The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-29
DAILY DISPATCH.
THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE.
HISTORY OF THE ENiDENCE-E -EXTRAoRDISA. A.
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WEDNESDAY MORNING. .JITI,y y =.

! The name of MApELNNs SMITH, 'the roisonar. .
has become As familiar In the United States a. II /.
ia Scotland, where she has jus. been acquitted Of
the murder, by arsenic. Of her over NJ ENuE l.,
ANeKHsR. Narous paragraphs about her person
al "rrear"ne" and beauty at the trial have appear
Ed. Inc London Times, commenting on her acquit
tai gives the following history of the evidence,
The dead man, LAngelier, is not one whose fate
theFe IS any need to commserate. Ills conduct 70
on" who had been his victim was base and unmanIv .
iT the last degree. and can only be excused ON tbs
ground stated by the Lord Advocate that by the
! IN" OF Scotland, an irregular marriage might ho
hti' 10 nave taken place. and that L'Angelier had
f'khi !" 'oh>iier Madeleine Smith as his wife and
Z !" prohihit her union with another man IL an.
pears that the prisoner left her Clapton boarding
r'h"oi M iN when shb was only Il years old a nj
'h'' WITHIN two years Of that time, she met the de-
/ ceased sad t" he IA native of Jersey and at that
/ time ln the employment of q Glasgow war,bousc-
man al salary of -. or los a week with his board
! ana lodging i.Angelicr paid his addresses. which
~'i" wen received hy the young lady, but forbid
/ zen ny her parents, who doubtless thought his DO
sit"I and prospects not such as would pntitlo him
/ l" ASK their daughters hand. Months passed how
/ ever ana the intimacy of tho pair continued Ma
"'i'ihc slept On the ground floor. and used to RE-
,N" IN" visits OF her lover first at the window and
theh ia the room itself In tho sprinq of 1856 We
hhd from her letters that she had been So iucod
by l. AHSelier and from that time to the close of
u'' year she writes 10 him almost daily in the wild
i''. ny ihe beginning Of the present wear howe
YER her passion had cooled. Mr. Minnoch had
proposed IN All innocence to her and in spite of
stolen interviews and BOARDING school bcroics sbo
thuuEht II better 10 have a solid GLASGOW man az
BUSINESS than French clerk on $50 a year who
h"aSt"d to everybody of his -uccesses with women
In general, and herself In particular
hut LAngelier had no notion of giving her nm
lie did not, il appfara insist on her rnarrvi,g
hini hut h" would not allow her to marry ruy one
else. II was in vain that she wrote to him that
th'ii love had mutually grown cold. and that they
l'aH t"tt"r forget each othtr. Emile would show
her letters t0 her father and To Mr. Minnoch If the
match were not at once broken off. This WAS the
motive for the crime alleged by the prosecution
| nher the threat Of the Frsnrhman Madeleine is
obliged tu write back that the affair with Mr. Min
norh l. p false report. She seems dcsirous to yet
/ l. Angclier away, So that her marriage might take
place before he cuuld prevent it. LAngcler how
4 ever remains and persists in his threats. On the
9Th Feb, she is distracted with terror. She i'm
Plurcs him not t. bring her to open shame, and
/ eolomnly declares that she has no other engage.
ment-hayng, however. promised her hand to Mr..
