Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-09-18
the Poisoning Case.

Considerable excitement sClll exlSCS III
reference to the Allen poisoning case.--
Thus far the examination of the stomach
and liver of Mr.. Allen has been only of a
preliminary character, but the result has
been sufficient to ground the suspicion OF
the presence of corrosive poison. II Mr..
Allen came to his death from the effects OF
poison, suspicion points very strongly
towards the wife, although the sister and
aunt OF the deceased express their firm
conviction of the innocence of Mrs. Allen.
and contradict nearly all the grave sus-
ciops against her.
She has been admitted to bail. on the
ground that her life is endangered by i'm
prisonment, she having had two hem
oriages since her committal to Jail. We
clip the following from the Staunton Vim
dictator: Tuesday morning, at Mt. Sidney,
the jury OF inquest on the death of c. w.
Allen re-assembled, and Mr.. e. L. Edmon-
dson was substituted for an absent mem
Der. The jury met in the Augusta Hotel,
in the parlor of which were Miss Eliza
Allen, the sister of the dead man, who has
all along expressed her firm conviction of
The innocence of her sisse.-ill-law, aud Miss
Maria Allen, his aunt, who is of the same
opinion. In the jug room was Maj. 5.
d. Slower, the father of Mrs. A an old
gentleman OF dignifed but unassuming
appearance, whose ca,eworn face shows
the painful interest he has felt in the case
ever since the disinterment OF the body, at
which he was present as asDcctator. Hon.
A. H. H. Stuart was presenv as the counsel
OF Mrs. Allen. The exam;aa was
begun by hearing a fuller statement by
DR.. Crawford. who attended Mr.. Allen in
treatment pursued. Another witness was
the sister Of the deceased, an intelligent
looking lady, very self possessed, who with
rapidity and disertness, contra dicted
nearly all the grave suspicious against her
sister-in-law, saying among other things
that the arsenic was bought by Mrs. Allen
with the knowledge, and by the direction
Oh Mr.. Allen. That the suspected chicken
broth was made by herself and noc by
Mrs. A., and that nearly all the family
partook of it and chat Mrs. A lost the
arsenic purchased OF Wayt & Bro, and
burnt that purchased Of Dr.. Eirhelberger
The jpiy, however, from theil verdict, do
not seem o have accorded weight 10 her
evideue. DIS. Fauntleroy and McChesney
testified to the iineompleteness of the
analysis so far, bu5 said that it was pro
eaDle from it that arsenic had caused Mr..
AS death: the precipitate yielded by the
teste being such rs would not be ''thrown
down. to use a chemical term, save by
lie presence of arsenic. Mr.. Juo. II.
"alLins in his evidence stated that DR..
Crawford had said to him that a man
Napier, Called by other witnesses Napiei)
Ought TO be shot and chat Alien had been
poisoned with slryrhine. II was, also, ii
his evidence that Napier, who had
boa ded at Allen's, and in connection with
whom. Mrs. AS name had been mentioned
in neighborhood scandal. was seen going
10 her house the day after her HI Stands
frneral. The jury, after hearing the
evidence, and consulting few moments,
bought in verdict that Mr.. Allen died of
poison administered by his wife with in
tent to murder him. Ms. Allen his made
a statement to her counsel. in prison.
closely iallyi.:g with that made by N iss
Eliza ALEU-, and with :caga$d to the loss OF
| The a'scn'.. purchased Of Messrs Wavt &
Bro. says chat she can substautiate that
by the wife Of Judge Ferguson, of Cabell
county, West vi ginia, who was W; h her
at the time. Mrs. A. is very chez i'll in
hope Of her acquitta;.and it is said Oh N on
day sent down to the jailor to borrow a
musical instrument to while away the
time.