Newspapers and journals: Murder of William Gumbleton, Chicago USA

CHICAGO, July 12--The Zeigenmeyer Murder case is still on trial. The Court opened at nine o clock this morning. The interest in the case seems to be on the increase. The Court was crowded to excess and the corridors filled. D. W . Mills sworn, was introduced to the prisoner in the latter part of November as Mr. Gumbleton; next time I saw him he was in the office of Mr. Rose; he said he would buy a farm; I told him 1 could sell him one in Lasalle county for $7,500; he said he would go down and look at the farm; I gave him a letter of introduction to my brother who lives on the farm; he said he had some money in New York, and that he would send on and get it; five or six days after that he came into the office and said that his money had come; showed me a letter and check from Blake Bros., New York; he wanted to know how he could get the money on the check; told him that he would have to go to the bank, and that I was going over to make a deposit and would go with him and introduced him to Mr. Holmes as Mr. Gumbleton; Mr. Holmes took the check and asked defendant to endorse it; he took the pen and signed M. W. Gumbleton; Mr. Holmes then asked me to put my name to it as a guarantee, and I did so. The check was let with Mr Holmes for collection.

Dr. Edward Powell sworn--I am a physician and surgeon; am professor of anatomy at Rush Medical College; have examined the bones taken by Dr. Miller from the body of Gumbleton; I am decidedly of the opinion the bones had been fractured.

Richard Gumbleton, sworn--I am a brother of Henry Gumbleton; am 30 Years of age; was born in County Cork, Ireland; my parents are both dead; I now reside in Kansas City, Missouri; I have neither seen nor heard from mv brother William since the 19th of November last; the last place I saw him was in Dublin, in the year 1869; he resembled my brother Henry more than I; William had his right arm broken when he was a boy; I believe it was just above the elbow; he had lost two of his teeth from the right-hand side of his upper jaw; he lost them about three years ago, I went up with Dr. Miller to view the remains supposed to be mv brother; the teeth out in the corpse I were exactly like thoee of my brother's. It will be remembered that this man Alfred Zeigenmeyer, the prisoner, is supposed to be the murderer of Gumbleton, and since then has represented himself as Gumbleton. It is supposed i that about $75,000 had been taken from Gumbleton. Zeigenmeyer was tracked and arrested in Germany by Detective Officer Dixon of this city.

Several other witnesses were examined, and so far there is but little doubt of the guilt of the prisoner.

Court adjourned till to morrow.

Chicago, July 12.--Much to the surprise of every body here the testimony in the Zeigenmeyer case was brought to a close this afternoon, and the first argument made for the people by the State's Attorney. To-morrow the Attorney for the prisoner will argue the case to the jury, after which Sidney Smith, the Assistant United States Attorney, will close for the people, when the case will go to the jury. Zeigenmeyer introduced no evidence at all.

Wheeling Daily Register, 13 July 1871
13 Jul 1871

People mentioned

• Mathew William GUMBLETON
• Henry GUMBLETON
• Richard GUMBLETON