Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-05-02

The ROMANTIC SUICIDE IN New ORLEANS
We referred few days ago to romantic sui
eide i'll New Orleans, where a husband and wife
agreed to poison themselves The husband
took his dose, the wife hesitated and set the pois-
on aside, and became a widow 1t seems that
the lady since has been arrested, and is undergo
ing an examination on a charge of being acces-
sorry 10 her husbands death. The Delta SAYS
the examination of this woman excited some in
terest, as the question of guilt involved in the
charge against her was a novel one. 1t was
never yet heard that man was hung for attemp-
thug to hang himself, poisoned for Attempting to
poison himself or beheaded for attempting to cut
his own throat. Principals not being punisha-
Bile, how can accessories be? was the legal ques-
ton. To talk of "mace aforethought" in a
case OF suicide, is simply ridiculous, and in this
case, though the woman advised the act, the man
mixed the poison, and the only charge which
could legally lie against her, is for having fail
ed to fulfill her part of the contract so solemny
agreed to between them
The testimony in the case as given bya wit
ness who received the dying declaration of tho
unfortunate husband, is as follows -.
Roussel, the deceased, said that, as usual, a
difficulty had arisen between him and his wife,
and was going on to state the circumstances,
when the wife, endeayored to stop him. Rous-
sci told his wife to 60 away; and continued !:
My wife and prepared two separate doses of
arsenic, one for each of us. My wife said to
me: | love you, you love me, let US die together
told her accepted the proposition being tired
of life. The two doses were prepared by me,
one OF which took. Roussel then said, that
previous to taking the pison, he hestated and his
wife said to him. "You are too much of cow
ard are you afraid to drink p R0ussel, at this
stage OF the affair asked witness if he understood
him, and was answered in the affirmative Wit
ness then asked the accused why she had arsen-
ic in her house. She said she had it to poison
rats, and dog named Tampa. The husband
Roussel, on hearing this, dramatically rose and
exclaimed, am Tampa!
Rousscl said that for two weeks previous, his
wife used to fegn sleep, e. in those fegned Steers
she used TO give uterance to pretended dreams
in which she intimated that she had other lovers
whom she preferred to him, her devoted Charles
Roussel then said that he mixed the poison him
SELF and had taken his allotted portion, and that
his false spouse had refused to take hers, but in
It's stead had taken g ass of brandy. The dying
man then turned to his wife and said: Now you
are free or you vii, be in few short hours, and
then you can have as many lovers as you please
At this stage of the proceeding Counsel for
the accused stated that as no case had been made
out on the part of the State, he deemed it unnec-
essary to offer any testimony for the defence
and would move for the immediate discharge of
the accused. The Recorder, after n few peril
nent remarks on the strangeness of the offence
charged, and the lack OF statuary provisions bear
ing on the case, agreed with inc motion, and dis
charged the widow, who walked off apparently
satisfied not only with tho decision, but with the
certainty that her charms could not be overlook
ed.