Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-01-05


appears to possess for them some extraordi,
nary attraction. The building is tho town
hall, aud the day is ths day of the tr:.l Q:
Leopold Winter and Chariot Lutzen, for the
murder of Maria, Countess Es:eyan by poi
son.
at will 60 hard with the miscreants, |
warrant me- says stout burghcr, in the
centre of the group by whom he seems reck.
oned person of vast Importance and
rightly enough, too say, for we want no
poisoning ccrjurers in this fair cry, neigh
bors."
"You are in the right Of i, Master Van
Noorden,' replied another wiseacrr. and TIE
mob. easily swaycd, muymured their nssont
81 would had the blasting Of that old
witch" shrilly exclaimed a Stout, rosy cheek.
ed dame, with a pair of large ear rings ssu-
silly displayed IL would not let the roast
lack basting, know
A sally of laughter greeted this pretty
display of woman's spite, and loud hearty
voice cried out:
"Ay, trust n woman to ran a woman down
if she be in trouble. They say wolves will
eat a wounded comrade; but, for my part, |
think the spite of wild beasts is nothing to
| the spite of woman against woman"
The dame who had spoken rushed toward
the last speaker, and he would have come
off with a scratched face but for loud shou,
from that part Of the crowd nearest the hal H.
which sisni6ed tha, the trial was over.
The sentence! the sentence are thcv
guilty? cried a Thousand voices
"Yes, yes, guilty!'
And the sentence p
"Tbe man to be tvrncd alive the woman
to be confined for life
"Hurrah! turraL !" Aud the air rang
with o cheer from the whole of the vast mnl
| titude, which speedily turned to a storm of
Kisses and groans as the unfortunate con.
demned issued from the door Of the jnds
| hall, strongly guarded.
The trial had been short, but the evidence
was supposed conclusive
This is what had passed
The respected Dr. Fruchen ha! test;f, d
| that be had been called in sudd,n'y on the
last day Of July to attend a lady who had
been taken Ill, aud was at the house of the
male prisoner. He had inquired for suit
able nurse for her, aud was exceedingly
struck by The readiness with which the le-
male prisoner volunteered to fill that sisQa.
ton. He had sent in two draughts, being
| s'mpiy anodynes, but quite IA ul.ss actl r
taking one Of which the unfortunate LADY
| was found dead. That she had taken the
| dose there was no doubt, as the almost empty
bottle was found with but few drops left in
it, which was then tested by himself (IIerr
truchen), was found to contain aqu afor.is
The second, contents untouched, was also
| found to contain the same poison From
this it was inferred that the mnrd. .rcrs in
tended to administer a second dose. "Per.
haps," added the doctor, "as there could be
little doubt that the first draught would
prove fatal, the second ght have been in
tended for Don Es,eyan."
1t was distinctly proved that the sole in
hahi'hants of the house, where the alleged
murder took place, besides the lucAless
couple, were Leopold Winter and Charlo,
Lu'zen and the quantity of gold contained
IN the salises Of both the unfortunate LADY
and gentleman supplied ample motive for
the murder by man so well known to be
avaric'ous and miserly as Winter.
The latter was singular character bu,
one common enough in The age in which
these events happened He was half q sci
enliic investigator and half an in.postor.
lie studied nature aud imposed upon man,
'aneying that his superior knowledge gave
him the right to deceive his fellow creatures
| by those who lived near him, or came into
contact with him, he was looked upon will,
some respect and 60 ID deal Of dread H.
was known everywhere as a nec.omancer-
as one WHO dealt with swful mysteries FIR
awful purposes His manner, his dress hi
gloomy house, bis laboratory, the curious
animals from far uti countries with which he
surrounded himself, his cultivation of strange
plants, were, in the miuds of the vulgar. o, Is
so many proofs OF bis dealing with The pyw-
ers OF darkness.
On the night Of the murder the necroman-
Ger had, by his own admission, aqualortis in
his p 'ssess!on. Further, he confessed that
contrary 10 his usual habit, he sat up all .be
night. In the morning tho aaaiortis was
missing, aud both the bottles destined for
the unfortunate lady we're proved to have
contained it. Then the female prisoner ad-
mitted that twice during the night she went
to the laboratory to her master, (although
she aycrred that the last time he was ias,
asleep) and she also admls that her hand
placed the first bottle on the deceased = ta.
BILE. 1t was Inferred that the master con-
suited with the servant, prepared the poison,
and then left i: for the old woman to admin
lister It for consideration Of = part sf the
gold to be acquired. THUS she became an
accomplcs. The evidence was deemed con.
elusive, and the judges we're united in con-
dsnning the prisoners Thus the old man
was sentenced to be burned alive in the
market place, and bis ashes to be scattered
TO the four Winds; and the old woman, in
consideration of her age and sex, besides
having been, it was supposed, to some ex-