Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-09-17
A TIMELY DISCOVERY.
WORK Or An ,NeEsIOus ru,suskH.
How Uhr,stian LsidcI ATTEMPTED 20 Destroy
His Father .in-Lsw's People by
Poisoning u Family Wei

How Uhr,suau Lsidci Attempted 10 Destroy
MS fsther'in-Lsw's People by
Poisoning n Family wen.
In 1880 Gustin Eugel came from Ger.
many with his wife and daughter and took
up his residence in the little village of
Coalition, near Bradford, Pa. Engel was
blacksmith. Soon after the family settled
there young German by the name of
Christian Leidel came to Coalton, evident.
" to the surprise aud great displeasure of
Engel. 1t soon became known that the
young German had been the lover of
Engle's daughter in the old country aud
that her parents were opposed to her mar
rying him. II was mainly to prevent her
doing so that they emigrated to America
Lsidel vas a carpenter and soon obtained
work in Coalton. Engel. finding that his
daughter was determined to receive and
encourage the young man, withdrew his
objections and they were married.
In 1888 serious trouble arose between
Engel and his son in law. The two had
purchased adjoining lots and each had
built q shop rs we'll as q house on his let
In the summer of the above year Engel
had an opportunity 80 sell his property
advantsgeously. Tho man who was to
buy il had the boundaries of the lot run
out and found that Leidel's carpenter shop
was built partially upon it. Leidel refused
to move his lot and tho purchaser, not
caring to wait for the dispute between tho
Germans to be settled, purchased else-
whers. Soon aiterward the carpenter shop
was burned down and Leidol charged his
father-in- law with having set il on fire.
The quarrel was renewed with increased
bitterness and one night the blacksmith
shop was burned to the ground. Both
Leidcl and Engle consulted lawyerg, but
before recourse was had to the courts n
compromise was entered into between
them and peace was restored.
In July last dog belonging TO Eugel
worried n pig belonging to the SON. in-aw
and the latter shot it. This renewed the
quarrel and one day in July last, the two
men came 20 blows and the sou.n law
got the worst OF the fight. Tho daughter
sided with her father in the last trouble
and her husband told her tha. he would
sell his property and take ter back to
Germany. Ho sold out last month, but
his wiio refused to go with hin and he
went alone. He has not been heard from
since.
On Friday last the rope attached to tho
bucket in Engers we'll broke and the
bucket fell to the bottom. In fishing it
out Eugel drew from tho bottom of tho
well something done up in piece Of bed
quilt, The bundle was weighted with q
piece OF iron. The package was taken
apart and o largo beef bladder was fonnd
inside. The bladder was packed full OF
something and the neck was tied around
an iron spike. On being opened the blad
der was found to be filled with Paris
green. The piece of quilt was identified
as being from one that had belonged to
Leidel. It was subsequently learned that
Leidel had purchased a beet's bladder and
q quantity of Paris green a day or SO be-
fore he went away. 1t is supposed that he
had resolved TO revenge himself on his
wife and her family and had SO planned
his work that no suspicion might at
tach to him. He had sunk the poison in
the well, but protected it so thar IL would
not become mixed with the water for
weeks after no had gone away. The spike
| in the neck of the bladder had evidently
been placed there to corrode it and in time
eat it away, 80 that the poison would be
| released and exposed TO the water. Thi:
| work of corrosiou was already much ad.
vanced when the package was fished W
| from tho we'll and in another week the
| water would have undoubtedly been deadly
poison. AS the we'll supplied not only
the Engels but other families with water
| the timely breaking of tho bucket ropt
doubtless saved many lives.