Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-27
Nebraska
POISON STORY INVESTIGATED
Seward County Officials Look Into
Report of Murder of Denver Doctor.
WILL NOT FILE COMPLAINT
DR., wright r. Held by Denver Officers
ON CHARGE of Giving DIR. sehuoh
Arsenic while they Were I'm
Seward County.

SEWARD. Neb, March 26-tspecial.)-
with reference to me case OF DR.. c. w.
Wright. who Is being held at Denver, Colo,
on the charge OF numbering Dr. Philip
schuch, jr., Of that city, County Attorney
Edwin Vail said Il received a letter on
Tuesday evening from the district attorney
Of Denver advising me that DR.. c. w.
Wright was being held for the murder OF
Or. Phin Schuch, jr., and detailing In
substance the following facts: Drs. Schuch
and Wright came to the farm home Of VIII
liam Neujahr in this county for the pur-
pose Of removing him TO Denver for med
ical treatment They arrived there on
the evening OF February q. remained
over February % and left on Msrch 1 for
Denver with their patient Some eleven
days sfterward, to-wit on March r. DR.
schuch was found dead in his apart
ments at a hotel In Denver and an autopsy
revealed the fact that several grains Of
arsenic was present In his liver A whisky
bottle found at his apartments had the fol-
lowing notation in substance written upon
Il: February q, Gresham, Neb. This
whisky has been fixed by the doctor who
Is with me- for after taking a drink Of
It 1 became deathly sick and vomited
my head Off After arriving at Denver
Schuch and Wright had an alteration
Al the home of the brother OF william
Neujshr. where William Neujahr was re-
ceiving treatment. in which Leo Neujahr
interfered or was implicated. Leo Neu-
iehr was not accused by the Denver au-
thorities with any completely in the sup
posed poisoning OF schuch, but Wright
was held by them under the charge Of
murder.
No Evidence Against Wright.
Wednesday afternoon Sheriff Gillian and
myself made an automobile trip through
the neighborhood and questioned the mem
bers Of Mr.. Neujahrs family and such
others as were in a position to be advised
on this question. These parties each stated
TO us in substance the same story al
though examined separately and without
knowledge OF what the others had said.
They stated that the two doctors were
friendly during their stay. That Dr.
schuchs physical condition was apparently
as good when he left as when he came
That on the 2sth the day the whisky
bottle would indicate that the poison
was administered, that Dr. schuch was in
especially good spirits laughed jeked and
showed absolutely no sign or symptom of
his vomiting. That he did not complain OF
being sick. other than that at one
time during his stay he stated that
he had a cold We also found the
community singularly free from any
suspicion that schuch had met with
foul play and in fact we met no one
who seemed to think that there was any
thing the matter with schuch when he left
Gresham. The witnesses we examined
are. we think, disinterested and worthy Of
fun credence.
Il therefore advised the district attorney
at Denver that In my Judgment the facts
here did not bear out his hypothesis that
poison was administered to Schuch in
Seward county, and that would not care
to file complaint against Wright upon
present information"
Sheriff Gillian issued statement along
similar lines.