The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-14

1902 administer 80 Grains OF the deadly poison known
a. antlrnony 10 u,tavIt NJ Joseph Baum with intent
20 murder AMI to Nil They administered It with In
tent shond take and swallow It into his BODY.
they we'll knowing that It wss n deadly poison The
said Gustav H. NJ Joseph Baum did take and swallow
down into his body the said anthony. and by reason
and by means OF which said taking and swallowing
down Of the said anthony he then and there became
and was MORALLY sick and dsteinpered in his body,
and OF tho mortal sickness and disemper lie then
end there dIei.
District Attorney Ncoll on the strength OF
this Indictment made an application to Gov
Flower for reduistion papers on the Governor
Of Michigan. The applicntion and the other
.pepers in the case were given to Detectives
Trainer and Won Gerichten. They started for
will GO on with the papers to Detroit this morn
Ing
THE ATTEMPT TO COLLECT on THE POLICY.
Al the ofllce Of the Mutual Life Insurance
this w sHFy D sar S e. &eys
Baum. AMI the woman known to the G SnnGni
AIRY named in an insurance policy for $500
By th s 2 to called at the homo
Somp o ID by pr. Meyer who introduced him
.;object In calling was TO act as an interpreter
Tor the woman who. he said, could not speak ess
company, who saw Meyer and the woman. be-
''oame suspicious at the BEGINNING OF the inter
The woman known MS Mrs Baum. through
the 3Vth OF March OF Inflammation Of the
ebowels. policy taken out in August, 1871;
a' Dr. sn0 Simon anf B. &i Nina was sGbmi'od
IN apS fern d
Traditional Information. before ordering the
policy paid whiSh oI he sG IN
Ts%n s to d a nd Sss %p
with this statement. and. being questioned.
sshe replied that she had lived with Baum some
smonths before their marriage.
CONFUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF DEATH.
This examination seemed, to cause both
Meyer and Mrs. Baum uneasiness' and when
said that the real o. death wa,
that Br Giilett was suspicious. and fearing an
characterization mentioned typhoid fever; which
Sr%aton 9ply insrsas;d, Pr Gst.s ,. sHs,
Esbetween the. dates OF tho taking out Of the
and the assh ID Tie hf hre
ItSs pol!cy y The eompanys department Of re.
Ht the t word inSsstsatlon DR.: Meyer vho
az leaking IKE he
he ofilcals remark rt to Mrs L1;. Baum che too
day 70 demand has been made on the COM
for .Bsy s sh S ha Office and be-
Sfore they were out q the building. 5hs mater
ae hs he Rssd 81 Es
lTevieion. He sent Detective Julien. employed
aS sna to si sna s
At ss5 Ss!t i? s$ss ssi
within day or two left the city in company
H. M bsns Sf Rss14 put the facts in the
bse Th0 s
!. stomach. The
sf, this examination placed the matter within
yrnes was NJ aa the case In the
ims The eomPapy through Detective tee Julien len
ons xasd
!, by the Grand jury here to have Meyer and the
woman put in custody.
BAUMs FIRST APPEARANCE HERE.
y, 80 far as can DO learned. the first that any
7 body In New York ever heard of Baum or any
of the Quartet who are miYed up in this snse
'masons and builders. who have an ONCE at Is
MSuss 0wR hsY t Ess the
AK a5 in and sbS e @
THE house T. ,, big double house fitted for
dh%1ss ssy that as they remember
he essns HE
thai he had tTo friends who
month and he paid for m %pt in advance
,end the last time the owner OF the house saw
gut, on one or two ys i at the house they
.neiahbors that two boarders lived with them eIH
Msye hsss s f s nSs hna day 0 s
Nothing was said about moving then: but on
PsUe Ia the
%Ps ReaTa Oh na ss for or
then the schaeiiters received letter contain
Ssnth though the Sr fns
occupied but n few days that month.
DR. MINDENs STORY.
DR.. Minden. who signed Baum's death certi-
{cate. first heard of Baum about March !. The |
Doet9r's office then was in st. Marks place;
% The e baS and said
The Doctor asked e. who the friend was and
months with diarrhpa. He had taken a lot Of
saa nH s% Sst ss fa
Wimmere. called at the Doctors Office with a
hadn't Ra 6Sp sdsa to hsar again
him at once. that he felt much worse i went
h% at az aPd nd him In bed with
fvisit that he was travelling man, At least he
s dS and s he SS
,come from the South: ! suspected that tho
snd 9 m
Two days later the man Wimmere brought an
Rs9 sises tt the s' SAME at sSS
. ton. His wife was his nurse She said and he
dh a n my Ss Ps.n lend f Raa
ed 70 the treatment. J gave another pre-
There was still no change j tried several
treatments. but none resulted In any good. l |
treated the man until he died. To the last the |
symptoms were the same. He died thirty days |
after first saw him.
MRS. DAUM's" CONDUCT.
Mrs. Baum" said the Doctor was an ig- |
'porant woman. She was u German and spoke |
English only brokenly. She seemed to he a |
faithful nurse though she was very ignorant" |
In all your treatment did you n aver suspect |
that your patient was being poisoned 7" asked
the reporter
Doctor Yes. did think one thing was very