New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-07
GOING WAY THAT DAD DID
Two New Witnesses Accuse Mrs.
Louise Vermilya.
SUSPECTED WOMAN IN JAIL
Father of Poisoned Policeman
Taken III in House After Eat
ing-Examining Bodies.

Chicago. Nov. 6--Two new witnesses
came forward to-day 10 accuse Mrs. Louise
Nermilya, the widow arrested on charges
% poisoning Policeman Arthur Bissonette'
Of having knowledge Of the manner IN
,-hich some Of the eight other persons who
have died beneath her roof Of similar all
ments came 90 their death.
Their Identity was disclosed by Coroner
Hoffman after the widow had been served
with 4 warrant. and after she had been
moved 10 the county jail. where she ap'
uaren,lv IS recovering from tho effort OF
Saturday TO poison herself
Acting on the story Of one OF the Wit
r.sses the Coroner left 10 exhume the
hodv ~ Frank Brinkamp, son of Mrs
verr,iIya's first husband, and one OF the
orst Of those to succumb to the attacks
OF acute stomach disorder The grave Il
Z, waldheim Cemetery. near Chicago.
Arthur r. Bissonette. father OF the oeao
coleman. was one of the new witnesses
end he disclosed himself as another VINO
I'd encountered the mysterious stomach
COMPLAINT while in the Nermilya nome
,-,or, thu, encounter. he said. he still suf-
fered
Mr. Rissonette said: II went to visit my
,on the day before he was taken TO the
bosnitol. had two meals at the Nermllya
home. After eating ham and eggs. on
which put pepper from tin box, had
severe pains in my stomach. / got an
enetio at a drug store and was relieved
COR "A while. but the pains still are with
me"
Tho other witness was Miss Elizabeth
Nolan. former flancee OF Frank Brin-
kanp. who in an affidavit charged that
her intended husband had made statements
on his deathbed virtually charging his
.tsruother with having done away with
him"
Miss Noiar's affidavit brought In the
name OF c. c. Boysen, an undertaken VINO
has been mentioned by several persons IN
,errogated concerning the poisoning OF Bis
.cno,te. and concerning the mysterious
death Of Richard T. Smith, another Yer
,nilva roomer. she stated that young
Rrinka,nn on his deathhed said to his
mother:
We'll. I'm about done for you might as
we'll lei Boysen come and bury me-"
She also declared young Brinkamp said
,eneatedlv he was going the way dad
did" and he had expressed 10 her MS
susplcions that the father had not dled Oh
natural causes.
"she told me she had bought two tickets
and showed me the tickets. They were
going TO be married in Europe, she said.
Frank hated Boysen. and at one time
ordered him away from the house Boysen
went to Europe alone
Miss Nolan also told the coroner that
Eoysen had an insurance policy on Mrs
vermilyas life and one on the life Of
Charles Brinkamp. She said that MIS-.
vermiya told her Boyseu paid the pre-
miums on both policies. which were made
out 20 himself.
coroner Hoffman is sure that Richard L.
smith was poisoned.
u y cor' alto he unfair. he said, but
7 niu be greatly surprised If the chemical
tosts do not reveal arsenic. The color OF
the liver Is the same as Bissonette's. In
fact the conditions are almost Identical
Mrs Vermilya will have formal hearing
"n November Is. by which time the police
hope TO have completed a strong chain of
evidence