Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-06
KILLED BY ARSENIC,
A Husband-PoisOne Brought
to Justice by Mother
and Sister.
A TELL-TALE AUTOPSY.
The Victim Detected a Sediment in
His Coffee Once Before.
PATTIS0N Is FOR BETTER ROADS.
Courts Decide That Each Mine Must Have
Its Own Inspector.
TELL-TALE AUTOPSY.
PATTISON Is FOR BETTER ROADS.
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS


ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
ERIE, Feb. 5-Charles Pietri, Jr., son of
a prominent Mexican township farmer, lies
dead tonight at the house of a brother in
Erie, victim to the alleged perfdy of his
young wife, Susie Pietri, and q young
Buffalo doctor. The murdered man was q
restaurant proprietor in Buffalo, and while
his brother, George Pietri, attended to the
restaurant he worked at the grain elevators.
Pietri and his wife had words over her
unwifely conduct, and when he discovered
q suspicious sediment in his coffee a few
weeks ago he became alarmed and came to
Erie to confer with his wife's mother and
her sisters Their suspicious led them to
implore him to quit his Buffalo home and
bring his wife to Erie where they could
watch her. He returned to Buffalo against
their advice, and two weeks ago was taken
suddenly i'll. The attending physician in
Buffalo diagnosed his troubles to be enlarge
ment Of the liver.
Charged by Her Sister With Poisoning
Miss Barbabe Herbick, sister of Pietri's
wife, went from Erie to Buffalo, and, find
ing that her brother-in-law did not improve,
boldly declared he was being poisoned, and
induced him to come with her to Erie.
When the Erie sister arrived here with her
charge she took him to his brothers home,
and she and her mother stood by him day
and night until his death. They boldly de-
clared that Pietri's wife was responsible for
his death
The absence Of Coroner D. A. Hendrick,
who eloped last week with another man. S
wife, nearly caused the matter TO pass with
out official investigation. This morning
District Attorney Sisson ordered Alderman
Swaliey to act as Coroner and investigate.
The remains of Petri were being prepared
for burial this afternoon when Alderman
Swalley took possession and ordered the
funeral postponed.
Traces of Arsenic Are Found.
Three surgeons made an autopsy, and the
diagnosis of the attending physician here
was confirmed by the result of the autopsy.
There were strong evidences of arsenical
poisoning in the stomach and liver The
Coroner's jury directed that the stomach
and portions of the vitals be sent at once to
New York for analysis, and adjourned the
inquest to await the results.
Meanwhile the wife of the dead man, who
had refused to come to Erie till last night,
is under police surveillance. She was at
'"cs %cCuSeu pN heT Hlotner anu SISTER Win
being the author of her husbands fate
This singular conduct on the part of her
mother and sister threw her into Mysteries,
and she is a Taving maniac tonight. She
declared upon her bended knees before her
God that she is innocent of the crime laid
AZ her door. Her 7-year-old daughter Viola
is frantic, and can scarcely be torn away
from her mothers neck.
The local authorities are waiting the
action OF the Buffalo officials, as the crime,
If committed by Mrs. Petri, was perpe-
mated in another State. The remains of
the dead man were given up tonight to the
friends for burial Petri was q years of
age and had been married eight years.