The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-06-21
wrought up to the highest pitch; that was
the last gave him."

wrought up to the highest pitch; that was
: the last gave him"
II
"R. G. Davis was in the room on Mon
3 day when gave him the last dose ofpoi-
| son. | sent for his last poison by Mr.
, Kelly's son had previously sent little
| girl for it, with note signed with fc-
i titious name, but she could not get it.
? Told Mrs. Kelly that wanted it for rats
, 1t was powder the doctor had left"
Mrs. Ragan is thus described by the
, Reporter of the trial for the Dayton Dali
ly Gazette
: This morning Mrs. Ragan, the widow
of Arthur Ragan, who was then present,
although under arrest as the principal in
his murder consented to be sworn. She
came into court at 8 o'clock leaning on
the arm of her father. She is lady a.
bout twenty-five, possessing graceful fig
ure, and intelligent countenance, indica-
ting much frmness and energy. She is
quite attractive in her appearance and
manner, with bright blue eyes, brown hair
and fair complexion. She was scarcely
at all discomposed, but seemed determined
to make a full and clear statement of the
whole affair. The following is her testi-
mony.
Mrs Ragan sworn.-I wrote letter to
james Mowry in December last; (copy
Of the letter given her to read j this is
copy of the letter 1 sent; had talked with
Mowry before last summer, year before
as l was at my fathers house, and was
nursing my child, and he came to me and
declared his affection for me +; be said he
had been miserable the last four years of
his life; he took my child and carried it
to another room, and tried to have me to
follow, but did not; I told him 1 was
wife and mother, and we ought not to
think of former days; my child afterwards
died, and | did not see Mowry until next
fall, when I went to Tippecanoe to Quar-
teri y meeting, where l met him again; he
declared his affection for me, and said he
was miserable unless he could be where I
was; still told him it was wrong, and we
ought not think of our former affection; I
went down again in the winter and atten-
ded protracted meeting [ was kneel-
ing at the altar at church, and they all
left but Mowry, and 1 saw him; he went
home with me, and he declared his affec-
ton, and told me how miserable he was
away from me; be asked me to write to
him, and [ told him | would, in a couple
of weeks [ wrote him letter; 1 told him it
was no use.
Second Day.-Mrs. Ragan-I did not
see Mowry again until July last when l
went to London. He again declared his
affection for me, and said he would make
one more plan for me, and that was to
elope with him. I told him it would not
do. He said he thought he could do it,
and then we would live together; at last
he said, 81 will come up and give your
old man dose of arsenic, and that will
lay him cold" After [ came home I
wrote him letter, and he came again,
and asked me to elope, but would not
he then asked me to give my husband
dose of arsenic in his victuals, and be told
me how 1 could do it; that could give
it to him at supper, and he be brought
home dead, and they would not know the
difference; he coaxed me and urged
me very hard to do it. My husband found
he was there and got jealous of me, and
said he should not come again. He came
up again in December last, and made
request. My husband saw him returning
on the bridge, and was mad about it; he
took me by the shoulders and shook me
l felt bad and sick, and sat down and
wrote letter, copy of which have; he
came up in January, and told me he had not
got the letter told him what was in it;
be told me to give my husband Arsenic
After this Mrs. Cecil visited me, and was
going to Colesville, and l told her to ask
Mowry to come up; he came and told me
he had been studying how many grains of
arsenic it would take to kill man he
told me 1 could give it in coffee; just then
Mrs. Templer came in, and [ went to the
dentists with her; soon after went to
ColesVilie, and before returned got FIVE
cents worth of arsenic at the drug store
in Tippecanoe; went from the drug store
to Morrison & Sicle's; Mowry was in the
store at the time, and he came up to me
and asked me if had consented to put
my old man out of the way; l came home
and gave my husband the arsenic the next
Thursday night in his coffee.
Cross -Examlnation.-I was told fifteen
minutes ago that was TO come here and
testify; have no legal counsel in regard
to giving this testimony; father told me |
was to come; had no notice of it before;
my father said he wanted me to stand my
trial like woman, and tell the truth; no
one has spoken to me about Mowry, nor
held the subject up to me; Mr.. Goggin
told me that Mowry was arrested; | did
not want to tell my father about the affair;
1 prepared to keep it to myself; it is
through his persuasion [ do it; want
the guilty to suffer and the innocent to 60
clear: | did not mention our intimacy to
any one; we had an attachment when
was too young to marry; [ felt that our in