The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-12
DIG UP ALL, CRIES zANOLI.
THE MAN OF SEVEN FUNERALS PRO-
THsTs INNOCENCE OF MURDER

Beay or His Fourth WHO 20 ne ENhuuea On
Srors,y and Ern nrincd-Tt was Etnbalmed,
,Nh,.r Coup,icntea tho search Tor Fstsors
woman who was 70 Bo wife No. ..
aep,pn,nr with Jennie Sumner, tho last of
four wives whom the barber. Charles Znnoli. has
insnred and buried, steps were taken by the
State Yesterday to ascertain whether thcso
woman ma well as the three other insured per-
sons Zanola has buried, died natural deaths or
not, Justice Pryor. on application OF District
Attorney Olcott, made an order yesterday au.
tborjzinp The elimination Of the body OF Jennie
SUMNER, which was buried In st. Michael's Gem.
etcry, Astoria. Tho affidavit OF tho District
Attorney on which the order was granted says:
THAT the deponcnt verify believes that tho
said deceased came to her death through un-
natural causes and through the felonious acts
of another, and that in the discharge OF the Off.
cial duties or deponent as District Attorney
aforesaid IL Is necessary that he exhumo, take
possession Of, and remove the body of said de-
ceased person. Jennie SUMNER, or certain Dor
tions thereof, and submit the same TO a physical
or chemical examination or analysis to ascer-
tain the cause OF DEATH
The body will BIO exhumed on Monday. Tho
chemical and pathological examinations will DO
| In charge OF Prof. II. A. Witthaus, chemist;
some rathologist yet to be named, and Coroner's
Physician O'Hanlon. The prisoner will DO rcp-
resented by DR.. +. Farquhar Ferguson as patho-
logical expert, and by Drs. w. T. Jenkins and
Frank ]. O'Hare.
Life left this body on Aug. 0 last. This was
four months after the woman married Zanoi
under tho name OF Charles SUMNER. When It
was decided to oxhume tho body District At
torney Olcott was anxious to learn II the body
had been embalmed before burial. II II had. he
thought the chance of determining whether or
not tho woman had been poisoned would DO
| slirht Cnrt Ng,Hl,,al.yl aa "a n sNn ~. 49, .r.
takers that tho body had been embalmed, but
that none of the embalming fluids contained
Zanoli was arraigned in Centre Street Court
yesterday morning by Detectives Carey and
Aloncle. Ho was not handcuffed. Lawyers
O'Hare and Duncan appeared for him. The de-
coed with the case. and Magistrate Meade again
remandcd ZanOli TO Police Headquarters until
Tuesday morning.
Zanolf then began ono of his weeping fits. and
begged that his 1o-year-old boy be allowed to
car AZ pra asaia9apa shs cbi ID S ssS h'p b. aIIo%ss ss
call at any hour. Zanoli then struck a dramatic
az demand that all the dead bodies be ex.
up. Not for my own sake do i demand this. but
proved that his father is not a murderer"
After Zanoli had been taken away a lawyer
Company called at tho court with two mon who
gave their names as Alexander ZollinEer and
iMd sn'sin EsnS,i y. ,5 zol1 m"n tt sa,a M Hs sou Id
himself. his first wife. his two Children, and his
juno. 1857, TO June, 1895. At that time Zanoli
lived at % Rivington street. 1t was TO Zanoli,
peter. the former, assistant superintendent OF
the company, paid the check to cover the policy
insnring tho life OF Xanolis first wife.
Kennedy was willing to swear that. acting rs
Assistant superintendent. he had paid a check
to TO- n1 1ss, under IN srt the name meet Of Charles Ihs, B Sra sns on On
tnnt. Zsnoli WIS dead. Lawyer Moss said hc
would have another witness in court on Tuesday
to prove that Zanoli, received n check unde the
another WIFE.
Zanoli admits all these things. however. His
lawyers said for him Yesterday that he had told
the police everything that could possibly throw
l tsam G inc 'a aa,a i.q o y Iii h hs f sns %sslE''i lhs i 'SlG
names he has gone by; and the amounts Of insur.
turn from court and wept over him copiously.
According to an authority on toXicoloEy seen
teoting vegetable or organi" poison in a body
hat has been buried so long as Mrs. summers
III I remember Alright, there is one case
recorded where q vegetable, poison was dis
months. That is the longest time after burial. I
believe. that the presence OF a vegetable poison
n much shorter time. Much depends, however.
on tho character Of the soil in which the body
S Mas SnF' If t Sha b ods i.f fsir e, we Wei pG pres whsn eT +
is possible that. IL the woman were poisoned by
n vegetable poison. its presence may be detected
establishing the fact. The process OF decomipo-
sition has no effect upon a mineral poison"
Another chemist recalled the fact that nearly
every barber uses hair dye and face washes
that contain lead or mercury. Either one of
these, the chemist said. admin istcred in
small doses. would result. in slow death.
Before death; he said. a high fever would Sc: in.
There was Il bottle containing q white mixture.
which proved to be u solution of Il lead salt,
found in Znnoli's new Nat at .2526 Seventh ave.
II NNIR ON rid fIsrnnnn ThtG IG nNNt- tn gla
Bernhard Betzgold, who lives at the corner Of
rolu an interesting story yesterday. He was
employed by Zsnoli then Braunel as a bar;
tfG l at tSI part lG OF sS1nSS: 1877 1875. 'fHI s g SIspt
n the rear OF THO shop and took his meals at
Beissoid said a that zsnoli Would freq s,nSEt;
talk with his employees about the wisdom OF
havinS sa heir iiy"s insmr@a; FinfIly; on Sept;
Insurance Company: DT, J; Walter Lyman
f smi%sf D' NoSsmbcr IN B sss G'AG Said Of the he
II tasted all right; but q short time after taking
4 h" began to feel i'll. He had severe pains in
go TO SEQ Dr.. Lyman. Bctzgold did SO.
and the doctor gave him some medicine.
lie got better ftr Ih for !" n tine and ID then hen, he grew worse
but at times he was SO dizzy that he could
hardly stand up. Then he consulted another
one morning when he ard other board
ers were sitting at the breakfast, table
the third wife, was carrying r platter OF eggs
from the stove to the table, and suddenly fell to
the floor. She seemed TO be in o ut. DR.. Lyman
was sent for, but the woman was dead the fol-
low ng morning.
The police say that the name OF the woman
whom Zsnoli Is supposed to have intended to
make his nth wife. under the name of Wagner.
is Mrs. ;Meyer Of 227 Marcy avenue. brooklyn.
Theodore Dansemar. who purchased the Tenth
avenue shop from Zanoli.. recalled yesterday a
conversation he had with Zanoll shortly after
the latter disposed OF the shop. To Danscmar
Zsnoli said:
I'm glad 10 get ont OF this neighborhood.
The people here are n lot OF gosSips. Ihear that
some of them said l killed MY wife. Let me find
the person who said that. and they won't live 10
make another such accusation. I'm tired O.
such talk"
4 QUESTION TO he DECIDED.