The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-03 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY.--THE FAMILY DOCTOR,

An American paper states that Mr. John B.
Robertson, late cashier of the Eagle Bank of
Rochester, in the State of New York, is on trial on
a charge of conspiring against the life of his wife.
The case excites great interest in Rochester, where
the parties are well known and have always occu-
pied a respectable position. The crime charged
upon3Mr. Robertson is an attempt to enlist a
physician of Rochester, Dr. Joseph,A. Bieglxf, in
a conspiracy to make away with Mrs. Robertson,
by means of the administration of a series of slow
poisons. The Dr. Biegler in question is a son of the
Buffalo physician who was recently sentenced to
State prison for causing the death of a young girl by
producing abortion. The elder Biegler's troubles, as
the story goes, claimed the sympathy of Robertson,
who has visited him at Auburn, since his con-
viction, to obtain medical advice for his wife. The
younger Biegler has since become the family phy-
sician of Robertson, and becomes the principal wit-
ness for the prosecution on the present charge,
charging Robertson with an attempt' to in-
duce him to administer poison to his wife, and
with using such language as the following in re-
ference to the lady, "I want the cause of all my
troubles and this hell upon earth removed from
existence." Biegler states that the proposal
startled him, but that he promised "to think of
t," and that, by means of concealed witnesses,
during successive interviews with Robaitson, suc-
ceeded in establishing a chain of evidence against
him. This is the case for the prosecution. The
younger Dr. Biegler is the prime mover in the
affair, and is the first and principal witness in the
case. It will be observed that the charge hinges
upon the alleged unhappy relations existing be-
tween Mr. Robertson and his wife, and his alleged
desire to terminate domestic difficulties.
On the other side, the affair is looked upon by a
large number of persons in Rochester as a conspi-
racy—eitherfor the purpose of injuring Robertson s
reputation to gratify the enmity of certain parties,
or to bring the elder Biegler out of state prison on
the plea that bis evidence is indispensable. The
counsel for the defence will try and show that
young Dr. Biegler, backed by his father, was a con-
spirator against Robertson, and that his motive was
to avoid the payment of 2,500 dollars lent and ex-
pended on his father's trial last spring. Several
witnesses for the defence was examined ; and among
thorn was Mrs. Robertson, the wife of the defend-
ant, her two brothers, and several neighbours and
relations, all of whom testified to the good cha-
racter of the defendant and of the happy domestic
relations always existing between him and his wife.
Mrs. _Robertson swore that her marrit d life hid
been the happiest part of her life in every particu-
lar, and contradicted much of Biegler's evidence.
The trial had not terminated.

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separation has been pronounced it shall not to necessary
for either party to enter into a bond conditional against
marrying again." Ordinary
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