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Harvard Instructor
ACCUSED OF MURDER
POLICE ISSUE WAR
RANT FOR ARREST OF ERICH
MUENTER.

Charged with Causing the Death of
His Wife by POisOn-Marked Traces
of Arsenic Found in Contents of
StOmach-Insurance of $1,000 on Her
Life Has Not Been COlIected--Muen-
ter Left With Body for Chicago April
17-His Whereabouts Now Unknown.
Cambridge, Mass, April 27.-The
Cambridge police tonight issued
warrant for the arrest of Erich Muen-
ter, an instructor in German at Har-
ward university, on charge of murder
ing his wife in this city about two
weeks ago. 1t is alleged that Mrs.
Muenter's death was caused by arsenic.
The body was taken to Chicago April IL,
but the case was not made public until
this afternoon.
Muenter was born in Germany. He
formerly taught school in Chicago, and
before coming to Harvard, less than
two years ago, he was an instructor at
the University of Kansas in Lawrence,
Kan.
Muenter is thirty-five years old and
lived at 1O7 Oxford street, this city,
His wife was formerly Miss Leone x.
Kremds, of Chicago.
The attention of the authorities was
called to the case just after the wom-
ants death, on Monday, April 16. Ten
days before that time a child was born
to Mrs. Muenter, who was attended by
faith-cure doctor and by two nurses
Of the same cult. The physician was a
Mrs. Nickerson, of Winchester. The
nurses are both residents of Cambridge,
Miss Case and Miss Derrick. Some
time after the child was born two reg
ular physicians, Drs. Frederick W. Tay-
lor and Herbert Mcintyre, were called
in. Both of these physicians decided
that Mrs. Muenter was suffering from
some ailment of the stomach. They
prescribed for her, but later, it is alleg-
ed, they ascertained that the nurses
were not following directions. Drs.
Taylor and Mcintyre then declined to
have anything further to do with the
case. On April 16 Mrs. Muenter died.
On the same day Muenter applied to
DR.. Mcintyre for his signature to the
certificate of death, but DR.. Mcintyre
declined to sign the paper. He decided
that the case needed investigating and
notified Medical Examiner William d.
Swan, who, as soon as he received DR..
McIntyres report, performed an autop-
sy on the body. The medical examiner
sent the stomach to Professor w. r.
Whitney, the well-known chemist of the
Harvard Medical school. Having taken
this step, DR.. Swan permitted Muenter
and the two nurses to take the body to
Mrs. Muenter's former home in Chicago
for burial. The party left Cambridge
April II and took along Muenter's two
children, Helen, aged three, and the in
fant.
To-day the report of the analysis of
the stomach was received by Medical
Examiner Swan from Prof Whitney.
Prof. Whitney reported that he had
found marked traces of arsenic. DR.,
Swan Immediately laid the case before
! George A. Sanderson, district attorney
for Middlesex county, who in turn no.
thorities Immediately issued warrant
for Muenster, charging him with the
murder of his wife The Chicago police
have been notified to hold the man if
he can be found in that city and ar
rangements are being made to send out
circulars containing complete descrip-
| tion of him.
The authorities are investigating
Muenter history in order to collect all
the facts available and it is possible
that the Chicago police and the Law
renee, Mass, authorities will be asked
to assist them in this work
intense surprise at Harvard university.
The report of Prof. Whitney caused
The university authorities stated to-
night that Muenster was appointed at
the university Of Kansas, He at no
time had acted as professor at Harvard
but received his appointment as in
structor temporarily, that is from year
to year. He was serving his second
year at the university when his wife
died. He has not resigned and the
opinion is held that when he left for
the west he intended to return to take
up his work. Since his departure April
II his whereabouts have not been posi-
lively known here.
1t was learned tonight thai Mrs.
Muenster was insured for $1,000 in a
New York company. The policy is pay
able to Muenster, but he has not yet
Fba woman