New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-21


London Co1rsspondenoe Of T> CiafnarH Enquirer Arg
The preliminary examination will commence
before Justice o. f. Crabb, on Monday morning, ut IL
and large number Of witnesses will be summoned to
appear Tho prosecution express themselves confident
her appearance before q Grand Jury We informed
th8t the opening OF tho trial. OF during tho primary
by counsel for tho prosecution to have the body of Peter
Buffenbarger exhumed, and thorOughy ex.
discovering the condition Of the tissues ard
nerves. arteries &C., with view to ascertanng at what
time arsenic inserted In the body They claim TO be
able TO prove srrepitous visits to Mira Coburn by Mr..
CUlburn before Mr. Bulenbargers death The proseeu-
stomach liver Peter Bufenbarger by Prof. Worm
hey in largo enough quantities to Indicate case OF
the Last illness OF Peter BuftenbargeR used no arsenic;
that Mrs. BuenbargeT was his constant nurse and at
endant, and administered all the medicine herself They
also claim be able prove that Old Buff rs no
fanisry called frequently ,t said lot to tho1 re, Who
that he beloved the medicine given him by his
wife contained some poison They Also claim to be
relatives from his sokroom, and would permit 70
have an interview with him, not even ms legal adviser
what they claim to be fact, that old gentleman,
during his lifetime, established family buryng-pace
from mile to mile and half from the family resi-;
dence and that his earnest request that he should
be buried there She, contrary TO bis Wishes had him
buried in vault Theoretically sealed within short dis
lance OF the house and within full view OF her window
Also the further fact that an imperative demand was
made upon Prof Wormley for the yscera OF the deceased
Buffenbarger by Mr. Wesley Eachs relative Of Mrs.
COlburn before the made and that threats were
made In the same connection.
The responsibility OF the defense In this case rests
principally upOn the shoulders Of X. A. Harrison, esq,
who entirely retcent 10 the that will be pur
sued The probability is that the coming examination
will be protmcted one and that 1t will be adjourned
from time TO time 10 allow parties either side to oh
tain testimony. curious circumstance III connection
with the inquest the remains OF the deceased Biien-
barger Is that of the has been paid by the
County Auditor That official informed Your correspond-
ent to-day that the Coroners fees In TINS case and the
jurors compensation had not been demanded or
paid. He thought the question as TO tho legal
ity OF the proceedings upon which the inquest
based had been raised and that perhaps, was tho
reason that the warrants had not been presented for pay
ment II quite certain that the proceedings In this in
quest Instituted and the body eXhumed, upon the
written statement OF Dr. Saul Vandeventer or Versailles,
Brown County H. who Is son OF a sister OF the de-
ceased Buftenbarger Public opinion, 80 far ~ your
porter has been able to inform hmsel has been thus far
strongly in sympathy with Mrs COlburn Tuc more in
tegen and refined class OF people here are almost uni
versay In sympa ny with her. aud believe firmly In her
innocence There Is another and weaker aud less uuen
tal element who believe In the faithleSsless OF Mrs
Coburn her marital vows 10 her first husband, and
who believe firmly Ia her guilt