The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-11
II III L ~ O u II III.
A Terrible Accident Reported in CJV-
ington-Fifteen Lives Said
to be Lost.
F.ROM HARRISBURG.

The Case of DIR. Schoeppe-Au Appeal 90 Gov
crnOr CONFERENCE.-The nnd statements
Showing that Miss Stenaecke was not Pol
soncd,
Special Despatch to Tie Eptning Telegraph.
HARRIsBURG, Nov, 1.-THE Governor this
mcrning at 10 o'clock had hearing of the
arguments of the friends of DR.. Schoeppe, in
the Executive Chamber, which continued uatil
after / O'Clock. Frederick Dttman, Esq, OF
Philadelphia as the solicitor of the Philadelphia
Society for the Relief of Distressed Germans,
appeared on behalf of the various petitioners.
He presented n pamphlet of the trial, an
opinion of committee of German physicians
of Philadelphia. The opinion of the College OF
Physicians of Philadelphia, the opinion of Pto-
fessor Rees, of the University of Pennsylvania
the opinion of the medical faculty of Yale Col
legc the opinion of the Medico-Legal Society OF
New York, the resolution of the Baltimore
Medical Society, memorials from physicians of
New York, Chicago, Washington, Baltimore,
and st. Lonis, and the medical societies of Lu-
zernc, Allegheny, and Cumberland counties
all against the probabilities OF prussic acid
having been administered to Miss Stennecke.
He also presented letter from David Paul
Brown, Esq, of Philadelphia, in behalf of the
prisoner. He then proceeded in lengthy writ
ten argument, covering nearly a hundred pages
of closely-written sheets attempting TO show
the impossibilitv Of poison having been admin
istered by DR.. Schoeppe. The symptoms were
not such as to indicate it, and the post-mortem
examination was not conducted on true scienti
tic principles. lie urged that the jurors and citi-
Zens of Cumberland county were biassed against
the prisoner bccaNsc OF his nationality. He
said there was no conclusive evidence that the
will was forged. If it had been, DR.. Schoeppe
would never have been indicted for murder. If
Schoeppe were hung it would be clearly judi
cial murder, and regarded by nearly every
physician In the land at all familiar with the
case. The medical profession of the whole Of
Europe would be excited at this cruel violation
of justice and scientific principle. He was
authorized by DIR. Schocppe to say that he was
not here on the part of the prisoner to ask for
any respite. The prisoner conscious of
entire innocence, and desired nothing but JUS
tice and full liberty.
William II. Miller, Esq, the counsel of
Schoeppe, spoke at length, ayowing before God
the innocence of his client, who at all times had
resisted all appeals to escape asserting that II
he were guilty OF this horrible thing he deserved
no mercy. He followed with very close review
of the trial and evidence, alleging that nearly
every prominent citizen OF Cumberland county
with whom he had COnVerscd was doubtful oil
the justice OF the verdict.
DR.. Setter, of Carlisle, followed in a scientific
argument of some length, which could not be
very well understood, owing to his impure
English, he being a German physician He was
convinced that there was no evidence OF prusslc
acid. which would certainly have killed the vic
tim in from five to thirty minutes whereas she
lived over twenty-four hours after being taken
i'll. He was convinced that it was apopleXy that
had caused death. Professor Hines, of Dickinson
College, followed in written appeal, in which
he declared that he saw no evidence in the trial
sufficient to convict DR.. SchOeppe of poisoning.
Rev. Mr.. Smith, OF Carlisle, "a Lutheran min
lister, then closed the appeal lie was con-
WINGED OF the innocence of the prisoner, whom
he visited in his cell, being a member OF his
church.
The Governor referred the papers to the At
torney-General and reserved his decision.