, 1876-03-30
CRIME.

CRIME.
4 REMARKABLE MuRoER.rRtAL IN GERMANY
TO tAs EditcT o} Tae Chicada 34tbanh:
No. $50 STATE STREET, CEicAao, MARCH, 27.-
Tho press Of Gernnny, md particularly the
Hamburg press. Of tho last days Of February,
Ia wild With excitement oyer tho famous
Tlormaolon murtlor-triaL It surprises mo
TINT American cdltora hayo heretofore not
brought this suhjoot to tho notice OF
thc,r roaders, na no doubt everybody
hav,ng tho interest of human nature nnd Its
study at heart cannot but take groht intoroBt In
this mattar. Droaklyn tried hard to mako Doeclor
confess, but Hamburg tried Anna Thormaoo1 on
her own confession Of murder, and both failed
sake tho libotky to compile from tllsoo iBBnes OF
tho Reform Tho following short history Of tho
case. and loavo It to your better-akilled pon to
lrnw concIllsous
About six mouths ago Mrs. Anna Thormaoicn
confessed to tho Hamburg uuthortlos tlsRt aho
hud murdered hor husband, who died Aprit g.
1875. According to her confosaion. she Ind
gtvon him morphine iu tho shapo of solf-mnde
pills. 6!,o further stated that, In 1860. so foil
| IN lore with hor fathors clor1 Dir. ghelonz,
| druggist. Dut inastnuch % SAolopa waB not
yot ublo to support her, ho soon broko of tho
,uatch; and. in 1870, tito gir! married bunker
In lIamburg tho Into ThormnoEeu, without low
Ing him. Bho says s4e told lor husband TINT
she still loved Lor first lovor, Shalsns, and,
with ller luBbapd's oonaont, sko continued to
correspond with him, and she did write to him
lolte1s 10 tho most passionate terms and in
eccentric language. sho eooa on and states that
al,c MI tho t1mo told her first lover that sho
firmly remained truo to him; mad, when she
thought herselt pregnant bY her husband, Bhe
mt tn ff,ix Ehn1nry mil xf1ilcaS In
cohabit with hor, in ordor to make him feel
na II Ao werD tho fnthor Of hcr future
child, 80 TINT Blo could still claim to
bayc remained tsuo to him. and to havo
had no intercos.rsu With l!er husband. She gtlll
had union with 9lolenz IN vtow; and. as aha
was unhappy with hur husband. Bl1o concluded
to poison him. She obtained morphine in hor
motlor's drugstore, aud gavo 1t to l.er husband
tho 9TH Of April md, during tho night. sha uaado
| pull With four srnina Of morphino with wator,
gayo 1t to her husband, and ho died. The
physician, WHO wah called In hefore tho husband
diod, pronounced npopo1y the cauao Of doath,
mud dissection Of tho corpse unnecessary. So
mich for hor confession.
Tic authorities tried bar. Tho confession
Waa subportel by the fact thai Blia had morphine
iu tho house ut Tho time Of l,er husbands death
had shown 1t to tho HeryautH but etlh had hnd
| morphine In tho house constantly, mud took IL
lorsolf Tor ler frequent attacks Of neuralgia.
!tninndlatoiy attes lor confession. tho corpse OF
Mr. Tho.Hne!on waa dug up, and thoronEhiy
trace Of morphine, Int gave as their opinion
| that Thormanen cuuld haro died OF morphine,
aud yet 1t Nigh! DO impossible to prove Il by
| analysis 10 louE after death. 1nay hora state
| that otton mosphino has boon given to animals,
aud although tho bodies have boon analyxod iui-
modlately, IL was found Impossible to chemically
provo tho presanco OF morphine in tho
| stomach, etc. The teacher OF tho school whero
Mrs, Thornae1en had yiRto toslitlod tl,At tho de-
fHtt1hnt Ind d2tYnFH HhofTn HhriHnE khnHnfrH tn
| oxaggornt0 to pRiut imaginary sutfctingB i'll
exalted lanRl1agnI that she always faucled l1er-
self tho contrc Of some tragcal romance Tho
ab!o attorroy for tho datandant-who, by tho
way. uaa retained aeu!nst lor protest. showed
that alrH- Thormaocn. aftor tho death OF lor
husband. bad gonoto visit so,ne OF her roa tres,
WHO Aro ultra-otthodox pletlsts; that. III tho
eotudo Of ruya! llfo. sho Ind become very mol
ancholy. anu sho Ind otton apokon 10 hor
unol0 in penftout language Of tho wrongs
Of Aor youuHor dnys, stating that Bho had 10.
traybd bath Aot husband and her lover. and 10
| forth. 1icr uncle advised her to 800 the hoy.
| In rank Of tlie extreme Orthodoxy OF Germany.
and to IN almost-fasnous asitetor for foroign
missions. Tho 1tey. Ir. Harms might bont be
csllca q Ntst-claas roYiyalist.-a lorInan edlsiou
OF Moody. 10 him sho spoke OF conmietud
wrongs, md, AZ tho Neyoroad gent!euan tcBti-
| iloa, Hha appeared to enjoy tho unfolding OF
painful aocrets Ho advised opcu oonfcnaiou.
| Tho result Of tho conaultat.on with the clergy
her husband to tho Hamburg police. Tho Jury
found that Alr. Thormaai0n had not como TO
death by polHon ii al, and MIS-. Thormaolen. to
hcr groat dissatisfaction, was At oncs discharged
from custody.
It III now evident that tho wrongs Of youth
proved 10 Aorcoly upon thu mind of this uu(or-
| tunate woman that, after tho somewhat sudden
teatl Of her husband, sho imagined horse!f gull
ty Of bis murder. lteaction ses iu repentance
worked M such dorangemont OF 1er reason that,
| with hoF natural doalro for romantic furi0,
with llor oEavng for imaginary Hulo1ings, Hho
finally considered it blessing aud fame Wortl.
tollng for, to die OH thu scafrold. She was .lia-
appointed. Tho cold, logical argument Of Dr..
l3emonte, hor counsel, tore the imaginary cliAin
OF evidence all to pleceH, and spread out to tho
| world picture of mental dsoaso 90 completely
hidden, 10 hlEhly tEagioal, aud 10
eAd. NJ ra1ely eyor to hAye boeu behold.
1t may be sai1, in addition, tina: III no way uunlu
tho medical experts prove her lnsauo. bAe
| appeared to haye good nyerngo Sound miuu.
lino intellectual ABILITIES and, very likely, II
her husband had not dlod 10 suddoniy, tho world
at largs ueyor would have known lAAt u porHou
could confess murder. aud yot be not gui!ty Of
consideration, aud therefore submit 1t, through
your kndneas, 10 tho columns Of your paEes.
Respectfully, W. UopgxAsN.
ku-kLux TRIAL.
| Hpse,dI Dtapaseh IL Ihs Chw4go 7t,buhs.
QAnsohpAlE ILL.,, March. 29.-To-laY, III
court, At Mu,physooro, the case OF 4. 1slco, for
the murder ot nAn named DAyis, In tho nortA-
csn part Of tho county, Ia 1874, way continued.
| The Jury waB i1upAueled yesterday aitas long