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ago, with the following summary of the
facts concerning the murder, which we have
reserved till this time.
Troy, July 81, 1915.
Mn. EDiToR:-I promised you a concise
statement of all the material facts in the case
of Henry G.. Green, indicted for the murder
OF his wife by poisoning, tried at the last
July Oyer and Terminer, convicted aud sem
fenced to be hung on the 10th day Of Sep
TENDER next.
Green is about % years Of age, five feet
five or six inches in height compactlv but
stoutly built, has light hair, blue eyes and a
fair complexion. His countenance does not
express much intelligence, and his head,
phrenologically speaking, would indicate a
man of strong passions without much sensi-
bility. He has received an ordinary educa-
ton, such as can be acquired in our schools
and academies. He was born and has lived
most of his life in the town of Berlin, Rens-
sclacr county. He was for two or three
years a clerk in a store in this city.
lie was married on the 9th day of Februa-
ry last, at Stephentown, in this county, by
Elder Spoor, at the house of Charles Wheel
er, to Mary Ann Wyatt, of Thornton, Graf
ton county, n. II. a young lady of the same
age as himself-said to have been a very
pretty and graceful girl, of sprightly man
ners and much intelligence. She had been,
with her brother and some other persons,
engaged in the representation of temper
ancc plays in some of the cities and villages
of this State and New England. 1t was at
one Of these representations in Berlin that
Green first saw her. He Immediately felt
o. icigned a strong passion for her; and in
order to be with her, the more eflectually to
press his suit, he shut up his store, left his
business, joined the company, and went with
them into Massachusetts, and continued with
them until he had persuaded the girl to mar
ry him.
After the marriage he brought her to Ber-
lin, to the house Of Ferdinand II. Hull,
where they staid Tuesday night. Wednes-
day night they staid at the public house of
Deniston g. Streeler. Thursday they went
with a party of young people in a lumber
sleigh to Hoosic Corners, and returned at
10 o'clock, p. NJ. to the house of Mr.. Hall.
Friday morning Mrs. Green was as well as
usual and ate her breakfast with the family.
After dinner she said that Henry had given
her some pills and they made her very sick.
They caused her to vomit severely. Satnr-
day morning Green came TO breakfast and
said his wife was better but would not come
down.. After breakfast he carried her a cup
of tea. After dinner he brought to Mrs.
Hull a tumbler containing a little water with
a white powder spread over the bottom of it.
lie asked Mrs. ii. to put some saleratus into
1t, which she did. He went out with it into
the hall that led to his wife's room. After
this Mrs. Green called Mrs. Hall to her
room and complained Of distress in the
stomach, and cold and numbness in her
will not go farther into detail, but state
that from this time she became worse and
worse till Monday morning, the 18th of Feb.
at 9 o'clock, when she died.
Inc charge or poisoning rests upon the
following statement of facts:
a white powder was taken from a spoon,
which appeared to have been used to give
her medicine, and a chemical analysis prov
ed the powder to be arsenic. Some powder
was also taken from a bowl of chicken broth.
from which she had been fed, and was prov
ed to be arsenic. One witness swore that
she saw Green heating and stirring broth
before the fire, and apparently MASKING
something that did not mix easily with ii.
One also swore that she observed some white
powder sprlnkled upon the c!usts in some
coffee that had been prepared for the patient
to drink.
Upon the Coroner's Inquest the stomach
of the deceased and small portions of the
Gsophagus and duodcnum were taken out.
and submitted to chemical tests. Arsenic
was found in the contents of the stomach;
it was also found imbedded in the mucous
membrane of the stomach. MANY particles
were visible to the naked eye and more with
the help of a microscope. The stomach al
so had a gelatinized appearance, such as is
produced by arsenic-that is, the mucous
membrane was soitcncd into the consistency
of jelly or pulp. Physicians also swore
that the symptoms of the patients disease
throughout her sickness were such as would
be produced by the administration of arsen-
lc. Tier own account, as related to DIR. Hull
on Sunday, Isl" After taking those pills
which Henry rave me on Friday | had such
a burning through me that it seemed as if |
could not live a minute. Henry has been
feeding me with powders ever since | took
those pllls-he has put it into almost every
thing he has given me. He has put it into
my coffee and into my broth, and almost all
my drinks. Yesterday ! asked him for some
wine and water; he got some, turned his
back to me, took a paper from his pocket
anu busted something into it that was white;
he gave 1t to me; | asked him what it was
that he put into 1t, and he says a little -four;
drank it and it distressed me very much.''
All the persons who attended her in her
sickness swore that they had no arsenic in
their possession and gave her no medicine
that could have been mistaken for it. Cir
cumstances were shown that rendered il
probable that Green had arsenic in his pos
session, and took it from a glass of papers
kept in the store of Deniston & Streeter.
Such are the facts upon which he was con-
ylcted. No motive shown for his conduct.
Tie himself said Chat she had never said or
done anything to oiiend him, and had never