The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-27
THE STORY OF A MURDER
In Denmark and the Capture of the Suspected
Criminal in New York.

Criminal in New York.
New York, Aug. 26.-Some laborers in
the public stores ON Laight street few
months ago stumbled across an unclaimed
cask from which was omitted stencil 1t
was marked as containing lime and was
directed to some interior point in Wisconsin
having arrived from Copenhagen, Den
mark, sometime before on the steamship
Hegla. Just about that time a cablegram
announced that merchant named Meyer
had been murdered and his body had been
shipped to America in a cask The barrel
was then opened and horrible, sickening
sight met the gaze of the startled opener.
Poking through its lime covering was the
llvld textures of a mutilated human being
The cask was Immediately closed and after
good deal of diplomatic quibbling the
Danish authorities took charge of the cask
and it was reshipped to Copenhagen. At
Copenhagen there being NO doubt that the
body was that of Meyer, search was begun
for the murderer.
A man named Adolph Phillipson was
languishing in a Copenhagen dungeon
charged with Arson. He confessed to hay
ing murdered Meyer and shipped his
mutilated body to this country Phillipson
lured Meyer to his room in hotel and
surangled him. His purpose was robbery.
Just about the time of Meyers disappear
ance Phillipson's house was burned. Al
most Immediately after getting the insur-
ance Phillipson disappeared. Arson being
suspected, the insurance company had a
warrant issued for his arrest. He
was Intercepted IN Hamburg and
returned to Copenhagen. Phillipsen
was then put on rial for muir
der. His family being wealthy and of CON
siderable influence, they succeeded in hav =
ing him adjudged insane, and committed to
an asylum. The excitement concerning
the murder Of Meyer gradually subsidized
The Copenhagen peor lie thought little of it
and all recollection of the cask containing
the mutilated body which had been found
here by the custom house officials died
| away. Yesterday, an immigrant who ar
rived last Friday was taken into custody
on suspicion of being the man who muir
dered Meyer. E. c. Jacobsen, young
| Dane, saw the immigrant with his wife and
baby enter a boarding house. jacobson
told the landlord that the newly arrived
immigrantwas Phillipson aud then got the
man into conversation. The immigrant
then said his name was Pblllipson and he
was Danish chemical man coming here to
better his condition. Then he became very
communicative, jacobson asked him what
news he had from Copenhagen concerning
the murder of Meyer. The immigrant
then told Jacobson he knew little about the
crime but he had to leave Copenhagen be-
cause of his close resemblance to the man
charged with Meyers murder. Jacobson
was then convinced he was talking to the
actual murderer of Meyer and so told the
people about the hotel The suspected
murderer went to the barge Office yester-
day morning to get his baggage when he
was taken into custody. He declares it is
a case of mistaken identity The barge
officials decided to communicate with
Colonel Weber who is in Washington, and
get him to have the state department cable
Copenhagen to see if Meyers slayer is at
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