The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-25
AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN SCOTLAND 70
NANCE AND CRIME

AN EXTRAORDINARY CASE IN SCOTLAND. -Ro-
NANCE AND CRIME.
case Of alleged poisoning says the New York Ex-
press) of young Frenehman by young Englishwoman
just occupying the attention or less of all
England The trial is in progress before the high
court of judiciary in Edinburgh Miss Madeline Smith
stands charged with the murder of NJ LAngeler whom
she had encouraged in secret attachment Her pa
rents occupy good position at Glasgow, and the young
man. who was clerk, with insufficient means, would
not have been accepted by them. The girl, however,
met him candestinely and coresponded with him, and
psofessed her aaecsbn in the most unqualified and
travagant terms 1t appears that after of their
latest meetings the young frequently attacked
with agonizng symptoms which at last resulted in death
Among his effects found the letters of Miss Smith,
of which had urged him to private meeting few
hours previously An examination of the body deyel-
oped abundant traces Of arsenic
Miss Smith is proved to have purchased arsenic, and
openly admits the fact she used it for her complexion
She bought il IN company with friends, and unhesa
tngly affixed her name in the register OF the chem
sts who were told by her that it to poison rats.
After her intimacy and correspondence with the young
Frenchman, her family arranged match for her with
person in a much better position She accepted this
Offer but the Fenchan of an impulsive and danger
disposition and would be likely to expose her when
the affair became known TO him. This indeed, he ulti-
matey threatened Miss Smith vainy implored him to
return her letters She then renewed her expressions of
affection, and invited him to meet her The allegation
is that this to enable her to destroy him She
Is charged with administering arsenic in chocolate cof
fee multitude of witnesses, medical and others, will
be caed-s0 for the prosecution aoneof whom only 35
have as yet been examined.
Eighth Day--Taesdfy, july 7.
[From the Scotsman
The Lord Advocate addressed the jury for the pros
ecuton He said that he knew of no case in which
such large indulgence had been granted to the prisoner
She had chosen her letters, but could have OBJ
tanned delay of trial if required They bad ESQ letters of
the prisoners yet Though the correspondence showed
that up the It'll of February IAngelers letters
not destroyed not scrap of those in the custody of the
prisoner had been found An attachment arose was for
hidden by the parents was resumed and led to crmi
nal connection She mpores the return OF her letters
then buys arsenic her letters all the ardor of
passion she is engaged to another man. and Angelier
dies of poison The fact of there being eyewitness to
the giving Of the poison goes for nothing -Four days
after she was engaged to Mnnoch she desired her letters
to be returned thinking Angeier would fly off indig
nantly sShe felt he had her in his power He refused
threatening to show the letters to her father She then
writes the asehood that she cared for else
panied with a despairng remonstrance The Lord Adj
had to bring before any audience the out
pouring of such despairing spirit that of this
miserable girl In the second week OF February she sent
a boy prussic acid She wanted this poison before the
meeting she had appointed for the 18th but at this
meeting the feud was made up, She went on with the
show Of love and affection towards LAngellier, and
at the same time she prepared for marriage with
Mnnoch Deceased told Miss Perry he to see
prisoner the 18th of February and afterwards
told her lac had kept the appointment. He
taken i'll with symptoms of arsencal poisoning. She
purchased arsenic the 21st He her the 22d,
and again i'll as before. He said he i'll after
taking cocoa, which the prisoner admitted giving him.
There was an appointment for Thursday the 10Th OF
March On Wednesday, the 18th, she bought her third
ounce of arsenic He did not get this letter till nine a.
M the Sunday, at Stirling and started for Glasgow
arrived at his lodgings perfectly well saunter
ing in the direction of the prisoners house, Was it pos
siblc that after coming from Bridge of Allan he would
give up his purpose of seeing her when the
1t must he recoected she denied having seen him that
night When next seen he at his door doubled
up with agony He allowed doctor to be for and
asked to see not Miss Smith, but Miss Perry. The pris-
showed no agitation hearing of his DEATH If she
capable of the murder she capable of this On
the Thursday after, she missing from seven in the
morning till three in the afternoon No knew where
she had been. 1t had been indicated that Il Angeer
had committed suicide. He found nothing in the evil
dence to show it, 1t seemed to be said he of
arsenic and had poisoned himself by overdose The
evidence tng, and it impossible that he could
overdose himself that 100 grains should be found in
his stomach His talk of suicide nothing. He said
if any lady Tilted him he would stab himself He was
Tilted, and did not do it. There did not appear on his
part any desire for death, but the contrary If he did
not the prisoner she stated what could induce him
to commit sucidef If he did see her, link want
TheDean of Faculty will reply at ten o'clock to-mor-
INCIDENTS OF
The personal appearance Of Miss Smith, the central
figure in this remarkable case is the point which
attraction to be fixed in the by the spectators
with which it is hronged and which is much talked of
among the less privileged outside world Eager crowds
gather in the early morning, at the Jail and in Parlia
men Square to catch glimpse of the prisoner she is
taken to the court In the evening thousands gather
in the streets to the cab in which she borne back
from the courtroom to the prison Every day hun
dreds at the door of the court who would willingly ex-
pend guineas in obtaining look at the young lady Hun
dreds daily passed in for few minutes by official
friends to catch glimpse of the prisoner and may be
seen departing with air of satisfied curiosity upon their
anxious countenances Others who privileged to sit
in the court through the day may be surveying the
slight figure at the dock with eyes that weary of
gazing upon it, from the opening of the dict till its close
while the newspapers in the second and third and fourth
editions with which the town is hourly deuged stop the
press to tell how she looked at particular hour how she
to blush at certain point in the evidence and
how for breakfast she had coffee, rolls and mutton
chop which she ate with great apparent heartness In
the midst of all this excitement passing through the
eager crowd from and to prison, seated at the bar
with hundreds of eyes fixed steadily upon her Mad.
cline Smith is the only unmoved, cool parsonage to
be From the first moment to the last she
has preserved that undaunted defiant attitude of
perfect repose which has struck every spectator with
establishment She passes from the cab the court,
or rather the cell beneath the dock with the air
of belle entering ballroom She ascends the narrow
staircase leading into the dock with cool jaunty air and
unveiled countenance, the same perpetual smile-or