New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-10
Az INSURANCE SWTSDLE ALLEGED.
ARREST OF BARBER WHO HAS coiLbTEp

ARREST OF BARBER WHO HAS COLLECTED
POLICIES on NUMEROUS LIVES.
Charles Zanoli alias Charles Braune alias Charles
SUMNER and known among his friends as Charley
the Barber" forty-six years old. was arrested yes
terday afternoon at his shop. at No. 81 Warren-st.'
on the charge Of having swinded the metropolitan
Insurance COMPANY In that he collected Inc amount
OF e.; on a policy issued by that company to one
William Schmidt. who died on July H. lsy'. al 80
1861, Tenthave Zanoii collected the money rom
the company by falsely swearing that he was the
hro,ber.in-law OF Schmidt and the legal guardian
OF the at,crs old Zanoli Is charged
with grand larceny and forgery. and was refnhrhed
20 the Central once at the Centre Street Police
Court yesterday afternoon.
The Detective Bureau was Informed o. me NJ
leyed insurance swndlc ten days ago ana since
,ha, time Apc,ec,iycs Aloncle and carey. with
Agent WITTY o. the insuranc" company. have been
working up the case with the result that canon
was taken into custody They were abI" 10 'ea'n
very little concerning The prlson'i or OF others
bv whose deaths he prohtcd. beyond what the prs
oner told Captain McClusky Ia q confession ne
made las, night In this confession the prisoner
,oid y, h,s several wives who died within the laSt
few years all o. whom were Insured tn various
amounts and O. the deaths OF other persons "hieh
uroyel O, financial advantage TO him lie ihs's's.
however tina, ne vas in no instance gu'IV o.
murder and thus FAR evidence has been "hd'ce'
.,o,.. ,,a, his contentious IN that direction are
untrue. -, .,t,,
T., $50 ,h. prisoner married Mary Dern. VINO nieh
I'm 1876 from apop.exy In 1858 his "!feS moth'r III
law died at her home. at No. III Ehzabe'h-s'.
Roth mother and daughter wer" Insured Tor Sh"
s,nounis which Zanoli collected In u" ne met
Lena Werner who died some months httet 'h' mar
r,age Before her death the prisoners own na"sh-
tar Latte died Both Lottie and The second WIG
uere insured the latter In the sum OF XIV. IN
March Iss ne me, and married soon nfterw"td
rou,sn Uerzlg Louisa died In December. ls'' from
opoplexy. She was insured for 800. when was
collected by ZanoH. -. ,,t. ,.,,t, o,orcI
"bnn and engaged william Schmidt AZ nclprr.
e,n,,,d, died from sunstroko two months AFTER ne
on,er.d the employ OF Zanon. who COLLECTED an III
snrance OF f355 Dy representing himself 10 -.
hrothcr.,n.law ~ schmidt and the legal gn"ru'Ah
VI T,,tIe while after the death 81 Louisa u. mar
it isnnlc Schsin Her death occurred Ids.
,,,us, and as shr had been insured ior ~ ny
60 brsban1 he collected that sum Hanon saSs
10, his wives died from natural causes hiu VI,
III. h.Iieye that the certificates or death sen'u
w. INC attending physicians have been regulM - ~
- S,.,,s.loener however. OF the tenement IN wh.n
~ 90, rife died believes that the womhns dca,h
~. -, above suspicion. In view or inns the 'o'"-
ro,'s once will be asked 10 investigate ne 10,
u" ,nol married under various names r.don W." W.
ha bad injured and he never IiVed iohs ~ WV
house. - 49, ,osr,,ncA com panieS will
reach total OF about W."