The evening world., 1911-03-01
Carried $4,000
INSURANCE ON
T A$600SALARy
Sudden Death of Poor Weaver
Causes Officials to
Ii Investigate.
POISON IS
Condition of Body Leads
Coroner's Physician to Or
der Test of Blood.
POISON is

How a poor weaver could support a
family and pay more tina 500 a year
In life insurance premiums out OF an
income OF $500 a year tho officials of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany are trying to find out. They also
want to know what caused this mans
death before they pay out $4,000 and
two other insurance companies want to
know the same thing before they hand
out 5000.
The man in question was Albert Zul-
celnski of No. . Jackson street. Passaic.
n. J. lie died at the North River Hotel,
West and Barclay streets. on the night
of Feb. 1G.
. On the afternoon OF Feb. Is Zulcelnski
came to New York called at the no.
tel and registered and then went out.
saying that he wanted TO transact some
business and he would not be back until
after supper. lie returned at nine o'clock
and went directly to bed.
The next morning when the time came
for him to get up he did not appear
and one of the attendants OF the hotel
vas sent to wake him VI. The attend
ant found him dead and the police at
the Greenwich street station were noti-
fed.
Physician Suspects Folsom.
The body was taken to the Morgue
and DR.. O'Hanlon. the coroner's ply
sician. made an examination. The fact
that the weaver had come to New York
late in the afternoon and the next morn
tng was found dead led DR.. O'Hanlon to
suspect something was wrong. The ex-
animation indicated that heart disease
was the cause OF death. but afterward
the condition Of the blood in the body.
so DR.. O'Hanlon says. indicated that
there was some alkaloid poison in the
system.
Because Of this DR.. o'Hanlon had
Zulceinski's vital organs Sent TO the
College OF Physicians and Surgeons for
analysis. That analysis has not been
completed, and will not be for two or
three days.
In Zulceinski's pocket when his body
wal found was a card indicating that
he lived in Passaic. and the police sent
word to the officials of that city. The
next day Anastasia Zulceinski. the
weaver's wife. accompanied by an un-
dertaker and several friends and an in
terpreter-she could not speak English
called at the Morgue, identified the body
and took IL away.
Last Friday afternoon Chief Buchanan
of the Claims Department of the Metro
Npolitan Life Insurance Company re-
eeived an anonymous telephone message
10 the effect that zulceInski had not
|. Lied a natural death and Inspector
.George L.. Horton was sent 10 make an
Investigation.
Had Weak Heart, Wife Says.
When Anastasia Zulceinski claimed the
body OF her husband she told the ofi-
cials at the Morgue that he had been
suffering from heart disease for five OF
six weeks prior TO his death, and that he
had come TO New York to see a physi-
clan. She also said that before this he
had been taking a heart stlmulant from
time to time. She Thought /, was strych,
MIA.
1t was suggested 70 the officials yes.
terday morning that probably Zulcein,
ski had become III during the nigh
and had taken a dose Of strychnia
which he could have. brought with him
Nothing which could rave contiineC
the strychnia was found in his room
and Il was pointed out that If he die
take an overdose the contaIuer has
been disposed of. Who could nave dis
posed OF lift this Is the case-is q.
mystery.