New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
CHEMIST TO SEEK EVIDENCE
ORDER GIVEN FOR EXPLANATION OF
zANOLrs FOURTH wIFE'g BODY.
THE sroMAcHs CONTENTS TO BE ANALYzED-
THE PRISONER ARRAIGNED AND AGAIN
RE,M Nnrn- zENENT At DR..

THE sToMACHs CONTENTS TO BE ANALfzEp-
THE PRISONER ARRAIGXED AND AGAIN
Observation-Disclosures AT DR.
LYMAN's STATEMENT.
Justice Pryor OF the Supreme Court granted yes
terday order to exhure the body OF MIS- JENNIE
SUMNER the fourth and last wife Of Charles Zanoh
who since his arrest has confessed that eight per-
sons including his four wives, whom he had insurer
in various companies. have died WITHIN the iae'
ten years. In each case he received the insurance
money. The police suspect that some OF 'ne per
sons did not die from natural causes.
The order obtained from Justice Pryor was issueu
on AN affidavit presented by Deputy Assistant DIS
trict- Attorney Van Wyck for Distr.ct-Attorne!
Ocott Mrs Summer died on August 3 last al her
home No. 24S East
The physicians who attended her gave VP"v'u
fever as the principal cause of her death' anu 'o
indirect cause as heart failure and coma. she was
buried In St Michaels Cemetery. Astoria. Inc oooy
will be dislnterred tomorrow morning. anu II pos
slble an autopsy will be performed upon II by
Deputy Coroner. The examination VIII De Ihaoe IL
the presence OF Drs. William 7. Jenkins FRANK .
O'Hare and f. Ferguson, representing 'ne ueien'
ant Professor Witthaus has been asked by DIS
trict- Attorney Ocott TO make chemlcai aHa'' $40
of the contents Of the stomach.
Zsnoli spent a restless night at Police Headquar-
ters He took every occasion to deny that ne was
guilty OF the crimes which he is aiieseu " n"'e
oornr,i,tsd Early in the morning he was arraigned
hofore MAGISTRATE Meade in the Centre Street fo-
lice Court and remanded back to Police Headquar-
ters until Tuesday when he will be examined Inc
nrisoner's counsel was ex-Assistant Disrict-Attor-
new Stephen j. O'Hare. Captain McClusky saiu
Yesterday that he had no; yet investigated the
story about the peculiar Illness last year Oh soe
workmen In Zanoli's shop, at No. iSola Iehth-aNe'
Physicians and others were talking with aHiahe
ment Yesterday about the statements maze oy III
J. W. Lyman OF No. i3i West Thirty four u, 10
the police Friday. in connecti9n WIN .I.e ~
of the third wife OF Zanol. In his stAtenleut -.
Lyman says he hrst saw tho woman On III ,rnr,,
l. 1896 lie visited her In response 10 can ~
messenger, sent by the HUSBAND, WHO "'ts a.,
going under the name OF Braune When ne hr III in
attended the woman the physician iounn n.. h.
tub He called upon her thrice before DeCenIo n,
10 the day she died. but altnough IL Wds 80 =,
n him that weaker edcn time ne "a"
her Or. Lyman does not appear 10 nave nhAus ~?
other than a superficial examination OF the woman
The most remarkable statement whlch lhe 10 W ~
made to the authorities WAS IN the course az ~, ~,
description OF the womans death. ! attrlputeu
the death to apoplexy." he Is reported as SAVING,
''but was very uncertain 10 its cause. althougn
believing from the symptoms that IL was apopiexy
The symptoms OF apoplexy are always immediate.
fhat a physician should have issued certificate OF
death while uncertain OF It's cause. pr. Lyman
saws that his suspicious were aroused by an ui-
truth told him by Zanoli. TO the enect may me-
the peculiar request made TO him ny Ianon tnht
his proof Of death the company. IN which me
woman insured should agree with me 9ea An
certificate which he had given, In spite OF the
surprise which he admits he felt. al some OF me
circumstances attending the death or Lanol VIE
Or. Lyman did not attempt TO communicate MS
tented himself with "often talking to my wife
about the matter