, 1875-12-10

A1lcrod Cnse OF Extensive Ltye.sfoeA
E'otsoninE Mt LhwronccbnrR, Ind.

Allorod Case OF Extensive Lfvo-ssocA
potsoninE mt l.hvronccbnrK, Ind.
ctactnnau t:agI&rsr, DIX, Q.
For tho paat tlirco or four years, In tho ytcIu,.
" Of Lawrcncobnrg, Ind, = strange d,st,ss
seemB 10 hnYo taken hold OF tho horses. boco
and cattle. Ono by one, md sometimes In
droyes, theao poor dumb creatures haya "stluf
fled OF " noiso1oss!y, but In ovtdent agony, AMI
thoir owners have sought tie causo In vain. Tso
yeaFs ago tho fatality became indeed alarming
Doath Invaded tho Lavronoehurg fistillesy.
pens, and nearly 5000 worth Of stock wo.s d.
stroyGd. Finally, Aa}oon-kooper In Newton, by
tho namo Of Kooillor. announced That ho Ind !
Glow. An tnquiHltty8 employo had boen nosiba
around + paaron'a wagon rs Il stood in shs
atroel and had discovered soms corn .
hsf1ns'l bali os1 II Or ,e @Dtsatca'y done u
ono OF theso cars carefully, but Baw no 1oMon
why thoy bad boon 60 tonanrly preserved, trs
was curious, but his curiosity seemed about 10
be defeated, and ho wns on tho point Of abandon.
ing tho examination when he accidentally broke
oilo OF tho ears IN twain. and then l,o waa moro
dseply involved in mystery than ever. Tho coh
Of each cur WaH hollow, and In tho end OF each
was neatly-1ittlng plug. AS tho oar or cob had
tho ground, Tho eoarcl,er was completely mystl-
fed. and, taking sonlo choice spcctmeus Of this
"pntont' 'applied-for corn. llo wcus 10 ll;o ON.
ployez and Mnboaoned himself. Mr. Kocn1or, On
seeing and hearing, and on knowing, tho name o,
tie oHnos OF theso cayofuous cobH, md Tia
owner Of tho wagon they lad beeu tAkon from,
WAS 7orily enlightened. Flo atraightway, 10 she
convinced, Invited chemist to pronounce On
that strange powder. wnen 10 1t was found to
DO corrosive sublirna 3.
Here was startling development, but whc
could prove what this corn was prepared for
One Glow led to another, however. until, on SUE
plclon. man by Tho uamo Of William Ehlec
mann, . German, formerly a Cincinnati gaa-At-
"a Init ftrHF7 N t1rnn Hf5 n
tablishsnont, juss ont Of tho corporate limits Of
LRwrenceburE, was arrestel. Ilo was brought
before tho Circuit Court but tho most sasiafao.
tory evidence could not bo obtained, aud Judge
tho culprit to throo months IN tho County ,fa
Meantime stock became lloslthy again, aud tho
terrible fatality. for while. ceased. Tho sus-
poctel Iattcr-day Lncrotia Dorgin nlightty mod
ilie0, wAB IN Jail, and tho alarm Of farmers took
= brtef roat, but only brlaf emo.
During tho trial Mr. Frank Griffith, Of Law.
tonceberg. had offended this noyoi Eas-atter by
appearing against him, and bitter revonso was
therefore, breathed out. Very soon after Ehes-
nann's time had expired hnd 10 was again as
work In bis fortilizing and lard.rondorine cstab-
lIshmeut, Dir. Grit1lths yaluAbia horse took sud-
donly sick and In tarrlble oonsulssona dicj. an
examination OF the mauger hfterwhrd dovaloped
enough poison to kill = hundred borses. Not
long aftor soino cattle In tho noighborhood wont
thu wayo all the Garth. and their caroassea found
a ready market In Ehlerman's stink factory.
Quo DAY Ehlo1nanu was known to 90 Hunting
across the river III Kentuoky and during tho
day to pAss tho hog-pens OF woll-knowa Aon"
tncky farmer. Tho next day ton fat porkofa
lay dead in tloao pops, aad Eh1aruaun tia! sa,M
AaY chanced to be again opes there, and offered to
buy tho carcassos ut 81 head. Similar daaths
woTo occurring all around LawrcnceburE. It Whs
a. II ssmoonl was daily sweopiug scross Miami,
l}ottoms,-A almoom then ouEyifatal to cattle SID
hogs. Meanwhile the smoke Of tho sttnk-factory
kopt ascending. The daad bodics camo In to
making Of fat was well enough but this sraeu-
lating genius Was not happy. Ilo ssw that she
price obtaiuod for it would not yield auiek,
wealth. Tho .'dssehsed hogs ho bad obsalped
wero sat and plump,. and why ahoufdo's 10
solf handsome soyonuoi Tho idea WAS orig
inal with him, Nobody had ever suggested It. 70
hlul- Mono OF the buyers in Cinc1nnatl noeu
know that bis lard. which he would o1er thom
lard. Why aAoatd they7 uo would purity
and consumers would nover DO tue Wiser. Aud
30 this wretch. regardless Of the anful conao~
quoncsa wi1toi, might follow, wont on, a. ha has
burQ trying out lard from hia stran9 vdsessca
hogs, and introduced tho putfld hton 70 TIC lap
lcsa Unciunatl consatners.
OF lato lii. George Hays. living naar Law
ropcabutK, has boen missing hogs, aaa strong
rerlaps Eh!erman1 kuDw moro of tho disappear
auce than 10 would toll. On Monlay Ii sshs
hoard tho report OF gun suspicsousiy nnaF hla
llot1se, aud on prompt oxAmlnAtion hc found
Ehlerm1nn rapidly making oR In wagonlo 3D.
osi With tue Jes warm and bleoling carcasS Of
hog. which ho idoutiaol as bid own. lle
atreightway had tho "butchers IN now roia
arreHtol aud brought to town, whore, aftcr
The Citcut Court in tho sum Of $500: Nobodt
would slale 20 large sunl that Eh1smann
would not ''sklp," and 30 all day yoztatday and
the day before la wlilsd his time away In tho
Iavsanceousx CourtrHonso heavily iroaod:
hia hatn1 onnt1nntl thnra-