New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-11-21
?5le(u ORLEANS 1ailg Crescent.
Social gnttlligente.

i AS our readers generally know, the prisoners
stand charged Scott rs principal, and Mrs shesef Us eee
r With the murder Of Smeser the husband OF the s'id
NJ splsa hr means of arsenic administered on Sunday
ay2 1856 their residence Josephine street, IN the f'
District ,.s a.,
o,r readers memories will restate briefly the
events that led to arrest Of the prisoners setF hept an
AMI tinwae store on Tchopoulas street. aud was sup
,osef to be worth $4,000 $4,000 He lived Iii apparent nap
,nss with his Theresa who had been hoaekeeer "tne
~ 8rst Wife he hal children BY ether and scott being
~ ~ IN, iron, lrv goods Magazine srees, rs an
nnrsnce to his business had besn promoted to the pooSeep
ihn and boarded with him. On the 9TH Of May, Snleser
teoS sick died Dr. Batchele gave ceFt'hca'e st he
died Of convusons, and he was buried
onhh and half after that Mr. Morshouse, friend OF the
pceased informed the police that Mr. sn>eserS slave woman
Kitty had him and told him that selser had oeeh
n,soned with arsenic through the joint OF Scott Mrs
1elser herself that she handed him paper containing
t remains Of tho arsenic been used and that she
said that been promised her freedom If she would Keep
riet abo the suspected however, that they
,ec going to sell after that she was PIT IN lrosaha
As soon as she could escape she did so and came to i
Epon this the police about hunting up evidence and fhe
Coroner exuned snelser body Portions OF tho stomach
liver and enais taken out sealed up III gar ana SUD-
t for ANALYSIS 10 Bernard who had long experience
in tatne During these proceedings Scott and Mrs smeser
Rad ample from The city had they felt disposed 10
o ST. But they did Scott arrested before the inquest
was completed Sneser arrested afterwards me
chemical analysis required two weeks at the end OF that time
Dr. Bernard produced porcelain with four small '
iudelible spots its snrtace-he nnnlistakaoe
arsenic being stomach Of the deceased Ihe toFone
Inrs upon this, and with the testimony they mao hea" " ~
rendered verdict of murder against sco' VIII MIS- ~
and the slave Kitty as accessories
In August the case was examined osos ~: I,;t r.
the accused duly committed ot " - 'S tl Scott
Ever since then they nave p'ei ~ p'o M baya
being much vexed with the different postponeiS 'hae nave
tas always asserting his innocence and declaring hin
SELF the victim foul conspiracy w'ic! trial would surely
develops ihefe htSr p 81 ~ ~ t,o,,., always
partlyeXecntea since 9eo' " ',' ;.,, L. ,,.n,
he
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were thrown ope' ai'i luis S n, , cna.t ,d Hrs
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Sfae!set "sl 4 ;4;ou scott an,eared cool col
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