Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-09-24
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rest Ola Prominent Citizen
Of Rochester for n Bread
full Crime.
From the Rochester Tn

Of Rochester for u Bread
full Crime.
From the Rochester Union, Wednesday.
1t is with pain that we are compelled to
make an announcement which will starllc
this whole community, and carry sorrow
and pain into respectable family and a
large circle of society, including our whole
business community. One of our hitherto
esteemed and influential citizens was this
day arrested Wpon a charge of a dreadful, a
diaboical crime and from what we gath
er from official and authentic sources, we
believe the testimony is very strong. if not
conclusive, to the guilt of the accused.
The person to whom We allude IS John
b. Robertson, cashier of the Eagle Bank
lie was arrested between one and two
O'Clock this afternoon, by Chief Of Police
Oviatt, on warrant issued by Police Jus
ticc Bardwell, on the application Of Dis
trict Attorney IIuson. The warrant charges
Mr.. Robertson with attempting to produce
the death Of his wife by administering GER
tam medicines, drugs or compounds, pro-
cured by him for that purpose. From what
information we have gathered from the
District Attorney, we may state the facts
briefly 10 be as follows
Some few days since Mr. Robertson APP
piled to Dr.. Joseph Biegler, his family
physician, TO administer TO Mrs Robertson
some medicine which would tend to hasten
her death BY increasing the liability TO GER
tain diseases with which she was afflicted
We understand that the diseases to which
she was deemed liable and strongly predis-
posed are apoplexy and disease of the
heart Hence medicines which would in
crease the circulation, it is supposed, would
produce one or the other of those diseases.
DR.. Biegler surprized that such "A
proposition had been made to him, and az
once consulted certain citizens whom he
regarded as friends 10 him, and they went
with him to the District Attorney. Under
the direction Of that officer. steps were Ia
kch TO confirm the statement of DR. b., and
the District Attorney states that they were
fully confirmed in every particular. Dir.
/ b. gave Mr.. Robertson certain compounds
from Time TO time, which he, Robertson,
supposed well designed TO produce the Of
/ feet, and Ii is believed that these compounds
were administered
/ The arrest was made while Mr. Robert
son was at his place behind the counter Of
the Eagle Bank, and must have overwhelm-
ed him, whether guilty or innocent. He
was taken to the police office to await the
arrival of the District Attorney, who had
gone to dinner.
We must forbear comment to-day upon
this affair, which will starlle the whole
community. Indeed, at the hour we write
we have not time to deal with the subject
at any length. Mr. Robertson is a gentle
man who has stood hig!: in this city, where
he has resided dozen years or more. He
was for some years receiver for the Central
Railroad Co.. at the Rochester station
subsequently he was engaged at the Ro-
chester Savings Bank and for the las. two
years has been Cashier Of the Eagle Bank.
He IL a gentleman Of wealth. we believe,
and up to this time, his character has been
fair
Mrs. Robertson is a lady of cxcellen
standing, and esteemed highly, we believe.
by her acquaintance. She is a sister Of
Roswell &. Benedict, formerly of lhs city.
but now of Niagara Falls. We presume
that, at the time We write, she has not been
apprized of the arrest of her husband
LArER.-As we go to press, we learn
that Mr.. Robertson has decided to waive
an examination, and give bail to answer at
the next Oyer and Terminer
EXrRAoRDINARY FREAKS OF LUNATIC.
"A young man in Mercer county Penn.
named Davis. has for some time manifested
symptoms of insanity. The Pittsburgh
DiSPatch says
lie imagnes himself to be a second
Dan Rice, engaged in. getting up circus
On the 9Th inst he caught snake which
he took to Bells school house. in the neiub
borhood, where he says he haG a grand
performance; after getting through which. !
he swept the house, and broke all the win /
dows with the broomslck. He then pro. |
ceeded to the residence Of Mr. VIM. Curry.
mile or two from town, in the absence Of
the family, and destroyed nearly every
thing IN the house. lie says he went there
TO have some fun: broke n gun, with the
barrel OF which lie smashed the crockerv.
dishes, glassware. and windows: took TO
pieces clock and two watches, grinding
mp the works in n cider press. 1t then
struck him that the ground where the
house stood would be an admirable lor,