The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-05-15


HORRIBLE SroRY-The following we find in
the Lexington Uy.) Atlas:
FRANKFORT, April 49, 1913.
Shelby county has been, within a few days past,
the scene of an outrage, almost without parallel
in the history of crime in this sinful world
A physician by the name of Mitchusson, who re-
sides in Shelby county, has been for some time the
family physician of gentleman named Guthrie, a
citizen of Shelby county. The wife of Mr. Guth
RE was ndsposed some time since, and Mtchusson
was called in. The wife was several years the
Junior of her husband, though the disparity in their
ages was not very great she was a woman OF fine
person and attractive. Mitchusson is himself
married man, the father of family OF interesting
children, and member of the Baptist Church. He
became enamored with Mrs. G.. and seduced her, as
she says, by administering to her the tincture Of can
fharides; and when she became fully sensible of
her degradation, and the great wrong she had done
10 her husband she was deeply distracted but the
sin was again and again repeated.
1t was finally suggested by hutchinson, that, IN
order to place themselves in position to become one
in law, he (Milchusson) should rid himself Of his
wife. and Mrs. Guthrie was to take the life OF her
husband. She was finally overcome by the WIles
of her selucer. and consented to the propositiou
Among the many arguments addressed TO her by
her destroyer We're many from Scripture.
A few days since Mr.. Guthrie was slightly indls-
posed, aud Mitchusson was called to see him. The
Doctor prescribed for Mr.. G. There were several
papers marked ''white POWDER and tyellow
powder with secret instructions to the wife how
they Were to be administered. The ''white pow
der was prepared for the patient 1t did not look
like the medicine he had taken on former occasions
He held the spoon containing the medicine in his
hand, and walked to the window to examine it :;
his wife followed him, and leaning on his arm
tainted or affected to faint and fell on his ARM so
as to hrow the medicine out of his spoon In OPEN
ing her dress to relieve her. he found several other
papers of the same medicine. She was perfectly
frantic. The husband was COMPOUNDED. for he was
still without suspicion She, however in spite of
herself, told everything, and in confirmation of her
story produced the letters of Mtchusson addressed
TO her, which are filled with the most ardent pro-
testations of love, and with hints of their plans
She was Immediately sent off to her friends, who
are people of great worth and the highest respecta-
bty: legal gentleman came Immediately to
Frankfort to secure her pardon, that she might be
a witness against Mitchusson, and for the reason,
that Mr. Guthrie was unwilling TO see the woman
who had been his wife. prosecuted for so great a
crime The Governor declined TO pardon her, at
present. and the gentleman returned Immediately
to Shelbvville resolved to arrest them. Meanwhile,
the story had gone abroad and Mitchusson fed
and was last seen near the limits of Louisville,
though his pursuers close upon his heels, and,
it is to be hoped, have caught him ere this.