The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-07-08
NJ REEM POISONED. F..
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ing cOnvulsiOns. Mr.. Reem had
stated before him repeatedly
that he had been poisoned by
John Van Asch, and that he was
going to die. Reem had devoted
most of his time between the ter
rible convulsions to telling what
he wanted done regarding his
affairs and requested that his
daughter jessie be taken care of.
PRAYED FOR VAN ASCH.
During the spells between the
convulsions he would pray that
he (Reem) be spared to live and
he asked in his prayer that the
soul of John Van Asch be saved,
which must be so terribly black.
ened for numbering him, an old
man Il years old, who had new
er harmed anybody, and for no
other reas on that he knew of, ex.
cept that Van ASH owed him $32.
Dr.. Ferguson in the witness
chair told of being called and of
having administered morphine
to relieve MIR. Reem. and that it
had seemed to ease him from his
suffering for perhaps five min
utes. Reem had made the re-
mark before him that John Van
Asch had poisoned him. DR..
Ferguson had told Reem that he
was making a pretty strong
statement if he thought he was
going to die, but that Mr.. Reem
had still maintained that he had
been poisoned.
DR.. Jacotel told of the pest
norton. OF the removal of the
stomach that an analysis might
be made of it's contents, and of
the examination of the other vi
tai organs. They had not found
any bruises on the body to cause
them to believe that death was
due from any other cause than
poisoning.
States Attorney Fuller con-
Quoted the hearing for the state,
and Attorney George S. Xix ap.
peared for Van Asch, who offer
ed no testimony, and he was
bound over to the circuit court.
BOTTLE FOUND.
Tuesday, while hunting about
the Reem farm G. S. Amsden
found q whiskey bottle near the
road, which was identified as the
same kind, size and brand as was
purchased by Van Asche on Fri
day afternoon at the johnson sa-
loon.
Van Asch purchased strych-
nine at the Bleser drug store and
that he bad also purchased a bot
tie of whiskey a: the Johnson sa-
loon.
When or where the contents of
the two bottles were mixed is
not known.
Mr.. Reem told those present
at the house, before he died, that
when Van Asch first offered him
the whiskey to drink he had re.
fused on account of having prom.
ised his children that he would
not drink, but that Van Asch
pestered him until he finally took
the fatal drink. Reem had ask
ed Van Ash to take a drink too,
but the latter replied that as he
had been drinking beer IN town,
that to mix the drinks would
make him drunk. Reem com
I; planned when he took the drink,
that the whiskey was bitter, but
Van Asch told him it was all
right, and to drink half the bot.
tie. The daughter Jessie. it is
said, was offered some of the
whiskey but refused to drink it.
STRYCHNINE FOUND IN STOMACH
DR.. Jacotel received word to.
day from the chemists to whom
the stomach had been taken for
analysis, that strychnine was
found in the stomach.
The funeral of Mr.. Reem was
held at the undertaking parlors
Tuesday noon, conducted by the
Rev. Oldtield. Messrs. Schneid-
err. DR.. Ross, DR.. Ferguson and
w. Emanuel furnishing the mu-
sic. Interment was in the Mil
bank cemetery.
A brother from North Dakota,
a son Samuel and wife, a daugh.
ter Lizzie of Oakdale, North Da.
kota were present at the funeral.
Mr.. Reem was an old soldier
having served with the 18th
Minnesota Volunteer infantry
during the Civil war. He had
lived in Grant county about thir.
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