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she wanted il for particular use. but that
I he child might have piece of the larger
one OIL the next day.
The smaller cake the accused said she
had eaten herself on the way to The mar
kei, which was not the fact. as it was evi.
IDENTITY given Mr. Floor. The saucer that
had confirmed the cake was put into the
bands DR.. Chllton the chemist, who, on
making chemical analysis of the portions
of cake adherng 10 its sides, detected in
them considerable portions of arsenic, tho
there was none in the portions of cake ad
herring to the larger plate. A small iron
pot was also found by Justice Merritt in
apartment Of the accused, which contained
fluid with n white sediment. being as is
supposed, the washngs OF the poisonous
vesse in which the dough OF the cake was
m'xcc' The substance IN the pot was i'm
pregnated with arsenic, and likewise, as
we are Informed, bowl in which some Of
the cake had been prior TO It's being baked.
An apron was also found, Of Clark calico. in
her apartment, being the one she wore
when she mixed and made the cakes, which
was dlscolored or turned yellow in several
places, as If some acid had been spilled
thcreon. 1t was ascertalned also, that the
accused had inquired The effect of exalyc
acid would produce on the human system
| and whether it would poison and kin per
| son or Dot--and 1t appeared that a female
OF her appearance had been to one or more
apOthecary shops. Inquiring tor arsenic.
Thus things remained until yesterday, when
other witnesses become subpoenaed to at.
tend before their arrival, however, the
father and mother of the accused came to
the prison to see their daughter, and she
was brought up into the private examina-
ton room uf the magistrate, where she
met them.
The interview was a solemn and affecting
one. The mother fell on her knees on the
floor, and wep, and iwailed alsud. The father
was also greatly affected. In the midst of
this scene Of grief and agony, the accused
tola the Magistrate and Coroner that they
need not send for the witnesses, for that she
did purchase the arsenic of a boy in shop IN
Oliver.street, on the Tuesday preceding the
death of her husband. She said. on that NOR.
ming she went to the deceased for money to
pay her rent, and that he only gave her half
dollar, and that she then went in a state OF
/, feeling she could or would not describe, and
| W IuO ShoP VI puT~
chased three cents worth of arsenic, and took
it with her over tho river 10 her parents house
, in Bergen, and returned home with it on
the Saturday before the death Of Mr.. Floor
She SAID 1t was not jealousy, and SIZE
| could not tell what it was that caused IIeI
, to get the poison, The magistrate eau.
toned her a. alnsL inculpatng herself, but
, she persisted IN going on with her story
. and would not be stopped, though tn,
r Justice and Coroner left the room, ioDs
before the completion of the tale of &C
o know!cdged guIl-not wishing to hea
anything disclosed through her until he
q regular examination, winch will probabI,
be this day.
. Her parents left in tears. and the &C
f cused was re conducted to prison, wher
q she also cried immoderaleIy, and wished T.
h tell the officer all about it, and declared t.
i her legal adviser her determination to con
y TESS all that had taken place. She ha
n since sent for Parson Chase to attend |
q the prison as her spiritual adviser.