Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-08
KLUMP HELD FOR MURDER.
CIew in the Mysterious Poisoning Case
Leads to Arrest.

CIew in the Mysterious Poisoning Case
Leads to Arrest.
Grand Rapids. March S.-Willian
Klump of Lowell was arrested late yes.
terday and brought to this city, charged
with completely in the murder of his
young wife, who died after taking {
headache powder sent to her thru thu
mails
The arrest was the result of an in.
vestigation by Sheriff Chapman ant
the village officers. The information
gained by the sheriff and his deputie.
pointed strongly to Humps completely
IN the affair, and the officers declare h,
was the one who sent the alleged head
ache powder, loaded with strychnine
to his wife thru the mail.
Mrs. Miller, neighbor and close frient
of Mrs. klump, also received one of the
powders. and other poisoned powders
We're sent to other neighbors.
The theory is that it was the purpose
of the sender of the powders to throw
the blame on the manufacturers by
causing number to become severely III
or die from the effects and thus divert
suspicion from him.
Mrs. Miller says she received the
powder at the same time Mrs. KlumI
received hers. and, being i'll, intended
to take it, but could not find it at the
time. The powder was sent here TO,
analysis and Chemist Kirchgessner
who made the analysis says 1t is nearly
half strychnine.
The police declare the circumstances
point to n plot to murder Mrs. Klump
the developments indicating there was
another woman in the case.
klump has been twice married, and
his first wife, from whom he was d.
vorced, lives In the country near the
village. 1t is said their separation was
caused by Humps attentions to anoth-
er woman. This woman is a resident OF
Grand Rapids. but formerly lived In
Lowell Within sixty days after the
first Mrs. Klump secured a divorce, the
woman with whom klump is said to
have been infatuated was divorced
from her husband, and Klump is said to
nave paid half of the costs of the d.
vorce'for her.
According to the story 1t was agreed
between Klump and this woman that
they would be married as soon as they
were freed from their first matrimonial
alliances But klump met with the To-
year-eld daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Wat
son. OF Lowell, succeeded in winning
her affections, and she became Mrs,
klump No. 2. That was five years ago.
This second wife was the victim of the
tragedy of last Sunday
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leading hardware merchant of the VIII
lage as teamster. 1t is said he fire.
quently visited this city without an APP
parent cause, and the officers declare
his visits here We're for the purpose of
meeting the Grand Rapids woman. 1t
is learned that he came here two weeks
ago and remained over night. e. III.
Campbell, his employer, said he acted
strangely when he returned, and an
nounced he was going to quit. stating
he was tired of village life. Later he
said he would stay few weeks long,
er.
Humps first wife is employed in a
feed store in the village and is assisting
in shedding light on the case.
AT the jail last night Klump declared
for his young wife's death and denied
any knowledge of what the alleged
sample headache powder contained or
whence 1T came. He said he got the
powder at the Lowell postoffice with
some other mail and supposed it was
such as is frequently sent out by man
ufacturers to advertise their goods.
Regarding his trouble with his first
wife and the cause of their separation
he was non-committal. He said he saw
her nearly every day, but they never
spoke to each other kump declared
the report that he had been attentive to
another woman and had visited her in
this city was false. SEQ
The police are trying to locate a
young woman named Hattie Whitfield,
whose parents live on farm in YER
gennes, the adjoining township to Low
ell. 1t is said she lives in this city part
of the time and part of the time in Chi
cago. where she has a brother.
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