The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-16

A reporter for the Columbus (Ohlo) Dispatch
has interviewed Thompson, one Of the .prlnci
pal prosecutors Ia the Bufenburg case
Thompson said: !.
tI don't like to say anything against Ann
Colburn, but will say that her character be.
fore she married Colburn was. devillsh bad,
and speak from the books"
The reporter said ut Ia charged that this
suit has been instituted to deprive Mrs. Col
burn and her children of their fortune. How
can 1t benefit you? If she were convicted to-
day the property would still belong to her and
her children" .,,l.
To this Thompson replied: 1--WE don't want
damned cent of Bufenburgs money. This
suit has been brought about because 1t was
believed Uncle Buf. was not treated right:
What If it has been four years since he died
We relatives are poor people compared with
the Colburns. We know what money will do.
We have talked about the probability of =
Hn DEATH By POISON
ever since he died. Ann knows that three
months after Uncle Buf. died l. wrote her q
letter, In which denounced her as murder,
ess. Now, Professor Wormley says he found
arsenic In the liver and stomach; and how did
1t get there? There has been some talk about
the relatives having tampered with the body
during Ann,s living in New York. That's the
tactics her lawyer takes. Uncle Buf. was not
buried by Ann in the Bulenburg graveyard,
but on another part OF the farm; where she
could look right out Of her door and see the
grave.
We can proveby the persons who buried
Uncle Buff, aud who were present when he
was exhumed, that the grave had not been
touched. It was cemented right over the
coffin, and that cement was unbroken at the
tlme<he was taken out of the grave. No, that
dodge is too thin" In reply te>aquestion' as
to his means te prosecute Ithecase, Thompson
concluded: 81 am now living on my own
farm, which contains about one hundred and
sixty-four acres. have other property, apdI
estimate myself worth between thirty five and
forty thousand dollars, and intend to go my
last dollar In having Ann Coburn~ brought to
JUSTICE" - -es
A Cincinnati dispatch Of Saturday says:
The prosecution have rot moved in the con.
templated arrest OF 9. Colburn at London,
and 1t is stated that If they do not speedily
Mrs. Colburn will demand an investigation.
Mr., Colburn. was interviewed today, but he
yielded very little. He was silent, he said, by
advice Of his attorneys, but said that the whole
case was put-up job to e1tort money from
his wife, and If they had consented to be
black-mailed the whole matter would have
been dropped. He and his wife were now
here, ready for whatever might turn up.
There might be a time when he would think i
desirable to use the presto explain his POSI-
ton; but the time had net now come. he ap-
preclated what his friends were doing for MIN
and at the proper time would prove that they
had not been deceived In either bis or his
wife's integrity. He said his attorneys were
strengthening their position, as would be
shown when 1t was desirable.
A special from London to-day says that Ma
lev Thompson will be arrested, writ having
been issued by United States COMMISSIONS
Wilcox, of Columbus, charging him with false
| ly representing himself as United States rev
enue officer, In September, 1868, and thereby
| fraudulently receiving money as such. This
and other alleged crimes that he must answer
for will give him all the scope he can desire tc
get rid Of his $40, 900 farm In criminal proseeu
lion tl.-.--ta