, 1864-02-29
4 SAD TRACE DY,
a Dark and Mysterious Affair.


The past week has exposed to the knowl-
edge Of the public of this county an event of
the most mysterious and trasicI character.
On Saturday night week ago, Miss Mary
Robinson died very suddenly at the residence
Of Mr; Abraham sinnard, Of Richland town.
ehip, IN this county, Of whom she was grand
daughter. She was buried on the following
Sunday morning. The suddenncss Of the
death, In connection with other circumstan-
ces, excited the supicions Of the community
that all vas not right An Investigation was
demanded, and . CoEoner,s inquest held before
idence before the Coroner's Jury, VIC under
stand disclosed substantially the following
facts:
On the day on which the girl died, she
went to Eddyville to consult Dr.. Buck Of
KrkSils, Iii VIII aud L snnar I0h her net ancie se
went with her to EddyYillo. Tie result Of
the examination BY DR.. Buck which ho an-
nounccd to her, was that she was euciente.
She denied it but at the same time requested
something to produce abortion. This, of
course, Dr. Buck refused her, and she re-
turned home. without entering house or
store ut Eddyvi1le after she Left. DR.. Bucks.
Immediately after her arrival at home, COM
planning of fatigue, she lay down on the bed
Of her grandparents and fell asleep. She
slept until bed time, when they woke her up,
and she arose and went directly to her room
and at once to bed. An aunt OF hers having
occasion to 60 into the room about five min.
utes afterwards found her already In
he'd. Nothing Was said BY either. par
ty. About five minutes after this or ten
minutes after she had entered her room, the
family were startled By shrieks proceeding
from the room, and entering 1t they found
the girl screaming in the greatest agony. a
neighhoring man and his wife were sent for
md came. 1t was proposed to send for
physician, but the sufferer objected to it in
snsa the sar9ngss protecting that asta she
about IL O'Clock, and was buried the next
morning, The poBt-mortem examination by
Drs. Buck and Noslcr Of Eddyville, Olney Of
Chillfcothe, and Williamson, OF Ottumwa, de-
tected a quantity Of Strychnine In the stom-
aeh, enough, It was said, to kill four admits.
The examination was commenced ut Kirk
vile and concluded at Ottumwa- 4 search
ing examination Of all the evidence that could
be obtained, vas made By the Ju1y, but they
failed to convict any person Of completely In
producing the, death, and failed entirely in
s Obtained, or now when ane or ioW It WIS Ws
administered to the unfortunate girl.
No vessel was found In the room which she
could have used in taking 1t. The family in
which she lived knew nothing about 1t, aud
had no suspicion Of any such design on her
able in the county, aud the girl had always
maintained O good character.
Such are the particulars Of this most nys-
terious and painful event, us re1atec to Us.
That foul wrong was done the unfortunate
girl, by some person, is evident, and that she
had assistance In helping her ont Of world
which was all dnrk and gloomy to her seems
also to be plain. We pnrposely refrain from
recording here any Of the speculations nnd
suspicious prevailing in the vicinity Of, this
tragedy, In reference to the completely or
crimina1ity Of other parties. The Corcne1's
jury having failed to elicit any evidence
whatever in confirmation Of them, 1t would
be manifestly improper for us to make Or al
ludc to them. y