Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
SAID TO Be A MURDERER.
POLICE OF CAMBRIDGE, MASS, IS,
SUE WARRANT FOR ARREST
OF ERICH MUENTER.
HARVARD "PROF," WANTED
Alleged to Have Slain Wife with Poison
She Formerly Lived in Fond
du Lac, Wis.

. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. April 2S.-
/ Harvard university circles were aStound-
I'd when the Cambridge police Sc
cured a warrant and issued circulars ask
ing for the arrest of Erich Mucnter. in
Structor in German, charging him with
the murder of his wife, Leone X. who
lied from arsenical poisoning April It,.
/ Mrs. Nucnter'S maiden name was Leone
+ NrembS and her parents or relatives
lived in Chicago. Mrs. Muenter was
BORN i'll Fond du Lac, Wis, about thirty
two years ago, but had lived in Chicago
some years before her marriage in that
! MY aOOuJ iJUU.
The specific charge against Muenter is
lhat he killed his wife with arsenic She
! lied April IL.
( The Muentors with their two children.
! the younger born April Is, lived i'll the
/ apartment house, lO7 Oxford street,
/ North Cambridge, one Of the most fash
/ Onablc sections of the university city.
They came to Cambridge about two
years ago, at which time Prof MUentcr
was made 4 member of the faculty. For
some time before the birth of her second
child Mrs. Mucnter was compelled to
1 Keep 10 her bed
Illness Battles Doctor.
! Both she and her husband were firm
believers i'll Christian Science, and Mrs
, ". Ii. Niclorson of Winchester. a Chris
tan Science healer, had charge of the
case for some weeks. Mrs. Nickerson
was away when the child was born, but
returned in a day, and found Mrs. Muen-
ter i'll Il favorable condition. This did
not long continue, however, in spite of
Mrs. NickersOn's efforts, and finally
/ Prof NuaDrnr lnpiInI 10 COLL in n
lar practitioner, DR.. Fred w. Taylor.
This physician was unable to determine
the cause Of Mrs. Muenters continued
illness. and called DR.. Robert Mcintyre
| in consultation.
In spite of their efforts Mrs. Muenter
died April 16. The physicians regarded
the case Il proper one for investigation
and notified Medical Examiner Swan,
who performed an autopsy on April II.
He discovered evidences of arsenical poi
soning and also notified District Attor-
ney Sanderson and Chief of Police Pull
len.
Earlier that, day, however, after the
womans stomach had been removed and
sent to Prof. Whitney, the Harvard ex-
pert, for analysis. Prof. Muenter secured
permit from the board of health for the
removal of the body, and with it and his
two children started for Chicago, intend
ing to have funeral services there The
| Cambridge police had no idea then that
| Muenter contemplated leaving the city,
and therefore did not know he had gone
until some days later, when Prof. Whit.
ney confirmed the evidence of arsenical
poisoning.
Warrant Is Issued.
A warrant was issued for the arrest of
Muenter. and the police of Chicago and
other cities were notified by wire to be on
the lookout for him.
Prof. Muenter is 80 years old, 3 feet
9 or 10 inches tall, weighs $50 pounds,
is of ford complexion, has dark hair, a
long, studiOus face, dark Nandyke beard
and moustache and perfect teeth. He
was graduated from the University of
Chicago in 1899 and for some time after
that was an instructor in German in the
University of Kansas.
Mrs. Muenter Chicagoan.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 28.-Moritz
Krembs, $40 Fullerton avenue, is the
father of Mrs. Muentcr, said to have
been murdered by her husband. Mrs.
Muenter lived in Chicago before her
marriage, and was school teacher. Mr.
Krembs is head Of Krembs & Co., chem
lists at 80 Waldo place. He said last
night ut his home that the news of the
warrant for Muenter's arrest was the
first intimation he had had of any sus-
picion in connection with his daughters
death.
L don't believe the charges" said Mr..
Krembs last night. Il feel sure the
suspicious against my son-in-law are
wrong, but | am puzzled at the action
of the Boston authorities"
The husband remained here after the
burial, starting east again last Wednes-
day. Either he did not arrive in Boston
or fled Immediately after his arrival, for
In 7 II n1,n ,E
the Chicago detective bureau. asked that
he look out for and arrest Muenter.
Brother Is Suspicious.
circumstances about the death and
funeral arrangements of Mrs. Muenter
are of such Il nature that | believe there
is something radically wrong"
This was the statement made by Eu-
gene II Krembs, brother of the dead
| woman. last night.
The request of Muenter to have the
body cremated, his failure to be present
when the ashes were inferred at Rosehill
last Sunday, his seeming lack of knowI-
edge as to the exact hour when my sis
ter died, and his failure to appear since,
all 90 to strengthen this belief, besides
the fact of the post mOrtem examination
held in the east.
1T was between 4 and 6 o'clock Sun
day morning last week when we re-
ceiyed news OF my sister S death. we
all thought at that time that the death
was regular, and we are not firmly con-
vinced yet that it was not. We wired
that we would arrange for the funeral
| here Arrangements were made, and as
soon as Muenter arrived with the body
he made the request that the body be
| cremated. There was no objection on
the part of our family, and this was
done at Graceland on Thursday of last
| week.
Absent from Burial.
"Muenter was there at the time and
appeared to be overcome with grief.
1 arrangements were perfected to bury the
ashes at RosehiIl Sunday, and the pro-
| cramme was carried out, but Prof.
Muanter did not appear and as far as
we know nothing has been heard of him
since by anyone who knew him. He has
made no inquiries about his two children,
| one an infant and the other 312 years
old. They are at the home of my broth
er Walter ] know nothing Of the cir
cnmstances of the death, but, of course,
I have my beliefs. The news is prer1a-
ture. but 1 hope all the truth will come
| out"
Mr.. Krembs said the police had prom
Used here to keep close watch for
| Muenter. He expressed # as his belief
that they had failed, however, for he
| thinks the man is still in Chicago.
Doubt by Mrs. Krembs
Other members Of the Krembs family
| expressed doubt as to the truth of the
report that arsenic had been found by
| the Howard analyst, and declared their
| belief that the case would turn out to
| be an attack on Christian Science.