Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-19
From the N. Orleans Delta.
rhe Poisoning Case IN bksIby coAA,y,

IN I's results, we have the following further
particulars ffoh, Mr.. 1,le, who was the Hrs.
to inform the public OF the tragic otcuirentes,
through the Delta. Many at the time doubted
It's truth, for II was hard to conceive how any
mind could be 50 totally dcpnved, 70 lost TO all
the feelings of nature and humanity, as TO per.
petrate on innocent and unsuspecting victims
such Wholesale murder. Yet true il is, too
true, bearing about it though it does oil the and
| frigh,ful features Of the first account. Old
Wilkinson, it would now seem from Mr.. STILES
letter, 10 the demon incarnate who lid the deed
this is circums,untially evident, from the fact
Of his bending 80 eood'y share Of the poisoned
wedding meats 10 Spot Ssnde... whom he
deemed HIS enemy. or Al least, whose enemy
| he was -
BAYOU SAaA. May 23. ls47.
| Dear returned irosn flying visit 10 fia
milton yesterday, and learned some more par.
,icusrs in relation to the poisoning- fifteen are
dead, and rome eight or ren are expected to
die daily-sotne eot better, bit took relapse
md died. The poison was arsenic. | will re.
late the circumstances as heard il.
itnfpears thai old Wilkinson was a man of
bad chsracter-a notorious hog ,Aief-snd Nor.
rls, the groom had been twice whipped in Mis-.
sissipp for negro stealing. Wilkinson was ac.
cused OF stealing the hogs OF c po, Sanders aud
you will perceive, from what follows, how lo
rcvenged himself. He sent to the house OF
Sanders who lives two or three miles from him
and WIS not al The lime isendys hAlfof
shoa', one turkey, three chickens, some chicken
pie, batter pocnd cake, &c, enough 10 las, the
! ia:afy q week oil poisoned, even to the butter,
which VAS elegantly n.oulded. The txahilS ate
Of h--Mrs. Sanders, three ch!ld!en, and ne.
gro 10y, are cstd=-,he t,.es and only child
Ief. was dying when wac at cur friend Kerr's
some. it is ,houtht. %Ill aie. p,icf Mira. Gan.
ders d.d not know that her children were dead
or dying, and told her husband To rear them ii
nurture and sdmoni,ion of the Yord She re-
qnesled when dying. that her negroee csotid
come aud lid her farewell they could not, all
being poisoned. Mr.. Sanders mother, an Old
lady Of seventy, was victim also. Allen Ha.
ley lost negro man--the mans wife was ore
ofthe servants at the wedding, and took him a
piece OF The poind cake; he ate two mouths
full. and, not liking the ta.ie Of il, ate no r.ote
yet that killed him. An old lady, BY the
name OF En6ens, made the cakes. ard she was
poisoned, together with her scn End a negro
girl. The girl is dead. ine her son ni5t ekpec.
ted to recover. The butter that was left at
Sanders WAS thrown out and some fowls ate
Of il and died III few fiinh,cs. Allen HALEY
and his mother were the only persons al the
wedding not poisdhea th-y came late, af,sr
the Stests were served, and ate with the family
partnking of the sst,e tSSa ,hey tlid-even to
the csae. Old Wilkinson insisted on cutting a
fresh cake for them. but they refused 10 rat.tse
Of ii, and escaped death by their refusal.
The lady that made the cakes Mrs Elens,
vent on the morning of the welding dsy to
look at the Sases, in the smoke house, where
she had put them, and found that the covering
she had put on the top Uf them WITS removed
trom all the cakes tut one, that was GOV, red
with cus,ard pie--they loosed dark and dis
co'o,ed, and she tonk some loaf sugar which she
grated and put over them, thinking il b,taIge
that they were SO distttaheed. Oh Wilkinson
and his wife, and Morris wife. were arrested
and examined before Squire SAundere, who
committed them to prison. Chatles Alexander
ba lied the women, ard Wilkinson was taken
out by writ of habees corpus before the Pro.
bate Judge; " ster and Set al liberty. lie was
afraid to leave the house during me day, as
lhefe we're persons determined on h!llng him
During the nieat he ESCAPED q. Morris horse,
which Morris tsucght to him. Eight persons
tie in Pursuit of him who have sworn 10 kill
him on sight. Morris is Nllsinscu's agent
he was ordered to leave, or he would frs, be
whipped and then hung. He reused To GO, and
@s may, therefore, expect that he will be made
short work at.
It &to,c you in my lses ths, The negroes
were suspected Of having been hired 10 poison
the food Such is not the case, as the negroes
were al! po!sosed, they not belongihs to VII.
klhsoh.
Al the last sccoun,a Tie pnrsuers were ont a
few miles behind Wilkinson, headed by Mr.
Caslleberry, who was one Of the poisoned, and
lost his oistef !; he swore he would tbllow him
to the end OF the world, being ben! On taking his
life. have seen some OF the sutvisors-they are
black under the eyes, ind their finger nails and
The ends OF their fingers are black-they look
l'Re walking ghOs,s They all think that health
snd slfeheh are gone, being every one unable
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