The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-09

at all-under charge OF murder. de
was arrested yesterday afternoon while
talking to his lawyer in a downtown
cafe by Detectives Jacob Won Gerichten,
Arthur Carey and Robert Mcknight.
The body Of his wife was dug up in
Greenwood cemetery on Sunday alter
noon about A o'clock. The head was
cut open and the brain examined. This
decided, beyond all doubt, that the
woman did not die OF cerebral hcmor-
rhage, the burial certificate signed by
DR.. Burnett O. Mcintyre and Dr. Henry
Watson to the contrary notwithstand'
Two things were then decided upon
first, to arrest Buchanan; second, to
have an exhaustive microscopic aud
chemical examination. Portions Of the
brain, stomach and all the other or
gans were taken out, and the body was
reinforced. The warrant on which
Buchanan was arrested yesterday was
issued to Judge MARITIME, before whom
the doctor will be arraigned.
The microscopic examination was be-
gun yesterday at the Carnegie 1nstt-
tute, on East Twenty.sixth street.
There,were present DIR. II. p. LOOMS,
Chemist O. u. Doremus, DR.. Mcintyre,
DIR. Watson and Assistant District At
torney James W. Osborne. DIR. McGn.
tyre and DIR. Watson were present
Through courtesy" DR.. LOOMS was
doing the work; tho others only looked
on, or assisted incidentally. Chemist
Doremus, son OF Professor Ogden
Doremus, who figured so conspicuously
in the Harris wife-poisoning case-will
not begin his work until the micro
Hcopic examination is finished, SO that
is will probably be three or four weeks,
or possibly even longer, before the final
result is known.
The brain was taken up first yesterday
by DIR. Loonis. OF course special inter
est was felt in this on Sunday. The
body had been found in an excellent
state OF preservation. The disinterment
was by Undertaken O. Benedict, OF Car
mine street, at whose place the body
was embalmed in April. There were
present DR.. LOOMS, Chemist Doremus,
Assistant District Attorney Osborne.
the undertaken and DR.. Watson. DR..
McIntyre, the other physician who
signed the burial certificate, had been
invited to be present, but refused to go.
The examination at Greenwood showed
that the woman did not die Of cerebral
hemorrhages.
"The brain" says Dr. LOOMS, twas
firm and we'll preserved"
'sYere all the other organs sound?"
apparently, except the kidneys"
DR.. Loomis added that the woman
probably died of one OF three causes
uramia, resulting from suppression OF
the kidneys; cerebral hemmorrhage, or
narcotic poisoning. The autopsy on
Sunday and the examination yesterday
showed conclusively that tho burial GER
tificate-which gave cerebral hemmor-
rhage as the cause OF the death-was in
error. Then she was poisoned, or died
OF kidney trouble.
OF course, DIR. Loomis will not antici-
pate the result OF his examination OF
the kidneys, but the chances are forty
nine in fifty now that the woman was
poisoned, so meager is the probability
OF death from urtnmia. But the mega
tive evidence that she did not die OF
kidney trouble will be insufficient to
convict Buchanan. After this is estab-
lished, If it can be established by Dr..
LOOMS, Chemist Doremus will take the
body to show the actual presence Of
poison. All this will be delicate and
tedious work.
The case promises to DO even moro
interesting than the Harris case. The
criminal there was no expert in the use
of poisons. The alleged criminal here
IS o physician who knows ali about
poisons. He knows how to use them
and to conceal the effects. He is IN ex-
pert, specialist.
DR.. Mcintyre, at No. 222 West Fourth
street, and DR.. Watson Of No. 2S4 West
Fourth street, refused to talk yesterday
after witnessing the examination OF Dr..
LOOMS and Chemist Doremus DR..
Mcintyre particularly was upset" over
the matter. Ho is understood to be
mainly responsible for tho cerebral
hemorrhage' theory. He insisted on
that, and'Dr. Watson assented indiiTe..
emily. y
The woman believed to be poisoned
was the second vito OF DR.. Buchanan.
She met him first in November, 1890.
She was keeping a house Of question
able character under the name Of Mrs.
Sutherland, at No. 81 Halsey street,
Newark. As an inducement to DR..
Buchanan to marry her, she made
will in his favor. All her property,
about $4,000, was TO become his, pro.
vided he willed to her sister and
brother, Emma Willard and Robert
Brown, $50 each. This was signed three
days before the marriage
Buchanan tired of his wife. Finally
she decided to so back to her old dis
reputable calling. Buchanan threatened
her life. She became sick on April %
and died next day. There were suspic.
ious circumstances. 1t was remembered
that DIR. Buchanan had threatened her
and that no had spoken rs expecting
aoon to come into possession OF con.
siderable sum OF money. He left New
York ten days after his wife's death.
Whom he returned there was woman
md n child with him.
II was whispered around that he had
married tho woman in Halifax, n. S,
whore he formerly lived. Buchanan
denied this, but it was the truth. He
denied q good many things that were
true, and the suspicion grew against
him. An anonymous letter was sent TO
the district attorneys Office accusing DIR.
Buchanan OF numbering his wife. Not
much attention was paid to this at first.
The first witnesses, it happened, were
too an%ious-they wero enemies Of DR.,
Buchanan. But eventually strong
chain Of clrcumstantial evicence was
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