The Sun.
London, England, 1815-03-31 00:00:00

Pi.)l4lOE 11\ "J. LLI LN

The examination of Elizabeth Fenning, charged
on suspicion of attempting to poison the Faiiii!):
of Mr. TuRNI,R, Law Sid:loc.:if, in Ch.mcery-
lane.

iIATTON-GAF:iWa.

Orlibar Turner, of Chancery-lone, •Stationer,
Lyon Oath, says Tuesday, the 21st instant,
on. returniue. to town from my house at 'Lambeth,
was induced to dine at my house in Chaorery-
laue, with my soli and daughter-in-law. We had
for dinner some east dumpling-6, with rump ,teaks
and potatoes ; we had. nearly dieted wizen Mrs.-
'Turner, finding herself extremely unwed, retired
to her room above stairs, and upon ,imptiring, we
found her complaining of violent sickness ; her
husband, Mr. IL 'Pursuer called to inquire for her,
and she answered she vas very unwell, but ‘vould
come down soon ; R. Tomer Ii inediatdy welt
down stairs, and I shortly after followed hint, and
meeting him in the passage below, he informed
me lie had been extremely sick ; iu about two
minutes afterwards I was myself taken very
My apprentice, Roger Gadsden, went into the
kitchen, and saw the remnant of the dumplings,
and was desirous of eating- a part of them, but
which the prisoner,, Eliza Fenning, endeavoured
to dissuade him from, by saying they were cold,
and heavy, and would do him no good ; he,
howeser, did eat a small portion of them, and
was afterwards seized -with violent vomiting's
also. Tice prisoner made no inquiry, nor did
she do any thing to assist, hat partook after-
wards of the same dumplings, although She
.had
bad her dinner before, and was in consequence
seized with similar sickness. suspiciOn,
I endeavoured to rind aratnic in the house, but
tailed in so doing. That a quontity of arsenic haul
for many months been deposited in a drawer in
the °dice, tied up in wrappers, and written on the
outside " Arsenic, deadly poison," which. has
been missed about three weeks ; this was kept to
he occasionally used to destroy mice in the office-
the veers, where. parchme'rits and papers of conse,
o.,oenre were deposited. 'Witness went into the.
kitc:len, where , seeing a brown dish or pan in
which the dumplings had been mixed with water
in it, I immediately examined it, anti did discover
at
.the bottom
.of the dish a powder, which ap-
peared to have separated from thy dough which
had remained in the -dish ; upon this I took the
dish with its contents and kept it for the examitA-
t ion of Mr. Marshall and Mr. Ogilvy, two medi-
cal Gentlemen. :'he dish and its contents
slimed to the said Medical' Gentlemen. The pri-
soner has lived in-the family about five or six
weeks, and she admits that no one but bet'aelf
made the said dumplings.
Mr. Marshall, a surgeon, proved his finding ar-
senic in the dish, and the al.trming effects upon
the family. •
Charlotte Turner being sworn, says, I am the
wife of Robert Turner; the prisoner lived with
me about six weeks as cook : about three weeks
ago, I had some dispute with the prisoner on ac-
count of some indelicacy- in her conduct, and I
gave her warning to quit ; but I afterwards took
compassion on her, and changed my mind. The
prisoner has frequently within this last fortnight
teased me to let her make some dumplings for
dinner, adding, " you cannot believe how well I
can make them." On Monday, the 20th, she told
me that the brewer brought some yeast, which
she ordered without my desiring her.. In couse-
quence of which .I ordered her to make the damp-
Hogs she had becu so long talking of for next day's
dinner. Tuesday, the 21st, the prisoner went to
Brooks-market forsome beef-steaks fOr our dinner .
She made a beef-steak pye foe diluter for herself
and Sally, her fellow s•rvaitt, and the two ap-
prentices; they had their dinner at two o'cloCk,
and she made the dumplings for our dinner. • I
saw the dough after she mixed it up, and I firmly be-
lieve the deleterious ingredients were then mixed
in it, from its appearance being flat, black, and
heavy. The remainder of this witness's evidence
went to corroborate Mr. What- Turner's evidence.
Margaret Turner, wife of Mr. Mbar Turner,
deposed, that on the evening of the above day,
she was seta for to her house in Lambeth, to
come to town immediately, as Mrs. Robert Tur-
ner was jut ti state, that required her immediate
presence; she being pregnaut, witness suppOsed
she was in labour. Witness arrived hi Chancery-
lane about eight o'clock, and found the familv.as
already described. Witness seeing the prisoner
at tie stair-foot, she Said to her, "0, Eliza, this
devilish dumpling has done for them." The pri-
sonf,e answered, " not the dumpling but the milk,
Madam.- What milk ? The milk that Sally
fetched, art a of which Mrse Robert has made the
sauce. It cannot be the sauce, Sally. 0„ yes,
Madam, for Gadsden eat no more than the size.
of a nut •of it, hut he took sonic bread and dipped
in the sauce---My poor tnistress, I all glad you are
come.

Mr. Robert Gregson Turner being sworn, cor-
roborated his father's evidence, • with the addi-
that he was worse than any of thein front eating
the dumpling, he not having tasted any of the
sa nee:

Roger Gadsden, the apprentice, corroborated
Mr. Turner, sell. evidence.

Sarah Pearse, the house maid, being sworn,
said she lived eleven months in Mr. T.'Sfcuuil~;
she recollects to have heard the prisoner say, alter
her mistress gtive her Ivarning, that she should
never like them imy more. IVitness,,hy desire of
the prisoner, brougl,t her a haltpenny worth of
milk to make the sauce, as she said she had not
enough.

Will!lain Thistleton, the officer, being sworn,
says he apprehended the prisoner, searched her
person and box, but found nothing of a SUSIbl'.
cions nature ; she told him in the 0 ice, that she
believed it to be in the yeast, as • she perceived a
white settlement at the bottom,
.or that the other
girl, who was very sly and artful, !night put it
in the milk. She was eun,iiiitted for trial."