The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-03

Noble that DR.. r. W. Buchanan, the
I,nns physician, of West Eleventh
'..aat will have to undergo a judicial
animation concerning the cause OF
,ta rather mysterious death Of his
' NJ who was taken suddenly i'll on tho
earning OF April %. She died the
,.rt day. The cause OF death;given in
III. =. certificate was cerebral hemorrhage.
NJ, Buchanan's sudden taking off
, ,, some gossip at the time, but
rbap prs. Mcintyre and Watson, two
mpptabIe physicians, gave their Opin-
ion. suspicion was allayed for the time
being. go. s.,;.h ,.or.
n The district attorneys office yester-
S,y created something Of sensation
S SS making afIidayits that DR.. ,Buchan-
" Ind poisoned his wife With atropine
nd other toxics. Dorrea is an ex-army
siirer Of the English army, tits said
hat in his affidavit he charges DR..
Bnchanan with poisoning his vile to
nj possession OF her property.
DR. Buchanan Is known to have gone
"a tho store OF an intimate friend Of his
N Ills city on tho day that his wife was
,,Een i'll. and said that she was suffer-
inc from acute Br!ght's disease, and
then asked il the illness was serious he
,spIied that he feared thatishe would
not recover. q.
trends store about o'clock and wanted
the friend 10 60 out with him. They
Tcnt out and, during tic alter
noon the friend asked him how his
vic was getting along. He replied th9t
he was no better. The doctor left his
friend Mt . o'clock. That evening he
rame back TO tho store at 8 o'clock and
nd that his wife was dead, She died
that morning at 0 o'clock, but this was
The first intination he had given OF it.
Shortly after DR.. Buchanan met his
pcond wife she made will bcqueathtng
so TO her sister, Emma Willard, whose
ddress then was Huntington township,
Bucks county, Penn. $50 10 her brother,
Robert Brown, Of Washington, d. O.,
md the balance Of her property, includ-
ing real estate, moneys in !.hank, on
mortgage, life insurance policies, ETC.,
tohef lawful husband II married at the
time Of her decease. Ifunmarried her
state was TO 60 her physician for pro.
ie.sional services. The physician was
Dr. Robert W. Buchanan. Three days
liter this the couple were married in
Newark by Presbyterian clergyman.
Il is said that Mrs. Buchanan was the
laughter OF Nathan Brown, a banker
Of Philadelphia. She married minis.
ter named Sunderland some years ago,
lsainst her parents wishes. The minis
ter was not robust, and died shortly at-
Ter the marriage. Mr.. Sunderland's
parents cast hcr off and then she drifted
10 Newark pennitess. Finding no other
way Of making a living she rented a
louise III that city, No. 81 Halsey
FreeE, where she kept boarders.
II was said last night by an Intimate
tliend OF DR.. Buchanan's that Dorrea is
he man who introduced the woman TO
he doctor. Dorrea was then paying at
ention to her, but when she met the
doctor she became infatuated with him,
and their marriage followed.
BuChanan's first wife was the daugh-
Ter Of John Patterson, OF Halifax, n. s.
He was pr osecuted there some years
40 for practicing medicine without a
diploma. He went to Edinburgh, ac-
tpnpanied By wife No. /. On the day
d their departure father-in.law Patter-
ION gave him $500 to complete his
studies. While in Scotland they claimed
that child was born to them After
nturRing to New York the child was
placed in the care Of Mrs. Macomber,
10 Is Eighth avenue.
Ills said that Dorrca in his affidavit
Claims that Buchanan and his vito arc
not the real parents OF the little one.
When they were in Edinburgh their
funds ran out, and the father-in.law was
ippcalcd to, but no refused togive them
any assistance. Finally buchanan wrote
to bis iather-ln-law, telling him that he
expected to become a father and old
NJ. Patterson sent them $40 because OF
this plea. I. a
Charles f. Dawson, Buchanan's law
yer, said last night that no bad heard
o. the two atiidavits made to District
Attorney Nicoll, bat had not seen them.
said be: "The doctor is under my caro-
atprescnt. have advised him to go
on and continue his business7as usual.
don't believe there is nyil:cause for
alarm. The woman was seen prior to
S ST death BY two reputable physicians.
W. NicoIl has seen them both. and tells
NE that he does not want to put tho
county to tho expense OF exhirming the
9oay unless he gets something moro
nnglble to proceed upon" IL