Ferdinand Wittmann

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Ferdinand Wittmann (born September 11, 1836 in Koblenz , † 1868 , executed) was a six-time poisoner who used arsenic .

Life

After training as a bookbinder, he opened a bookbindery in Wollin in 1859. He married four times between 1860 and 1865 inclusive. These marriages had two children and he became the stepfather of another girl.

Murder victim

Emilie Maria Wittmann née Gehm

F. Wittmann married in Wollin on November 16, 1860 Emilie Marie Gehm (* January 17, 1830 † September 16, 1862), with whom he had two children, Johannes (according to another source Hugo) (* November 4, 1860, † 2 February 1863) and Louis (born September 1, 1862).

In the period from September 3 to 16, the resident EM from Vienna treated Wittmann, who nevertheless died. In the death certificate , he determined the cause of death White Friesel as a result of an uterine infection.

F. Wittmann received 250 Thrl from the life insurance company Germania .

Johannes Wittmann

The son Johannes (according to another source Hugo) Wittmann fell ill on January 31, 1863 and died on February 2, 1863 despite medical care from the local medical councilor Schmurr.

Auguste Charlotte Wittmann, née Höhn

F. Wittmann then married Auguste Charlotte Höhn on June 15, 1863, who died on December 22, 1863.

Auguste Wittmann, née Kornotzky

Soon afterwards, on April 1, 1864, Wittmann married Auguste Kornotzky (also called Kornitzki), who died on August 15, 1865.

Angry

F. Wittmann married the widow of the ship's captain Böse, who drowned in September 1864, on October 17, 1865 in Wollin and thus became the stepfather of the half- orphan Georgine Auguste Alwine Böse (* February 5, 1865 † October 23, 1865). On July 13, 1866, she gave birth to another child. He moved to Posen with his wife, their daughter and his three-year-old son Louis. His wife fell ill on September 17, 1866 and died untreated on September 18, 1866. Senior medical officer Mayer and medical officer Laube could only determine death.

Georgine Auguste Alwine Evil

The child fell ill on October 22, 1865 and received medical care from Wiener once in the morning and in the evening on October 23, 1865. In the night of October 23rd to October 24th, she died and the doctor Wiener determined that the cause of death was meningitis .

Heinrich Schönborn (1804-1893) was the second pastor of the Kreuzkirche parish in Posen from 1858 to 1875 and gave F. Wittmann permission to move his stepdaughter.

Preliminary investigation

Due to the inhibition of Edmund Bärensprung (1816–1868), police chief in Posen, the body of the deceased Mrs. Wittmann, nee Böse, was not buried, but was autopsied shortly afterwards .

To determine the cause of death, the body of GAA Böse was exhumed on October 17, 1866, and then on April 29, 1867 the bodies of EM Wittmann, Hugo Wittmann and AC Höhn were exhumed at the Protestant cemetery in Wollin .

Criminal proceedings

The jury trial was scheduled for February 17, 1868 and opened on June 22, 1868. His defense attorney was August Dockhorn, who later became a counselor. The prosecution was represented by H. Schmieden (1841–1896), Appeal Court Counselor in Poznan.

The foreign press also reported on the trial.

literature

Individual evidence (selection)

  1. ↑ documented evidence transferred by third parties , accessed on June 10, 2012
  2. ↑ estories.cwsurf.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 10, 2012, source for "Hugo"@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / estories.cwsurf.de  
  3. ↑ a b Willibald Alexis: The New Pitaval. A collection of the most interesting crime stories from all countries, both old and new. Founded by the criminal director Dr. JE Hitzig and Dr. W. Haring (W. Alexis). Continued by Dr. A. Vollert. New series. Fourth volume. Leipzig: FA Brockhaus. 1869. Chapter 3: The bookbinder Ferdinand Wittmann (Wollin and Posen. Sixfold poisoning.) 1862 to 1868. In: Spiegel Online Kultur. Retrieved April 5, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Weekly advertisements for the Principality of Ratzeburg , No. 53. July 3, 1868, p. 2, accessed on April 5, 2014
  5. ↑ Weekly advertisements for the Principality of Ratzeburg , No. 53. July 3, 1868, p. 1, accessed on April 5, 2014
  6. ^ Heinrich Schönborn in the Baza osób polskich - Polish personal database , accessed on April 5, 2014
  7. ^ Edmund Bärensprung in the Baza osób polskich - Polish personal database , accessed on April 5, 2014
  8. ↑ The royal court and cathedral preacher Adolf Stöcker in the insulting process against the editor Heinrich Bäcker as a witness. , accessed June 9, 2012
  9. ^ Ludwig Julius Fränkel:  Schmieden, El (i) se . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 113-115.
  10. ^ Remarkable trial before poisoning , The Southland Times , New Zealand , September 14, 1868, accessed June 3, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Wittmann, Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German multiple poisoner
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz
DATE OF DEATH 1868