New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-25
TRIAL FOR MURDER.
The Trial of Otto Grunzig for the Murder of
his Wife by Poison.
COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER-Before Jodgs
FDMONDs and Aldermen CoNCKLIN and MILLER.
FIRST DAY.. MONDAY, Nov. a.


FIRST DAY. MONDAY, Nov. a.
In the Oyer and Termincr, this morning,
after some other business the Court took up the case
of Otto GiuDzig indicted for the murder of his wife,
Vctorine Grunzig, by administering arsenic on the
sh of August last, of which she died the 10th of
May. Mr. Joachimssen appeared as counsel on his
behalf, assisted by Mr.. Bankman.
Jury was soon formed, when the District Attor-
ney opened the case. He said Prisoner is a native
of Prussia he married there daughter of an old
French soldier he lived with her two years in Ber-
n and came to this country he is machinist, and
obtained employment here in 1850 female, ma
tive of Bavaria, arrived here and went to boarding
house in Beekman-st., and four weeks afterward be-
came acquainted with prisoner, by whom she was
seduced he promised to marry her after the birth
of her child deceased arrived here after the latter
event, and her husband obtained lodgings for her in
Murrays while he continued to live with the other
woman ms wife subsequently went TO reside with
Mr.. Barclay, in shngton-place, as a sort Of
attendant and companion to one of his daughters ;
she so commended herself, that Mr. Ogden
Hoffman sought and obtained her services as
goveTness OF his family and she went with his
family TO ROckaway, leaving some trunks at Mr..
Barclays with request they should not be delivered
TO her husband Margarttta got lodgings for herself
ard chlo at Elm-st, and prisoner engaged rooms at
No. los Eldndge ST., and induced his wife TO come
there Margaretta (the other woman) went to No.
money and deceased said she had none TO give her,
aIo Margaretta threatened to strike her; there
meat boxing Margaretta asked for some sugar to
give her child, and was told there was none In the
house; neighbor came in and saw the articles cook
Ing next morning the neighbor was reused by an
Dtima,On that Mrs. G. was very sick, and on going
found her with violent pains and retching, and burn.
ing and thirst she IL uced to go out, but faint
ed two days atterward Margsretta came again for
money, not knowing that Mrs. G. was sick, and was
told by prisoner that she was asleep on returning
home Margarttta asked a cousin to go andsee il she
could do something for he she had had no difficulty
except the one named the cousin went and handed
her some SOUP but she would not take it, suspectng
she had been poisoned sometimes supposing her
husband had poisoned her, and sometimes that 1t
was MaTsaretta she subsequently died from all tho
symptoms OF poison; prisoner went TO the house OF
Ma Barclay and demanded the trunks, but they
were not given TO him. and he threatened to bring
an officer the neighbor attended deceased by day
and prisoner at highland latter always gave her to
drink sugar and water, 1t was supposed-wlat was
supposed to he white sugar, was contained In
yellow paperbut helped himself from another pa
per containing brown sugar after death an inquest
was held, but the decomposition had been so rapid
that the doctor was unable to make full examina-
ton he examined the stomach and found II IN
famed, and liquid on which foated what he con-
sicered arsenic part OF the system was semitic
Professor Reed, at the New-fork Hospital, but no
poison discovered; afterward the District Attorney
caused other parts to be SENT and mineral poison
discovered Spots in the room, where she had
yomited " ere scraped and the scrapings preserved
anaiyzing, what was supposed TO be arsenic, was
found. In of poison where administered In IL
Quid form. the poison itself may not be seen having
been thrown off, but the effects Will remain. The
District Attorney said he expected 10 prove TO the
satisfaction OF the Jury the charge, and referred to
poisoning as an enormous crime, dangerous IN us
character and difficult 10 be guarded against.
Vicfor,ne Zarder, swom-Am a married woman
reside i'm Broome st near Eldridge and did so i'll Au-
gust Knew VictoTine Grunzg had known her TWO
months before her death hrst knew her IN WASH
hun about fifteen days before the death OF the de-
ceased his wife introduced him to me at my house
know of Victorines gong somewhere else nom
WASHINGTON place; i do not know where IL was IN
the country know when prisoner lived with ms
wife in EldIidee-st when she came from the coun-
try she came TO see me the same evening 1t was
Tuesday next day deceased went back 10 the coun-
uy for something she had forgotten, and the same
even ing called on me again went Win hef 10 hef
own house, No. los Eldridge-st. In the rear they
had bedroom and another room, hrSt hoot In front
saw there Marearetta and prisoner and the child OF
Margaretta nothing was cooked while was there ;
Il was about or Al O'Clock stayed about hali an
hour Victorine appeared to be very well saw her
again about O'Clock the next morning she was IN
bed yery sick she told me that she had vomited ;
she also vomited while | was there prisoner was
not there; | remained about quarter oil an houi
and deceased vomted once or twice during ne siIne
do not recollect which she vomited partly on the
floor | showed the place aaer wardto Inc deputy
Coroner, and saw him scIape the moor az thal pom,
deceased complained OF pain In me mead anu
burning sensation in the stomach ADVISED ner 10
take the air ard come over to my house, as the an
would do her good she got up with consideraoie
trouble and came over my house out iainteo .nIee
or four times on getting mere, ana Nohii'ee ny
t,mes She yomted at my house IN a pail applied
vinegar and brought her TO- and reconducteo
her TO her own house NIctorlnes husoand !the
piisoner)w was not there deceased 1eht 70 oeu le,
NAMED quarter of an hour, and deceased toid me
TO go home, and did nobody was there deceased
came TO my house about O'Clock the same afternoon
very sick she came alone she SUI cohIhueo Nonl
hov haa he n.
when her husband came and took her away Went
to her house about 81 or O'Clock next morning
she was still very sick, vomiting, complaining
as before her husband was theie , taIn - ~ W
deceased asked me to go and gel heI nttle i1ea';
as she thought little soup would do ha good olo
so, and she and prisoner cooked II l ~ent amas
and returned about o'clock found she hau taAen
hit of the SOUP but had thrown II up again Iei'
no persop with her in the morning but her husoano
| took little Of the soup and II mace me SIGN ana
threw IL up prisoner was there ne was lyInns
down-snd deceased sltuog On , IN ,cssn;,me I
Ieft prisoner with her went again lne sanle noui
but do not yecoect the time went again q. - vi
O'Clock next morning she was suh more I'm - ~.
hu; bar d was with her went i've or SIX tunes tha'
day and vas there all day, except about TWO nouIs
saw her husband several times give her sohetn ~.
10 drink saw him first Go so the second Gay Oh he'
sickness II was sugar and water IN glass ne loon
the sugar from n yellow paper on the table II was
white sugar there was also yellow paper VIII
brown sugar 10 II, from which latter the husband
mix, d sugar and water for himself he SAID 10 me
that he cid not like white sugar, only brown sugar
and deceased said II very strange, her husband
liked white sugar IN France, and brown here lhe
latter marx was after he had gone out sa hin
eve her csink TWO or three times saw blood come
nom deceased on Friday she yonlted blood dic
moi take any OF the sugar myself continued &c
x,s,, Mrs c. to the time Of her death she com
FAMED all the lime Of her sickness that her Leg
Mere dead. she had no feeling IN them, ana shs
thought she had been poisoned tooJscted to- sun
10y anS - s o'clock In the morning was sen
or ana on gong to the house saw deceased lying OF
1,b.S she continued screaming about halt an hou