New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-26
Trial For MURDER.
The Trial of Otto Grunzig for the Murder of
his Wife by Poison.
COURT or OYER AND TERMINER-Befors Judge
kDMoNDs and Aldermen CoNCKLIy and MILLER.
SECOND DAY Trr.nAY my p


COURT OF OYER AND TERMINFR-Befors Judge
kDMoNDs and Aldermen CoNcKLIS and MILLER
SECOND DAY--..TUEsDAY Nov. @.
Geo. LdRdeSDQn, swOrn-Am physician:
prisoner came to my house IN Alen-st Il had not
kneWn him before on 3lst july about O'Clock In the
morning, and SAID MS wife was unwell, vomiting |
went III about an hour Mrs. G.. was standing dressed
in the roOm-sald she was very well, and bid her
good morning, without prescribing on second day
III afternoon. ne came again, ana sad she was yOn-
Ulng | went and found her III bed IN She sfont room
a; l05 Eldndgo-st she complained of violent head
ache. burning thirst, &C, describes her SYMPTOMS
she had yomlted freely; prescribed soothing
medicines visited her next day. and found
her much better sitting up she still compl aimed Of
4 nausea on taking anything prescribed n gentle
medicine IN the form OF paste. but there was nothing
coleterous about 1t he got the medicine at Or.
Wisemans visited her next day again, she said IN
the night the vomiting had began again violently
was struck with the fact az vomiting taking place
at such an unusual time for what supposed Il 10 be
had supposed it to be bilious fever. the vomiting m
which generally begins II the evening asked her If
she had been eating anything contrary 70 my GIrec
tons she said no asked her II she had any copper
vessels in which she had prepared food and left II
over night Madame Gender, who present, said
there were no such vessels prescribed, and was
effective as intended admonished her, In presence
Of her husband and Madame T. not 10 take any food.
from copper vessels, as It might contain polsons she
was much easier when left her visited her again
in the evening. Mr. and Mrs. 4. and her husband
were there her condition was amehorated: but not
vomiting, next morning visited her her con-
dition worse than ever. she said her ourn-
ing had become more intense, and her vOn-
ting more violent in the night, and streaks
of blood in what she yomitcd she said she was
about year away from her husband che was IN
Pans and he here that when she arrived she heard
Of connection between that woman and her hus-
band and she suspected il was her husbands inten-
ton 10 poison her that her husband had been to a
clarvoy ant, GIRL and she had advised him that HIS
wife should not take the medicine prescribed by her
physician, but to take some white powder and some
brown liquid from bottle reproached her for her
previous want of candOr that she ought TO have
told me before she suspected poison that II was
worse or her par. from my having alluded 20 posi-
billtv of poison from acldated copper do not re-
member exactly what excuse she made but II seems
to me II was that she wished TO spare her husband
told her could not treat her any more. because
she had not served me fair and secondly II her nus
band intended TO poison her, II would De Impossible
TO prevent it, as be could put Il in almost any thing,
and that she ought to go right 10 the Broadway Hos
pital, where she would be safe. and | would get
Ter in without paving ia advance; | saw there NIr
Tudon a Frenoln man. who SAID she might be placed
10 the house Of friend LEFT. and heard OF It tLl
wa, summoned before tho Coroner have been physl
can 10 years first studied in the University Of Vienna
have OF persons labOrns under mi0cfa POI
sons, but have read them when supposed al rst oo'
% 800 She aIIrded 10 y in conse1Tencc of which
asked copper vessels burning IN the stomach Is an
sds rsr sS 81 q Ssi Rs s.e
questions asked ano answered ending 10 show mat
the symptoms exhibited b. deceased previous TO her death
were those Of poison
Cross eyan,aed-Never had pat cnt, read Of enc,
who had all those symptoms and not been poisoned Sew
eral questi, rs were asked. but not material.
DTect-aer sy,nps9ms We're OF SUSPICIOUS natufe as to
dCced by that, gave her In the PRESCRIPTIONS NJ mineral
JJotessor Rad swor-Been p years 4 practical chem
snaly7ed pnrs OF the internal 20 ton 81 the bdi 81
Ncturir GinnzIs August last m the portions submit
deuce nf nssl notion o'her portiars said u bs II her
body the whole of The aver ali the ine'unes the speen
the other kidney first tune afd The other portion OF
The lungs eNa9ned them for arsenc AZ the eHfmhloh
wi ch was by MaTshs test there slight evidence OF
arsonc but tic quantity small could not SAY certain;
accompanied the Deputy Coroner to No lO5 Eldrdss'st
portions Of the floor IN front room were scfaped and tue
the contents handed 10 me- VAS not sesent en tho bc
floor was scraled took also some sugar and some mse-
circs did not observe any poison Ia the medicines O)-
tanned portion OF arsenic from the scrspngs IN NE trnf
room II Is hero shown obtained arsenic also from the
scfepire the back floor: the Thte sugar took nom
the Inane-pece contained arsenic the Deputy Coro
rer hsnced me some white sugar IN leHow grocery pa
per and obtained from that quantity 81 arsenic Ia tho
solid fom-thrse grams on the sugar altogether what
obtained from the different things ave separately here
shown there is not the slightest dosot 30 my mnd matt
is arsenic ,.,..., -, ~, 49,.
