The evening world. Newspaper, October 20, 1902, Page 5

1 GIRL OF 1 A POIGONER? rs. Maude Kieh! Weeps in Her Cell and Declares She Is Innocent of Mur- der of Brother-in-Law. HIS SISTER ACCUSES HER. }Principal Witness for Prosecu- tion Says Prisoner Loved Her Husband's Brother and Tried to Get Him to Marry Her, (Spectal to The Evening World.) CORBLAND, N. Y., Oct. 20.—"“Why @on't they let me lave my baby? I want to go home with my baby to-night. I know nothing about this terrible crime. I want my child.” This is the constant wail of Mra Maude Kieh!, the eighteen-year-vid widow of William Kieh!. now imprisoned fm Cortland jail, awaiting trial on a sehargo of murdering her brotherin-law. The central figure in a vitlage tragedy ‘which involves love, disappointment and cold-blooded murder, this fragile little ehild-woman. shakes her head pitifully when asked about the crime of which Bhe is acoused, and pleads only to have her child restored to her. “There is not one fact of evidence fm "" she deciares, “only gossip and the vaguest hints. I know nothing of Adam Kiehl's death. This trouble is driving me mad.” Heli by Coroner E. M. Santee, under Buspiclon of having polsoned Adam ‘Kiehl. Mrs. Kiehl also ts used of sthe murder of her husband, William, who died last February after convul- ‘fons, with a suddenness which aroused ipomment at the time, Chemists Find Polson, of Cornell University and e testified to the fin ng of strychnine in Adam Kiehl's stomach, and the Coroner has ordered that the body of William be exhumed, ‘and an inquiry Into the cause of his ‘Geathheld. Before taking this course the Coroner warefully considered the following facts Westified to at the inquest by relatives fend friends of the daad man. The accused woman, Maud Kiehl, was Adam Kieht's house the day he died ough complaining of a slight cold yeas Kiehl up to the moment of his Jeath, had not been seriously ii). Mrs. Maud Kiehi, who apparently had loved her brother-in-law, even during her husband's lifetime, had, according the testimony of thy dead man's sis ‘ter, asked him on the very night of her husband's death, to marry her. Adam ca “tad refused, saying that he war to marry Awella Abbott, of fie Fork, and ‘intended to keep’ fword with her. a ener als The young widow had with her brother-t fof furniture. Possible Motive for Crime, since quarreiled over the sale On the night of his deat 4 she was lone in the house, while his supper was on tho stove, waiting his return from the farm. She had left the house when Adam Kienl returned to cat supper. | Dr. E. M. Abbott, Assistant Frofessor of Chemistry in Cornell University, at- fer submitting 4 ‘Adam Kiehl's body to ered the ‘pr: . discov- strychnine In the ie THE WORLD: _MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1902. PRINCIPALS IN KIEHL POISONING MYSTERY AT CORTLAND AND HISCOCK FARMHOUSE, WHERE TRAGEDY TOOK PLACE. HOTEL MAN AND $10,000 MISSING | One Guest at the New Amster- | dam, from Which Sickles Dis- Envelope in the Safe. CLERK’S FAMILY GONE, TOO. After a delay of nearly twenty-four hours the management of the New Amsterdam Hotel, Twenty-first street ‘and Fourth avenue, have reported to the police that Horatio G. Sickles, a night clerk, 1s missing and that coincl- dent with his going a large sum of money has disappeared from the safe. “Rumor at first placed this amount at $1,000, but later developments would seem to Indicate that the loss may ag- gregate $10,000 a large portion of which belongs to patrons of the house. ‘There is @ report that one envelope containing $8,000 had been left for safe keeping and that {t cannot be found. The manager of the hotel, Alonzo Fos- ter, Ig reticent, and Capt. Titus, of the Detective Bureau, declines to discuss the matter. Adam Kieht had bought @ small phial trychnine last ba "al ld to hold the ease will court of Co Wednesday, when Mr bear for a’ hearing motive for the supplied by the stro Tomance running th cording to t fhe gin) wi a brother-in-law Heged crime is trom childhood. Quarreliing with Adame the had mar- Flea William in a moment. of pique, Dut soon tiring of the bond, and he: way, she ‘a marry. her. His re- brought about his Weath at her hands Sister's» Damaging Testimony. At the inquest ances Kiehl, gister of Adam and Wittam Kien tee tifed that s! for hi her brother Willia of South On pad Si