The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-02
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" hen the Mistake Mas Discovered.
DIR. Koch. Tried to Poison Nr>.
Muhlenbach

Muhienbach.
A neatly dressed woman entered the
office OF the district attorney IN Jersey
City yesterday. accompanied by law
Yer. and charged Dr. Edward IA. kucli.
the editor and proprietor Of the New
jersey Erie Presse. with haNlus al
tempted to poison her daughter. Forty
years ago Dr. Koch lived i'm DrrNicn.
Germany. and fell in love with Young
woman. She showed a preference for
Koch and another man whose name is
unknown. Something koch dId anSered
the girl. and when his rival proposed
marriage he was accepted. \ free fight
occurred one day. and Koch hit the man
ON the head with bottle of champagne.
killing him instantly. lle wa> COM
PEELED to ilee To this country To escape
punishment. About a year ago the dnc.
tors third wife elOped with george Res.
sendorf. The couple afterward blew
each others brains out in Central fark.
A short time after this double suicide
Koch heard that his old tlame in Ter
many had married a man named Much
elbach and that the man had gone To
Mexico. and after living there three or
four years hal ainassed "A fortune and
gone back to enjoy it with his wife,
that shortly after he had arrived in ter
many he had died. and lrft everything
to hls wife. Tie wrote Mrs. Muehlen.
bach, telling her that ha had always re-
mained true to her. and asking her to
marry him. She replied. asking him
what he had to offer her. In answer To
her letter he wrote her inclosing what
professei to be his will. in which he be-
queathed her two costly mansions on
Fifth avenue, New York, two or three
gold mines and some millions of dollars.
In April Mrs. Muehenbach left her
home, and started for this country in
company with her daughter Mary. They
arrived here in the latter part of the
month, and were met at the steamer hy
nr. Koch Instead Of the mansion they
expected to be taken to. Koch conducted
them to his home on pavonia avenue.
/ II il a little, old wooden bullding, one
story and half high, the ground floor
being used for printing office AMI the
half story above for living apartment.
When she saw how she had been dc.
ceived. Mrs. Muehlenbach made II big
fuss, and Dr. Koch confessed that he
had done some tall lying and had got
her to come over to this country because
she was rich and he wanted her money.
Mrs. Muehlenbach explained that her
husband had returned from his MeNi-
can trip very wealthy, hut had lost all
of his fortune in speculation. This sur
prised and amazed him. They made
the best of spilled milk, however, and
Mrs. Muehlenbach stayed at Dr. koch's
house until four days ago, when she and
/ DIR. Koch had quarrel. AMI u hair-pul-
ling match followed. This was smooth
ell over. and Mrs. Muehlenbach says that
about an hour afterward he Offered
her glass of wine. She did not feel
like drinking it, and he gave it to her
daughter Mary. The girl said that the
wine tasted bitter and she only drank u
little of il. Kouch's young SOM. 0.lran k a
little Of il and he, too, thought it was bad
and the remand Of the glass was
thrown in the sink In another hour
the girl who had drunk the wine was
taken violently sick and showed signs of
poisoning.
Mrs. Muchenbach accused the doctor
of attempting to poison her daughtera
Koch drove her out Of the house. She
went to Professor Mollenhauscr, mu-
sic professor, to whom she told her story,
and that gentleman sent her to the Ger
man consul. He sent her to lawyer
Frambach. and the lawyer took her to
the district attorney. rs has been stated.
The girl is still sick from the effects OF
the wine she drank. Koch told a Star
reporter last night that he hal no Use for
the woman when he found SHE had no
money. II she wanted to stay at his
house as housekeeper she could. hut he
didn't see why he should marry her.