The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-05-31

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brought to light, was the fact tina
about May the 16, 1889, when tn,
family of Henry Kuhn were at ,
church near their residence {
bucket of water which was stand
ing on the porch of their house or
their return was found bitter and
unfit for use.
A portion of this water was tast.
ed by Henry Kuhn and u couple Of
neighbors and all testified to bit
ter taste, which was of such n de.
gree that they were unable to drink
1t.
The water was thrown away and
more procured from the spring.
1t was further shown that Perry
had been at the house on that par.
ticular evening Immediately be-
fore they had started for church.
The next incident in the series
was the one charged in the indict-
ment and occurred about the Goth
of the same month.
The alleged facts appear to be
that at the time Henry Kuhn was
washing sheep and Perry called Mt
the house and asked for Henry.
On being informed he repaired to
the place and after remaining a
short time returned to the house
where he sat and talked with Mrs.
Kuhn for some time, leaving be-
tween 10 and IL A. NJ, when leav-
ing he tarried for short time in
the room in which the -four barrel
was kept and while there noise
like the moving of the lid was
heard. The same day biscuits were
baked from the -four in the barrel,
and were found to be very bitter,so
much so as to be unfit to eat.
Henry who eat q small quantity
was taken sick and was unwell
during the afternoon.
That same evening portion of
the same flour was used in making
a potpir, which was also found bit
ter and unfit to eat.
1t is in testimony that q dog that
eat a portion of the potpie became
sick and remained stiff and unwell
for some length of time and that
two cats which eat of it on the
next morning died soon after.
Griddle cakes baked from the
same -four next morning were also
bitter and could not be eaten. No
more of the flour was used, and,
to relate, it was by Henry
Kuhn returned to the Logan Mills
in exchange for other flour, with
Dut mentioning the fact that it was
thought to be poisoned, but only
stating that it did not prove good.
AT another time about month
subsequently Perry again visited
he house of Henry in the evening
while the family, except daught-
,r were attending church, enter
ng the house through the kitchen.
The young lady testified that
while he was in the kitchen she
,eard the teakettle lid move, and
IN examination next morning a
White substance was found in the
Kettle, which was found, (on an
!lysis,) tn be Strichnia.
In addition to the other testi-
nony DIR. AXline, of Lancaster,
estified to being in his brothers. |
rug store in Lancaster some time
he latter part of May or early |
une of last year and his impress
ion is, that he sold to Perry (whom
e identified) quantity of Strich-
ia.
The defense claimed that If thu
ubstance mixed in the -four and
1ater were pOisons at all they
'ere so mixed by other persons
nd not by Perry, and the same is
aid in reference to the substance
\ the tea-kettle.
The case was ably prosecuted ny
'ros. Attorney Buerhaus and Col.
Veldy, and as ably defended by |
Iessrs Hansen and Bright.
The jury was out about twelve
ours when they returned u ver-
let of guilty.
A motion for a new trial was
lade and argued on last Tuesday,
ut on full consideration by Judge
[utfman was Overruled and the
risoner sentenced to seven years
t hard labor in the Penitentiary.
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