The New York herald., 1851-08-20
The Murder or victo,ine Grunzig by'Poison.

The Murder or victoaine Grunzig by'Poison.
THE CONCLUSION OF THE coRoNKR's IsQUEsr-Orro
GRUNIo, THE HUSBAND, To ANSWER THE CHARGE
OF POISONING HIS wIFE-THE VERDICT OF THE
JURY.
Yesterday morning at IL o'clock the jury met again
before Coroner Geer with view OF concluding the testi
0ory in the Of poisoning vctorne 0runzig, who
died the llth instant since which time the circum-
stances touching the affair have been under investga
ton The husband, Otto Grunzig and his mistress Mar
gsreto Lorens have the death Of the wife, been
under arrest and confined in the Tombs awaiting the
result the Coroners Jury The posonsr and the mis-
tress brought from prison. and placed u the Court
room before the jury. The husband bore the appear
Of great depression Of spirits and looked pale and
hsggard The mistress, L0rens held in her an in
FAINT, five months old and also appeared in very
ycus state Of excitement Although unable to under
stand the English language, her betoened
great mental anxiety to ascertain the extent OF the
evidence.
The following Is the testimony taken by Mr.. Hall,
the efiicien Assistant District Attorney
yctorne Gender, by Julian Trevier, interpreter, both
being duly sworn says -
o. bid you know deceased?
Al had known her for month or six weeks be-
fore she to her death her dead 1t week
from ye teroay where deceased lived; had seen her
the day b, tore, and she was then ave had visited
hex i've six times day; saw her vomiting about
two three times; she seemed very thirsty; gave
her ice she compsined to Of burning sensation in
her chest and stou ach on Saturday she spit
bood through her ose and mouth; On Sunday she
bed; before her death she became crazy the Sunday
before she died she became and continued till
her deeIh; remember that soup made for her be-
he died. 1t made week before she died. she
did take any; she refused it, telling her husband
that she would take none; l did not see him eat any,
the soup thrown away by me- as deceased asked me
Catherine EnAa, being duly sworn says-I knew
deceased; she to live Mt the end Of June;
heard her cry out and then to see herr this was
five Fix days after she came; she lad great pains in
her mouth and stomach; she said her mouth burn
ing ike ire a. ked her what was the matter? she said
ned. he Ut Al of
colors; swollen; she complained Of being thirsty
she med faint and weak; she poke slowly; she COM
paned Of in her legs she attended during the
day the French lady Mrs Gender; she atten nded
by her husband by night she said she was poisonea
she did believe that her husband poisoned herr she
told she thought she was poisoned by the woman he
lived with.
~ made post mofem Of the body Of deceased; dis
covered Of Inflammation in the stomach; the
surface Of the liver also infammaon there exen-
sve sdsons between the stomach and the liver owing
to these edhesous, it with great difficulty could
pass hand the liver and the abdominal wall;
the gall bladder healthy there external traces
OF Inflammation Of the stomach; the Inflammation had
not gone into ulceraon; the coat Of the stomach
somewh hat softened; should say the Inflammation was
more or less recent the stomach contained dark fluid
there whitish substance floating through it, the
larger intestnes and rectum appeared healthy one Of
texture was healthy; the lungs, spleen, and heart
healthy; the nfiamu ation appeared only around
| the stomach, liver, and duodenum; 1t was nfiam-
nation without liberation: there blood externally
the lsbia; understood leeches had been there ap
rleG; the death the ult OF mechanical
the rapid decomposition Of the body struck me as
ular the body swollen, particularly about the
head abdomen and thorax vomiting Is decided symp,
tom Inflammation of the stomach the mouth so
d.composed that could not get data regarding 1t;
could not venture to give definite rs to whether
thing taken into the tom sch bad produced the in
fammaton; portions Of the stomach were dark
coored ard in close proximity to others which red
