The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1860., [Electronic resource]

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A daring Lawyer.

--Van Arman, the leading counsellor for Mr. Burch, is a man of rare ability. He is the gentleman who, a few years ago, cleared, at Detroit, a woman on trial for the murder of her husband. It was charged that she administered poison in small cakes, three of which he ate during his speech. It is said that the jurors were not fairly in their room before he rushed out of the building, and threw from his stomach the poison. He knew that while a small dose would kill, a large dose would act as an emetic. Mr. Van Arman was counsel in the case of Jumpertz, for the murder of his mistress. Though Jumpertz was poor and without friends, Van Arman devoted himself to the defence with untiring energy and at a cost to himself of many hundred dollars.--Jumpertz was condemned. Van Arman moved for a new trial, which was ordered after the gallows had been constructed for the execution, and in sight of the condemned man.