, 1879-05-24
Ono Of tho 1nterestlng Pages OF This
Couutry's Criminal Annals.
How the Orimo Was Committed and the
Assassin Discovered.
His Greed for Small Gains Made His
Detection Possible.
Nls 0wu Starl Of His Connection With The aur.
dtrtd Mau.

siss moro Fcccntly P"olsleu at"tosuun'o icsatu
tnE h's cohuttion' anu lug ueooao'!tS t's"t 10
tnnY a1e a. aa'y moment ~ IL NJ" uol,aJ a'k"t
years since he Was tslea an'. coa'Neu.-a
length o. tflne "nca "a' "'pcu .se lceo''ee,'o'
VI she case from Tue lf'1has OF tae great ha1o1-
isy,-and the etory o. the crime LOT "hlen he ~
narrowly cscapao ta!e seaAota 'n"s w anse'ess'
INK fcaol''B. anu VIII esFse as eu.t =, aass'
inortem ooituatY lot 'ne cfl.M.n"1 n'"'seh'
IN the ~ OIL 'ahnaFY, lo'., 'ulo1oas ,". A.
seaVey, linen y 1ounoa!nau on 1''e I"acaao Po~
llee iofce' ou@ VINO - non to',eo o"pa'"teuu
ont, haa a's "tto"t'.''' ea'Atn' " s'a'' VI 1"s
boys "no were eaati'R' W u,o uo"y y. ueao
man !loat'nh III t1e oas'u a1 ''o 1oos ~ sAu""n
slfeet, atu oe."een ue ,a'tsoaa s,aeS a.s1 tnu
ofeak~ator' he o1"'''''cu VI" 'ous, io"no
lassensa py Ine arm WI" cosu - 'no .al'oaa
pics anu 1epoeteo tAo eass ~ eao ~ 4a.aoa5
Inc nooY was sooa teo"'eu Au,.l 10y! wv "a'e.'
and given oSoF 70 uie eotonot. hna1, w nsst,
appehfea 10 oo out s'e sal'o''no't W ~ n''uos'
everyday occurrence, aaa haa eaeneu no pa1,
t1culaf interest," OF eo"'oent' soou uesssopo4
into ono OF t''e 'host "Soto1'oue. an'.' ior aAo
time, pcrplc3'ne, musdes cases thas nus sssI
go1'o upon the ctln'ua4 "ocAe's " eooM
CountY' An examination o' papeF' "''cu "e'o
1onha upon Inc ooaS u 'ne oceehseo '"'"oo
D-.e -'~9 ~---'- 49,
NJ. WILLIAM ouMbLETo".
Ihefa was an easetope auaEessca 70 tnts iaa..
vidual by Blake Brothers u Co., bankers NO. o.
Wall htrcet, New York Ctsy, fro'ehe receipt on
the Chicago, burlington u Quincy Naflsoad
Company, receipt from tho btar Union Line,
and letter from Blake Brothers 4 Co. The
ho1v w,. .,omtnea hv nhvsc,nns. md tho min.
poo' "ua en".'"." ~ pu' u'1~'let ". 49, -
lou given that tho man had met h1a death by
drowning, yet how he cnsne to be tu Tho water
could not then be satisfactorily explained.
Soon after tho publication Of tie rac. Of tho
discovery OF tno pooF ~as maac, tose..'se 1. M.!n
the nG'no which wns foundon TIC papers. certain
little bits Of evidence bc0an creeping to the sur-
yarc. which went to show tl,at there Ind been,
ho,,a,,t Ill 1or,t fonl NAV on1 mat .e Il flo.t,
aous' M ou' LUX s ~. Hu hn s"s aossat Wv, ~ n;.
erP had mst Ills eoata DOE py aec'oent or LIS
own design, but through some human agency.
About six months Inter, utter search that
1n,xn. Aas s....a., sua..,,,s,ssnt H., ~ po,soa
p'1ou' ~" Asessssa. eapo..a.sa''s , ,s
affeatea !" hsuhs"!eH. uc1'ha"s' npo p'ouk"t
to Chicago. ono Alfred Aicgenme7or, VINO nal
been indicted IN TINS country upon cha'n OF
eiscumstanttal evidence Wlth the murder Of
Gumblcton. On tho 1ttll Of july, 1871, ths
trIoi n Ztc0enmoyer was beeun before Judeo
..'1' :. " s"ss r.,' vs. -. -. ~. ~,
iearS aoo1t' o. 'nc c'sEa'' co"'. III ''' c's}'
md on the evening Of july II tuo Jury re-
m inner md form M charged in the tutllctmcnt,.
a n-,.s 49,, ,,a,,..,. =. IT,, or.ann,o,t ~ III
"'r nAuE a''a t ust ~ .,tu..s ~. ~ ~. 's'
Tic story o1 th's crime, hs eilelsea ny Ing e1-
aminaton Of witnesses at the trial. and the 1oin-
iug torether OF tho broken chain ai clrcuEu-
.tautIui eyile1lcr, is ia brief a. ioIlows; ~,
Abont tie a3l ot April, 1870, H.. William
unmbIcton, wlo lad come to America from
of ' Biake B.otl,vrs K Co., New York city, and nni
nrosen,co n letter Of credit amounting 10 e.
GO, nlul payable to hnselt, which, as tl. eyi-
dr,iee Of oie VI Its brothers showed, was tlc
| irui1 lid father. The letter was loft Ut tic
bank, und week Inter (iumbleton ralicd again,
saving he was going TO draw bis money, as liz
%Ssqt eRs5t sr Rst9o5f Ba no; 1 ss Ats5 sa
lcayc the money, u,ld went awny, but took u
| letter ri credit pu the Baltimore Correspondent
OF Blake brothers & Go. f;umblptou went t,
!satinorr, md rcma!ncd IN ttas slty, At No.
W. LonbarA stscot, WeSt Itnia ,',i, alay up to
Nov. Y. In balltmoro Gunlblston. through
so'nc ca4anncl, became acquainted Win dcf-
rnan named
ALrnEp zrEossMErsR.
Thcy did mt boartl together, but wcre often
seen In sach others company. On the stt OF
Novss 1'iu - %lta cr m
lour M % t1ays. MI With m anparsot bllsi.css, On ths
murni,. Of Nuy. lo Gul,blcton e1J.arad m cx-
wItt, him when he ,nntIe tHu bargain wob XtereI,.
| m",rr. Thn Iottrr aIao went IL hts boardlnG-
ulaco ind paII lis bI secured hs baggago, nt.sI
ininrlncs tliu Landlord tnIt he wis going 10
uoae, boyppl question Of misleading TINT fpdt
pil,ial as to bis future movements. Thrcu days
later. "a thu Testimony OF unv Robert I, Vtck.
ers, Of Chicago showed, TIC two men rera III
nt Nn' Il, West Rnn,lninh strcat. 'rhs iva man
/. s.ivtnI, thetr trtla names. NJ. Wtlljan
1;nnSlcton md Alfred Ziercntneyer. ar