, 1865-01-28
THE MURDER TRIALS.
Franz spindler the Wife Poisener Ills
~ccaftssioL-7ae Erldenee-Aequl.tal
Of Martin Ryan.

The Circuit Court was called to order at ten
o'clock, yesterday morning. The room was
da1se,y crowded. Franz Sprndlcr, the vile pol
eoncr, was brought into Court, and E. ". Evans
and John Lyle King appeared as his counsel.
spindler is a plain-looking Bohemian, about
ioriy-nvc years Of age-a wood-sswyer BY occu-
ra!ion., Ae is Of medium height and hiss dark
dses lis Wsnder about
his lps are constantly moving, and conyu,ssYa
slludJers spatmMlicallv take possession Of hts
entire sysem. H. evidently suffers the keenest
aneuI.h. anu fully appreciates the horror Of his
The best Introductory analysis Of the case is
Ter arrest It he Central Police sta!ion. On that hat
occasion be made tbs following confession to de-
tec.ires Miller, Sherman and Abbott:
out Of my senses when did It. She behaved bad
towards me. Sunday before last bought five
GEMS worth q arsenic at German drug store on
morning cooked bfeakfast and, pat half Of ths
noson INTO tbs IT, Ths othsr ha tsrew into
week ago she threatened to Eli me with q aat
iron, and was afraid Of her since.".
The follow Ing Jurors were selected for the trial
Henry Adams. Thos. Porter. walcs Tobcy, Geo.
G;o5 WT aSa 1hf1deFe Gun,her Herman
Raain, Andrew Bemariy, Alonzo Becbe.
cbas. u. Reed. Eeq., state's Attorney, st=tcd to
tae ju that he wonld tie
poison, and that the poison was administered BY
The aeeused with malice aforethonght.
Nr. King, for the defense, waived statement Of
The afternoon session commented with the ey,-
denee for lie @ prosecution: r
No. SO Clark stfett; sell arsenic nearly every
day; recognize Detective Miller as one Of two
officers Who brought the accused 10 my store;
Enfnd1ar identified the m fFhn nj h,y
sfsentc; he said 1T the time OF the purchase be
told me be desired It to kill rats; he tad he had
snd she bad died nom It's effects; she gar. him 50
much trouble he could not help doing 20; the
arsenic Was put up in two papers and labeled
Poison :; he purchased leo grains, enough to
n Eash s,s,s: Have hesa 1Rays,.
siciar, 10 make post naorten examlnahon;
found no signs Of Violence on the body; then 70
s sa ounl
ounces In ono Of the iutestnes; at each end Of tho
stomach were tn6amed parts; this flui2 was sealed
| In bottle and handed 10 the Coroner found no
metallic substance in the mucus membrane; arse
| mic produces congestion and Inflammation; !
| fuund great amount Of Inflammation; could not
made at TIC dead house At the cemetery; Of ny
| own knowledge cannot state whose body it was.
b. John NeAAister srorn.-Haye been prac-
On n ouad her sna
child ii great pain !; from the eymptoms ;sas led
to believe tha, It was case Of poisoning bG ar
sSqnt 'hree qc'eek; ber death vas caase,l BY a..
scnic; gave her an unfayorablo opinion relative
to her living: she smoke Enpllsh bat timnaztectl7.
Jei seemed to understand me think she onca
th9ns th eSad tSa e.
otfssoE ,e ca5F n 5as pi!s. the zane 5esslen
e1ami, a,on Of tho body Il MIS-. spindier%a % at he
dead house at the cemetery; Mr. Sptnl!er was
present at the dead honsc; ho recognized the body
body: I tc!a him he had got himself, INTO serious
llIng h's Niie be cried bitterly, he neither
Geo. u. SgoD0rd fteora-1 am principal Of the
Fosts school; splndles formerly worked for nc;
during TIE pasttMo wesks q So.emher he Tss IN
accompanied Dr.. McAiater to Mr. spindlers
house on November 20th ; We found Mrs sptnd1cr
afaene; hsve % siSes heid coaversation ;S m ' wit u
lie; he eai she had threatened BIS life; he said
Carfsfophtr 0'At5A s1eorn-I reside on Bunker
street; never before saw ep,nl1er; Mrs. Spindler
came up 70 ~ ~ house M between and o'elock On
Here the witness was dismissed until morning.J
0efsefsss GtoMrge re y, {. MItr s!eorH:Ion Wsdaes-
in Bunker street. IL found evidences Of crime
was to arrest the suspected p,rtIcs; Splnd-
Ter came home nhont 6 O'Clock; he left his
leave tie premises; arrested him and showed
him the corpse: be said 1t WIS his wife; I asked
him If he knew what killed her; he .sa,a he did
not knew anything about It; brought tho ptis-
a.ked me- how much would wsnt to get him ont
of the trouble; If wonld help him he would pay
well for it; att he ssue time he va. pleading
! his innocence
-,IAt this period tho jury In the case of Martin
Ryan came Into The cou.i room. They rendered q
verdict Of mot guilty." and Ryan left the room
" 7sstlnony tont.nu<d-The conversation be.
tween us vas ia English md German; told bin
| the station the following evening Spind1er sent
for ne; be said be desired To tell me all about It
In the pressucc Of oflt CTS Sherman and Abbott he
made full confession to nc; he safd: Forgive
me: hare donc IT; have given the woman .
little out Of the paper l bought a week ago last
Sunday at the drng store on The corner Of South
Clark and Harrison streets: would nothave done
go but Wss ont Of my scnses when I did 1t; the
woman behaved very bud towards me !. she would
not cook or do anything for me !; when came
home after hard days labor she wocfd take
every cent earned. and not leave me dye cents
for 4 glaes OF beer; she has abused mo very
struck me win It. and threatened to XIII me,
was actually afraid Of her" He requested us to
go with him to see where he got the poison. Mr.
loving ,eonr.rsatton sranspired in German be,
you t Know @ mel" sad $ spin5isf; IL bone6t @ litts
hf asss R II; sesy sSssy s' 81 snaae,
and ehe is dead, now.,' asked the druggist he
knew that be h.d sold the prisoner poison. He
ssia 1s dla not 1p9W spnalst statsd tat he p1
The Court then adjourned to nine O'Clock TIL.