The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-07-25

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with, BY this time he began to
show evident symptoms of strych.
nine; he raised mp and tried to vom-
II again, took suddenly with sew ere
convulson, and fell over back wards.
kwent to the door and told Mr. Turk
70 get some chloroform rs soon rs he
could. Mr.. Hoddy came in, and I
toid him to go for another DOCTOR,
out before this Mrs. Dom bach asked
me If wanted another Dr., / told
her yes. About this time lie caMo
out OF the first spasm.
Or. Williamson came about this
time. We raised him up, and gave
him some medicine, after which he
yomitedlfrccly ;sand talked i,orfent-
" rational, and repeated to DR.. W.,
ut my request, about how hetook the
MEDICINE or arsenic; he said he took
\, himself and that the woman had
nothing to do with it, or that she
knew nothing about il. About this
time he took another spasm and fell
back inlthe bed. aud tiieI in ABOUT
two minutes at half past one o'c.ock
?. m. | suppose it was about 10
minutes after be took the poison. !
saw some stiychninc in the glass
tnmbler, which his wife said was the
lone he drank .outot. 1t was in he
interval between the spasm, that |
saw this, l believe from tic symp-
toms and other evidences, that he
died from the effects Of strychninc.--
He said that lie took it himself
This all occurred this day, July '23a,
1867, ut Ottumwa, WapelIo County,
iowa. .a
IS Mrs. Dombaca sworn II He, Mr..
Dombaeh, took a glass from the ta-
bic and went out on the porch and
when he came III he said he guessed
he had taken enough quininc to do
him. lie saiall,e had been taking
qninine for the last few days for lh'
headache, lie said he would not live
much longer anyhow. He did not
send Tor Il DR.. said it was no use to-
send for Drs; ! said | guess | will send
for q Dr.. TO see what Won lave taken;
after the girl went for the DR.. ! said
! guess you no live long. lie want
ed to have the children to come and
kiss him and shake hands and | did
no. let them do it, for l did not be-
lieye anything was wrong. lie wan
ted a kiss off of me and did not let
him do it. He said yon will feel
sorry afterwards. He told me some
time ago that about the time the
,eaves fell he guessed he would 6
too.
DR.. Williamson sworn: Twas call
ed to see deceased about p. m;
found him labs ring under SYMPTOMS
INDUCED by taking strychnine /; he
confessed in my hearing that he had
taken stiychnine. niallusion to his
wife said she had nothing to do with
it. lie did not make any statement
in my hearing as to what Induced
him TO take it. He expressed no re-
grets. He lived about 20 minutes
a teri arrived. He died evidently
from the effects OF. strychnine He
was rational Till the last paroxysm
which ended his life. Mrs Dombach
told DR.. Hinsey and myself that he
had tried to hang himself TO-DAY.
Mrs. Dombach recalled: Mr.. Dom
bach tried to hang himself to-day at
noon he called me TO see, the rope
that he had fixed. 1caliet Mr.. Gafti-
well and Mr.. D. tried 20 take it down
and did so afterwards. &0f
The following is the verdict Of the
jury in the case Of the suicide Of All. +!
derman Dombach Yesterday.
"ihe jury upon their oaths do say
that the Said Antoine Dombach i
"cane to his death by means of
:" Strychnine, administered by his
. own hands intentionally.
IN testimony whereof, the said /
Jurors have herewith set their hands
this July % 1867. Il
w. III. CLIFTON,
500 GEO. GoDFREY,
john P. WILLIAMS.
z a TEST: Jury.
,a ra G. c. BLAKE.
Justice of the Peace tor Centre Town.
ship, Wapello county, Iowa
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