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The Ewhij;- Huun Tt’llil litMiller«iburg.(From the Holmes County Farmer.)On Tuesday, the 8th, the case of the State of Ohio vs. Warren Ewing, for the alleged poisoning of Mary Dunn, was Called. It is probably in order before proceeding further, to state that the Dunn family a few years ago, was com- posed of two brothers, James and David, and a maiden sister named Mary. They were quite wealthy, and lived A kind of secluded life. During the year 1872, David Dunn fell into a mow* ing machine and was killed. The property then went to the remaining brother and sister. About two years ago theother brother, James, died rather suddenly and mysteriously. Last summer the body of .lames was taken up and the contents of the stomach analyzed and found to contain arsenic. The charge against Ewing was that he had poisoned James and then attempted to poison Mary, with the expectation of succeeding to the large estate.The counsel for the State were Prosecuting Attorney Duer, and D. 8. Uhl, and for the d«f#nse, Reed, Stillwell A Hoagland. A great deal of interest was manifested, and the case was an exciting one, and ably conducted. Public opinion was about equally divided,as regarded the guilt of Ewing. The examination of witnesses continued until Thursday night, the principal ones for the State being Annie Ilrant, and Alice Camber—their testimony being ' very unfavorable to Ewing. To offset this the defendant had a number of fine looking gentlemen from Canfield, Mahoning county, the place of his former residence, to testify as to hisW - -standing in that community. Friday was taken up by the lawyers in making their pleas, and at 9 o’clock the Judge charged the jury. The jury werelocked in their room and after beingout a little over an hour returned averdict of not guilty.It is very evident from the testimony given that Mary Dunn was poisoned with arsenic, but by whom, is the query. The circumstantial evidenee is enough for us to form a conclusion that a nearly successful effort had been made to exterminate the Dunn family.The case was an expensive one to the State, costing in the neighborhood of $1200.M ss Mary J. Dunn is a maiden lady of perhaps 45 years of age. She is thelast of a family of bachelors and maid--»en ladies. She has no heirs, has no ancestors, to whom her property, whichis perhaps $100,000, could revert. Shehas however a number of cousins and other distant relatives to whom, if she should die without malting a will, her property would go.Warren Ewing has for years been living on the farm, taking care of Miss Dunn’s affairs, and has been a faithful servant to her. Several girls, at different times have been in constant attendance upon Miss Dunn as waiter and
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Canfield Mahoning Dispatch
Canfield, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 25, 1879
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