NinnoCh on the 18th of the previous month. Dates
now become of Importance. The prisoner. for
som" reason OF other, feigns renewal Of her Mt
/ tachIaent for EAngrlier. She wishes to bring him
back to her: the prosecution aSy that she may poi
ron him-She saws that she might coax him to give
back the letters On February l., hc dimes with
Miss Perry. He trl- h'r that he il to Miss
Snith tin 10Th We know not if he did see her
un that dsy but know from the testimony of
. MS iAh"tN tb"t on thNl hISht u' was SclL"u Win
sudden iucss-as Inen are i'll from arsenic That
The pri-"nrr administered artenlr on this 18th Of
I February. il the first charge of which SHE
found Not Guilty. Every Glasgow chemists books
were searched, and no purchase of arsenic was
/ proved prior to ths 18th, 10 that with respect to
this first day there WAS sufficient doubt To justify 4
verdict ot full ncquittai. hut the 2st Madeleine
/ purchases arsenic At the shop OF Nr. Aurd"c k
-h" signs her name ~ required hS act Of PaIlia-
ment. and not only gives her real. address. hut has
/ the dose, valu" sl&pcuce only, put down 10 hex
| father account. Miss smith explains thr put
Cht7" hy stating tl3t she "7Cd aIacnic ~ conntt
lt, by hiNsolFiHE II III III" water with which she
"ashed-a process respecting which scientific
opinions are divided. However, tAhSeiicr is ill
again on IN" night "f III" I'd but r'covers second
'lm'. liIhe l"Ssc7 on, ana We must CJhciHnr thrie
are more negotiations l0r III" Surrender "i u" let
i"rs for Nias smith still keeps on her engagement
with Mr. Mthn3ch.
/ 'h hafrh 'tf' size AZ an hny7 arSenlc t" poison
" I"'t' "I "hIl"Nr hvl c.nli'Aioh' "."ipihG |" nor
7 Nh'io"s accounts ana th!o tiulc IL It III company
W." h''I H"'''"i'i. an !"uhS in1S from tIi'
- i;, ii i,i 90 a. ~ t H. Itnf ;" 49, gu
,nn r,iI'. If ~ hi ,iitr''ss a5ri.o. ii,, 7't,,
/ h ,,'r;t.. b, Iattcr sn,i,,r ho h.Ii.y.s t,at h
-. .,i-,, =, marry NJ u;nnnph and l.marT. ii
t .,,, ,,c. 49,, ,,.,-,i ,,,,,sti,,, 49,, th, min,
H., - nrovrI to he nXiI. fr ;, letter in nn:yer +,
tis 1.t ,,issiy.. ,yLan La r.r.ivns II Ln ,,,n,,,
in ,s,ta.t Lc,l,h lie ,,,n,. inne in th, LiIh,s,
srrits and a,,4 tlr letter has bru1,,-hf him IarE
,u th. .rs ~ Ha,,h b, ..,as o,,t Iittl. Lat,rc ,
It j. .,, ao,,,,trj, ,i,,'. in tI ,o =,
boring Of Blyths,yooJ SQUARE ,Innt twenty mi
/ ,,,t.,., ~, Ait taaif,,,s. ',,i, t ,.!I. 49,
r,u on u friend who i, moi At home. Thnn ",
l,,.. SHIT Of him far W., rr tlrer sons lie bnd
,,, (1t IA -rt th rrj.n,,.,r l.yii,, rnf,,a hal al
th ,,-.,, f,,,, Hri,i'n ,r ,IIr, rr ~, ;,,,,.;a'
h.. had ;.,chrt thn n.icii,ri,noJ nj ti ,,ri.nno,.
/ r.silanr,. The nunsti@n i.-Did they meet . TL,
rni.nn,r say. r,.-thnt tho intnryiry WA. tor Sar
! ur1.y not sunday The urogrcuti,u assert. thar
~ Jid Al ,,iI events I'AuyaIi.r ia t,unI
,,uI hnur. ,ftrr,,iri IN ago,,jr. Al bis nv u don,
H. !. l.uIl.d ma sn-rcbIr-s and has NOT tr.n,,Ib
f. turn the I.tchk-y U. dies and dics Of arsa,1ir
lh, pro-rruti.ii aver that hc il noisoned by thr
! nria,nrr. she declares her innocence and sr5o,st
nat h,. ;pu,r have dome il him,elF in a fl, ~ i,
/ }.u.y Eyil.ur. i. .ddncnI thot he was win
/ t..