The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-03
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The Trumpy- Demma case, Of which = sketch
was recently given in the English papers, has been
concluded by the acQui:ta' OF both Madame
Trumpy and Dr. Demme. The lady, il will be
remembered, accused herself as well as Dr.
Demmc of poisoning her husband In order 20
secure greater freedom Of intercourse 20 them
selves in the indulgence Of criminal passion.
This strange feature Of the case was made still
more revolving by the fact tbat, while DR.. Demmo
denied the criminal passion as positively as the
murder he was actually the bc.r1thCd husband
Of Madame Trumpy's only daughter. The COM
duet Of Madame Trumpy in prison gave great
reason to doubt the soundncss OF her intellect
Cool and collected while on the stand, She vas no
left to herself in her cell than she ill into
Asingullr state OF ecstasy, somewhat Ike THAT OF
the famous cONr.iSio,UidirtS Of st. hGllrl. In
this state she saw visions both sweet and hOrri-
BILE, and lRbOred under n wonderful variety OF
halluciuanuns. The theory Of thc defense lJtri-
butod her deuuncatiOn Of DR.. DCmme aud herself
to balluCnatlOn born Of an insane passion tor
the young surgeOn-a passion unsupported by
him, and stimulated 10 An eNtrlOrdnary degree by
jealousy Of or daughter. This IheOry was even
tually sustained by lhe Jury. Nadine Trumpy
was uncOndtiOnllly acquitted, aud Dr. Demme,
acquitted OF the charge OF murder, was sentenced
TO pay one hit Of the costs Of the trial rs pun
ishment for Concea ing the tact that poison was
IN some way connected wi h VI. Grumpy's delth.
Inc NtNtEdUlS lt ltl Dl lUb piISJltt WHO udA
stood BY him during the whole srial, and the
audience, which, as We learn from the lNgeDlaiae
Zeituyig, fairly overHOWed the gOurt-r0Om shO we'd
their sy mpalhy with this verdict of Icqu.ttal by
iTTepTrssiblo signs Jt eNubcr1nt joy. EhC emf
neut gCOlCgis Professor Stutor, whose name
every traveller IN Switzerland has learned 70
honor, was present at The acQuiJ'al. He had tes
tined in the strongest manner 70 the exalted and
noble character OF the accused. His nature
said Professor Studer, sis emincntly artistic; ne
has great magnanmity. and kindlness to every
one, ana an uGbOuudcd gcnerOcity. lie made
presents TO every one. lie laid aside a fine prlc-
tice to devote himself entirely to science. Her
mann Demme has the thlt5t OF scientific glory,
but no love OF money
The case has attracted great attraction in all
parts OF Europe; and its most in cresung features
are vel summed up and anaIyled in the follow
ing article from The London SttTddy RsUiec:--
"lhe murder-it indeed, 10 WAS q murder-of
Nj. Trumpy is, however intrinsic lily of fur more
interest lhaD any which has lately come to light
in ENGLAND, The relations to clCh other of the
actors in the story are those which We habitually
anticipate in II French novel NJ. Trumpy, the
brutal and dissOlute banker, was of the ordinary
type of the French husband of romance. He
was considered TO be good fellow by some of
the witnesses, SO long as ne was sober; but they
added that he was habtually drunk, and was
then always violent in his actions, and gross in
his language. In 1862 he had given somewhat
conclusive proof Of this by knocking out his wlte's
eye with q wateT.botte. This exploit WAS the
cause OF Demmes introduction into the family.
Dtmmc was young ply siCau, OF n Well-knOWn
family at BCrne, ana alTeduy laYOfNOlY spoken OF
in his profession, who was called in 10 attend
Madame Irumpy, She isrCpresCnted as pleasing
woman Of thirty seven, or several years older
than himself Demme appears - have been at
tTaCteu by her and ultimately to nave been drawn
into a CTimina intimacy with her The family
accompanied by Demme, made tour together TO
COnstantiuOplc, during which Irnmpy varied
according to his syhrigty or the reverse, between
extreme ciyili'y and violent NplOsiOns Of jealousy.
In February last Irumpy was suffering fro
some disease not supposed to be dangerous, but
for which DENNY had performed trltlng opera
tion. At TGumpy'5 request, Dcmmc sat up with
him for two nights; on the second Of THESE he
was suddenly seized with violent at dck, and in
half an hour expired. A post morton eXamina-
ton was made ~ D2mmc who declared him 10
have died UfHpOpCNy, brought ON by excessive
drinking. Some suspicious, however, arising,
the LOuy was again cNlmincd, aud large qutu-
tity OF s'rl chniCe was disc yCrtd In II. Ma lnm5
HTumpy and Drmme were soon Afterwards ar
rested, apparently from The presumption afforded
by Their OBVIOUS motives rlllWll % the dece lsed.
