The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-27
A Singular ARaIr---A wife PoisOns
Herself aud Charges the Act upon
Her Husband's Pnramour.


Herself aud Charges the Act upon
Her Husbands Paramount.
~ From the Missouri Democrat.
Several weeks ago we had occasion
to mention the infelicities connected
with the married life of Capt. UIrich
Schwendever, who keeps coal yard at
46 Lombard street. The Captain,
though blessed with a wife and several
children, had fixed his affections upon
beautiful German servant girl en-
ployedin his family. The wife, in or
der to watch the movements of the
guilty couple, arrayed herself in mas
culine attire, followed them one night,
and cowhided the girl upon the street.
The Captain deserted his home for a
short time. but recently became recon
ciled with his wife and returned to the
house. A. day or two ago he took the
girl TO his house for the purpose OF
sending her away, she being in con-
ditiOn not at all becoming an. unmar-
ried woman. atH
Yesterday morning Mrs. Schwende-
yer was taken Suddenly i'll, and pro-
claimed that she had been poisoned by
girl. She was in great agony; her
stomach swelled to the size of beer
cask, and four physicians were sent for
The neighbors were aroused to fury
against the girl, and in short time a
mob collected around the house. Stones
we're thrown at the girl but none of
them struck her. Sergeant Herring
was sent for and he arrested the girl
and took her, with all her baggage, to
the first station house. 1t was with
difficulty that the people could be re-
strained from tearing the accused girl
to pieces.
In the meantime the body of Mrs. s.
continued to swell. It was anticipated
that in short time she would collapse
Ike hnRf ii1rNf1nRa f%,d
bladder, and she became alarmed and
made up her mind that she was about
to die. Under this impression she con-
fessed that she had wrongfully accused
the girl, and that she had obtained
morphine from Metzger's drug store
and taken small portion with the in
tentton OF bringing an accusation
against the girl, and BY means hav-
ing her punished.
By this time the efforts of the four
doctors began to be successful, and she
was soon out of danger. There was a
reaction in the minds of the nefghbors,
and the tide of fiindignationtu turned upon
the crafty wife who had endangered the
life of the girl to crafty her own jeal-
GUS malice. The girl was released from
custody, and Will proceed on her Jour
ney. Mrs. 8. has been severely pun
ished for her artifice, and the captain is
reyenged. %. -'3a.,.,.l..s
SOME of the Southern journals are
inquiring whether men who cannot
take the ''iron-clad stest OATH" that is,
men who fought in the war against the
government, can be admitted 10 the
philadelphia Convention. We think
they need have no fear that they will
be excluded from a Convention, for
which Vallandigham, Jesse D. Bright
and Ben Wood are already laying the
plans. Why should Jeff. Davis and
Henry A. Wise be sent out from the
body, II those men are admitted2 Let
them come on then If they choose. Let
the men who have been conspicuous in
battles against the peace of the land,
appear In council with the Democrats
from the North. Why noI7
The RIaHTs OF Characterization.
John A. Logan, in speech delivered at
Salem. Illinois, on the 4th of july. In
advocating the constitutional amend
ment, stated that the section conferrine
the rights OF citizenship upon freed
men did notconfer the right OF suffrage.
but only protection of great natural
rights, being equivalent to a declara-
ton that every man Is a human be-
ing;" and that lyon have no right to 20
out and murder him: you have no ri9ht
20 take his work without paying him
his wages; You have no right to abuse