The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-14
ONE OF GRAVES OPENED.
AUToPsY ON zANoLps FOURTH WIFE
SHOWS NO SIGN OF TYPHOID.

SHOWS NO SIGN OF TYPHOID.
mat was the Certined Cause or Death-1t win
rake Three weeks to Perfect tho Eunmina-
tion fer PoisOns - Xanoii Accustomed 20
Prepare His wires Cense for Her Himself.
The body Of Jennie schlesslngcr, fourth wife
Ct Charles Zanoli. who has buried all four be-
sides three other persons and collected In
suranco on their lives. was taken from
its grave in st. Michael's Cemetery. Astoria,
yesterday, In the presence of Deputy Assistant
District Attorney Van Wyck; Prof. Rudolph A.
Witthaus, who will mako o chemical analysis
to determine. IL possible, IL tho woman was
poisoned; George p. Biggs. pathological ex-
pert for the State; DR.. George +. Shra-
dy. the States medical expert; Deputy
Coroner O'Hanlon. representing the Cor
oner's office; DR.. Charles Z. Nammack and
Detectives Evanhoe and Thomas, representing
the Police Department.; DR.. Evarts NJ. Morrell.
representing the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. and DR.. William T. Jenkins. DR..
Farquhar Ferguson. and Thomas Dinnean, rep
resenting Zanoli.
The coffin, the plate of which was inscribed
Jennie sumner, died Aug. Q. 1897" was
identified by the undertaken and his mon,
and was then taken to the Morgue I'M
opened. There c. 8. Dewey, who embalmed tho
ubly. IVNok lLC ~ 40 thhb VI SChHiio SuhbuCis
He identified it, no said. by the black hair, high
forehead, prominent chin, and by the black satin
dress which had been furnished by Zanoli. DIR.
James L Harris. who had attended the woman,
thought it was her body. but could not swear.
The embalmer was positive. Embalmers as Q
rule, he said. injected the embalming fluid
through the right brachial artery. He, being
left.handed, always injected the fluid In tho left
brachial artery. He pointed to a mark on the
N-GR $780,. a. 49, H. u A.sI h.l
been injected. John Galloway, the ~janitor of
the house at 24s East l25th street, where Jen-
ME Sumner died, said that the woman'sa appear
ance had changed greatly, but that he could
"almost swear" that 1t was her body.
AT 3:15 O'Clock the autopsy began, DR.. Briggs
performing 1t. assisted by DIR. O'Hanlon. While
they were at work DR.. Barton, the other physi.
clan who attended tho woman in her last illness,
cane In. He said that the features resembled
those of the woman he had known as Jennie
submer, but that he would not swear that the
body was hers. The autopsy was not completed
until after 8 o'clock last night. The necessary
parts were taken away for analysis. DR.. Shrady
said afterwards:
"Tbo body was in q fair state Of preservation.
The internal organs were perfectly preserved.
II the woman died of poisoning I have not the
slightest doubt that tho fact can DO determined,
and that sufficient traces of tho poison will DO
found to determine what 1t was"
Asked II there were any indications that the
woman died of typhoid fever. az certified. one Of
the other physicians said that there were no
such indications. DR.. shradT said that It would
be quite possible to determine from the autopsy
whether or not the woman had died Of typhoid
fever. When DR.. Shrady was asked to say
whether the physicians had come to any conclu-
soisoned Pr not 10 refused positively to answer
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perfectly Veil swa ne. Of the didsr or q Of opinion
still existing among chemists and physicians
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Prof. Witthaus viii show beyond q doubt that
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gEsPS found In tho nat that zsnoIi rented at
rested. Upon the back Of this photograph was
aAtroplna tropfen. 2474. 6-l7-e5."
drops" It is supposed that 247S Is the number
cate p the date. May hS1 III 1885 SIS 0' The WORDS words 'a and
figures arc in a German mans handwriting.
exhibited on the postal card he wrote to Barbara
Haufner. whom he was about to engage as a
99S Sas e, 1885, Sh ssat z 2an %si af sfss %ife 4 dis %ti p SR
900 1I and 3sf Dr. ,h' %eSer n' sheS Ri Rivfia sass l0f st GeeS
the slightest doubt that she died Of apoplexy.
Atropine 10 the poison used with opium by DR..
Mrs. Mary fSo%ey 81 3 East 125th street.
who ia a seamstress and was employed by the
last Mre: Zanon on several occasions, Haid
About two weeks before Mrs. SUMNER died I
S sSsTsq M !. e aas MRS aGr esl nos s sss down n" q br eas:
fast, Mr.; SUMNER. ! NOTICED. would ask his wife
he e would SIa 20 20 s out ' in the e0i Kitchen %h and sh po %ss o sIn q
cup Of coffee, which would always be waiting
for his wife when she came, In. Mrs. Sumner
spoke to me about this moro than once and COM
mented on tho kindness and thoughtfulness of
her husband in having her coffee all ready when
It was learned yesterday that Zanoli, about q
week before. his arrest. had offered his barber
tisement stated that all particulars would be
Furnished BY Huge Gamsert. q dealer in per.
s sso zSnol 4 ,o "a S Mr.. G i s'Ese SON T David Sf sSss
he tso was Ssst going back to Germany on account of
The advertisement read that the shop was
offered for sale because Of the death Of the pro.
prietor. This is tho same scheme that Zanoli
wife. His frst wife died and. he moved to 1906
Second avenue. where he conducted a shop. His
eisGaS T Ris Gtsd s : to sna 5o % Vest SSss II Tsi ssSs snS
street. Then no bought the shop at 465la Tenth
his third wife died he sold his shop TO Theodore
Dansemar, telling Dansemar that he was going
cause he wanted to get as far away as possible
from the people In the neighborhood, who had
Animated that he had killed his wife. He
moved up to Harlem. changed his name TO
new shop at 81 Warren street.
Zanoli will be arraiKned In the Centre Street
Police Court again this morning, His lawyers
win maintain that the exhumed body has not
been identified as his wife's.
While It may take weeks to perfect the chemi.
eal ANALYSIS In the case, a very brief examina
ton may serve TO show whether or not the
ordinary mineral poisons are present at all.