New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-25

reu,ed 10 give up the letters or to give up her but
said he would show them to her father. II tihng.
had not gone 70 far between these Two, IL
might have been ungenerous and unmsnly 10
L'Apgelier TO take this course bu, he was bound
in honor to prevent Minnoch marrying her He con-
sldered her as his wife, and it is doubtful whe.
cod for the 18th, and Monday the 9th she wrote
the letter imporing him not to pat her to open shame,
aud saying, am free from all engagement ut at pre-
sent" q deliberate falseLOOd OF this unhappy
pirI and yet of the least of her crimes.
They had thus traced the matter to the point
at which she could not extricate herself, and yet
at which, if rot extIicated she is lost for
The following was the Lord Advocates argument
10 fix the poisoning on the prisoner:
Two importsn. circumstances now occurred In the
second week of February she sent boy for prussc
acid. She had ceased to love LAngelier-she had
resolved to marry another For what could she want
the prussic acid For what purpose did she say she
wanted it, For Der hands-a cosmetic. This i the
first indication Of what her mind was running on.
There bad been good deal Of medical evidence in
this case, but had anybody ever said that pru.sic
acid had been used a cosmetic She wanted this
poison before the meeting she had appointed for
Wecnesday the 18th February Catharine Haggart
Ia servant in the house bad said that weeks be-
fore the apprehension they had meeting in the house
| ters that no meeting had taken place on any other
| occasion The prisoner had denied to NJ. de- Theau
| that the deceased had ever been in the house
At all. What took place ut that interview they
could not tell but they found that the eud had been
made up. But on what termsl Not the footing OF
Laughter giving up the letters, but on the footing
Of their engagement continuing. She went on
with the old tone Of love and affection toward l. An
pelier, and at the time going with the prep
arstobs for her marriage with MinnOcb and receiving
| the congratulations Of her friends. She writes ap
pointing a meeting for Thursday, and wanting back
| Ter cool letters,' four in number. Thursday was
| the 10Th Of February. On Tuesday the 18th, Ian
c,lier dined with Miss Perry and told her he was to
Zee Miss Smith on the 18th. He afterward told Miss
| Perry he bad seen her on the 18th: day or two
befGe the 22d ofFebruary-Isay the l9th-L AnSeler
wa. seized with illness. Those symptoms were tie
symptoms of arsenical poisoning. He went to the
cce the day after the Oth the 2lst, the prisone
purchased arsenc This was not the lir ST. tune she
| openly; but the use she alleged was, on her own
confession, fasehood. Having, purchased arsenic
the 2lst LAngesr saw her on the nd s!d'
| If The jury believed Miss Perry, LAngeier told
her he had seen the prisoner on the 18th, aud had
zen afterwsrd ill., and had seen her again on the I'D
al had again been ILL., and that he had got from her
| On Wednesday, the 25th February-whch he insisted
was The true date of the letter only dated wednesday
the prisoner wrote to the deceased, regretting he
was i and saying that every body was complaining;
| at must be something in the air" aud, " You did
| a. sok bad on Sunday night and Monday morning.
Sic thought it must have been the walk and want OF
cd, so he would give him loaf of bread next time
She was taking some stuii herseii.to make her LOOK
/
.he intended to give him something to eat next time,
tbst she was preparing by saying she used stun as
cosmetic and that all this took place after she had
| bought the arsenic They were iuquiring into the
death OF perst that died Of arscnic, and into the
causes of other two illnesses. They must look at the
facts that LAngelier said he was i'll after taking from
the prisoner coffee occasion and cocoa on the
other; that the prisoner admitted that she had given
coca that she possessed the means OF preparing IT.
that the two illnesses were the same in symptoms,
that those symptoms were the symptoms OF arsenlcal
| pos, Ming Still mole impor'an 1t was to remember
That was then the position of the parties The Lord
Advocate then spoke Of what had ben said about the
prisoner having been told at school, and read in Black
| wood that arsenic should be used as cosmetic SAT
that was the internal use-she was not following the
directions Of the magazine in using 1t externally as she
had sad she did. There could not be word OF truth
IN her saving that she had there used the whole guam
| tty at OF &c IN basin Of water She had told two
ai,, hoods about the arsenicOne confessed, the other
deled Could there be any reasonable doubt that she
bad got it to Kill the deceased The deceased gets
bttte-and on the 9th February the prisoner writes
| ssying she could not soc him that week nor Tor a
| week. What was LADgelier about all this tune
| lie was entirely chapged-he never recovered his
| looks nor hs health He never had before been de-
tened by illness from attendance at the~oiice. His
| hove for Misc Smith remained-he said he was
infatuated, and that, if she were to poison him,
he coulo forgive her. Unless ne itt he had got
| Tut this in bis head Miss Perry did not say that
IL is serious belief on bis part but it had passed
through his brain and been driven away they would
| w,
day the 4th the prisoner wrote advising the decease
not to 90 to the Bridge OF Allao, where her famil
were going the 9th but rather to go to the Isle o
| Wight Probably she thought if she could get him
| out of the way she could have her marriage With
| Mirnoch without interruption. 1t could not but
strike the Jury that these later letters though using
the words were not in the same tone aud strain.
| The Lord Advocate then read L'Angeliers reply CON-
planning Of the cOdness and shOrtness of the prisoners
notes referring to what be had heard about Mr.. MIN
Loch refusing go to the Ire of Wight aud speaking
of their uDhappiness at the last preceding interview.
This was written on the 9Th Of March; he says he will
not go to the Ise Of Wight and that evasions con-
tinue, he will not get at tho truth otherwise. The next
day the pioner buys her second ounce ofarsenic She
writes say ing she would be happy to meet him again.
The pretenses which she bought the arsenic were
| different from the former, and yet quite false. she
wrote from Bridge Of Allan on 10th March, that they
would soon be home. and that she would appoint an
interview when she would kiss aSd embrace him. and
again the 18th, to the effect. Whist had been
| dol Bridge Of Allan 7 She had fixed the day of
her marriage with Mnnoch. LADgelier got leave of
abserce on the 9Th and goest Edinburgh for week.
He repeated to Mr. Towers that he had been ill after
getting coffee from somebody. The week over, he
was longing for a letter. He returned to Glasgow
the 7ih he went 10 Bridge of Allan on Thursday the
18Th and after that letter came, which was sent at
ter him from his lOdeiDgs-that letter was not recoy-
cred but the envelope was found IN the tourists bag
belonging the deceased, and reached Stirling on the
| morning Of the Goth. On that day L'Angelier wrote
to his correspondent that he should have come to
ste some one, but the letter ndu drfl'eu 100 ARE
| The prisoner then wrote-"Why did you not cOme,"
&c, with many nder expressions. That letter
wss found in the pocket Of L,Apgeliers coat: There
| appointment for Thursday the 10Th; on
Wednesday, the lsth she bought her third ounce OF
arsenic! LApgelier got that letter after o'clock, at
String, on the Sunday morning. The guard recog-
lized him as leaving Coatbridge, and he started with
Ross, in perfect health to walk to Glasgow tie ar
lived at bis lodgings at 8 O'clock and his landlady
sad he was immensely improved in health. He said
letter had brought BIN back, and his andady. never