The evening world., 1894-02-07
WAS IT FOR REVENGE?
The Meyer Family Say Rapow.
sky Poisoned Their Soup.
Had Been lifted by Annie and Turned
Out by Her Father.
Eight Out Of Eleven Persons Were
Taken Ill.

The police have not yet arrested Isaac
Rapowsky, the pcddler who, II Is alleged,
last evening poisoned the Meyer family
at their home. Q First street. though 10
licemen Lang and Taylor have been look
Ing for him all night. and n general
alarm has been sent to every station.
R~apowsky. who had been forbidden to
visit the Meyer family owing to his
objectionable attentions to Annie. an
Gig Accent daughter. called at
about 8 o'clock yesterday, when Mrs.
Meyer and her eight-yenr-oid son Harry
were alone. He forced his way into the
kitchen and asked for something to eat.
Mrs. Meyer ordered him out. but he re-
fused to go until given supper
A pot of soup was on the stove at
the time. Mrs. Meyer and her son
went to the front part OF the fiat and
left him IN the kitchen. Harry was
sent back some ten minutes later to see
how the soup was doing, and discovered
that Rapowsky had gone
Mrs. Meyer and her boy ate supper
alone. and partook of a quantity of tn
soup.
I'VE returned home later" said BESSIE
Meyer. the eldest daughter, to an Even
ing World' reporter.
we ound mother. Hannah. David,
Harry, Hirsh. Isadore and Baby Victor
AL III. Mother told us not to eat any OF
the soup, as, It did not taste good.
Annie said she was awfully hungry
ana would eat some. She did so and was
taken SICK shortly afterwards. When
rather came home we told him about it
ana ne sent FOR Brother Max. who works
IN a rug store on Rivington street.
There were eight of us who took some of
the soup and all of us were sick.
Mrs: Meyer. Annie and~Hannah, were
The physicians there state they will re-
cover. The police took what remained of
the soup; and It is now at the Board OF
Health laboratory, on Blocker street.
where 1t will be analysed.
Rapowsky,. who lis charged with being
the cause of the trouble. is n peddlcr.
aged nineteen years. He came here
from Augustovwia. Russia. two years
ago.
THE Meyers hail from Gretna, Russia,
near the German boundary and about
powsky's father was a well-to-do mer-
Meyer.
Annie Meyer and Rapowsky were
grew her affection for him. He was
clerking for a mercantile house there
and disappeared with a few hundred dol
here iars OF The hes M S%1l1y1 foi,o we65ey S Snd came came
and lived at 157 Norfolk street, where
Rapowsky boarded with them.
He got into trouble several times, and
twice was sent to the island. The
Meyers declined to receive him as a
boarder after that. but when they moved
to 8 First street. again took him in.
He remained for two weeks only. He
kept such hours aid paid such marked
attention to Annie that the father or
dered him out.
He threatened to kill Annie" Max
Meyer, the oldest son, said to an Even
ing World. reporter, and that was one
reason. father ordered him out. He
wanted her to marry him, but she only
laughed and said she did not care for
him. AS her second cousin he claimed
privileges that others did not have. l
hope the police will catch him"
The police give Rapowsky a bad rec
ord. He was a peddler of clocks and
watches on the instalment plan. Once
he was arrested for selling a brass time
piece for gold. At anothe time he took
away a clock to be repaired and sold it
to a %neighbor. The owner saw 1t and
ca used his arrest. He was again arrest
ed for drawing n weapon on a GUS
toner.
For the past two months he has been
out Of employment. He has made his
headquarters at n restaurant 90 Orchar
street, but has not been there since yes
terday.
Raruch Meyer. Annie's father. is a
peddler of wrapping paper. They live
In the third fiat of the tenement, 8 First
street.
The family comprises eleven, eight of
whom partook of the poisoned soup.