Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-10-17
DE-. scsaoeppe's case.

!. " summer OF 1868. was one tlay ,,eg.,,. u
Mlh ssnall sign bearing tie ann. ~ NJ,
saul Sehoeppc. The owner ofIl,. ..an,
aen soon began making ihe acquaintance j,
tue people OF the quiet town. and was .b,rt,y
"cit known ~ the son OF i German III h,a,,,
e'ky man then preaching inlarlisl.. N.ar
vac uSc.or Office there lived a maiden lae, !.
some verify summers. named Mari.
'e'hecke, Who was comparatively wealthy
S"x uhWeii shortly AFTER lie va.,lny dnc.
soFs advent. he was called ID attend Ia
from out his visits grew love. II ,,s, n, ~
"Ssueh 3 part, and on December /. 1858 Hey
a"ie e'xagea 20 be married. Oh the I4th
Sanuary Following a marriage contr,ct
uuiy artwn up and signed bv Dir. Scho,,,,.
ma Miss Stciaecl;e. Tie latter iusert;,r
provision IN the contract, willing 10 tlc doe
> Of' III case OF his surviving her. the whole ],
ssr property Of whatever nature. Jnsf two
weeks rom the date of the signing OF ire
marriage contract. the maiden died Icavno
property, etc. to the value of S5O.00O Tha
Ieiatives produced will made bv her in
AOSelhocr, 1858, az to the disposition Of h.r
properly About the same time DR.
ochoeppe produced Y later will. made neccm-
oer ?. 1858. and mentioned i'm the MARRIAGE
contract of January IA. 1863 The relatives
Q! the lady pronounced the latter documents
spurious, and had the doctor arreste,l.on. J,
charge OF poisoning Miss Steineckc. altIiouob
uatiE the production Of This will hr ir;,a,no
thoughts OF foul play il regard to thr ,,.a,, |
81 the lady had been expressed. Pie dis,..
poiheeu iieirs called for post nlorfelli cx
animation, and one Pr. Aiken. Of Baltimore.
swors that he :ound prt,ysic acif ii, the sfon.
acfl. Another expert swore that he si,,us
after death proved that poison had be,.u nj
ministercd And 50. upon this proofiof the
existence Of poison. and upoa the pres,,mp-
ton that Dr. Schocppe wanted his patient 10
die, 80 that her property could come inta his
possession, he was convicted of murder and
to be hing His counsel secured
postponement Of the day of execution: 90.
1he passage Of two special acts by tile Penn
savanna Legislature tuiftlR fi,ein is.f,F,. tho
courts In procuring new trial: amt finally II
we're lucky enough to persuade ncwiy-cIec-
'sc Judge to reopen the case A. connie OF
weeks ago Schocppe wars put an his second
Fials anG then from the best oil scienti,i. tcs.
amony 1t was proved that the Old woman
~ Hot uie from the effects ofppisail hat
ne prusslc acid said to have been di.c,vcr.,iI
Fas doubtless produced by the very means
mployed to make the test. and that there
vas strong evidence chat the deceased came
ner death by natural causes. The cas-. IN
0e prosecution Was 50 fimsy that Tie pros-t !.
curing officers arose and began I. apolooiz,.
or having had anything Il, do will IN. triat
az suuSe instructed tis ju"Fi 10 iiiig iii a
eraict OF acqulttal. and said f!,at III. regard.
" ny IAN ''iGterposiiion ot Providence
lat the former sentence was 4set carried I'LL
lus SAVING the court aad jury OF The iif-
iai rom the commission of'.ju Iieiat rniu-
Is. lhe jury were Out but il te 4 minutes.
Zen they returned 4 rertgiet ot..Nat l,tet-
: ana fsui Scio"ppt.. nip through tu.s-
aF 'dr!' metiical igaoiai3ee. .fit. .eale s.ls i.
'eluoiced bench. had setn for oyer isirs.a
'ars ~ death portal. saitns. p.s.c,isoag
Dm Under its sna low into tise sit,r,ou s,1;,.
yht free man. 7.
Modern chemistry Il Frequently ca |. d npos,
cases Of suspected poisoiii. il. md ii truth
a Justice. with satisfactory results. .he,,
researches are made by scie,,ris,s Of nm
'D'eu aoiiitt; nat the Latter was Got tie .
" ~ thls case. rs this is not the iIfst lime
WMcn the ignorance VI .iilicsi has fr.e,
oven IN court. he being rhe sat,:e ais,Iy.,
lose testimony Iii the recent trial Of Mrs.
harfoii. Vt Anna toli.. Nd, Tor The trur,h.yt
zen. kctchun. was completely brohen1 :
WIN and Driseucr o. xttft,.tnJ a, en;t15,.,,i