Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-04-19

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z.45 for red wheat, and 50 As a So IS for
| white. Sale yesterday of 1000 bushels of
S1.10. SProrAToR
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, April 18th
The Piqua Poisoning Case.
In yesterdays Enquirer We gave brief 90.
count Of the arrest of Mrs. Regan, at Pioua,
Ohio, upon the charge of numbering her bus.
band, and which crime, it was said, she had
| confessed. We have since received the Dsy.
ton Journal of the 18th, which gives the full
particulars Of the affair, as ELECTED in the
preliminary Investigation, some of which will
% Ieaa with interest by our readers. The
Journal thus describes tho parties:
Mrs Elisabeth Regan, who stands charged
with the murder of her husband By the ad-
| ministration Of poison, is the daughter of
Martin Cunningham, en- old and esteemed cit.
isen Of Colesville, Miami County. She is
| apparently about twenty-five years of age,
| medium heighth, has blue eyes and brown
| hair, and may be pronounced good looking
woman She is member Of tho Methodist
| Episcopal Church, and was always considered
oy those who knew her to be good Christian,
| kind and affectionate wife, and an exem-
plary member of society. But in the face of
all this, she committed ono of the most cold
| FLOODED murders ever recorded in tho annals
| OF crime Her husband is said to have been
an honest, temperate, and industrious mec anic.
always providing we'll for his family, and
never so happy as when administering to the
| comforts OF her he so dearly loved. but from
whom he received the basest ingratitude in
| return
James Mowry, also citizen of ColesvilIe,
was arrested, seon after the commission of the
murder, upon the charge above stated. He ia
man of property, has q wife and three chill.
dren and has always borne good name He
is about thirty five years of age, five feet ten
inches in height, and as ill-favored a man as
one would see in days journey Mowry has
been member Of the Methodist Church, in
good standing, for many years. Upon the
conclusion OF tho testimony on Monday even
ing, Mowry seemed in good spirits, and most
| OF those who heard it were convinced of his
:nnocence, and deeply sympathi.ed with him.
But on Tuesday morning, after hearing the
| testimony of Mrs. Regan, the public mind un-
| derWent great change; the sympathies of 4
great majority were enlisted in favor of Mrs
| hegan, and nearly every one seemed fully
| convinced of the guilt of Mowry."
Mrs Regan made full confession of her
| guilt-the chief cause of which was her pas.
sion for MoWry. The latter had, for a long
time, been importuning her to murder her
husband Some four months ago she wrote to
him the following letter on the subject:
"PIoUA, Dec. 6, 1854.
DEAR JIMMY: Once again L am seated to
write few lines to you. said l would not
write any more, but you know can't refrain
| from it !; and as ] have been living In perfect
hell, III you will allow me the expression. i, il
| a hard one, but nevertheless true,) and have
been tormented day and night since I came
homo. He saw me kiss you, and that was
| enough Oh, how lave had to suffer for it
| did not think he saw mo, but he was watch
ing me-. am so near beside myself hardly
know what am doing. He says I shall net
90 homo any more, and he says he will not get
me any moro clothes, and then can't 90 out as
much as l have. Now, I can't stand this any
longer, and appeal to you for help. have
| thought OF one more plan; I am going to
make one moro proposition to you, and if you
will do 1t will grant you the request You
| have SO long asked Of me, as soon as YOU do
| as want you to do, or before, if you will only
| do as want you. Now, it is this You make
q proposition to him to 60 with you to look at
some new country-t0 Oregon, or Wisconsin,
or some other place-and name the period
right off; and if he says he has not the means,
you tell him you will furnish him the means
If he will 60 for company; then I will per.
ssade him to 60, and then you can 60 on horse
back or on the cars, and you can take your
two horses and 60 tho rest Of the way-that is,
till you get good way from here you car
procure poison and admi mister it in oysters,
and he will never know the difference You
can eat your oysters on the road, or You can
give them to some farm house; they will never
know the difference, and you oan pretend to
take 1t hard to think that you have to turn
back. When you can accomplish what have
told you, then you can telegraph to mo thai
he is dead; I will tell the Templars, and have
tnem make up $3o and send to you to bear his
| expenses. If you will como up as soon as you
get this, will tell you all about it, and then
1 will grant You the request. Como up right
away; can tell You better. Now, dear do
come; you know I love you; you are we'll
aware Of it. I will write no moro till I So.
you. Come up right away. Ny ink is pale.
"Yours, in life and death. From yours, OF
| GONE THAT LOVES You.n
| The plan not being adopted by Mowry, abe
administered the poison herself In the course
Of her confession, she says:
| 81 procured arsenic at the drug store in
Tippecanoe on Friday, came home on Satur.
| day, and administered it to my husband the
next Thursday; it was dark; I told Dr. Brown.
ell he took it himself; repsnted of tho act.
and wanted the doctor to save his life; have
| known nothing at all since his death until the
day before yesterday; told DR.. Brownell not
to say anything of it to Regain; I gave him
only part of what had; he came home ct IOI
O'Clock in the evening, sick; I gave him no
moro till Monday morning, when found he
was out Of danger; I thought the matter Was
all over, and concluded would give him an.
other dose; knew Mowry was urging me to
do it, if 1t were not for this same James Now
~ should net now be in the fix 1 am; his
words set heavily on my mind; 1 was wrought
up to the highest pitch; that was the last I
| gave him.
| "R. c Davis was in the room on Monday.
when l gave him the last dose of poison:
| gave it in chicken broth; sent for this last
poison by Mrs. Kelley's son; had previously
sent a little girl for it, with note signed with
a fictitious name, but she could not get it; told
Mrs. Kelley that wanted it for rats; gave my
husband no powder in glass, but with q
| spoon, when James Templer was in; il was a
powder the doctor had left"