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A rial .. ,one interest took place be-
fore The Coun,y Court q Clarke. on Mon
ssy.isst. A negro man named SAN ne
properly d N.ibaniei Borwell. Esq, vas
Tiled Tor poisoning The family Of ~,
erMan,s Ts1sks Who i Oset'ssr ~
NJ. 3. j.
Ths pulieuisrI 81 this irsnssclion. . We
s.lhsred Them ifom he testimony. are
these On ihs evening d The lesh ult-
san called q The kitchen o: Mr.. Fsnts
and a.ked Minerva. the cook. II she had
s.s max, On bsing ansvefed 70 ne
ueesiivs, be iaquirea II Mr.. Franks vas
:, some, snd il she bad carried 10 the
eoIss ior supper MiDervs sssin an.
.usred 10 The negative. and leii he
kitchen 10 70 10 ibs ice house leaving
SAN 10 The kiiehsp. Altar remaining >
sbor. line, SAN leiiio 60 10 bis lqusrler.
ana he supper wss carried 10.
Mn Freaks snd Miss Gfubbs we're The
ouly = bile portion o. the family Who par.
iooii Of The coffee. Mrs. Frsnk'. alter
drinaine about hall cup. remarked that
,hs eofse bad . singular taste. ,hs. i
ptodso9d burning sensation. but drank
tie contents Of ibe cup. The burning
,lill continuing The cook was ssted Whist
shs putin The coti.si Sac replied ihsi
he had made the coffee 10 The usual
cav 10 order 10 test whether she bad
been gully Of an attempt 70 make The e.
mily lick, The cook was required 10 drink
two cups Of The coffee. which she did
without. .he.its,ion. Mr.. Franks then
ex,miusd The contents Of The coffee pot,
md Iound sswhiia substance. The cook
declared that she bad no knoSledgs Of
The white Iuffj taken out, and becoming
siek, % well % Mrs. Frspts and Miss
Crubbs, she slated that Sam mus, have
,pu, som ching into The coffee. Al who
had partsLsn Of theeoifee began 10 voni''
Mr.. Frsnks escsped from'the fact thathe
ilssd milk inliesd Of coffee. physieisD
VA, Immediately sent for, and Who
aini,isring The g'atr,s restored. The
had bsr6Fsp. however. vas confined 10
her va g. - a. psriod. from the tact
Of her drinking twice a. much coffee q
Tbs real Of The family.
NJ. Franks ealiedon Mr. Burwell, the
owner Of Sam, and stated the facts In the
case. Sam was called BY Mr.. B.. and
informed Of the charge that bad been
'brourht q siusi bin. and urgedlo ,sllthe
whole truth with respeci 10 the matter -
sam stated thals man named Turner had
isauired o. bin bow long he worked, and
being 10 forued. told Sam thai Mr.. Franks
made him work too long. that Il be. Tur.
n.r. had F.s place, SAM would iiod
much easier times. Turner returning
irom Winchester, told Sam ,hatihere vas
some white sugsr on The stone fence.
which, II given 10 Mr. Franks. be would
ieavslhe pre- misses. and then Turner would
become eyerseer for Mr. burwell. Sam
took this white substance aud pull il 10 the
coffee in The kitchen. This was about
The subs,saes et Sans confession to Nj.
Botuell. The lives 81 Ill who partook Of
he coffee uets only saved BY their being
doahls a. much arsenic in the coffee as
-, nee,,,,ry ID iill. snd which produced
1900. is,,,niane ous vomiting. john F.
Page. Esq. appeared Tor The Common =,
Wealth. and P. McCorniek aud y. q
Mef:aire E.u... Tor ,he defendant. Al
Ter patient Investigation. and hearing O
II he aes,imony, the yo'e Of the Court
VA, ios confie,ion =, against. :. The
penal \ isr poisoning By = slave 70 Vir'
s;aia. !. death, but the Magistrates gave
Is. pti,oner iSll bensf III Of al The lenieu
q Afforded By The lav. and Sam will b
sold 10 the South
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