The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-04 00:00:00

THE GLASGOW POISONING.

TRIAL OF MADELEINE SMITH FOR MURDER.
EDINBURGH, THURSDAY.
Mary Jane Beebanan was examined by the Solicitor-
OsnanSl-11$ hate is Dr. Buchanan, of Dumbarton. lam
supsided with Miss K. Smith. I remember being in
Obegow, hat spring. I want tae •
dowide Ida her time; it wee Mr. Currie's. I do nal
wmataber Y as tell us bin plag in what ohs wenteL
She eded he eresin The Alpo= told her that ship taut
writs he mat Is • bosh. Be did an se her what as
waned whit it, bet I asked bees the basstag at the thaw-
sm. eed die old it was to kil yen. Ohs ast the sneak.
Iw tat ears et whet she psid, bat I Wok she said 6d., and
she tonaht II way with bar. The asp nainted Urn
▪ disint nit with
sad she said sisi bed tried
Why% ern wan ruse, red that there
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be shin
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pin. As nd the mitspers, I
thing then the doss—bow unit was ,m
ad
he add he pennyeh. rand would bdl • =Lnosy
heel semeneber bow meg. Ilse turned te us and
ie say whited it to WU Ma. After we let the
Asp I sar*Lagheil 'at the tits el lathier the ride, sad
Ilia intik MOP tes. Tint leek_ Pea in the didi et
Nat& I knew bite I saw Ms Smith that day 04 the
was 'deg le he Brides et Allen. I was at Wed with
Mien IMO se Obsess, wow Leaden. I think she was •
year drag whit us at oohed thew I have base sapanted
with bsenriale ever ones. I have beirpratiy nos he writs; lan
▪ a with bar hatallwattiwg. twos Pews a us-
her at Men by tits PresserderAleal la the same of his
inresligellen, I esaidned tae. esestely t setedein it they
eon is Mims Smith's handwriting. lUM Is the cenclesion
that they wen. rung Pre ham with briar.
(Shins We, with saystige, inthad " Why, ray lan,
do paa ast soros to ase t" sod addraind " Mr. E. LAsge-
Ci li
po.") er, Kn. Jaskir, 11, Fraskiralase, Gnat WesteWeston-tad,lare
TUN= at Yeenhy ell—lt this Wee was produced at
the nap, it wadi trades the diecnadon of the
witch grain as to the reeeptis et the letters.
Aber seneteaysentisa es this point between the tench
end Ps bee, the brit was withdrew.,

Rambotha meamed—l think it was in 18.53 or 1&52
that I Mom astl.alatsd with Miss Smith at school. It
mast Ism him 1852. Her full name is Madeleine
In the course of last spring did she ever mask
to yea MGM Mr going to be married P—Yes ; she wrote to
me, ailing me she was engaged. That wee at the very sad
of February. OM said mho we. engaged to Mr. /dimwit
She thermath make to as about her marriage both on the
eh of Xenia sad the 31th of March. On both of these
occesimis she mtiß make of hereeli as engaged to be married
to Kt. Mimeo!, mad of the maims as being still to take
piece I understood it wee to take place in June. Did she
ever moth with any doubt about it, or of say difficulty in
the my of it f—Never.
Cressmambeed by Mr. Yong—Were you living in Glas-
gow k March bat, or weriaymoaly thete on a mat f—Only
on aAM I MIMI Min asitlVe Muse at Itow and when
I ems to gimpy I sled et the hems at Blithswood-
maim. befeelbhSheee ea Oa Ilk Kash. Me Smith
was set k whatl sold, but &ream in Wm I left. We
wont eat legmther. SIM Math to bilk to me about her mar-
riage. bat I had wet Um to reasais, and the sold she would
wryer ea the way hear with me. We west out, end
eliagilasehimbellmtreet together. Had it been en old pro-
aiseletwam yea that Miaow should be married first
elmail ask the ether to be briammid P—Yes ; a /aimed pro-
Wm. We wont striltht Avg flauchichall-areet, after
baring the hewn Curris'e ship is in that. street. Did
Mies Smith mile any remark to you before going in f—She
only said, .06, aim • bit, I went to go into this shop,
will you ammo with veer Mt I mid, `• Yee." Who
were in the ship when wont in 1-1 think them
wire Iwo ma keg taro seater. Both Min Smith
sad I wairsmiltbmmaa. KM Smith asked Mar
arsenic. The ma blabs, she met sign her name in the
book. Hee mid, a Oar I'S Nobly; you tars." So
she sigma kat lida," ma ‘ Wilt that
dor mil dr ma mem MI IS wealL Deem this, do yoo re-
member Ma hid& eskag the ymag man bow amnia ma
sold P—Yes, she did. She rW, Hairdo you sell sneak r.
and he told bail did
sbaaiird, Is sixpenny-worth • large
quantity r I did rest sip the book. Breathing was done
way •P.ll. gee phi thapenes for it. The school
Mews math Son and I wen et is London wee at Maram
Ms yea lasseMer mathisa being said about math at the
mtheol 1.-1 deal remember whether it was a lemon or
setae nedia( to the evening ; but I recollect an
memo& big given of Styrian mammals taking
agemie to give them Meath to climb slam moon-
Ulm sal their having fa consequence a peculiar
=mand rosiness of complezioa. I don't remember
mere about it. I dos% know that it war in clam.
I Tether think it was reeding in the evening. Ido not re-
member who the governess ma who was within'. I remem-
ber Mir Guibilei. fibs wee • sort of half-pupil—half-
=rShe gave her senior se teacher in exchange for
amiht other things herself. She wae there at the
reading, I think. I don't remember whether Mies Smith
was there, but we were all obliged to be present in the eve-
WWI at the reading; so I should suppose she must have
Wm present. The relit of Mies Smith • family yeast to the
Midge of Allen on the tith of March.

