Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-14
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nc insurance pONcies mad been made payeDle
to his widow" Baum had already been mixed
up IL the Meyers other murders. the police Of
this city say, but he had no suspicion OF treach-
cry He, too, bad suffered Imprisonment In
Chicago for swindiing. He trusted his ''pals.
DR.. Simon " Minden was called in to attend
Banu,, who continued to grow worse; 1t Ii
charged that be was being dosed with anti
mony. DIR. Minden SAYS:
II was much puzzled by the obstinacy
Of Baum's disease. No matter what prescrip-
ton gave it did no good. 1 studied all the
latest writings about dysentery and tried all the
medicine every few days, but there was nc
Improvement. / became alarmed on the
twelfth day
"'This Il . grave CASE 1 said to Mrs. Baum.
Your husband grows no better and his life il
beginning to be in danger. The progress OF
be consultation. l should like to call in
some professor and have his advice. Then, no
matter what happens. neither you nor can
feel to blame
oh, no; we need not have professor,
replied Mrs Baum We are poor and 1t would
cost lot OF money; You are doing as well as
well, made q special study Of that case.
Again changed the remedy. Still no benefit
ciai result. OF course / do not know posi-
lively that MIRA Baum gave the man my medi-
cines. noticed that the bottles and powder
SoACo bnoWcu 0lmluIoneu COut6ut6, rs TUG
medicines were being used according to direc-
tons.
MRS. Baum asked me one day: Doctor, do
you really think Gustav has dysentery2
My friend thinks he has typhoid fever.
Several Of the most important symptoms
OF typhoid are absent replied feel sure
this is dysentery.'
"'Oh, very well, il you are sure,' said MIRA.
Baum quietly. thought no more Of that con-
vsrsation until the later revelations Came.
II spoke to Baum about five days before he
died.
"'B.um, you're apt to de- 1 said, and If
you have any business to attend to you'd better
put 1t in shape
~ wish that when die he replied, you
will see that my wife gets the insurance money
on my life. Emile, bring the policies
SHOWED THE PoLICIKsL
Mrs. Baum brought out four life insurance
policies and laid them on the sick mans body
as he reciined on the narrow cot. noticed
that they were all dated nine months earlier at
Chicago, payable to the widow Of Gustav II.
N. Joseph Baum. The sick mans weak hands
enough to read them as they Auttered among
his fingers.
wish, he said very weakly, that You
would arrange these things all right
oh, SHALL l replied. You need not
bother about those policies. After the death
s0 SSiiP oAAoo WI give your WIDOW regular
blanks for making the application. That will
be easily done
Thank YOU said Baum. His wife did not
seem to worry much"
II any glimmering OF sense remained Baum
must have wondered why his mates did not take
him away by night and hide him, SO that dead
man could be brought in and laid upon his bed
and then they could all cheat the life insurance
companies. II was merry game that he was
playing. He had played 1t before. they say.
Would DIR. Meyer fail him now? Certainly not
he was clever. He was deep enough and skill
ful enough to smuggle in the corpse and abduct
his sick fellow thief But why did he delay SO
iongy
II saw that the man was almost gone" con-
tnued DR.. Minden, 80 / said to Mrs. Baum
"'You husband is dying. Don't you want
me to send for his minister or his priest to con-
sole him?'
No. she said, we don't bother about that
We are not Of any particular religion. He used
to be q Catholic, but he doesn't believe in any
thing of that sort now. It's all right
WINNERS called at my house after midnight
Of March 80.
well" said be, ..he's dead Give me . GER
tificate
"Tli go around and take look at him and
make sure he's dead, l replied So We walked
around together. There lay Baum, thinner
and more emaciated than ever-dead, sure
enough wrote the regular certificate, giving
chronic dysentery us the cause OF death.
Mrs. Baum was sitting in her room, dresse d
In black and weeping quietly. She did not
seem very badly broken down, although she
was then in delicate condition.
1t was shortly after that the whole party
gave up their quarters. Mrs. Baum collected
pany on her husbands" policy through DR..
SIinden's helm