New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-17
ANOTHER AGAINST ZANOL1
susPIcIoNs ABOUT THE DEATH OF HIS
YOUNG DAUGHTER
WOMAN PHYSICIAN. WHO ATTENDED THE
CHILD. MAKES STATEMENT TO CAPTAIN

49, GRADUATED Mf@DiNiNS
GLASSES IN zANoLrs ROOMS.
mr. Martha b. Huson a physician. living al
No 237 East Eighty sixtn-st. gave testimony
N the police yesterday which LEADS 10 the suS-
n,cion that Zanoli the insurance swinder ana
SUSPECTED wholesale poisoner. killed MS daush-
FER Charlotte or Lottie "a she was caHed' who
died on October 49, 1895, at the age or eignt
years. in her fathers apartments AT NO 81
East Eighty -third-st. On his daughter ue"t"
zanou collected insurance amounting TO sou IN
hoth the Prudential and the Metropolitan COM
panes
=, har statement DR. Huson said she was at
tending physician at a dispensary al NO, fo'
gas, Fiehtv-third-st. during the year 1879. On
sen,enober % Of that year she was called by the
cbud,s father to attend the girl Lotue. she
found her suffering from eczema ana IN a'
annmic condition She gave the chiid pre-
scription Of cod liver oil and iron On Octooei
Z following Zanoll again called upon her anu
asked her 70 visit the child. She found me youne
patient suffering from a mild form OF tohsl'l'I''
with two white spots in the throat "hlch was
somewhat swollen. She prescribed for the emu,
With instructions as to how the medicine snouiu
be administered.
The last time the doctor was caiIeu upon -
attend the child on October 10 Al ina
Tine patlent
doctor.s sunrise and was delir,ous. The rather
answered all questions as to his daughter
,.ro,,o,,s and condition. Potassium bromide
,a. nrascrIhed 10 alleviate the delrious condl-
,,o, When he was asked II the medicine pre-
ecr,hed the dav before had been taken the man
ren,,ed that It had not been administered as 'ne
cb,,a had been too delirious to take II. Al the
time Of This visit, on October Is DIT Huson was
accornanied 70 the Zanoli fiat by Dr. weaver
~ woman physician from Philadelphia
From DR. Huson's statement ii appears that |
she was a little suspicious that al was not IIs"'
AZ the Zanon rooms and this feeling was SO
strong with her that at o'clock the next morn
ing she arose from her bed and called NJ tle
zanou rooms Cor the purpose of seeing no" inc
child was. She found Lottie more dehrious than
o,.or zanou was sitting at the bedside, lie |
,Ad deeplv affected by the condition OF MS I
sorcb,ar and wept constantly. At o'clock the |
.aroe morning Dr. Huson visited the place again
ord found the patient in a state OF coma Inc
doctor STAYED until death came some time ia'er'
Dr Huson said that she was suspicious al the
,,,,a and was on the point Of telling her STORY |
a. Police Headquarters. but that the tears OF 1ie
,o.ber allayed her suspicious IN measure. She
resolved 10 keep an eye on Zanoh alteT"aiu'
~ Hrso said that Mrs Zanoh, formerly |
1I,orr.r known as wife No. .. took no |
90, IN the conversations relative 20 the chNo'
FOR Zanon did all the talking Mrs "a"o''
seemed TO he a strong, healthy woman WIZ
anneared really interested in the ch4o' I'LL"
she seemed 10 be anxious for the httie one
welfare After death. Dr. Huson said the chilo
body took on avery dark color. wholly al variance
with the normal appearance OF chi!o WIZ ''@1
suffered for such a short period
II made a remark to Dr. Weaver the STATE
r,ent says that I thought something wrong |
with the child l thought she had symptoms OF
atropine poisoning. on account Of the condluoh
Of the ewes II he had given her that medicine /
should not have been suspicious
Despite her suspicious. however. DR.. Huson
gave a certificate TO the effect that the child had
died from tubercular meningitis. The undertake
ers who buried the child in the Lutheran Gene /
terry were H. Passe G. Sons. then Of No. 16S3
Second ave, but now OF No. G47 East One-hun- |
dred-and- sixty-second-st.
DR. Huson also said that her suspicious were |
doubly aroused when she heard OF the death or
Mrs Zanoli in short time afterward she re- |
Trained, however from informing the police and |
in fact, did not volunteer the statement made |
yesterday to Captain McClusky, as given:
ST. then janitress Of No. APT East Eighty third !
St, also made statement 10 Captain McClusky |
in which she said that Zanoi with his wife and
two children, a boy and girl. had lived in the
latter part of 1895 in the house where she was
employed. She the girl. Lottie on the front
steps Of the house on the second DAY DelOTe
her death. At that time the child was knitting. |
She described the summonng OF DR.. Huson TO
the sickroom and said that the latter instructed |
her how TO administer medicine TO the child in |
case Mrs Zanoli should not know how TO do So !
She stated also that Zanoli gave her the money |
20 pay DR.. Huson for her services, so that he |
might not see her and thus avoid answering any |
questions she might ask him. Mrs. Miller said /
that DR.. Huson compelled 10 make out a sec /
ond certificate Of Heath before the undertakers |
would bury the body.
Dr. Huson told Captain McClusky that she !
recognized Zanon from the pictures lately |
printed Of him in the newspapers the person /
whose child she attended in October, 1885.
The police have IN their custody number OF !
graduated medicine glasses and other effects |
found In Zanoli's rooms in Seventh-ave.
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