New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-20
THE ALLEGED IIFE-POISONING CASE
IN NEJV-JERSEY.

Correspondence OF The " I. Tribune.
NEwTos, Sussex Co.. N. j., June 18, 1859.
The investig alton into the circumstances attending
the death of Mrs Helena +. Cole OF tue township Of
Montague, in this county, has been progressing for
several days, and is exciting unusual interest
among all classes of citizens. The attendance upon
the nvestig been large, and specially is there
great interest iet the subject among the resi-
dents Of Montague, many Of whom have been present
The uvesrig alton is before Abram Predmor-, esq,
Coroner of Sussex County The State il repre- sented
by Whitfield :. Johnson State Attorney for Sussex
County, aud Robert Hamilton. The interests OF the
prisoner, Solomon Cole, iurustei 10 Thomas "
McCaIter aud John Linn.
The 70 loving Is the testimony elected:
Tie Hon. Isaac BoDneli called and sworn-He
testified thst he knew deceased and prisoner was
prtseIt when the body taken up aud identified
had talked with the President of the Life Insurance
Company AID Mrs Coles iriends the in.urauce CON-
pahys representative IN this matter stayed az his
house; had told both Cole and Wick ham tnat they
ought 10 have the body taken up and have the matter
Investigated; Cole was willing; gu the 81 of June
Cole came 70 witness and voluntarily made the foow-
ng ahdaVit, a. witness thought It beet 70 have il
cone;
ssiss- Comfy STATE If Nts-'>V Per.oaay appeared be-
fore ne Isaac bynr- Of The Justices Of the Peace Of the
ccutty, Solomon Cole upoI saith; That
tine in August last he and his wife - d. Wick
hams and here got into cousersaoa bo1t having their lives
insured, Wic. told them would be god thing; be-
Nckham aud h wife 18th bad th- lives insured aud he very
bethel they a. any future time ,oysd and could
Tsy uP TIE snoui I-e they would lose wh. they had
paid be answered No. they could always sice-
then be tCcel aid wife both their live.
sUrec Cole srtt.r says that NieAh.m told ai If be would
Pay The Two hist pzyGsGis that ne Wckn-n you'd al
unt I@ death u bis wife for half the money CJe
further that LIE thought would De FOR
he would have no more psy and wOud Get
500 a. he d-a'h o. bis wife G fIIeeT his wife
had b--l medicine II d. D. Wcknim tine previous
g. bel eoltIeEeni erc Sieay osrs
trcd TOOK some q NiHn41s cecc.e, which threw her
tts ard further states that she confined DR..
I. gyu
expected and OF Ihgrso.y HckAam and her
EeccEe ths Saturday ATE felt ike h.vSs Sunday
Noshs again zud her a-dcne Coi- further
thai hin wr cd within less than after taking
bet r@ciens aid that e believes that Nishz bis wife
n-ocH- ~hih proyc t-ts and which soe Of
her death
Witness told Cole Of rumors about him. Of his car
rying arms 10 oppose arrest Cole denied them;
Cole was az the inquest and appeared uneasy said be
afraid that Nickham would do or say something 10
impicate him. but he was innocent; Cole gave in
formation IN any way TO aest the investigation for the
e1amlDatiOn witness testified that Cole had sad
he knew nothing about the medicine Wickhsm had
given to his Wife when asked why he employed Wick
ham TO attend his wife, lie living twelve miles distant
Cole said because his wife wished il; CJe said
they frst thought Of the life insurance from reading
pamphlet they saw in Wickhams office; that Mrs.
Cole the first TO suggest IT, that they meant both
TO have their lives insured for their mutual benefit but
Cole could no, afford 70 have BIS too; Solomon West