The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-11-26
FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 26, 1897

the time he was at Banstead, quietly
working on the farm attached to the
asylum and carrying out all the orders
given him without reluctance or de-
muir, but showed no signs of decisions !
or Authorizations. Nor was he subject |
to any epileptic fits while staying at |
Banstead. His health was reported fair /
and improving his mental state was !,
stated to be calm and placid" and !
his features did not indicate ANY low
ering of the intellectual grade" No
tremor of his facial muscles betrayed
any inward or mental disturbance, But,
as Muller persisted In saying that he
did not comprehend anything else but
German, further investigation was, no
doubt, rendered somewhat difficult
On April 10, however, DR.. Shaw, the
medical student of the asylum, who
speaks German and French fiuently,
had a lengthy conversation with his
Teutonic patient. The latter confirmed
to him that he had come from India.
Fell from an Elephant.
While sojourning in that country, he
said, he had toward the end of the
year 1891 fallen from an elephant he
was riding, in consequence of which he
had to remain in hospital for some
time. He attributed his epileptic fits.
and his mental condition, to that fall
in India, from which he had never en-
tirely recovered. He repudiated, how
ever, the correctness of the statements
in the certificate of the medical officer
of st. Georges workhouse, and GER
tainly was not aware Of having acted
and spoken as therein stated. The doc
tor in Southwark, he said, must have
misunderstood him, not being able to
follow his German.
To DR.. Shaw, Muller must have, at
any rate, spoken with great clearness
and intelligence. He appeared thor
oughly earnest and genuine, although
he averred as a fact what was UNI
doubtedly false-namely, that he was
unmarried, adding, what was probably
true, that he had no friends in Eng
land.
Had Family in Berlin.
At that time Gustav Muller had a
wife and child--a boy-living in Berlin.
His parents were also alive in Ger
many, his father being foreman on
the Royal Prussian railways This is
proved by letter, sent to DR.. Shaw
at Banstead, from the secretary of the
said railways at Berlin in May, 1898,
therefore at the very time that Muller
was detained in the asylum. In that
letter the writer almost implores DR.
Shaw, in the name Of a mourning
family" to tell him whether Gustav
Muller was suffering from an incurabl'
disease, or whether there might be
chance of his recovery. Consequently
Muller's 'mouring family must hav'
been aware of his detention at this par
ticular asylum.
DR.. Shaw was able to send an en-
couraging reply to Berlin. Indeed, Il
June. 1898, Gustav Muller was rapid,
improving in health, so that, on the ~
of that month the committee of Wis
itors felt justified to order his releas
as fully recovered" of course, on tn
report of the medical authorities a
Banstead to that effect.
Sent Back to Germany.
After his discharge Gustav Muller
lost sight of for while; but there
no doubt that soon afterward he wa
sent back to Germany, presumably
the expense of the Imperial Excheque
as a pauper, for, at the end of II
: said year we find him once again
l the conjugal domus at Berlin. He hi
l deserted his wife and child in Januar
1890, leaving no trace of his wher
1 abouts for fully three years and a ha
This period in the murderer's existen
is still largely blank. 1t is on
world, visiting many countries, al
: finally finding his way to india, VINE,
as we have already seen, he met WI
n a serious accident toward the end
y 1891
There is no doubt that Muller a
o seconded in January, 1890, from Der
y as a fraudulent bankrupt, but ne pr
Is suaded his wife to take him back ass
e after his return from England
things seemed more hopeful for
Muller family, as Gustav seemed WIS
full to settle down in life, and manae
To obtain some lucrative employme
in his old line of business at Berlin
appearing to have been a really SIX
full artisan.
Deserted One Wife.
L. But Frau Muller was not destined
err be quiet and happy for long. In
m toward the end, Muller vanished IT
", the German capital once again, ane
lis was then discovered that he, hav
m, sent his wife to the circus one EVEN
n had managed to get hold of some
e. marks. which the poor woman mad
IS ceived as legacy, and managed
ne keep intact in spite of her imam
in troubles occasioned by the former
g- duct of her husband.
he Gustav Muller, who had married
III, in 1888, at Berlin, appeared TO nave
oh camped not only with all her SAW
but also with the daughter OF
10, named Hannemann, who was hN
I'M with his family in the same nc
nd where the Mullers stayed. 1t Is
.ae girl. Margaret Hannemann, and
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