By the Court—l met Mho Smith, by appointment In a
letter, at half-paet one, on the 6th. She wrote to me at
Dumbarton. It was from three to half-past four that I met
her on the 310. I had been visiting (Ileagow fora week or
two previous to the 31st. I wee staying with Mr. Dickson,
in Wondsidesterreee. There wee nothing particular in
my call on Mime Smith on the 31st. She talked of
her marriage. I had asked her about it. I think it wee on
%Monday. I may be wrong in the dote. Perhaps it wee
the 30th. (A number of letters having been shown to this wit-
ness by the Final, and been identified by her sa Mime
Smith's handwriting, to which she had put her initials, the
whims went out of court with the eounee'l to look over them,
and say whether they were the same that she had initiated.)
Augusta Gnibilei or Waleet, wife of Thomas Waleot, soli-
titer, Clapham-road, Kennington London—l wee a pupil
teacher at itched at Clapton, where Miss Smith was &boarder,
That woo in the year 1852. I never advised the prisoner to
sore scenic its a cosmetic, or apply it to her neck, fare, or
snail, diluted with water. I never advised her to use it in any
way. I never had any conversation whatever with her
about arsenic that I notillect of. I believe I never had any
conversation with her at all about coernetics, or external ap-
pliemions to the skin. I recollect once something being read
m the dhoti about the Swims mountaineers or chamois
hunters being in the habit of taking arsenic to improve their
health, and that throe, who look it were remarkable for
plumped. and good health. I had no conversation with
the prisoner about this. My maiden name was Augusta
Oulbilei.
William Smith, page to Mr. Jam. Smith, architect (the
prisoner's father)-1 am sermon with Mr. Smith, Blythe-
wood-square. I slept in the mom just as you enter the back-
door on the right-hand side ; that is the low door, I mean,
that looks into the pumas. Slim, Madeleine Smith slept
next door to the kitchen, of the right-hand side. The
room ',astern windows to Main-street. Mime Madeleine sent to
an apothecary about four months ago. I recoiled Miss Smith
being missed from home one morning. It would be about Mx
weeks, or two months before that that I went to the apothe-
cary for her. I waa to get prussic arid at the apotheney'e.
She gave me • line. "Small phial of primele acid' wee on
the line. I took it to the apothecary's. They did not give
it me. I went bath to Miss kledsleine. and told her mo. She
said, "Very well—never mind." I heard her soy she
wasted It fur her halide. I don't moiled whether I got the
Seebeck from the ems in the shop. I did not know L'An-
gelier by eight. I pooled letter for Mime Smith. I observed
morn* With s =RIP like L'Angelier on it, hut I Dever could
make out what it woo. It waa ley Liminess to lock the area
gate. So:nether, I forgot to do so. I remember Sunday,
UM March. I went to Led at ten or thereabouts that night.
I *Jeep very sound. I hard 110 1101.1 before the mortung.
Miss Madeleine had net gene to her nom before I went to my
bed. The day the was miming we. en Thursday after 22nd
March. About two tielook I heard she had gone away.
She rm. book at uight. I recollect that Christina ILmegart
waa ill on that Sunday, 22nd Morel,. She kept her bed that
dee. We parted with her on oho stairs after coming down
from worship on the Sunday night. Mime Madeleine did not
tell nu, what shop to go to. I went to the surgery in
Sanekiehall-street. I forget the name.

Crum-examined-1 went to the neuron chop. Miss Smith
did not tail me to go to any particular shop. I wax at her
bedroom door when she gave me this order. I wax in the
kitchen when she called to me. She .poke quite loud. I'm
not aware of any one else 'bona in hearing. The ether ser-
vant, wen. in the kitchen. and could hear her if they were
listening. She gave me the Use. and told me she wanted a
small phial of. pntene acid, linetleat I wee to take care of It,
fur It was putties The ehopmaa asked who it wee for, and
I told him. Ile then end, tell her she cannot get it without
• physician's line, for it wee reek peters. 1 had been in
Yeamsn's shop core or twice. Mr. John Smith, Mice Besaie
Smith, Mira Janet Smith, and Mr. end Mrs. Smith were
staying in the house in the winter. Min Madeleine is the
eldest, Min Beene the second, and Mi. Janet the youngest.
Mies Janet is between 12 and 13. Miss Janet always slept
with Mies Madeleine in the seine moat, and in the same bd.
I had no charge of the lack-door. I had charge of
the wen gate end the upper front door. I had
no charge of the lower door In the front area. The area
gate is on a level with the amt. I believed the cook gene-
rally locked the back door, sad also the front area door. I
=doable the caning of Onaday, the mad, whoa ell the i