New-York tribune., 1896-09-03
ST'RANGLED IN HER BED
A MYSTERIOUS CASE IN AN EAST TWEEN
TY-NINTH- ST TENEMENT HOUSE.
THE WOMANs HUSBAND PRISONER IN THE
EAST THIRTY -FIFrH-sr sTATIoN-soME
INDICATIONS OF SUICIDE

INDICATIONS OF SUICIDE.
crime similar in most of its details TO the recent
murder Of Annie Book in East Twenty-nrst-st was
brought to the attention of the police yesterday morn
Ing. when Samuel Meyers reported that his wife
Annie Meyers. had been strangled in her bed al No
~ East lwcnty-ninth-st The couple had been liv-
ing in fat IN that house about month The man
RAD no employement. and apparently supported
by the woman who TO be found in Thrd-avo at
late hours at night.
At a m yesterday Meyers ran TO Policeman Rlvcr
IN Ihird-ave.. and said ne had JUS discovered that
HS VIE had been murdered. Calling another police
man. hiyer went to the house in Twenty-ninth st
WIN Meyers. III bedroom the second floor they
FOUND the body OF woman about twenty-five years
DID, lying on the bed Abou; her neck was stock
ing. tightly drawn and tied in a double knot She
had been strangled. and her body still warm
that the policemen thought she might be alive An
ambulance was called from Bellevue Hospital. and
me policemen who had cut away the stocking from
the womans neck. aided the ambulance surgeon in
efforts TO restore animation. After working over the
body for half an hour however the surgeon said that
the woman dead.
Meyers. when questioned by the police said he was
n jeweller out Of work On Tuesday evening he said
he left his home about SIS o'clock and spent the
evening with friends in Atorney-s; He returned to
the house 80 o'clock. lot himself into the rooms
with his key and. upon discovering the condition Of
his wife. ran out to summon the police. Meyers
aterward contradiced himself b. saying that he left
the house at 10 o'clock in the evening. He was taken
TO the East Thiryffth-st station where he gave his
age as thrty-fve years
captain Martens and Detectives Becker. O Rourke
and Cray Immediately started out investiga-
uon OF the case. while Detectives I'nter and
Snyder, Of the Central Office, to work cross
question Meyers. He again changed the time Of
his leaving the house. saying that 1t was $3.50
O'Clock. and that he In Attorneyst. up TO
nearly ! o'clock. Without saying directly the
detectives intmated that they had good reason 10
believe that Meyers was gambler. ana carried
on his trade OF tcWelry pcdIng as a pretcnSe. lie
fre1uents the Hebrew quarters east OF the BOWery.
The woman who found dead was about TWEEN
ty-five old of light complexion and hair. and
was woman of common appearance. She was
well known 10 the police OF the East Side stations
by the name of Dutch Maggie" She haG been
living with Meyers for three or four years and
their quarrels had been many They We're dispos-
scssed from rooms at No 2}o East Twenty y-hfth-s;.
six weeks because of their constant quarrel
ling and since they had been living at the East
Twenty -ninth-St. house.
ONLY of the eight apartments In the house
occupied and these tenants live directly above
the rooms occupied by the Meyers couple. They
said they heard no noise or struggle at any Time
in the night. a careful search Of the rooms where
the woman met her death failed 10 reveal any sat
isfactory olcw.
The police are working the theory that the
woman was murdered by Meyers There is little
that they have discovered to support the theory.
There Is some reason for believing that the woman
Of the neck in such manner as to indicate sui
eide ;,
AIevers was prisoner at the police station. fte
had been searched. and some OF his alleged VIE 5
taken the jewelry after finding her bcGy in the