The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-02
WOMAN SAYS
NINE DEATHS
COINCIDENCE
6ut Chicago Police are Skep-
ilCaI and Place Mrs. Louise
VermIIya Under Watch

+ Chicago Nov Police here ar,
Ifarsuing their INVESTIGATION into IN,
deaths of nearly half 4 score OF reia
ures and aoQuaintances Of Mrs
Louise Nermilya 10 make certain
whether The similar demises cons Il
iated only g remarkable series OF co
medicines, as Mrs Nermilya asserts
Sine deaths are included in the
long list with which Mrs Vermilya 1
name has been connected, includiuz
two husbands, two step-children. three
chiidren, and two roomers ar board
iag houses she kept
Pending the report of the tox.c0lo.
sisis Who are examining the yiscera
o. the last OF the persons whose
deaths have occurred beneath Mrs
Fermiiya -0ot be police have made
no arrests. no positive evidence ui
erlMe Aas been uncovered From let
ters received by the police and from
separate INVESTIGATIONS, the following
new facts became known.
New Facts Brought out
That white Mrs. Vsrmilya mas said
one Of the members of the death ros-
ter. Richard T. Smith. conductor.
~as only q boarder ai her home. a
former roomer asserts the two claim
.ed previously to have been married.
anu that they lived together as man
and wife
That while the woman told tae 20.
Ice she had assisted an undertaken
az Crystal Lake. a former home. in
emhalming bodies the undertaken
there denies she ever had any such
experience. She gave this. as reas-
On why she could discuss the deaths
With compOsure
That r y. Bruington. & photograph.
er Of Peoria and brotaer.in-law Of
the conductor, Smith, had made love
70 the widow following Smiths death.
50 as TO Investigate suspicious he
then had about the reason for his
demise
That the widow had told him part
Of her matrimonial history which he
des res TO give 10 the coroner.
Smith Died m Cunvgisiors
That smith died IN commissions
and after drinking some substance.
medicine or not. being uu.
settled, but that the dortors gave
The cause ot death, from descriptions
Of symptoms given by the widow. as
acute gastritis.
Photographer BruingtOn's story re-
latlng the confidential talks ne had
with the widow while he vas court
ing her was expected to develop new
interest in talk with the police
Of Peoria, ne said AIRS Vermiiya had
periods Of mental depression. in
which she was fond CT talking OF
leath, and the many visits it had
made TO those near and dear To her,
He said to the police
She told me it seemed strange To
ler that nearly every one she knew
Fell ana cared for. lied. and asked
ne if ] was afraid OF death
Ne" Coincidence Developed
4 new coincidence developed in
ne day following the sudden Illness
i Mrs. Eermilya herself, when sis
er living in the house adjoining. Mrs
i1ary Buchn0lz suddenly became i'll.
Mrs. Vermilya tald inquirers in the
lay she had never studied medicine.
lr sought 10 become q nurse as had
'een reported. gut that she had some
little knowledge of medicines that
me had acquired No enable ner to be
.f aid to neighbOrs and relatives In
ime Of Illness she insisted she
vas innocent and condemned the po-
ice for maintaining surveillance
Yer her.
]eaths Being Investigated.
The deaths which are being look
d into are as follows
Fret Brinkamp FIRST husband OF
irs yermAya died on a farm near
harrington. lll., after brief illness.
Charles NeTmilya, second husband,
jed after six days illness OF gas ,
fIt.s at Maplewo0d III
Florence Brinkamp, 4-yearoA
aughter, died at Darlington.
Cora BTinkamp, 8-year-oid daughter
led at Darlington
arFy q. Nermilya step-son, IS
ears old
Lillian Brinkamp, step-daughter, 26
ears Old
Frank Brinkamp son died Of pneu
lcnia. in Chicago
Richard L. Smith, conductor, and I,
eported TO be third husband. lie
oarded az her home.
Arthur BissCnette policeman. room
r, 10 whom she was engaged 70 be
larried Died OF gastritis last
thursday
What Caused Investigator
It was the Sgddenness Of Blsson-
ties death. coupled with the wild
VS. statement that be Was addicted
) drink, whereas mem bers of the
oHce force had known him as an
3stainer, that prompted the investi-
alton and a determination Of the
3roner 70 have Sle policemau's Wis
IRA examined by the toXicOIogist.
Walter Haines. poison
,pert, who testified in the Hyde
urder trial at Kansas City, is max
g the examination. and expects to
port by Friday he announced to-
The coroner left today for Barring
q. M, a suburb, Aifs. Vermilyas
rmer home. TO Investigate the death
at mad occurred there IN the
esntime the police announced they ,
ould not interrogate the widow any
rther until the toxicologist report
{. BUT would keep her under strict p.
ryeiflauce. Ia