Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-05
A NBAf SCHEME
WHICH RESULTED DISlSTROUsLY TO DAVID
KULL JR.,
Now a Detroit SaloOnist-Why BE Caused the
Arrest Of Pretty Lillian Msyss-A
Story Of q Lonely Lake
Shore Drive

The Detroit Journal Of Friday con-
tains a column and half account of
the very sensational manner in which
David Kull, Jr., of the saloon firm OF
Kull & Tappan. gnd formerly OF this
city, was beaten and robbed, through q
scheme set on foot by Lillian Meyers,
who is described as "a handsome and
attractive young woman" aged p6. and
the daughter of widow. Miss Meyers
was arrested and locked up on a charge
of grand larceny.
According TO the version OF the trou-
BILE given by Kull he had been spending
a considerable amount OF money on the
woman for several years, but last fall he
got married, and dropped her. He re-
tanned ring, claimed by him to be OF
little value,.a by the woman to be
valuable diamond, which the girl had
loaned him, and about the holidays the
girl called with her mother at KulPs
saloon to get it, but be did not have it
with him, and put her of with some ex-
cuse. What followed Kull tells as fol-
lows:
~ did not see her again until the 9th
of January, when boy came into the
saloon and said that young lady was
waiting to see me on the corner. He
didn't know who il was, and l went TO
see. 1t was Lillian, and she proposed
that | attend a party with her the next
night. She impressed upon me the i'm
portance of dressing in my Sunday
best and wearing my diamonds. She
said she wanted me to look nice, so she
could feel proud Of me. Iagreed to go,
and though she did not tell me where
the dance was to be, she gave me to
! understand that it was al the home OF
farmer north of the city. The next
night when the hour arrived my bar
tender was sick, and | sent her word
that l could not 60. She came down
herself, and said that she was sorry, but
the party had been changed to the next
night. l said l could go, and we ar
ranged to meet at o'clock.
ave got rig and we started. put
on all OF my diamonds and took 500 In
order TO have enough to sea me
We UIONC C0oh Ou ONhNA'O
ave-, to the road which leads south to
the light house, about eight miles from
the city. She said the party was at a
! house near the light house. did not
think there was house there, but as l
had every confidence in her, l said
nothing and drove along the lonely
road, as l supposed to the dance. She
seemed TO get nervous as we went
along and could hardly sit still.
=" Now, Dave said she, III anything
should happen, don't for Gods sake
ever make it known for my sake and
| for yours, your wife would leave you.
II asked her why she was so afraid,
and she explained that she almost knew
that something would happen. Several
times she made me promise that / would
never say a word il anything would hap
pen, and then she seemed to feel better.
Suddenly, as we passed a particularly
dark place in the road between two
trees, she said. Dave, stop; have drop
ped my fam l had seen no fan, but
stopped and got out OF the buggy. AS
l did so two masked men jumped up
from the road and ran for me.
| chance for me to escape, but ran to-
ward the city. The road was rough and
| / fell twice. The men caught me, and
! one of them struck me with som thing.
As ran l thought of my pocketbook,
and took it out Of my pocket and threw
it away When the men got at me
they stripped me Of my diamonds, tax.
ing two rings, stud and pin, and my
gold watch, in all about $500 worth OF
stuff. They searched for my pocket
book. and failed TO find it.
"Whle we stood there Lillian Mey-
ers got out of the buggy and walked
past US. She did not speak to me, and
the men said nothing to her. The
horse began to walk away and one OF
the men started after the rig, while the
other took me into the field.
After walking about 100 yards my
captor suddenly struck me on the head
with something, but it only knocked
me down, and thought it best TO make
believe was unconscious. Then they
all got together and discussed the best
means of disposing Of me, and started
to throw me in the canal near by.
Changing their minds they suddenly
climbed into the buggy and drove
away. l ran after them, but they got
away from me. l walked and ran as
fast as was possible TO the home OF
Charles Shuvan, a veterinary surgeon
on Jefferson avenue, who is friend OF
mine, and he went with me to the place
where l had been attacked. We found
the pocketbook after a search with a
light, but could find no trace OF the
men.
II came home and learned that the
horse and buggy had been found at the
corner Of Griswold street and Grand
River avenue. Before coming home l
drove to the locality where the girl
said the party was to be, but we could
not fiud family by the name OF Du-
rand, the name she gave, nor could we
find that there was a dance within five
miles from that place.
~ have not seen Miss Meyers since
that night and she. has not been near
me. l placed the matter in the hands
of the police. and she promised the n
that she would try TO get the watch.
She declared at first that she knew