Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-02-17
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O11 az the most shocking ana un@11
crimes witch has 6isEracsd our city since ~
Gouldy lutzhery vas enacted n Elza
street ditucrnfng. AYouEg womb atlecAel
her nothsr with a. az. which she buried Der
skull, for the purpose Of Obtaining ~
Sun q SIS. Ofcer WADE o. % Eo0
Ward, was parolling he beat so9sS pe
murder. followed hv stifed gro1ns- DE- rushed
fn-r - honss vrhrnee the cries proceeded, no.
PsI Fi-abelh street "a the rest and saw an
acct colorsd woman lying on ne doors covered
rifl boos. and an " buried "a Ter skull A
young woman was s1ano-ne QFet neI Who had
bssn sdaing Der Eroans vita 5ed-clothes-
Me5icsi assistance wa Immediately called.
ard The voung womsnGrrested. She was con
viewed 10 the Essex Market Prison, and gave
TIE name q Anna Nara Boselsy Cslsy. she
confessed the crime, and gave the following
account Of the causes which led to il.
shs wa married about thrss year. age 70
John CsjSy, and she and her husband lived
with hsr mothsrs Lydia Boslsy, 3 wdoH, toI
sens tinss but Csjay was worthless Aao
did Dor1ing Tor his oWu OF wlfes slrpo
MA Bosley 6eterminsd not e submit g sec1
conduct and tod him be nust sEpPothtmse1
or iesve her house. He choseths latter conrse
and leh his wife, who has since been supported
- her nothsT. This occurred over a year
ego.
acuualnthnce Of one Elijah Merttnsa cooEsd
nan twenty wears Of age, rith WHOM unbe-
know 10 bar mo-her, sEb has Tor several
ucuths been On terms Of criminal intimacy.
A. last. q few weeks since, Martin proposed
that they should uak E0ons together and leave
the noher, Whose press1oe vas q check upon
their intercourse. &c said, however, that be
had 10 noney, aad Anna replied that she had
none, snd asked show they should obtain r."
q That replied Martin, q can be easily
done. The Cd Wonan hss cot noney just
put her cut Of tia way and TAXA Il, and nobody
VII ever Be the wiser for It's
The daughter listened to this horrible sug-
Eesdon; and rot long since they Obtained
arsenic which she put Into her mothers tea
Bat the Tea was made 80 bitter BY il, the
mother suspected something was wrong, and
took Il 70 a physician, WAC analyzed II and
easily detected the poison
Martin urged Anna not 10 be discouraged
By this failure. but 70 take a surer method 70
dispatch the business Last night he took her
% 4 thsster and was cut until midnight, using
al TIE Arguments be could master 70 prepare
her mind for the crns. Hetold her 70 take an
az and commit the murder while her mother
should Elesp. and 70 make such sure work Cit
that she would never know what done it,
Anna At last consented, sndsat the tine
specified got Up, took The az and struck her
mother while shs was IA bed sleeping. Inc
first blow missing the skull, fen upon the Jaw,
cutuE 4 IN q tiEhstul manner he old lady
lszpsd from he Ted and screamed, When the
inhunsn daughter again struck her, Telling her
% the foor, and thsl buried the Ak in her head,
where q remained until tie uficer arrived
Tie prisoner related the brutal details Of her
crime unnoved, until she cams 70 the struggles
Of her victiz, and her own Efforts % strsngle
her with bed clo-hes- This seemed TO affect
her considerably but her bearing, On the
whole, was that Of Etoicsl indiasrence.
Martin was arrested a. the house OF bis
mother in Clsrkson street, and also locked up
II Essex Market prison.
The victim was alive a. ten o'clock this fore
nooa, but her rseoTsry Is believed to Be in
possible.
Mrs Boslsy had only SIS il her possession.