Wilma Meyer (1920)

MEYER

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 4/13/2012 at 09:00:36

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 16, 1920
Page 2

Jefferson Township - MISS WILMA MEYER

Miss Wilma Meyer passed away at her home Sunday evening. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon.

Wilma Meyer, aged 24, a daughter of Ida Meyer, died on June 6th, and was buried in the cemetery at the German Lutheran church in Jefferson township.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, June 30, 1920
Page 1, Column 4

POST-MORTEN IS NOT FINISHED

OFFICIALS HINT AT CRIMINAL OPERATION AS CAUSE OF DEATH

THE THIRD SUDDEN DEATH

Result of Analysis of Stomach Contents Not Disclosed. Another Meyer Mystery.

Justice Cassiday who acted as coroner in the Wilma Meyer post-mortem has not yet received from the chemists and analysis of the contents of the stomach. Officers are inclined to believe that the girl may have died as the result of a criminal operation and that analysis will not disclose poisoning.

Wilma Meyer was the daughter of Ida Meyer of Jefferson township. Who was found guilty of the murder of Ethel Clayton Meyer. Fred Meyer, her brother, husband of Ethel Clayton Meyer, was also found guilty. The supreme court set aside the verdicts and when Fred Meyer was again tried on change of venue at Guthrie Center the jury disagreed and the case was dropped.

County Attorney Phil Wilkinson ordered the investigation two weeks after the death of Wilma Meyer who died June 5. Dr. Hunt, of De Soto was called and the girl made statements to him which have not been disclosed. Dr. Summers who was called the next day, Dr. hunt not being at home, found the girl in dying condition. The girl was 24 years old.

It is believed that the county attorney was induced to order the investigation by residents of Jefferson township who were startled by the third mysterious death in the Meyer family. Ida Meyer’s husband was found dead in the field, the young girl wife was found dying from a revolver shot in the head, and now comes the mysterious death of the daughter.
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Coordinator's note: A subsequent article said poisoning had been ruled out.

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