went to Baltimore, and shortly after his ar
rival there formed the acquaintance Of a
German named Alfred Ziegenmeyer, who
had come from his native Brunswick to this
country some three years before. These two
becalle fast friends, and according to the
statement of the latter, were accustomed to
60 shooting, down Chesapeake Bay, two or
three times a week.: Both were employed
as telegraph operators BY company,
which, according to Ziegenmeyer's story,
\" broke up J" about the month Of October
last: The German was young and ingenu-
Gus In appearance-sO much so that his
| counsel took frequent occasion in the course
Of the trialejust closed to designate him as
atsboy" and "a IS child.'' The Irishman
was impulsive and contiding, as is the man.
ner of,his countrymen, and shared the COM
mon weakness for stimulants. He had cvi-
IDENTITY made his friend Ziegenmeyer fully
acquainted WIFI his private affairs, fnclu-
ding his disposition of: the IS 600 and the
letter Of credit which he held in lieu of this
sum. G.@r'| ~ q :; 4. ~ - ..g -
In the beginning of November the pair of
attached friends were out OF employment,
and had s,Indry consultations about their
future movements. On some pretcnse or
other Ziegenmeyer induced Gumbleton to
set out with him for Chicago. That this
was the first move in scheme designed to
end in murder and robbery appears evident
who knew both himself and his intended
victim that he was about to set out alone
for Richmond, Va. About the middle Of No
vember the two arrived in Chicago. They
boarded together till Saturday. the 10Th
of November, and on the evening Of that
day both went out together. That night
they parted forever. The waters of
Lake Michigan closed over one, and the
other returned on Monday morning to his
boar Iding-house to say that his friend Gum
bleton had started for New York, and that
he was about to follow. Having secured
Gumbleton's baggage and labeled it with
the dead mans name, Ziegenmeyer moved,
MOTTO New York, ,blltt to another part of Chi
cago. Here he assumed the name of Gum
bleton, and under this name disposed OF
some of the effects of his murdered friend.
Under this name also he applied to two real
estate agents protesting that lie wanted to
buy q farm. This move was perhaps the
most adroit Of all the series Of Llegenmey-
ers yillainies. He had before this transmit
| ted to Blake Brothers highly business.
| like letter, inclosing q forged Endorsement
Of Gumbleton's letter of credit. Even
after this dodge had succeeded, the inse-
NOUS German had of course to employ
somebody to identify him, so that the
check sent him in return could be collect
/! ed. This the real estate men, intent on
bargain, were.-in due time ready to do.
Getting q certificate for the money,
and having again forged Gumbleton'>
name to secure some baggage he had
left at the depot, Zegenmcyer obtained
| European exchange at another bank in
| his own name, and proceeded to New York
to take passage TO Bremen. On the day of
his departure he made an appointment with
| the real estate men at the railroad depot
| for st. Louis, where, having served his pur-
pose, they Of course waited lor him in vain.
Iegenmeyer'S arrest in Germany, his eX-
tradition and Indictment in Chicago, are re-
cent events. His trial closed on Friday last
with the verdict. accompanied by the sen
tence of the jury, according to the legal
practice of Illinois. AS the case at present
stands, Xiegenmeyer, instead Of being per-
mitted to go into the starch business, rs his
intention was, In Hanover, is condemned
to Imprisonment for life in the pcnitentl-
aly.