The Kiehl Case.--As noticed at the time by us, Mrs. Mary Kiehl, residing near the fairgrounds, died very suddenly, and under suspicious circumstances. After the body had been buried, in the Carlisle Springs graveyard, it was exhumed and a post-mortem examination made by Dr. S. B. Kieffer, in presence of the coroner's jury. After a time the stomach and other portions of the body were placed in the hands of Dr. W. F. Horn, who testified on Monday afternoon, at a meeting of the coroner's jury, that he had discovered unmistakable traces of arsenic, but had not completed the analysis. Other witnesses were also examined, when the jury rendered this verdict:
    "That Mrs. Mary Kiehl came to her death on the 30th day of May, 1879, from the effects of poison, supposed to be arsenic, administered to her by some person or persons unknown to the jury."
    The following, touching on this case we take from the Harrisburg Patriot of the 23 instant:
    Cumberland county is likely to have another case in her criminal courts rivalling the celebrated Schoeppe case in its remarkable circumstances. An old lady, Mrs. Kiehl, of North Middleton township, over seventy years of age, died suddenly some weeks ago. She had made a will by which she left her property, in value about $2000, to one Squire Wyncoop, her business agent, having quarrelled with her daughter. The old lady had lived alone for several years, having in her employ a young woman to wait upon her. Shortly before her decease a reconciliation took place between her and her daughter and she had expressed to several people her intention of changing her will. Her death was so sudden, and accompanied by such suspicious symptoms that her body was exhumed, a post mortem examination held, and Dr. S. B. Kieffer declared before the inquest that the inflammation of the stomach and liver strongly indicated symptoms of arsenical poisoning.
    A caveat was entered by the heirs-at-law to the probate of the will, on the ground of undue influence on the part of Wyncoop, but the register yesterday admitted the will to probate and granted letters testamentary to Wyncoop. The case is in the hands of the district attorney.

Source:

Unknown, "The Kiehl Case," Valley Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa., Friday, 25 July 1879, page 5, col. 3.