The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-13 00:00:00

Alleged Case of Poisoning at Manchester.

At the Manchester Police-court, on Saturday, Ann Cor-
rigan, a middle aged woman, was charged with the wilful
murder, by poison, of Ann Conway. Sergeant Torr, of the
deteciive police, said ho apprehended the prisoner in Jer-
sey-street, on suspicion of adnithistering poison to Ann
Conway, ltoehdale-road, in November. He charged her with
administering a liquid containing arsenic, and she said,
Oh dear, oh dear, who says I have murdered her ? I only
gave bet what she told me to." The prisoner asked witness,
" Heve you se-n the recipe ?" (from which she alleged the
liquid was prepared.) Witness replied no. The prisoner
said, "It was in the house somewhere; I was with her the
night before she died." Ellen Spark, Rochdale-road, said
the deceased, who was 13 years old, lived with her, 5110
was taken ill cn the Fa iday befog e she died, which was en
Tuesday week. She bad been in delicate health since wit..
nose knew hr, but was never lily ill. She b ceme waned
en the 25i h NOveniliefilteel af,a7-6L thMth ; she bed lived
with witness three niont6etiradr-e'Tiiiincit married. The.pri--
goner, who lived in Jersey-street, came to see cieccasciiitt
the Sunday before her death. The prisoner had been in the
habit of going out with her, and appeared to be a friend of
hers. She was very ill, but had had no surgeon; no medi-
cine had been administered to her; she had taken nothing
but her food. The prisoner and witness went to her bed-
side and asked her how she was; she replied she was very
unwell. Witness said she should have medical advice, and
the prisoner remarked so also, but the deceased said "Oh,
no, I have been as ill before many times." The prisoner
asked witness if she could get a recommendation to the
Royal Infirmary ? Witness replied that she had no doubt
she could at Sheldon's, in Swan-street. The prisoner re-
marked " We will wait and see how she goes on to-morrow
and Tuesday, and then you will perhaps get her one." Wit-.
ness came down stairs and left the prisoner and the deceased.
together. The deceased had vomited four times on Friday.
and complained of her head and chest. She was of sober
habits, and was quite sober when she went to bed orx
Thursday night, On the Sunday the prisoner came dowe
stairs after having been 10 minutes with the deceased.
Witness asked if deceased had ever been so bad before, pri-
soner said "Oh, yea; it is her old complaint." Oa Tuesday
morning witness went to the prisoner's house, and told her
that Ann Conway was dead. Witness had found her head.
in bed about half-past 8 o'clock. A week before the de-
ceased was taken ill, she had st witness's suggestion sent
for a box of Whelpton's pills, and taken many of them.
When witness told the prisoner of deceased's death, she
seemed shocked and surprised, and asked witness how she
had found the deceased. Witness told her that she had
found her in bed. She then asked the prisoner "Have
you Ann's club cards ?" The prisoner replied "They are
at our house." Witness said " Then they aro not in her
box," The prisoner told witness that she had been up to
the deceased's brother and told him of deceased's death,
upon which he said, " Oh dear, what shall I do 1" and pri-
soner replied to him, " Don't put yourself out of the way,
as there is sufficient money in the club to bury her." Wit*
ness said, " The brother will want to draw the club money,
or if there is any bother the club will bury her." The pri-
soner remarked that the club would have nothing at all to
do with it—she:had entered the deceased's name, and she
should draw the money ; it had been paid at her house.
An inquest was held on the day of the death. A week after
the-eleceased came to live with witness the prisoner brought
a largo glass bottle with a small neck, and said it contained
medicine for the deceased. Witness had seen the deceased
tako medicine out of that, bottle several times. After that
bottle had been emptied by the deceased it was washed and
used by witness's husband as an oil bottle. The prisoner
subsequently asked for it,' and he: gave her two catsup
bottles instead. A day or two afterwards she brought the'
two bottles full of something, and put them on the table for
the deceased, telling her she brought her some medicine.
Ann Conway took the contents of these two bottles in the
course of a month. The prisoner had the bottles again, filled
them, and brought them a second time. Deceased said," Oh,
bottles
neinine,tehxecespatmthe
asttawtietnaessws hhearrl
yard have ethbermou.ght
Deceased naymeditcoionki
e.tTehcoenptieinsotnseorfstshiodse"
except what remained in them when witness handed therm
tt oh
et hdeeepeoalsiec
de .
wiped off several bits of something white on the neck of
one of them. They were of a hard substance, and each was
about the size of a pin's head. The prisoner took away
lestT thoeoyk woret
emtehdei
the body of the deceased the night after the inquest. Wit.
nese had not noticed what effect followed deceased taking
the medicine, and had never seen her take more than one
dose a day. Deceased generally complained of her head
and chest. When witness found her dead she was not at
all distorted. On the day before her death she said she/
felt better—free from pain, but weak. 'Witness never saw
any prescription or recipe. The bottles were handed by the
police to Dr Fletcher, Lever-street, on Thursday evening.
lie said they were champagne bottles, and contained e
small quantity of fluid, hes than a teaspoonful. He hal
made a preliminary analysis, and had found a precipitate
which indicated arsenic. The reaction in testing in one
bottle was more intense than in the other. Tho difference ire
the quantity of arsenic tended to show that it was not likely
that, the mixture had been made from a prescript ten. 'rho
tests he had applied were pure, but there Nees plenty of
liquid left for a thorough analysis. The presiding magis-
trate asked if thee was any medicine used at, all corre-
sponding with the liquid in the bottles. Dr Pletcher said
there was a preparation of arsenic used medicinally, but that
would not indicate a reaction to the extent he had found in
the liquid in the bottles. The prisoner was Amended until
Saturday,
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BORDER CIVILISATION.—The Walkerton (Canada.
West) Herald mentions that two bears were lately noticed
taking a stroll through that place in the evening. As no.
thing was carried off, it is regarded as a reconnoitring expe•
dition, to be turned to account hereafter,

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
1, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
TIIIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
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Followed by FAUST, and Thursday, and Saturday.
,fo-morrow (Wednesday), and Friday LA SONNAM-
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