The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-02-28

Tiie circu instances Of tle case are about
as follews:-About three weeks since a
| tGeunan, uamed Brillsrwas taken.ill. and.
notwithstanding the attending ply ician
ibid not suppose, from the symptoms, that
he, was in, any danger, he died a few days
after he had been attacked. About three
days after his death, Mrs. Brill. his twid-
ow, married Z man named John Reheis,
who is said to have recently come from
New York, and who professed to be buy
ing butter aud eggs for the eastern mar
ke;s. This gave rise to the su pleion that
there had been foul play, and that MIR.
| Brill had come to his death BY violence.
On w eelnesday (20sh inst, the body
was exhumed, the Coroner sent for, al jury
summoned. and an inquest held, when
post naoatcm examina ion took place under
the supervision Of Drs.. Henderson, Irvine
and Watson, who decided that the man
had died eony the effects OF arsenic.
On Friday Reheis and his wife were
arrested on suspicion, and on SATURDAY
they had a hearing before Esquire Rsgan,
when it was pretiy.s tilsfac torly cstab
hShed that the man had been poisoned,
that during his illness he had been nurscd
by no person but the prisoners, and also
that few da, before his death Ger
man woman had purchased ars' mic at the
Drug Store of Mr. Weisz in this place.
All these suspicious circumstances,
and more were in evidence, and the gen
eral opinion seemed to be that they would
be committed for trial, but the Attorney
who conducted the prosecution was
the opinion that the evidence was not SUI
ticient 10 Justify the commitment of the
prisoners. and accordingly made motion
that they be discharged, in accordance
with which they were released from Gus
todv.a 8
AS an individu ual we doubted the pro-
priely of their discharge, and if we had
been vested with the authority we Ger
taihlg would have committed them for
t,trial--we believe the fact of his having
been poisoned and the other circumstan-
ices connected with The affair was suffi
reient to justify that course. However we
are not posted in law and are bound to
take itfor granted that is all right In
vulgar parIance. the thing was a ''gcol
| deal mxedv to our mind.
Since writing the above. DR.. IRvISE
has returned from Cincinnati, where he
| had taken the stomach of the poisoned
man for the purpose Of having its contents
analysed by the must experienced and
scientific chemists in the State. The in
vesiigaliqn fully sustained our physicians
in their opinion that the man had been
1 poisoped--a sufficient amount of Arsenic
was found in the stomach to Kill at least
a dozen Of men. -.zet-.-.
Then there is no doubt that the man
was murdered, and the only ques ion is
as to who committed the deed. Circum
stances Of the strongest character point
out the guilty parties, and yet th"y are
permitted to run at large in our midst.
It is said that justice is.swift and sure
! but We think in this instance it is very
slow and exe eedingIy uncertain. If fthere's
avillian in tie coun ry, who is anxious t
imbrue his hands in the blood of his fellow
man and run unhung this is the place tt
do it-:ircnmstanci evidence is not con
sidered o much importance, if we are lef
Ito judge from the result Of this ease.
/ P. S.--Reheis and bis wife have Since
been arrested and after ano' her hearins
before Mayor Muyg, the man was dis
charged and Mrs r. was held in the sun
of two thousand dollars to appear at the
nextterm OF the Court of Common PIea
for this county. She was given into th'
custody Of Constable Bowsher, and W,
have not learned, ut present writing
whether she has succeeded in finding bail
1t is said that Counsel for the def nj n
vii apply to the Probate Judge for wri
: oftdbeas corpus 10 day Wednesday,
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1 American Convention.