The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-03-29

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In the MttIs Baieh Il
Baden, they have lgtslr
class = sensation, : kiidte ~
Of the pretty BsFo1nse II
was accused Of attempting . o,SeI
the phlegmatio tie 81 d 3 {II1
her husband SlnguIAr b VI
tended victim was m0e tan lEr 4
in fact, he was the leading
her behalf The. persoA pTcl
awful charge was one ~ 81
servants, named John Ffit1cl
his story in vaguely sptte5kl -
According to the narrative Of tlll4
fled individual, he found ahout fll6
Of May, ut the bOttnm-rof- hsel
from which the baron took his daily
two small Jumps Of some suhstAnees q
BLUSH yellow color. He had drsndi,
suspicious that they were P0iseRv end estl
tidcd as much to Amelia Aeiets -eneiha
servant wirO shared fondiy IN his horrnFs
The pair took no steps in the uaatlegx
hoWGsxc, antN the goth Of the months
when they submitted the humps Of SEN
posed poison 20 DIR. BenchezzeT, q cher.
ist of the village. The doctor pronoui-
ced the substance to he phosphorous
when his visitors informed him that thef
had found it in the baron's beer just altSF
her grace, the baroness, had sweetened n
with sugar. Hardly knowing what b
think Of their story, the doctor advises
them to communicate with their IASNsIS
physician or pastor on the subject
the physician the man went with the talls
and The physician carried II TO the p0lI5H5
so that one bright spring day, the presty
baroness had couple Of gems d'NrNsGg
aasoag her Inorning callers, and was tiFgg.
lv but courteouSly escorted f6r ine pre-
ence of a magistrate. On being inf0pn.
ed Of the charge. against her, .she. idisplexs:
~ .e--nN srA1sNssfh4
It's truth with quiet dignity. at The ssass
time desiring that thr baron should, ~
informed Of her arrest. This request whs
promptly complied with, and very aC8n
the iilustriOus Baumbache was IL. ssu
courtroom protesting his Wilsa ainu0esIn
with divers three-cornefed Dutch 0ak..
and overwhelming the viitd6as 16s'h
Fritsch with savage epithets iI2E
even the protestatiOns Of the intended w.
tim, however, were sufficient to clear hls
wife of the heinous charge Of seasoning
his lager with phosphorous, the baroness
was arraigned at the bar, aud the tsiaI
proceeded. The maid-servant, sAmBliA
Leist, deposed that 1t was her busiaeaA
as a general thing. to sweeten the baroass
beer with pounded sugar candy, and WaEnA
the dec0ction over the fire. Just es; IL
had commenced to boil on the daH .ia
Al
and shook it un,-but was not seen 70 plt.
any thing into Al. After she had left tho
room, however, the witness and IObn
Fritsch discovered that the beer tasted (lt
strangely. The baroness took q hearty
swiS Of the mixture when it was ready.
ns well as the baron, and it was after both
had drank that John Friisch discovered
the phosphorus in the bottom Of the eap,
aud It'd witness about it. The same
evening, several pieces of toast spFeed.
with phosphorus were found on the HO0g
but as they had been so prepared and
placed by order Of the baron himself to
kill the rats, Of course that fact &ent Tor
nothing. *
The baron being called upon to testify,
most Indignantly repealed The idekS tdsk
his wife had intended or ever Wished 70
poison him, and indulged in most tcacli-
ing depletion of the unlnitigated blissof
his married life. Being rather hard tp
for the time being, the baroness had Eiseia
number of the servants notice tha1 10
could no longer pay their wages, and ~
dOubtedly this accusation Of John agl,l
Amelia was made by way Of revenge. Re-
substantiate the principle of their charEe,
the accusers proved that ue baron snd
baroness had occasional "Spats," and that
the baron had made his lady murderously
jealous by ogling another pretty woman
The latter story was strenuously deniSf
by the noble pair. Their counsel and the
public prosecutor having addressed the
jury, the latter deliberated for five minutes
and then unanimously acquitted the pris...
oncr. The verdict was received with loud
applause, and the baron testified hissds-
light by warmly embracing his wife in
the presence of judge and jury. The
scene is said to have been very afIectihg,
We should think so -'--- - -fA1,74s -ff1,74s