ney William “Saud. ‘always seemed to b lov h n married Maud Fon aga, two years ago, ‘fed suddenly last e more 1 with Adam thar. Will,” she re “fon the very night that Will died his (idow put her arms about my brother \Adam and caressed him tenderly. Adam ee me afterward that she asked him en and there to marry her, My Srether tola her thar he esta nor do 80, d to Amelia Abbott. e night before A died he was me the pest of health mave for a alight with cold, of which he had complained for al 4 The Sunday before his| death my -in-law had come home sit the faintly. | Adam Skea Tne then why 1 had brought her with me, and I told him it was Because | e de- she ranted 80 much to come. sired to have a settlement with Adam soout some furniture she had sold him. | about his marriage to Hele Auboth, “tho wedding, Having set for Wednesday of last week. Adam's Sudden Dea On Friday, according to Miss Kiehle's mony, she prepared supper for the ily and set, some on the stove to hot for Adam, whg had not come Mrs. William jeh) was left lone in the house while Miss Kiehl fwent to visit a neighbor. Soon Mrs. jem ae joined her there and later went home together. | satan had then returned and had eaten r. He complained of fee. ie said he would take a wa, he returned he called to his alst I'm all in. ext ‘morning | ane mien was down- sii t 4 o'clock er-In-law sa res and they set about get- breakfast, Mm I] the members of shel ay that hour his alarm ‘clock l but no movement, followed it room. His brother Henry went I him after a short time. On his hands clutched as though sions, Adam Kiehl lay dead. | testimony at the Pree hearing was a totai dental the murder. She do- ‘Their apartments had been vacated and In| Silvey, a bell boy, who sald that the Wife and Children Gone, From the facts surrounding the case there has grown a well-defined bellet ‘that the whole thing was carefully planned, Not only is Sickles missing, but no trace has yet been found of his wife and two children, with whom he lived at No, 137 East Thirty-first street. the doors carefully locked. Neighbors know nothing of their go- ing, but it fs sald that Sickles sent them to Phiiwdelphia several days ago. Sickies, who was married In that city, ame from there several months ago and as he was weil recommended, he was given a place at the New Amster- day. His conduct from the first was exemplary and Manager Foster soon grew to place implicit faith In his honesty. No Warning of Suspicion. No suspicion of any wrong doing came until yesterday morning when the night watchman was told that Sickles not behind the counter, This Infor tion was conveyed to him by Chari clerk had been missing for some little time. ‘A hurried search failed to reveal any trace of the clerk about the house and as & consequence Manager Foster was aroused and told of what had happened. fe hastened to the office to find the safe locked and the keys missing. It was several hours before duplicates could be procured, and then it was re ported that a considerable sum of money Gould not be accounted for—Jjust how | Stuch was not stated. In an inher com- partment of the safe was said to be an Envelope containing $8,000 in bills, the) property of a guest, which has not’been | found, According ‘to report there are other and smaller sums that are gone, among which is $00 belonging to a Dr. Byans, Bellboy Gives the Alarm. appeared, Had $8,000 in an WILLA A AND ADA MHOUSE,. Ha Rett BiB. Aged Veteran Committed ilis First Dishonest Deed and Was Flung Into Police Cell. Broken-hearted at the disgrace of ar- rest, John Vanderbeck, sixty years old, of No. 173 East One Hundred and Third street, died thls morning In Harlem Hos- pital, whence he was rem Bast One Hundred and police station 1 from the Drink drove the old man —a veteran gf the civil war--to the only dishonest act of his life. Saturday found him with his pe: money of $12 spent and a craving for more liquor. How to get more money? By be vo. He had nothing more to p: Where could he find something? Instinctively his mind turned to rooms of the district Republica: at No, 203 East One Hundred and Fourth street, where he was wont to spend much of his time. Pawned Two Stolen Rugs. Going there, he took two rugs from wn, the floor and pawned them for 60 cents each at Alexander Schlang's, No, 1856 Third avenue Mrs. Annie Hollander of the rooms, was the first to notice the rugs were gone. Her suspicions turned to Vanderbeck that evening when she saw him trylng to open the door, Convinced of his guilt, Mrs. Hollander had him apprehended, but later on, when she witnessed the prisoner's pit!