a By yon or Otherwise So a. not 70 Leave any ar
senc, but the effect Of the arsenic stu seen The witness
thought might. In the case OF COW belonging to Mr..
Horace Greeley which had been poisoned By arsenic IA
ereen pant factory which they use arsenic had ran
observed of arsenic the stonseh and asgat trace
jieyed A cow pcyer y0med, which witness assented 70.
Where The Death from arsenic instantaneous there IS
~
IS difficult where the death prot acted except from ITS
ELECTS II is supposed to pass III BY wafer few other
ouesons asked. Dut not oil DucA importance Inc
Ief tie recess Proe,sor Reed vas recalled and cross
examued-Wha observed Fom the parts OF tho body on
The second examnalon supposed 10 be arsenic but the
quantity small would net give positive opaion
would moi say either antImoNy satisfied by
The tests that what an0S me sugar aHGt scralgs
was arsenic nk could detect By the tes the presence
Of MID orth part Of gram Of arsenc, but unless placed
il there would not Ike 10 70 arsenic less than
hundredth part Of gram dd not see the body Of Mrs
q there were symptoms OfInfammaion such would be
caused by arsenic the stomach in Of arsenic the
liver usually in state Of preservation but the qaanify
deceased as pretty well decayel when got t. al
The other portions understood portion of the fluid hai
had beenm the stomach was iosi ana sos O'' s"@i
6,.cfhrsenic when present IS preserystTe tOfesh
in lie srufng Of birds but eject when u has passed Oh
m hasten deoompOsiton re door OF arsenic - easily oo-
seIyabe making the tests and Observed NE odoI "a
yy.sh tin foil around than found on the uanei o.
thk taken on the stomach theJ wouie cause
Cstlerns Bag, swoSu-Resided At No lej E1rdgs 81,
Up 20 deceased Ve or stx Jay. after sue
her mouth and SAID she thought she had been )nel
sic always wanted something 20 drink 1lrs lender a.
Ided hes ia car time and suppose her husband al a ghs
sow Margarers Iarenz there once. two days after Ms u
came home understood she there a-OaeE Tine ou'
Dr. II Grana, sworn~saw prisoner twice Mr.. ZendeT
came after Tuesday, 9Th 0f Aug t % 81, tehca
HsIy md .crs Al s stomach asked her what
the matter she sad she DID no. KNOW sPoEs " AAs.s
tale any more tall her REGULAR physician came she SAD
Lad drank and water prescribed for her on one
the morning told her IN the evening sAr nus
lie stlll N bedl e sad she was in troabie n TIE asat
her husband wanted open trunk Of hers but sac IL
not am do So and she z up, and perhaps az o
Sod drected her husband t. apply leeches. which h
promised 70 do but did not get them Nj ociScA ths
evening did rot hear Of poison and did nc, tlnk 81 Al
had many patents that Icoui aot attend closely % I; s
vas FRIDAY her SUNDAY. AID SAID sac y" ~ ale
after heg ds attn gave cer1fcs.e that ste dd OF AAna
TIN IN the stomach ar bowels 4 she dst OF POISON that
would be the efec, II very warm weaver Aai sew
efal pAslt trout led with INFLAMMATION OF the = mica
CrficT7Bs Heser svor-Am married. was 50 izst sun
day week knew Marraretia LareuZ; she lived N an
81 knew Madame GrunZ,g vsred siafsLr'tta, srd
coun.s she sometimes est there .aw her also ~ MAI
gzretts's In Elm-st saw Madame G1unug SICK IN T.
dTdge s., had beer there before wen, 70 mar
saTetta on Saturday evening f dress sac sent He 70
Eldrdge-s to ge some monsy Rom the hubbard found
M Gfunzig and his wife there they were IN bed sad
was sent by Mrs Lawrence - get some money d'.
;runz.g answered that he had meme ed Mn. Grn
zig how she felt she complained of.a burning IN the
"a H.. n de had nhr...al. sac sal-