The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-15

her coquetry to the verge Of imprudence.
However this may be, she attracted the regards
of the wealthy old bachelor grazier. Peter Buff
enburg, and In 1852, or thereabouts, they were
married. About a year later, greatly to the mar
vel of the people of the township. son was
born to Peter. After further lapse Of six
years. when Peter was of the age OF seventy
seven, another son was born, and then scan.
dal gave tongue. In country districts, even
more than in towns, when o story once gets
currency, it gains amazingly by repetition.
ANGEL1NA's AFFINITY"
Among the friends of Angelina was young
man named Colburn, and the manner III
which the acquaintance was formed was GER
-tainly curious. After Peter was married ne so
for broke through his customary habits that
he consented to take his young wife on a we'd
ding tour. At Cincinnati the pair changed
theil country apparel for clothes OF the better
sort aud, whilst ont shopping there, they.
were served at one OF thestores by 3. T. Col
burn, who was then dry goods CLERK.
Having soul above calicoes he became, AFTER
the lapse OF years, one of the war correspon..
dents:of the New York Tribune, was captured
in attempting to run past the batteries at
Vicksburg, and spent, subsequently, conside-
.rable time In Libby Prison. Whilst waiting
on the newly married couple, In the days OF.
been smitten with the charms Of Mrs. Bufen-
burg, whom he mistook, or affected to mis-
take for Peters daughter. OF course, Peter.
himself was known to young Colourn, oy rep,
utation, as one. of the wealthiest OF the.
rural magnates OF Ohio. So, during his
in paying court to the young woman,
until she told him sne was Peters
.Rife. She then told Peter himself Of the mis-
lake whhh Colburn had made, and Peter,
laughing at 1t as good joke, Invited the
young man to visit him at his home IN Madi-
son County. Colburn does not appear to have
;oeen slow to accept the invitation; He d,d
visit Peter, Rot once, but often, and thus the
acquaintance ripened into intimacy, and. as
some malicious .peoplei say, into something
more than intimacy. There can be no reason
to doubt that the nephews and nieces OF Peter
Bufenburg looked upon his young vile as ian an
interloper, and were disposed to regard her
conduct with q jaundiced eye. The cordial
reception given by Mrs. Bufenburg to Col
burn whenever he visited Madison County;
the close accord existing between them, and
the fact that he had special room set apart
for him In the new mansion that Bufenburg
built soon after his marriage, added spice to
the rumors tEat .foated about. But the years
wore on, and Peter Bufenburg continued TO
tolerate IT, he did not, wholly approve OF the
visits Of the younger man.
THE SECOND MARRIAGE. !.
In 1866 Peter Bufenburg. then in his eigh-
ty-second year, and In the twelfth or his
marriage, sIckened. From that time his
health began seriously to decline, and for the (:
year Immediately preceding his death, which
took place in September, 1867, he was eonf:
ned to his room. During the long period of
his sickness many of the nelghbors declare
that Mrs Bufenburg was invariably kind and
attentive. Others say very differently, and
intimate that COl6urn. continued his Visits
secretly, was In the house when Peter Bufen-
burg died, and was also at the funeral-which
others again deny. Peter Bufenburg died i'm
testate, and all his estate went to his two chill.
dren, subject, of course, to the Wiie's right; OF
dover. About two years before his death ne.
also made gilt to his wife OF hVe hundredi
acres OF land, valued at thai. time at iolly for.-
tY-aye thousand dollars. After Buienburg's,
death the Intimacy between his widow and
4CoLburn increased, and, when year had
elapsed, they were married. Colburn, who
was then In the banking house Of; Fisk, Do
Hatch, at New York, took his wife and the
Bufenburg children Ito .E!izabethtown, New
Jersey, where they still reside.
THE SUSPICIOUS.
And now comes the most mysterious part Of
this somewhat commonplace, and yet some.
what romantic story. During the present.
year, the hints and inuendos that followed
the Colburns to their New Jersey home have
acquired, strength and consistency. a man
named Thompson, the husband OF one or Bull
enbnrgs relatives, and who would have been
one of the heirs to his estate If Bufenburg had
not married, has made himself, recently, quite
PERSONS of Mrs. Colburn's character. He not
only accuses her-whilst Mrs, tBufenburg-of
adultery with Colburn, but also OF composing
Bufenburg's death by poison. These terrible
accus ions, however, lose much OF their force
by the fact th1t Thompson'is man Of villain
GUS antecedents. He has been arrested seve-
raj times for counterfeiting, but escaped pun
ishment by Joining .Colenel Woods detective
force: and once he has been convicted of bur-
glary, but broke Jail and fed. Singular to say
he has not since been molested. But, how
ever bad the character of Thompson may be,
his accusations find believers. He has stirred
the authorities of Madison County to action.
The body Of Peter Bufenburg was e4humed, q
short time since, In the presences0f the coro-
ner and the neighboring farmers: The stomach
and internal organs were taken out by Two
medical men, and were sent, carefully sealed
up, to Cincinnati to be analyzed by.Dr. Worm.
ley, one Of the ablest analytical chemists OF
the West That analysis has been made, and
DR.. Wormley reports the presence OF arsenic IN
large quantities in the stomach, anu traces OF
she same poison in the liver. He .s ESQ said to
have expressed the opinion that the poison was
administered before the death of Bufenburg.
The doctor who attended Bufenburg during
his last illness, states that he died of con,
sumption, and that If poison had been ad-
mInistered he would have known 1t. Never
.theless, the charges brought by Thompson
have been strengthened by the finding of poi
son In the body. Two theories have been
started to account for its presence there. The
first Is that at some time or; other during the
four wears that have elapsed since the death of
Bufenburg; his remains have been secretly ex,
humed BY Thompson and his accomplices, and
poison in solution injected into the stomach.
This theory falls, because traces OF arsenic are
also found in the liver, and because Dr.. Worm
ley believes 1t was administered previous 70
Bufenburg's death. The second theory Is
that Buienburg was poisoned by some other
person than his then wife. Such a theory
does but strengthen the original accusation,
as it could point only to Colburn, or the at
tending physician, with or without the connl-
vance OF Mrs. Bufenburg. Both these theo-
ries falling, IL Is now ststed-if the case ever
comes to lrial-that the whole ground OF the
medical treatment during Bufenburg's illness
will be gone over.