The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-03-25
ZElGLER ARRIVES.
The Alleged Murderer Of Ruben C. Cooper
Landed Nv lall Hrre.
Heal flra' Denies That lilo II Zelgler, but
Finally Conf rser tho Faot,-Ds-
talls ~ Hts Arrts, aud
imprisOnnsnt,

Henry u Z,lgler, the alleged murderer
OF Reuben q, Cooper NJ Mas4lllOu on the
night OF December l0gn, 1877 cha cir
cumSlancea Il vi Ism rime ~sre oivan
cnm1tln rhlrtiays DEMOCRAT trrIysd
~ uhntOh thls m0fhlbgO tbr 1880 train
from the west ON the NJ, Na,ue rail-
rohd lll charge OF $ leriff L,inlnger and
Det cViye Dangelrisen OF Ma,aillon, He
was taken immediately 10 the (Ounty
jail AID locked up.
Ia sL LOUIS, when he waa placed mn
der arrest, u 'igler denied moat stTenu.
0ualy lhal li' name WAS u zig ler, or tnTt
no ever llVr1 IN N ailllOn. Hs said his
name was Mike AllGu, and that the only
city OF Ohio no was ever 10 WAS Cincin.
natl, and that he had been there OnIy n
short time, When Zlgler left here az
lhe tlihb cooper Was murdered he was
not marked with smallpox. but no Ia
now pltled up tbdig, On being asked
whel he ND he smallpox, no replied
when no Was i've yeats old PTeylona 10
llla he Waa searched aud the following
found In one OF hla pockets:
OFRICE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH
CHICAGO, hi, Juy 10, 1882.
TO whom " may cOnrtTu.
Inc bearer Michael Allen, haa heen In
lhe 'mploy OF the city NJ the Small Pox
Hospital, AMI | recommend MIN as a
ihlthiul and honest emplOye.
Respectfully, GIN o. d. WOLF,
o,, COmmlsulUner OF Heath.
Chief OF Pol lce Htrrlgan, OF ~. Louis,
VINO was assisting la examining him.
wired the Chief Of Police Of Chicago an
iuJuiry aato whether or not Mike Allen
was plllel with small pOx when ad
mllled TO the i0spltal there, aud received
The following telegram Ia reply from
the latter.
CHICAGO, March II, 1885.
To. Il, Harfigau, chief Of Police, SC.
Louis:
Alien was received In hospital 40
patient, Apri 20 h. 1889; discharged az
curd May "a h, 1882 Tnen w,,rked as
nurse In hospital until July oh, 1882.
Not pockmarked when no went 10; was
when he came out.
on being shown this telegrsm and
asked what he had TO say, zelpler aald
II was liei that no waa pOckmarked
when he ent raj the hospital, aud relt-
GRATED his Former assertion that he had
the smallpox when no was lye years
old.
After Sheriff LelningeF aud Detective
Dangelelsen had crossed the MIssiaalppl
river with their pflaOner on thr Journey
h0mewaId, tho latter weakened, and
confessed that hia name was In
reality Henry Zalgler, and that
he formerly lived IN Mas,lllon,
but he deuied being IN MasIllon NJ the
time Cooper wOs murdered aud with
hnOwi' & anything about the affair.
When Hsktd what led him TO deny his
Identity, he Tepl'oi that he had a good
reason for H. After thus freeing his
MIND Zelgler talked considerably about
stark county aud its people, inQnirlrg
atlor this ana that individual He aain
That no was the son Of Frank Zslglor
who was sent to the penltentiary from
Canton for slealllg where the latter
died, aud that he was born on South
Pop tr street, this city,
A DEMOCRAT reporter saw Z,lgler In
Tue Jul corridor this morning, and 10
the question whether no had anything
to say, replied that he wHs not ready
Just yel TO make aslatCment, aud refused
To lalk further As before stated, no do,
nies oil Knowledge oi CoOper's murder.