New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-08
TRIAL OF DIR. TVTCKHAM FOR THE
MURDER or MRS. COLE.

The trial Of Dr. David ID. Wickham for the murder
of Mr.. Helena It. Cole, by poisoning, at Montague
n. j., March 90, 1859, commenced in the Sussex
County Court on Wednesday last his Honor Judge
WielIley presiding.
The following counsel appeared for the State: Pros
by Attoney-General VIM. l.. Dayton. For the pris-
OneT: John Linn, Thomas j. Lyon, Andrew j. Rogers
Lew Shepherd and Chauncey Sha6er.
TIE Prosecutor, Dir. Johnson opened the case, and
stated at some lergth the facts connected with it,
deyel0yed at the Coroners inquest and the subsequent
Trial Of Solomon Cole, husband o. deceased, who was
acquitted tie evidence against him being ilsuthcien,
to warrant a conviction.
lle pro; eeutor proposed to prove, that on toe 2Jh
Of March Mrs. Cole was delivered Of a child aud
fittirg up in her bed and doing remarkably we'll when
Dr. Nckhlm visited her. and administered potion be repre-
ened to be composed CT rhubsrb pcraa very
dos ssrut hb her oIasch revoI,edshe speedily hecane
i'll and went into spasms WicsE.l ard her hl.band
se dea that the d. & ana nay s g 5 1e was p on
that the medicine administered nSed aud administered
nhbOriOgptysician and reie,ors that Dr. Wksl Induced
o enei into an arr9asement or the insurance Of h wife
NE to the amount OF t aud thst ne annual premium Of
Tie frat witness called was Mrs. Susan Hornbeck.
who, being sworn, testifcdI reside in Montague and
know Solomon Cole was acquainted with his wife;
her maiden name was IIelepa T. Quick she taught
school about Fix months in the neghborhoOd before her
merye her house after her confinement Sunday the
2h Of March about II o'clock in the morning aud renaned
Cole sitting up in bG aud talked hyey the Doctor went
into Mrs Coles room when witness and the Others et wines
Mir Cole doing remarkably we'll and the medicine oper
aed hat he mixing she would o. out of Danger the Doctor
said he medicine he mixing rhubarb and pcre shortly
after deceased became vey SICK and had spas she threw
body then stHgt but all the time In motion; the Doctor
odwine to loosen her clothes ,nd 6lthe her stomach; he
hour after the Doctor gave The medicines he mad gone away at
Mrs Caharne COLI that she was at Solomon Cole's
house The day hi v died bt was MOI present at the time
witness assisted 10 pb hen
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Isaac Cole depOeed that be is i resident Of Monta-
que and is brother Of Solomon Cole; he knew de-
ceased, SolOmons wife, about two wears before her
DEATH witness at his brothers house on Sunday,
the l3th Of March, 1859, and saw Mn. Cole sitting in
rbcd iesea a her head hui her some; witness went
@ cad b. exrepd s Dr. WcEbn s-s 0b wa
O'Clock that day ~ dinner time the mott 81 wue aud
into The room hr NJ Coe vS " bo1y NJ 49, so ~sa.
requested for n soimue by Soomo previous roins
taiciad When he r.ei she a dead.
On the coe4aminsion witness ,ad that when was pat
ting ~ li, coat to for lt schup e Dr. Wkhsn told him
10 tel tie Doctor hurry Is he could tina. she
we on! Of one couvGlsion sle went into another.
James Chapman Je City To.ed hat m crnnected
with The KricksIhooter life Insurance Company htro
dacng hnliu Dr Wc lau piled TO hin e,ct policy
Doctor tak,; the ceiti6c9te d. wcsham phyi
S onS psne foT SooaS9 Wsa to the ,S1Tsse
~ 1875 AID the s alton for the nsuraoe of The NE OF .
tCc ftiff ftf letters SHOWN, aid the
writing Of Dr. " irifan acsnow lodged
Dr. John Schume doposed that be called upon 10
inc Mr.. Ce f. The kuiC Aerboeke Life CO. he did
in lie pnaeucr her husbaud Mach 49, 1885, witness
called 10 NJ Code ard tod she had fits; when be
arrived he clear Of COnyuOns bat had PAL In The
head md lick ut the sonsch concluded thnt the
Of the illness indigcson he called tn, day
toward .ytn and urd hat de- assd had been couined thu
patient appeend wei could bc expeccd witness called
again Mrs Cole March 1899 md when he arrived
che dead her death aud sed surproi
Solomon Cole called upon eitness 20 . koSto and
there be introduced to Dr. Nickhsn tniI
was about the 6lh Of April, 1885, Dr. ". showed a
ffietn q The OF Mrs Col' death and sskei witness
n 10 could subscribe t. be said the matter might be Nl'eti
gated witness told him he should make simple state .nt OF
tie knew thsn be then drew statement of tho
aetr snd g. The doctor hero tec ed O. - the post
wi irh rafs the tn OF May 1893 The stomach
and tiss found 10 be extensively iaamod tho cause
deri could be accounted ior wir and tie oter ply
an, present tie conclusion that the liver and throat
were not diseased Dr. Wckhau hsd surgesed woul be-
Tie stomach and contents Of deceased sent TO Dr.
DoIeuius oil Newly ork for analysis.
The evidence Of " John ~ Allen, Isaac Hunt aud vincent
Enmeson who i.tsd the st norteni also taken,
when tho ne adjourned 70 Tuesday, the 9Th inst