The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11

disappeared. leaving his children with
their grandmother. Mrs. krembs. and
saying that he was obliged to return to
his work at Harvard. Thereupon. with
the boarding of the train In Chicago, he
walked out of life as Prof. Erich Muen-
ter and became Frank Holt, German
student, antecedents unknown.
Meanwhile at Cambridge suspicion
had become certainty. There no longer
remained reasonable doubt that Muenter
had murdered his pretty young wife a
few hours after she had given birth to
their second child. Prof. w. +. Whitney.
a well known chemist Of the Harvard
Medical School. examined the lining of
The stomach and analysed it's contents.
He reported that he found traces Of
arsenic and that Mrs. Muenter had died
from slow arsenical poisoning. The au-
thoritles stirred to activity. Muenter was
Indicted. for murder. A warrant for his
arrest was issued. Descriptions OF the
man were scattered broadcast. 1t is in
tercsting 10 note what the police descrip-
ton contained
Police Description Of Muenter.
erich Muenter is wanted for the MUIR
der OF his wife. Leone NJ. Muenter. who
died here Cambridge. Mass.,) April le.
1906, from arsenical poisoning. He is
u'SNI lbtu as i'iioWs. sfktt d'ouN %
years height, s feet y OF 10 inches (.
weight, about $50 pounds ilorid COM
pleXion dark brown eyes. lids somewhat
nfiamed. as IL he had been crying. and
graduated wears s~pectacles. hooking
around the ear dark hair. long face.
slanting forehead wore full. dark brown
Al Dyke beard and mustache when he
left here has good teeth loose jointed
walker. He was born and educated in
] L. yt,ann, .Nr,Ntpu 20 Av,Arinn ais
teen years ago he speaks English quite
iiuentlv. "A slight effort being noticeable
to cover any tendency to "A German aC-
cent In almost all cases he has difficulty
In ~pronouncing the letter r. His voice
is soft and cultured. He also speaks sew
eral languages. lie has been an instruc-
tor IN several universities. among them
being the University of Kansas at Law
renee, Kan. and at Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass, for the past two years,
lie will likely seek "A position in this line
of work, Please watch all educational
institutions and. II found, arrest, and
charge with above offence"
On the whole. despite certain loose
nesses and trivial mistakes, a very good
description OF the man who rcentered life
as Frank Holt the man who did exactly
what the authorities predicted he would
do-seck an educational institution in
iiAF NV vi WI 4hlI' w iN u tiNN
for nine years and was able to marry
rear another family, gain the confidence
n respect of educators and persons
generally with whom he came in con
tact and to create for himself an entirely
new reputation for ability and industry
Surely, there has never been a strange
case in the history OF crime.
Tried to Collect Insurance.
At all events. Muenter was lost. ut
terly lost, from the of his de-
parture from Chicago. During his brief
stay in Chicago he IA tried to collec,
the $1,000 due from the New York Life
Insurance Company IN the death of his
wife, but he was old that he woult
rave to appear at the New York ofiic,
of the company. He said he would &c
there, but he did not.
He must have made up his mind a
hat moment hat there could he No
safety for him under the name o
Muenter. He would have to make him
self as different in appearance rs pos
sible, so he removed his beard ant
mustache, combed his hair in a difYeren'
way and very probably sought to re-
model his gait and physical pccuiiari
ties as much as possible.
Certain it is that within six week
or two months after he left Harvari h
turned up In Mexico city, lie took 4
place as stenographer for a firm OF
German merchants and then acted for q
time as an agent for the Krupp works
OF Essen, Germany. c. b. Campbell q
College station. Tex, met Muenter il
Mexico city in June, 1906, Muenter, ~
Frank Holt. al American. was Twins
in "A boarding house. where all the othe
patrons were Germans. Spanish o
Mexicans. Campbell learned that Hol