New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-22

clerk in mercantile house at Glasgow. It appears
from the testimony Of his landady and Of the
physician that attended him. that about the 18th Of
February, seain on the 22d, on coming homo at
night, he had severe attacks of vomiting and purg
ng. supposed at the time to be bilious attacks but
which presented all the symptoms to be expected
frsm an irritant poison. He was kept at home BY
this last attack till the lst of March. when be
appeared at the warehouse but getting worse
again On the 9th be obtained leave Of
absence, and made a journey to Edinburgh
He returned to Glasgow on the 18th Of March,
apparent ly in expectation Of q letter, which not
sndipp he left sgain on the 10Th for the Bridge Of
Allan, leaving word that any letters that came 10
bim should BIZ forwarded to him there BY fellow
LOGGER On the 10Th letter came for him, which
was foIwsrded accordingly; and on the Sunday fol-
lowing (tbe 22d) he appeared at his lodgings tell
ing The landlady that the letter had brought him
home and that lie intended to go back early
next morning. Meanwhile, on Saturday another
letter had come for him. This last letter, which
was found after his death in his coat pocket, was
as follows:
"Why dearly beloved did you not come to me
Oh, beloved, are you Ill come 10 me. sweet one,
/ waited and waited for you, but you came not l
shail wait again tomorrow night-same hour and ar
raDgelnent Do come, sweet love. My own dear
love Of sweetheart, ana clasp me 10 your heart
Come, and We shall be happy; lis, fond love.
Aoieu, with terder embraces. Ever believe me to De
your and ever dear fond Mini.
He seemed 10 bis landlady good deal better than
when he left. He went out in the evening, taking
the pass. key with him. saying be might be late and
directing the landlady to call him for the early
| train in the morning About half past two in the
morning the door bell rang with great violence, and
the landlody, going to the door found him on the
steps very sick, of which Sickness he died in few
hours; and post mortem examination seemed to
| establish beyond question that his death had been
caused by arsenic, given in very large quantity.
1t appeared from the testimony Of the Chancellor
Of the French Consulate at Glasgow, who year
or more before had been on intimate terms with the
deceased, that during the year 1856 LAngelier had
carried on love correspondence with Miss Smith,
which was kept secret from her father, as he was
opposed to the match. Some FIVE hundred letters,
forming part of this correspondence, and found in
the possession Of the deceased. were produced on
| the trial. 1t appeared also that he was in the
habit of having interviews with her by tapping at
her bedroom window, which was on the ground
| floor and sanctioned outside. She admitted, 10
her examination, an arrangement to marry him last
September, which had afterward been postponed to
March; also that for several years past enc Mr..
MihDock, a gentleman of property, "had besn
"ccmiDg good deal about her fathers house, +" and
that about month before he had made proposal
Of marriage to her, and that &" she had given him
her hand in token of acceptance" She denied
having seen the deceased for about three weeks be-
fore his death. On that occasion,he had tapped at
her bedroom window, and she talked to him
through the stanchions, but did not go out nor lot
him in. The object of her letter of the 10th for
warded to him ut Glasgow was to obtain an inter-
view to inform him of her ngagement with Mr..
Minnock. She expected him accordingly on Sasur.
day night, but he did not come, and she
had never seen him since. She admitted having
given him some cocoa from her window night,
some time ago, she could not tell particularly when;
also having written him q note, produced on tie
trial. proposing to send him loaf of bread but this
she said, was a joke, she having previously
ascrbed his sickness to want of proper food, and
that NO bread was ever sent. She also admitted
having bought several quantities of arsenic, but
this she said she had used as cosmetic applying
it to her face, neck and arms, diluted in water.
Sic had been advised to use this preparation by an
acquain lance, the daughter Of actress, and had
also seen it recommended in the newspapers; but
as she did not wish her Of it for this purpose
to be kown, she had concealed it from the family,
and had b, ught the arsenic under some Other pre-
tense. The purchase of the arsenic was aoun-
dainty proved BY other witnesses, including her
own signature ~ Oh order for it, such as is re-
CURED by British law. Ii was made without any
attempt at concealment. Mr.. MnDock, the second
lover, knew nothing, as appeared by her testimony,
of the engagement or acquaintance OF Miss Smith
with deceased. 1t appeared that the deceased was
told by bis friend Of the French Consulate of the
engagement Of Miss Smith to Mr.. Min
mock, to which he had replied that it could
not be true; that if any such thing was Attempted
he bad documents sufficient TO forbid the bans.
To another friend he had stated, about fortnight
before the 22d of February, that Miss Smith had
written to him TO return her letters, but that he
would not do IT, and that he never would allow her
to marry another man.
There was some evidence that three or four days
after the death, and when suspicious began to
circulate, Miss Smith had disappeared from her
fathers house; but she had been soon found by her
friends and induced to return. Her appearance on
the trial is thus described by The Glasgow Com.
mOnueaAh:
"The prisoner is very young lady, of short stat