- ful grief, she endeavored to gala his release Pleads with Old Friend. who takes care timation of the matt conveyed to the police vy! who sald that Bicklen the East’ Twent: that tho clerk had taken a lot of the | hotel money with him. He then told how he had first suspected that some- thing was wrong and had notifed the watohmiai ‘ result, Detectives Corr, Smith, Fisher and. Sheehan igned to pak case. St 8 to Mind them ntless and tobe {oid ¢ that no ne had been at home for 5 days, Corr sald that he nut {fotmation which had ted ‘nim to be Meve that the missing man had taken @ train for Philadelphia. pittearding to. 8 description, of dickies shed to the police he is thirty yea: Hdvave tect eight inches. tall, smooths sbaven, with dark complexion, hair and and when last seen wore a black sack sult and dark derby hat. He Is sald to be of pleasing address and was Wel liked by, the patrons of tho hotise Manager outer eald ty 1s gone, auhot under: tandtiie tie wastone: Of the peat wen athe old man Kept winan, leader of th is club, saying that ¢ voted Ne candidat n woud entreaties. complaint J¢ Newm ‘rugs. Members of t man to Intercede, but, | declined. The old ma the night. I sclous on the me 08} ne rtet ** gald the doctor who felt the pulseless wrist. ept and moaned thr discov h PRETTY POLISH GIRL LOST. Annie Varcy!) Appeals to a Polices mana for Protection, 1 BEGGED FRIEND FOR MERCY, urth street | jthe concern, Unable to tell where she ilv Vareey, a pretty Polish girl, accosted Sut T'ever had in my employ aud was sober Polceman Sullivan at One Hundred and if ad industrious. ee tiful Tenth street and Fifth avenu bd him 'to take care of her ee ene Naeneinenth genet to Police Headquarters DISGRACED BY LAWYER CARR ARREST, HE DIED | Crazed by Thirst for Whiskey AGAIN SOUGHT. Reward Offered for Missing Brooklynite, Who Is Reported in This City After Several, Months’ Absence. MUST EXPLAIN ACCOUNTS Scarch for Sidney H. Carr, a real estate lawyer, well known in Brooklyn, s been renewed with vigor, Carr dis. Van Kirk, has been anxtou! as it Is which Amanda to locate him, affairs, claimed he managed, idn't urns. The Long Island Re which he was se: and t him Ignatz 3 has Carr is in this elty a few days ago on a Broadway car A reward has accordingly been offered for tnformation concerning him. Mr Martin, who had been reticen concerning Carr's affairs, now 5 that hls accounts were several tho dollars short and that nue, Brooklyn, would prosecute him. ea panied by twenty There was quite stir in financial and! yy" b cven-poundera. and terms. social circles across the river when Thee aeitish Vice. at Lee Carr disappeared. He occupied a fine} Somaliiand, in cabling to the ‘ore ‘ HO CE W TERS & C0. mile of room inthe Be Geone Hotel [oMce, her, the aubeinnce Of he Tat RA A ey where his ward, Miss V: resided. ‘The lawyer had request of her father, one of Carr's closest friends tor years. many That she intrusted her affairs to the ppeared last spring and his ward, Miss her be straightened out until he was seen a tes and | the company,! which has offices at No. 1135 Myrtle ave- 2 Kirk, also| een appointed guardian for the young woman at the who had been|munication with HAD MULLAH WAY HAVE SAN 3,000 Small Force in Somaliland, | Still Alive, Is Believed to Be i an Exceedingly Perilous, Situation. K; WATERS | PIANOS October Sale of of Beddin g Requisitesy. 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Lord & Taylor, roadway and 2oth Street, List of goods on application, Golden Oak Chiffonier, highly pol ished, has five large draw- ers, fancy top with bevelled edge mirror, ing sale price, White Enamel Crib, value ENEMY IS 15,000 STRONG. 1) LONDON, Oct. 2.—The serious reverse in Somaliland places the small British | | force there, of about 3,000 men of doubt- hc 98C $6.50; special at ..soeeee 3,98, 6.98 Elevated Station (“Casi OR CREDIT. ] Open eateede 104th Street. Columbus Ave., FISHER BROS. siistieas | ful reliability, In an exceedingly perilous situation Since the beginning of Col. 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