The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-07-27


these al aie. yet, The Marine Hotel, at Fairfield.
Conn, IN ny view Of IT, IS equalled by few, md
surpassed by none. X
ny Sos - Our city star Il. d SATURDAY morning
by rnmor that the whole family Of Capt. John BLAIR
Srrimons. eight In humber, including himself hat
been posonso. and that The damnable deed had been
perpt'ia"d hy hs ron lanes u. Summons. better
known IA Capt Jim Summons. The circumst tnces
c'n,'e'd With this damLatle affair are, Ia brief
follows -
80 happened and opportunely for the beI,ish de-
signs Of The murderer that Capt Summons stopped OF
q TIP fiiGay, and it that the whole
Ian lily assembled together under the root
st The residence sixth street of Syc
II EQUALLY ns opportubeIy happened that the murderer
in The event Of the death OF the whole family would
ian heir 10 the entire estate, which amounts to con-
siderable.
II Ape srs that the VIII lie family had assembled at
the supper table on Friday ev'sng aud after partak
ing, retired their several apartments some fifteen
ninntss after capt kobert armstrong sonia law to
Capt sumnops fell su oppression in his stomach and
a al po.iri@n To yomit ard thinking that to do
would re 1--we bim, h. took mild emetic which ope-
Iat,d ALMOST mmscia ely. Soon after this the whole
family seized in the ZANE way and thinking that
choi'Ia had broken out among them, physicians were
s.nt TOR and in tn. course Of half hour So Drs.
Sh twel aud Fore arrived. Meanwhile, it is said that
he family had AIKEN the simple remedies used
rc'eniives of cholera. The pbysisians. upon ar
rival pronounce the maady to proceed from poison
ana aieI RuiseIbg the usual remedies proce eded to
spaiyso the articles used at the table The evil
d,nce Of appeared in the tea-cups and it
Traced the kettle the proof being positive and
be, Oh d doubt or spec ulation. There 1t was.
One alter another the family were taken to their
n d.. and In n sh.rt time eight writhing under
the .tit cts o. poison as follows -
Capt J. Blair Summons the father
ms. J b. summers his wife.
tcpt r. Armstrong, bis son-in-law.
Ms. Any Jane Armstrong daughter Of Capt. S. and
wife Of apt. A.
VIM Summons, Engineer
Mrs Reeves. seamsiress aud inmate Of the family
This iBoy died on saturday morning.
he child II Capt Armstrong.
SUI uicicn Of this horrible tran action first fell
upon he servant girl and she WAS arrested but her
stat,ent ana evident surprise and alarm turned sus
picioD to lie son. james Summons. aud ne MAS ar
rested unSer the Il lowing circumstances -
Persons sent cut 10 an where arsenic had
been purchased, and by whom; and after inquriug at
stores it. found That small man. the
lefoie, had purchased ounce package oft
attbe tore # DR. racshaus. asking for "ratsbsne to
XIII rats with Tor which he paid ten cents The
cirk taken down 10 the house and he Immediate
ly. fl amidst II crowd pointed out James a sun
mons the person VITO purchased the poison,
ana. before $50 sDellbaker swore To his idcutisy
summons was Immediately arrested. and the servant
giil brought in n witness. Her testimony
Sngy the pcion OF the guilt OF the
She stat that she went into the Kitchen
hpliIg having stepped ~ nail. jim summons was
ne and ,olc get pie of tat bacon aud put
1t he wound and H. would get we'll. She we.t aud
GOT pcc. q bacon and urDed 10 the ktchea With it,
wb,p Sun mons told her that IT not big enough
the must go and get la ger piece; she went out foc
large, piece. and on her return. Jim Summons
shaking the tea kettle. which he Had taken off the
Stove. he accused under these strong coarictiDg
cuct instances rnsndcd to jail for further
animation. In conclusion il may not be improper to
tod rat ap inquest was held by Coroner Lowry up'n
the b dy Of ~ Keeses and that the jury returned
y.idict that The to her a'h by poison AL minis
q by James u. Summons Ciactannu Commercial,
Jviy -
throat at Daugrrhcld centre N. on the 10th INST
lie had been Married but two weeks.