Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-26
BETRAYED BY A FRIEND.
A Fugitive Murderer Captured
.,a-sr~.... .-...,s. at New York.
THE BARREL HORROR REcALLED.


PhiIlipsen, the Dane who Shipped Nayer's
Body to America In a Lime Cask. Ap-
pretended by Custom House Authorities.
Struggled from an Insane Asylum.
NEW YORK, Aug GA horrible murder
was committed at Copenhagen, Denmark.
last spring 1t was made public when tha
mutilated body of the victim WIS found
packed in lime in barrel in the United
States appraisers stores in this city and
consigned to some fictitious personaae ina a
western state. There is now detained at
the barge Office one Alexander rnilipscR,
who is supposed to be the person ahoeona-
mitted this lendish crime, and VINO i hnld
prisoner awaiting adyices from tGe au-
thorities at Copenhagen.
The Crime Recalled.
phillipsen arrived here on Friday last Ga
the Normandie, accompanied b. hi, wife
and one child. He Is about 80 y,..ls o. age
His eyes are deep black and piercing. and
his appearances indicate that he is pos
sessel Of some means. The detaiIs of tha
crime Of which phillipsen Is accused arc
briefly as follows.
One G. Meyer was the collector FOR a
large firm at Copenhagen. Il was his
habit on most occasions to carry large
sums OF money on his person 4his fact
was known to one Adolf Phillipsen.
Lured 10 His Death.
One night phtllipsen invited Meser into
a room at his hotel 70 have drinN ANA Il
good time generally. There the unf0rsu-
nate Meyer was strangled and his inutiiAt-
ed remains packed in lime and saipped 10
this country. The object Of the n,ae.ier WAS
money, but it happened that the murderer
only got sixty crowns for his horfitlie Wogk,
which was all the money the virtlia nal on
his person at the time. Readers II this
| Journal will remember the details of the
ghastly discovery made at the custom
house when the hacked body OF t.ls lnur-
dered man was discovered
The barrel in which the corose was
shipped was brought to this country on
steamship from Denmark and sel4ol tor
duties by the customs officials.
Arson Followed Murder
After committing the murder Philiipeen
set fire 20 his house in order TO collect ths
insurance. lie then fled to Hamburg.
where he was arrested and taken haaS To
| Copenhagen, where he was locked up
AiiAikNh WIN 4AHoHs III 4ifA 3cEH
confessed to the murder of Meyer. Ii was
tried, adiudged insane aud committed to
an insane asylum
| Betrayed by Friend.
| At the time Of the murder u c. Jacoh-
son, now a bartender at the Hotel Denmark.
No. s. Greenwich street. was stopping tn
| Copenhagen on a visit to some relatives.
He claims 70 have known both philhpsen
and Meyer intimately. When jacobson
saw phillipsen in the Office Of the h0,eI
yesterday morning he approached him and
said, rs not your name PnIllipsen2p
Yes, was the response
adolf phillipsenY
"No, Alexander
jacobson once more looked at the man
closely, and, as he states became convinced
that he was none other than Adolf Philip
sen, the murdger OF Meyer. This facr ha
communicable several people about the
hotel, one Of whom repeated the story TO
the authorities at the barge Office
When Phillipsen called at the barge
/ Office yesterday he was called before Cen
! O'Beirne, who questioned him as to his
antecedents. He is, he said, a manufaei-
urer Of chemicals, and has also been cor
nected with the dry goods business. lie
visited this country about eight years ago
anu tthlaihth htit y year. i1c Knew dboub
| the Meyer murder, but strenuously denied
that he is the Phillipsen referred to. He
said that he bore no relation whatever 20
Adolf Phillipsen, although he has been
told that he looks very much lie him. Z
The Murderer Positively identified Z
After Phillipsen had been adjudged IN
sane il was rumored that large sum OF
money had been raised to secure his re-
lease and have him tranferred TO t1ss
country. jacobson testified at the barge
office that he positively identified Phillip
sen as the murderer Of Meyer He reulerl-
bered, he stated, a peculiar defect in Phil
| lipsen's speech, which falling the prisoner
also had. Il is not unlikely, therefore, that
this is Phillipsen, the murderer Of Meyer.
| If such should be the case it must have
taken some powerful influence to have se-
cured his release from the insane asylum
where he had been confined. The Phillip
sen at the barge Office shows no signs Of
| insanity, which is about the only thing in
his favor. The barge Office authorities
| will hold Phillipsen a prisoner pending an
inquiry.