Against d, mmC, indeed, there WIS nlturIly q
heavy suspicion. lie mai tue entire charge OF the
decCa,Cd for time before his death. lie had
every opportunity of poisoning lin II he chose,
and, as doctor, could double easily pro
the poison. HIS DuyuuCt after Iruupy's death
in assigning d false Gauss tHrir was ri stronger
presumption. lie seems 10 have behaved sub
sequeuIy IN very strange way. lie wrote
anOny nous letters % on OF lhc servants gnClOs-
ing napoleon, and requesting her To denOunce
him as the CulpliL The motive Jt LGis proceeding,
which he gdmiICu, tens Co De utterly uuin.cl-
uglDlt, lHOuEl NNltll.ht ui y HLlte OF IDiDN
excitement, .uupHlblg with Chcr gult or luuO-
cence. he thlUTy sDt up for tue dCeusc wa, that
TTumpy had pHls ned h.ms.l. lie had, il seems,
suffered from some mluck, spocNiauOn,; he WAS
doubtful 81 q complete recovery from his illness
he had talked 20 various pe"p'o aoO1t commit
ting suicide, aul held out lOpc tuar ne might
some day blow his brains out But as such m
END was in itself not uuprJ able AMI as the
usual aay OF accounting Tor alI his yo.Is and
ACTORS was By assuming lta. he wa drunk
10 one cared 10 attend TO him. A loaded
IistOl was found iu bis room, which Doe ualOrI
Iasely did u. use To- this purpose. luis WOllu
have lCi. 10 dou' OF the cause OF his death. AS
It was, 10 wa, yihicu.t TO cEpnin his posse siol
of sty pChiue D Wmc asserted that Irumpv hid
bought il aG COnsaU inuplc, ana that he was trC
Quenty tai ing about the purchase Of pOsO
thelc-1 fact which no Oae else, not even Madam
Trumpy, seems o. have recO.leCted Iuelo SO
thus possibility th8r Trumpy hud committed
sulidC and upon this ground Deumc WAS Gclult
ted, Int az the same tiu.e ordered 10 pay halt IN
expenses of the Tigl. Madame Irmpy, agatns
whom the evidence was slight vas acquitted un
COndilionally. Tie case resembles that OF Ial
mer in many points. The poison used was th
same. The victim was in both cases dependin.
upon the man accused Of his murder for medica
attendance, and in both cases 1t was equally i'm
possible 10 feel much sympathy fer his fate
There is something specially ulsagreeaD.
about being poisoned by your doctor
he has so many chances OF administer
! lug poison even without tue possibility Of Beiu
COncusiyey shown % have done 50. Thus en-
cumstaucg., IN this case, were equally recoIcua
BILE with either OF TWO h.p0.heat7, II was Nh
possible 90 trace the sIg l4uiue 10 Irumpy J"I
hauds It was equally impossible Of course, q
prove that he had never bought It, On the Otht
hand, DemmO might DE lawfully in possession o
strychnme. He ayOWCd that he had used l. d
small doses. His counsel offered 20 8dmin5.e
some 10 the Jury on the spot, and the jury ao
icuned into the next room 10 tIy Il on comm
back in sound health, they confessed thai th5
courage had failed them at the moment Of tastinl
1t was shown. however, sufficiently that the pre-
feuce of siry chnine in Demme5 hands was 10 II
way incompatible with his Innocence This, th
most critical point OF the proof was therefor
ambiguous. Ii Demme was guilty, il was untol
tunate that Trumpy should have given him sue
opportunities. If innocent, It was unfortunai
that Trumpy should have selected that particu
lar way Of taking himself oa. The facts OF th
case ere laid before "COmmisslon Of Health
faculty at Berne T6eysaid that the death va
undoubtedly caused by strychnine. They ais
said that Demme had been guilty OF impropi
conduct rs a medical man, in cOncealing this fac
out of regard (as he alleged) for the feelings
the fBmily. But they naturally declined 10 CIV
an opinion as to whether it was case OF murd'
or Of suicide. They had before them q
snyrhnine and the body; but as strychnir
los uaunh Nha affaft vile