/ observed nothing peculiar sbou. the muscles Of the
extremity; the BRAIN not examined; scra mineral
posops produce Inflammation Of the stomach; IL would
be difscut 20 discriminate. in the stage in which
he vheth a
poisons other causes made the post morfcm twenty
eight hours after death the odor from the body was
exceedingly fctid, that could scarcely make the
examinations; the heat OF the weather would partially
account fol the decomposition
Andrew Bleakely, Deputy Coroner being dsly sworn,
says II went to the house OF deceased In Edrdge
street Iexsmined the floor Of the where she died
having rpot On the door pointed by yiotorns
Gender who informed me that deceased vomted on the
aoO, about one osS,n found .De sse o. tn: pr
Reid who then with me- this examination took place
Ia. SUNDAY inst nOsnns up 70 sas prs% i,
point the spot she pointed out the very spot
had seraped; yesterday (stil found some small
pa, srs the piece containing sugar rictorne
remarked this not the sugar used BY deceased it
white sugar; she said the sugar the husband had
the eoet piece of paper twisted at end abe said
the husband had used brown sugar did not
tasted ,s White s sugar ana 1t listed s. some .as
sfer found my tongae snarted gave to Professor
nsid .ns wh's sogsr made h tu'nsl T 81
torIe spot the door where deceased had vouited
the first day he vas taken sick gave to Professor Reid
anslizston have had the key Of this room for some
,he died Monday morning; took possession Of
the The Afternoon; and have had The key
since there window open in the room al the time;
l stood table with bottles BY the window which were
Professor Lawrvnce Reid being duly sworn says:-Ism
chemist the articles spoken Of by Mr. Bleskeey In my
bearing as handed to me, have been snslyzed By me
Tuesday afternoon, after death made first exam
nation Of the viscera stomach, &C. and no traces Of
poison discovered having made only partial ex-
animation Of the liver the Coroner obtained the whole
liver my examination these submitted for
animation; . slight appearance Of q substance sup
pocd arsenic obtained although too slight to
justify In saving that there was arsenic asked
Mr. Beskeley had there been any look aud
sec sssts nsd nd 9ssn .n dr.
eey In Eldrdge street near TO Broome street he
had knife with him he scrsped portion Of the floor
paper other substances given but nothing Of
Importance obtained from them 1 found arsenic In
plate exposed by Marshar test (rhe professor shows
specimens TO the jury Last nignt Mr. Bleakeley |
erous1, ne seine rate 81 sugar % . 10 Papsf and soms
both and here specimens Of the arsenous acid
both the and the scrapnss arsenous acid is the
srtcnic sold at the shops two tsree grains
arsenic found in the sugar four grains Is said
be the spslest quantity Of arsenic which have pro-
due.d death once knew Of a being poisoned by
srrepe and only a very faint found Ia the liver;
possible for the DECEASED TO have taken and
passed IL OF without being uaeed.ss BY the urine or
nie TO be vomited forth and mic traced
terray but In general Of II have been discovered
gcst tests Of arsenic k exhaustion o
garlic like sneL
yictoripe Zeoder being recalled says;-I saw the de-
init into pail and the hoor Of both ro,ms;
remember the spots on the floor made By the vonit
ing; ,hov.d them, yesterday, TO gentleman VINO
here Mr.. Besk.ley; some sugar given 10 the de-
in water by her husband; he dio drink Il;
white sugar be pot In he took from yeo~ pa
per the table, have brown sugar Ia the rom;
his WAS taken always by the hushand he never took
|
rom her husband, out Of the yellow paptr; sag him
into lumber aud then put two or three tea
poontful this sugar into it, anything she drank she
ed to vomt right up except during the Last VI her
ckness; u Ia the beginning " ng there TO
i've with her busband that he gave her the sugar;
when the deceased made my scquaiptaucc she did not
hen i've with her husbsnd this acqustntance com
sbouttx weeks after het arrival in this country,
hich about three months ago the drceaset said
he ked white sugar best. aud she thought IT strange