The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-09-14
A gainst Calvin Young Reed, At
Louisville.
lie Is Suspected of Having Poisoned
His wife Ia Get Possession Of
Her Property.
AND THE BODY Is ExHuMEn

Louisville. Ky. Sept. IA Bigamy
and murder are the charges against
Calvin Young Reed, arrested at the
Capital hotel. If the theories OF the
detectives are correct the case Is one
of unusual atrocity.
Reed Is suspected of having de-
serted a woman whom he Is thought
to have married in Indiana 20 years
ago and to have poisoned his Soc
ond wife, who Was Mrs. Mary Borg
meier, q widow. and who had an es-
tate estimated at $4,000.
According to statements made to
the detectives, Reed married young
woman OF good family in Indiana 20
years ago and two years later sus-
tanned injuries In a railroad accident
which incapacitated him from man
ual labor.
II is said that his wife. who had
married against the wishes OF her
family. was too proud to apply for
assistance and came to Louisville
with her husband, obtaining employ
ment in a tobacco factory. where she
camel enough 10 support herself
and Reed.
The detectives say that Reed mar
ried Mrs. Borgmeier February 22,
1905, having persuaded his first
wife to return to her home in Indi-
ana, with the understanding that he
had secured employment as a travel
ing salesman and that he would send
her SIS week.
The circumstances of the death of
Mrs. Mary Borgmeier Reed were un-
usual. The old lady left the Capital
hotel Monday. September 4, in APP
parently excellent health.
Tuesday evening Mrs. Borgmeier
was taken i'll. and DR.. Christopher G..
Schott was summoned. He found the
old lady suffering from cramps and
vomiting He injected quarter OF q
grain OF morphine and left. telling
Reed to summon him If the patient
should develop alarming symptoms.
DR.. Schott was not called again. but
the next evening he voluntarily call
ed to see Mrs. Reed She was very
low. and DR.. Schott was preparing to
give her hypodermic injection of
when she gave a gasp and
expired. DIR. Schott assumed that
death was due to natural causes and
Mrs. Reed was buried Saturday in
ST, MichaePs cemetery.
Monday of this week Acting Coro-
ner velten received an anonymous
letter asking him to investigate Mrs.
Reeds death.
After investigating the detectives
decided that the body should be ex-
humed. Mr.. Velten, Mr.. Bax. the
undertaken. and Dr. Frank w. Flei-
schaker went TO the cemetery and
had the body exhumed and removed
to Mr.. Bax's establishment. where
the stomach was taken out. II will be
examined to ascertain whether pois-
on was administered.
Mrs. Borgmeier was a widow.
whose husband died about two years
ago. Mrs. Borgmeier became mem
tally unbalanced II is said, and was
sent TO Beechnrst Sanitarium. where
she was confined for sometime. She
appeared to have regained her sani-
ty. and was allowed to leave the in
stitution.
The woman who claims 10 be
Reeds wife arrived in Louisville Fri
day, September |. and located him
at the Capital hotel.
Mr. Brldwell answered that the
man was not in. Later Reed and wife
No. 2 came. They had been at Fon-
tame Ferry park When Mr.. Bird
well told Reed OF the woman's inqui-
ries he said:
That's an old girl of mine I had
before | was married"
In the meantime wife No. con
tinued her inquiries as to the where
abouts of Reed. She related the story
OF her marriage to Reed. She said
her home at that time was in Wash
ington. Ind. When she made the ac-
quaintance of Reed he was illiterate
and what he knows she taught him.
When Reed was arrested he said:
81 knew you detectives had been
here three fines" He admitted that
he was Young Reed
Reed admitted that he had been