, 1879-05-24

with thetn certificate Of deposit for tao0 for
money which 0utnbcton had left With the
f TSs u GsasS to 1Sston
a,ita which represented tue money The iatte5 had
placed On de.'osit In New. York. Wien Gum
l,lcton left Baltimore he Ind written to blake
n,,e1 asked tha. ILLS money bc sens to hin, hsre.
THIS wua tlono By the banlsnK:honsc, ansl tllclr
reply to his letter wns one OF tho documents
found on ounbletons hoay, n1d az .g gayc a to lesn"
and II nlso led to tl,c future establishment of
Xiegenmcycr's guilt, On thu a16t nt Noscmher
Ic0enmoyor wrnt 10 tho bank With the sao0
certificate 9, deposit not snyins 10 wa' GUN. q.
PARTNER, who had gone to Now York. The bnnk
refused to cash the certificate without 0umbic-
toms Endorsement. zlegenmeYer went nWay.
lnys with the paper inlorscd to the order Of
\. zicgcnmcycr f. forgery, md secured TIC
money: I,uring this time ID was representing
mselt a. bis eoss,lh{1osH',s, On Dearborn
Thee be began to look about for soma means
by which he could
NEaorlA7R THE *00o0 DRAFT
| on Now York. ltc went over to Caual street,t to
| n real.cstate Office managed bv Afr. 9. G. Rose,
ni Informed him <llat tlo desired to buy ntl I'M
proved farm. Zegentuoycr said his namc MAS
| HnMhlctou. and lle was introduced to s1r.
Mills by Hose. Mills had s,.ct praoerty "a Zue-
rntnuyer (tiumhlu'ou desIrel When he tnade
|
| Now York, md week. later, while thu ncRotia-
tons we're pend!ng, he produced the draft on
i.lake Bros. y Co.. Mills suggested depoaltinE
tho draft for collection. and tic draft was 40
TOMS latno thereto. Tie sole reason Tor all tho
negotiations regarding n thfnl was 70 secure
some GUS to 60 with him TO The bank
. s inc uoes SF9'e eas q that III dfa wss N
paid aud The money had arrived in Chi
caeo. Upon Mills SUGGESTION, Z!egenmeyer
sook 4 certificate Of deposit at tie Manufacture
III. At 3 y. III. the same day Xicgcn1neyar drew
tho money, md at 0 o'clock appeared at Greene.
bourn'a bank and purchased q draft on Han
| t9ver, Germany. Ihere was good reason Why he
crs' National Bunk. In Germany Zlcgcnmeycr
was known bY tits right name, md to have pur-
chased t,lc draft to the orslor of dumbleton
lection, Or left straight road to he detection.
| while to lave purchased 1t 49, Alfred leEcu-
| meycr would ucrhapa tlavu led to some sus-
piclon on tho part Of the bank officials. 20 ho
draft On Hanover for 10000 prussian thalcrs.
At 4 o'clock the samo afternoon llc want 10
Koso's nsld made an engagement to 90 tho ne1t
morning ant! look at some property III LaSnllo
boardIng-house, told Mrs. Hixon be was golng
to ST. Louis, expressed hitlsetf as ia great
hurry and afraid Of missing the train. Thnt-
Dec. 15-was tho Inst ttmc be was scen In Chi
oner.
THE vRHY p1Rsr uLEW
Of the tragedy which was obtained by Detective
Dixou, into whose hnnds the case was placed,
was on the morning after the inquest on Gum
ne m sG h Inc
iatcly occupied By tho supposed Gu1nb!cton
Tho girl who made up the npartnicnt, Oh hear
ing thut tho bods was found, threw up. her
hai,ls In dlalnay nni exclaimed, nOh, dear!
such Il tluc stout boy as he was. tool" "Doy"
exclaimed bIxou, "why, how old did you take
hin iorl" She made auswer, y lie never plls q
tazor to bis faso. I'll swcar,-he wnsn't much
| along with 20" Then Dixon asked further, and
oscestnined tlnt the Gumbleten found dead In
tho lako basin and the Gumbeton who lived at
No. l19 Dearborn atrcut ucrn very diss!milar In
beard. From this ho followed 10 Tho trail Of
dWttcction W M of crime. Thus did tho simple Irish
girl become the unwilling index that polluted
out the fugitive crnnnl.
As soon d. tho met wna established that Gum
bleton had been IN company with iii Individual
whu had given Ills naulc as Hiegcunc}er, anu
subsequently assumed tint Of Gumblcton, D !.
skcln. With u description Of 7Ztegcnneyer,
aearch was begun for that person. but nothing
could bo found tint would give anY rew NJ u
h!s Xhersa1.oats. one g9nt ie t. another my
to his former home. Then, armed 1Eith e1tgat1i-
ttun papers,
DIXON rRocEaDED TO EunorH.
Ilo arrived In berlin April 7, 1871, having spent
t1yrs. Alter an interview with M!nistcr Ban.
croft s regarding .hc cxtradition Of Zeg.nmsycr,
Dixon went to brunswick. In lIRuovcr, where til
noxtim, n the delivery of tl,e nersnn al Xieren.
u,nsyar. but 1nniiy. Mnr i. Dixon was informed
ia ,hn suthnrites Ind tirci,jra In triv" in liz
,nn1,. nntI hu VIVA turned over, toeotcr viii hi
niFrrts a,i,i nbost S2DOO Ii, ,nuney. Thn cnHf
rrcntm,1 rnnsIrtal1e rIc1trmuut nvcr ,hrrn. mn,
, MA lin orcoson uf II ureat denl Of corresnnmtl
'.nre be,wcn, ,Ir IJnjtcI Stntes Atfutstcr nm
, the iertin officials. On tlIo ID Of Nav Dfx0t
iaft 9rlinswlck with his prisoner und nat1cti fo
: A,crea m tItu i}t Of lint month. On fhs o:a
~ M"v i1txon mi Zfrren,nsyer rcnrbeI III,
rncn. van
, ill.,, t,,o ,..o ,,no >, .r,,, ,bo ,,,.oo,,,,o,
Maen tHe chse came 10 tFlal tHc prosecutor
nau 70 eGpena ent,esi5 uPon ciseninatantA. "!
aoHce' sr. MScu Waa enea sta,cs sni.,' nt.yntnes
U n,n1 1niIa! Mahaeeo nr tnu case Mst1 constoe!a
. pig ap!s'tY, lheso Was f no ole s.l ~
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