The dead body of George Rieger, a laborer, unmarried, was found on a pile of boards on Sugar avenue. It was thought at first that death was due to heat, but later it was learned that there was a fight on the commons in that neighborhood and that two men were seen to carry a body from the commons and place it on the pile of boards.

Submitted By
Linda (Blue) Dietz

Professional Poisoners Dr. Meyer and His Wife Murdered Men  for Insurance
Money
The Idaho Avalanche, (Silver City, ID) Saturday, January 06, 1894; Issue  20;
col D
 
"Murder most foul, strange and unnatural," said the ghost of hamlet's  father
when speaking of his own death by poison. Truly this is the vilest form  of
murder, but life insurance men say it is increasing. The latest case is  almost
to horrible  for that belief, and yet it seems to be proved that Dr.  Henry
C. F. Meyer and his wife Mary, recently arrested in Detroit and taden (sic 
taken) to New York, made murder by poisoning there business, and the list of 
their victims include two of his former wives, her alleged husband, and innocent 
servant girl and no one knows how many others. The last case and the one most
 conclusively proved, was the poisoning in New York of their confederate,
Ludwig  Brandt. 
    But Dr. Meyer's story is best told in the order of time.  He is a German
and he located in Chicago about 1876, graduating in medicine a  year or two
later. He was married and his wife died very suddenly.  Soon  after he married a
Mrs. Gelderman, whose husband a well to do grocer, had also  died suddenly.
The newly married pair were arrested, but as no poison was found  in the bodies
of the dead they could not be held.
    At least one detective, however, believed that Dr. Meyer  had invented a
new and subtle poison and for a long time kept acquainted with  the doctor's
doings.  He secured employment as the agent for a life  insurance company and
was arrested for forging a policy for $2,500 , but the  matter was compromised
and the prosecution dropped.  In the fall of 1882 a  newspaper man who had
known Mrs. Gilderman -Meyer during the life of her first  husband, saw her on
Clarke street so sick that she could barely stand. He  assisted her home, and on
the way she intimated to him her life was in danger.  Next day her child, a
little daughter of Gilderman was found dead -"drowned  in the bathtub" Dr. Meyer
said.
  Mrs. Gelderman-Meyer openly declared that the doctor had drowned the 
child, as it was the heir of its father, and Meyer had charge of some of the 
property, but none of it could be proved. That Mrs. Meyer, escaped, however, for 
the Doctor ran away with another woman. The next case of note, was in Toledo 
where Dr .Meyer tried to collect, $5,000 insurance on the life of another woman
 who had died suddenly. An inquiry was set on foot, and he and his supposed
wife  fled from the city, taking a buggy as for an evening  ride and never 
returning . The report of that case brought another detective to the scene, who 
declared that the dead woman was not Dr. Meyer's  sister, as he had  alleged,
but a poor and unknown girl whom he had picked up in Indianapolis.  While in
Toledo, he hired one Mary Neiss as a domestic and persuaded her to  represent
"Mrs. Weiler" (that was the name he assumed in Toledo) and take out an 
insurance of $5,000 in the Equitable. It now appears that while in another city  this
girl was taken ill suddenly, became suspicious, refused all medicine from 
the Dr. and his wife and left them as soon as she was able. And this is but a 
small part of which is charged against him, for detectives from other places 
have been on his track.  It was in January, 1892, that the Meyer gang, for  now
they had with them two confederates, appeared in New York and rented 
apartments in the flats at 316-326 East Thirteenth Street.
  Of the confederates the one known as Wimmer has disappeared. The  other
Ludwig Brandt, a swindler in his native Germany and had once been in  prison in
America. The game, as he understood it, was for him to get heavily  insured,
then to be taken sick, and in due time a corpse was to be procured and  placed
in the bed he had occupied, and all the rest would be easy. But the  Meyers had
other views. He was their victim, He and Mrs. Meyer were known as Mr.  and
Mrs. Gustave H. M Joseph Baum and Dr. Meyer as her uncle.  Baum or  Brandt took
sick and was treated by Dr. S. B. Minden for dysentery. He had  unbounded
confidence in his confederates and was not all alarmed when Dr. Minden  told him
his condition was dangerous.
  It was indeed. He sank rapidly and died in a stupor. Subsequent 
examination has proved poisoning by antimony.  Two companies in which the  victim was
insured paid at once but, the Mutual Life started an investigation.  Again the
poisoners escaped, and for a year and a half  the hunt continued  before they
were run down. When captured in Detroit, they were almost in  starving
condition, though it is alleged that they left New York with at leas  $20,000. They
had one child and soon after her arrest, the woman again became a  mother.  She
is quite handsome and does not look to be over 25 years  old.

Submitted By Janice Rice

Defiance Democrat
Feb 18, 1871

Andrew J. Bauder, who was convicted last week at Toledo of manslaughter, (for killing his wife) has been sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. Judges and juries seem entirely to have freed themselves from the "emotional insanity" doctrine, hence Bauder goes the way of Galentine.

Newark Advocate
July 2, 1901
Toledo

Twelve-year-old Bennie Oleson of 120 Clark street, died within an hour after having been struck by a street car.

Newark Advocate
Jul 2, 1901

The city chemist reported that he had discovered a large quantity of arsenic in the mutton soup which caused the illness of Arthur Miller, his wife and five children several weeks ago. The police claim that it was an attempt to murder the family and are investigating.

Newark Advocate
Jul 3, 1901
Toledo

Three deaths occurred here as the result of the excessive heat. All were laborers.

Date: 1899-05-24; Paper: Indiana State Journal

Submitted by Barb Zigenmeyer

TOLEDO, O. May 16
Charles Steinle died to-day from injuries said, to have been received at an
Initiation in the Catholic Young Men's
Association. During the progress of the Initiation the lights were turned
out and some one hit Steinle in the back
and he was tripped. When the lights were turned on he had a hemorrhage of
the lungs. He never recovered from this
and they occurred frequently until he died.

Ft. Worth Morning Register
Oct 28, 1901
(Special to the Register)

Toledo, O., Oct 27 - A terrible family tragedy is reported from near Iron River. Andrew Israelson and wife had been having frequent quarrels in which the woman's father, Andrew Lindstrom, took a part. Israelson got into a quarrel with Lindstrom's family this morning and finally he shot his wife's young sister, Mrs. Lindstrom and Mr. Lindstrom. His wife started to run away and he shot her through the head. Then he set fire to the house and threw his mother-in-law's body into the flames. He then went to where his wife's body lay and killed himself.

Plain Dealer
Feb 17, 1918

Toledo, Feb 16 -

Ignatius Lippert, 76, Toledo resident sixty-five years and employed thirty-six years in the county auditor's office, died late yesterday. He was the father of Mrs. L. W. Howard, wife of Col. Howard, until recently commander of the old Sixth Ohio infantry.

Lima Daily News
Mar 7, 1906

Toledo, O., Mar 7-

While acting the part of peacemaker Gus Kromidas, a Greek, was probably fatally stabbed this afternoon. Charles Skelley is held for the deed.

The infant daughter of Mrs. William Browning died today from drinking a solution of concentrated lye.