Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-18
EIOm the I.nndnn 1.;n,na L.,
riom the London Times, July 10. The Trial and Acquittal of Miss Made,,r. emith TOT Nauroer--Another Mysterious Case.

tpr1. concluded at Edinburg will have an ab5ia!l place in the annals of criminal justice MaaS line Smith has, after nine days trial boan a' quilted, and goes forth free again into the wo,I1 On the first charge, of attempt to poison ,iu ,T has been found not quality" while the secoas '~s charge, to the same effect and the actual r,,11 der have been declared "not proven , ,Tt death of Pierre Emile L'Angelier is proron.I aa' ed by the jury to be a mystery, which the g' on: dence brought before them was unable to soI. Thus ends the case! Human justice ack no,'S edges itself baffled and ceases its attemr.. unveil what perhaps is for ever destined td |" hidden.
 The dead man, L'Angelier, is not one yl..
 fate thereis any need to commiserate. H;S noSS duct to one who had been his victim ,ra' I0u' and unmanly in the last degree, and Can a'T oa'o be excused on the ground stated by tba IVY advocate, that by the law of Scotland an ivy ;o gular marriage might be held to have taLo' place, and that LAngelier had a right to oou coa | sider Madeline Smith as his wife, and to ,,a | hibit her union with another man. It anna,., that the prisoner left Clapton boarding scbao1 in 1853, when she was but only F years oI5 and that within two years of that time sbarna, the deceased said to be a native of Jersey a'i at that time in the employment of Glasgo,. warehouseman, at salary of 8s or los wsot
 with his board and lodging. LAngelier ns;j his addresses, which were well received bv ,5' young lady, but forbidden by the parents. wba
 doubtless, thought his position and prospec,,
 not such as would entite hlm to ask fbs,. daughters hand Months passed, howevs,
 and the intimacy of the pair continued. Ma.
 delne slept on the ground hoDr and pssd t, 1 tha XsitS of hpr lnvar frSta .
 dow and then in the room itself h thes,r;r, of 1886 we find from her letters that she ba1
 been seduced by LAugelier, and from thattm to the close of the year she writes to him al. most daily in the wild style with which the readers of the trial are familiar By the be-. ginning of the present year. however, her pas. sions had cooled. A Mr. Minnoch had pro. posed in all innocence to her. and in spite of stolen interviews and boarding school heroics she thought it better to have solid Glasgow man of business than French clerk on $50 year, who boasted to everybody of his succes. ses with women in general aud herself n par. ticular.
 But L'Angelier had no notion of giving her up. He did not, it appears, insist on her mar 1 ryng him, but he would not allow her to marr7 any one else. It was in vain that she wrote ! lO lllH tlldb Juell lONN ndu SION and that they had better forget each othel- l Emile would show her letters to her father al! to Mir. Minnoch if the match were not at opc | broken off. This was the motive for the crime alleged by the prosecution. Under the threaa l of the Frenchman, Madeline is obliged to write that the affair with Mr. Munoch is false re. | port. She seems desirous to get L'Angelet l away, so that her marriage might take place | l., bo, ;t | ever, remains and persists in his threats. On the 9th of February she is distracted with ter. TOT. She implores him not to bring her to | open shame, and solemnly declares that she | had no other engagement-having, however, | promised her hand to MT Mnuoch on the l 18th of the previous month. Dates now be- come of importance. The prisoner for some reason or other feigns a renewal of her attach. ment for L'Augelier She wishes to bring him back to her; the prosecution say that she may poison him-she says that she might coax him to give back the letters. On February 17 he dimes with Miss Perry. He tells her that he $ to see Miss Smith on the 18th. We know not fl he did see her on that day, but we know from the testimony of his landIady that on that night he was seized with sudden illness-s men are ill from arsenic. That the prisoner administered poison on the 18th February $ the first charge of which she was found uo guilty. Every Glasgow chymsts book was searched and no purchase of arsenic was prov ed prior to the 18th, so that with respect to this first day there was sufficient doubt to justify a verdict of full acluitta But on the Fist Ma deline purchases arsenic at the shop of Mr Murdoch. She signs her name as required by act of parliament, and not only gives her rea. l address hut hoe ba IOco val,,a siv rlv put down to her fathers account Miss Smith explains the purchase by stating that she used arsenic as a cosmetic, by dissolviag it in the wa. ter with which she waShed-a process respect ing which scientific opinions are divided. How. ever, L'Angelier IS ill again on the night of the 22d, but recovers a second time. Time passes on, and we must conclude there are more ne- gotiations for the surrender of the letters, for Miss Smith still keeps on her engagement with MT. Minnoch. On March she again buys ar. senic--to poison rats or improve her complex ion, according to her various accouuts--and this time 1t is in company with Miss Buchanan, a young lady from the Clapton school. LAnge- Her goes to Bridge of Allan to recruit his health and not to the Isle of Wight 800 miles of, as hls mistress advises him. There he writes her a letter. saying he believes that she is going to marry NIT. Mmnoch. and demands direct an- 1 swers to several questions on the subject. He Is proved to be anxious for letter in answer to this last missive; when he receives it he returns in perfect health. He comes home in the high est spirits, and says the letter has brought h,m back. On the 22d of March he goes out little before o'clock. He is seen sauntering along in the neighborhood. of Blythswood square about 20 minutes past 9. About 915 he make: a call on friend, who is not at home. Ther we lose sight of him for two or three hours- | lie had gone out to see the priSoaer, having come back all the way from Bridge of AUal l for the interview; he had reached the neigEbOr l hood ot the prisoners residence--the question IS dld they meet? The prisoner says no; tha the interview was for Saturday, not Sunday The prosecution asserts that they did. At al events L'Angeher Is found four hours after wards, in agouies at his own door, He is dou bled up, speeches., and has not strength tc turn the latch key. He dies, and dies of arse nc. The prosecution aver that he is poisoned | by the prisoner; she declares her innocence aud suggests that he must have done 1t himself in ht of jealousy. Evidence is adduced that he was valn, foolish, and extravagant always talk ing of love affairs, and threatening suicide when he was disappointed
 Fms Is all tue light that can be thrown on the terrible occurrence. That the jury should de- clare the crime not proven is hardly surprising for the circumstances are as mysterious as any that have ever been related in court of jus tlce Ii Un the one hand the prisoner pur- chases arsenic, and thinks of her complexion for the first time when she is distracted with terror respecting her good name, on the other hand she buys 1t so openly thata juryman might l well think her conduct incOm ratihle with murderous intention. In her first letter. after the purchase of arsenic in February, she tells her lover that am taking some stuff to bring back the color" Of course, the prosecution look upon this as proof of consummate cum nlng; the defence declare it to be a corrobors- ton ot the prisoners statement. If L'AuSe' Ter indeed poisoned himself he must have been the most extraordinary of men; for he not only makes two unsuccessful attempts, and goes to the country for his health afterwards but he relates how he was made ill by his paramour'' chocolate, says jokingly he would forgive her If even she were to poison him, and mouth