, 1864-02-28
A SAD ItK LACE DY.
A Dark and Mysterious Affair.
From tho ottnmwa Qowa} Courier, 7

lI1V1A slp cAlu44Wa t4oHA} LQH[2ETsi
The past week has exposed to the knoyl.
edge oi the public Of this comfy IN event Of
the most mysterious and tragical character
On Saturday night q week ago, Miss Mary
Robinson died very suddenly At the residence
of NJ Abraham sinnard, Of Richland town
ship, In this county, Of whom she was grand
daughter. She was buried on the following
sunday @ morning, The suddcnuess of tho
ccs, excited the supiclons Of the community
that III was not right An Investigation was
a. A. Douglas, Justice Of the Peace. The ey-
fdence before tho Coroner's Jury, we under
stand disclosed substantially the following
facts:
On the day on which the girl died, she
vent to EddyrI1c to consult Dr.. Buck Of
Kirkville, and Mr. ]. l.. sinnard, her uncle,
went with her to Eddyy!lle The result Of
the examination By Dr. Buck which he an.
nounced to her, was that she was eAcieatt.
sho denied 1t but at the same time requested
something to produce abortion. This, Of
course, Or. Buck refused her, and she re-
turned home, without entering house OF
store at EddyVille after she Left Dr.. Buck's.
Immediately after her arrival at home, conf
planning Of fati.ue, slle lay down on tic bed
Of Ecr grandparents and fell asleep. She
slept until bed time, when they woke her up,
and she arose and went directly to her room
occasion to SO into the room about i've min
utcs afterwards found her already In
bed. Nothing was said By either par
tt: About i've minutes after this or ten
minutes after she had entered her room, the
family were startled by shrieks proceeding
the girl screaming in the greatest agony. A
nelghhortns man and bis wife were sent for
ana came. It Kns proposed to send for
PHYSICIAN, but the sufferer objected to it In
me strongest manner, protesting TINT she
morning; The post-mortem examination By
Drs: Buck and Nosler Of Eddyvillc, Olney Of
Ch1licothe, and Williamson Of Ottumwa, de-
tected . quantity Of Strychninc in the 6tom-
aei', enough, It vas said. to kill four adults.
Ihe examination was commenced at Kirk
Ing examination Of all the evidence that could
be obtained, was made By the jury, bas they
lal!eo to convict any person Of: completely in
producing the death, and failed entirely in
discovering how. the strychnine was
o5,atnsd, or when or how It was
aam1ntsteTcd to the unfortunate girl.
NO vessel Eas found In the room which she
could have used in taking 1t. The family in
Which she lived knew nothing about 1t, and
hnd no suspicion OF any euch design on her
part. The family is one Of the most respect
able n the county, and the girl had always
maintained good character.
such are the particulars Of this most mys-
fertous and painful eyent. as related to Us.
That foul wrong was done the unfortunate
Efri, b. some person, iB evident, and that she
had assistance IN helping her out OF world
Which was all dark and gloomy to her seems
also to be plain. we pn1posely refrain from
recording here any Of the speculations aud
euspicions prevailing In the vicinity Of this
tragedy, In reference to the completely OF
cramtnallty Of other parties. The Coroner'B |
jury having fniled to elicit any evidence |
whatever ID oeaas nsutiuu Or tucm, 1t would |
be manueet1y improper for us to make or ul- |
Iudc to them.