The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-03

MURDER SUSPECTED
Possibility Of a Maybrick-
CareW Incident in the
Town Of Union.
POSITIVE EVIDENCE LACKING
0echler Had Constant Trouble with
His Wifs-Too Previous EN-
balmsnt-A Detectives
Investigation.
POSITIVE EVIDENCE LACKING.

palment--A UetectlVeB
Investigation.
Detective John P. Feeney,J of Prose-
cutor Win1elds office, has completed his
investigation Of the circumstances con-
nected with the death of Christian
oechler, thirty-two years old, of No. 52s
Main street, Townsof Bnion. Oechler died
on December 30 under very suspicious cir
cumstanees. Suspicion was directed to-
ward his wife Mary, but positive proof is
lacking. Thisfis the story as reported to
h Prosecution, y~@-,
Oechler's wife was the widow of
Theodore Frey, who died in the same
house on January 20 1886. She and
Oechlersy We're smarried on I h 5th
Of the following April, after the widow
had incurred the loss of her first husband
for about nine weeks. Frey was sick
only four lays and record shows that
he died of acute gastritis. On the third
day of the new honeymoon Mrs. oechier
suggested thatcher husband ought to
have his life insured for her benefit, as
he might die suddenly and leave her
otherwise u~nprovided for. She had al
ready made application to the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company for a
policy of $1,000 on her husbands life.
Oechler did not take kindly to the sugges-
ton and refused to have his life insured.
His wife persuaded him to change his
mind, however. by threatening to make
his life miserable and he submitted to an
examination. His sister Eva, of No. 1888
Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, and a Mrs.
Collenbach were in the house at the time
the examination was, made. AS soon as
the insurance business was settled Mrs.
Oechler began to enjoy herself. She was
fond of gaiety and delighted in having
a good time. Her husband was not in
cluded in the theatre parties. picnics,
suppers, etc., out of which she found so
much enjoyment. He remained at home
while other gentlemen escorted her to the
place of amusement to which she re-
sorted.
John Fielder, of No. SAG Lewis street,
met her on one occasion walking with a
man whom she introduced to him as her
prospective third husband. Fielder asked
her if Oechler was sick and she answered
no. but he wouldn't last long.
Mrs. Oechler's habits were the source
of constant trouble between her and her
husband. They quarrelled frequently, and
Oechler, according to all the evidence, al
ways got the worst of it. On Labor Day
he showed his sister Eva a wound in his
shoulder and told her that his wife had
stabbed him a few days before. His sister
and Mrs. Lau, of No. 112 Monroe street,
Hoboken, washed the blood from his coat.
About three weeks before he died he was
carrying around with him more evidence
of his wife's pugilistic ability. Both eyes
were blackened n nearly closed and his
lip split. He told Gertie Kammacher of
No 1s7 Griffith street. his cousin, Mrs.
Shredder. and Susie Wirth of No. 81
North Second street, Williamsburg, that
his wife had done him up. Gertie Kam-
macher and Susie Wirth called at
Oechier's house on December q, three
lays before he died. They did not see
Oechler, but they heard him in the next
room n he was evidently sick. Mrs.
Oechler took them away from the house
70 visit a woman they did not know, and
Oechler said he had been drinking TOO
much beer.
Oechler grew worse and on Monday DR..
=; Clement Justin, of Newark and Bergen
CAAt WIGS Called IN. IAG DOCTOR
found that ,Oechler had been vomiting
matter OF a greenish color but he attribu-
led II TO an excess of bile. Mrs. Oechler
loid him that her husband had painters
tons OF 1t. DR.. Justin called again that
evening, and last on the following even
ing, and found echler in the same .condi-
ION he prescribed starch water, but
day DR.. Byrne, of No. 500 Full
Ton street, was called in, because DR.. JUS
ton was busy, and he found Oechler in a
state Of collapse. His eyes were watery,
MS SKIN ciammy, n he was suffering
from acute internal pain. DR.. Byrne sent
Out Tor some morphine, but before the
messenger returned Oechler was dead
II. Byrne had not had sufficient time to
alagnose the case, n he accepted Mrs.
Oechler,s statement of her husbands ALL
ment. He certified that Oechler died Of
acute castro enterftis, and probably Inter
lal obstruction He also certified, ON Mrs.
Oechlers authority. that the duration of
the sickness was our days. Since then
Dr. Byrne has come to the conclusion that
Oechler died %. arsenical poisoning.
Undertaker William Neckar, of No. 252
Bergenline avenue, was engaged to em-
balm the body and take charge of the fun
eral. He hurried with the embaIminx and
had It completed before he received fhe
99ctors certi1cate OF the cause of death.
appearance. Mr.. Neckar used
Mills & Lacy's embalming fluid, which IS
said not to contain any arsenic. Now
comes sGeorge e. Phillips, Of Grove
street and Newark avenue, q chemist of
recognized skill. who has analysed b EN-
balming fluid, and declares that 1t does
contain arsenic. THAT of course, preclude
es the possibility of Determining whether
the body contained arsenic before the
emba1ming fluid was injected or not.
Mrs. Cechler did not inform any OF her
husbands relatives of his sickness. George
Bore, who, lives in the same house. pro-
posed To send word fn OnC1lar5c ra11 f{4nn