New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-21
,ng FOURTEENTH srF .sBT POISONING CASE
CHEMICAL ANALYST l-vERDIcr OF THE JURY.
DISCHARGE. OF THE PRISONER.

nsry Wa AIKEN:
Ara Be- nan deposed-I am brother of Emily Beet
= saS AZ, ,Ss SSs,d s. 3 1
MAI my sser Emily very sick, ara heI "ss
a. he, ss;.S'i =! h's Ss a. ~ ron, r b. aaes s
G ..s @ went Up ,.' g NY 'S ~. Ssa her
Zee my Unity ~hs she had taken AID ,he ePiso ne
A. Where .sS ut ,ek placing her hand upon beg s;oIas5n
sss ,sIs fee psu hers she 'onitso evsrA ZINES os
.,tt@r hat vomee o. ueensh OIuei sn d.ank
ssvsrL une. AID vomited 'hoIuy stetwaFai men
70 "a. % S,I . taliDg huit hs aa. II hart her
300 nrh speAs Margaret was tnen sttesdue 20 s.s
Y.Gfsdi advised my sister Caroline % Keep the yom,
snail the 0oets sag x which ,he Sia aSd , w,' sss Ms
s.T h.d pu, me fooa that they hsd Tor sesks
hs ss' ,siy Of tunes. ma M Bsssa@ was .ios the
ssy eeore soose aud that Margaret hAd threatened -
"a. sam. s.sooa With Mr. RobiasOa sf him standing
VI. seS.s III mont ef 'he soo.e .na vent son IND y,
IN. O'Clock and Mrs. Goodsfd my '''e informed
s.s s ane that The srl Sugaet also ne others
we're s.need though, some one o1sht 20 see % tne g
ssd appeared Rave been eyihg; asked her sh. va,
sSl 700, and she SAID have been s s'et CO. .sy
fhirt for her or II wanted auythi1gi bat sue
"a. "s s.i. 80 s Sc. ~. 81 t Sys1 m h sG1
ssh IS rad an opportunity ard hsr & :. o her SIS
G cane MAIlssts visited her seyersi ZINES on "
E s.s.p .,. an s 20 pam. s6 Msrs but od
not ,tsy all night aud wanted TO come 10 ana gee 100
her so. sas 3. .he felt weak, aud s'tse " ns are
VOC soing TO % with e. Sc you s,s there 70 &C. bs and
fooBs on NAIgsrst i've pawn ese TIE guSe.s 80
90 toos sst out the house askeo my sister hmy
.s,t ,le bad for breakfast sbe too me all she had ALen vas
sup Of t my sister oso % Tnu sday Toe %4to list "a "a q
tflocn VS.. present a. her oest in be morlinG Of Iour
ssy went Tor Mia Radcliffe, and pot her 10 charge OIL
Nv house Margaret Walsh former COOK OF mrs beeesa was
.Ls SAID iks RAD swallow Of tea in tae Kitchen aud mad
vOnitee four tfnes she vent home 10 1 S S
not % eat or soJhfs as We 1id not tnPS TNG
that Margaret Burfe h,o sny symptoms Of pain or s,kns
DID zee hsI voui .ne spoke Aud looked as Wen " ever
with the sxce ption that she mao been crying. -,
John G.. COvil NJ. d., swOTn-l am Resident Phy-
ean City Prison Margaret Burke, the accused ass been
the City Prison II the tine since hef sffei' sh' nn
bees sI but has poms Of having been poisoned
eklsss Gtbutsd 10 her worrying on scouhL o. he Po
thor it Is not uncommon Tor female PRISONERS DC
Rsython Csnalsjo deposed-I live at No. 10 Waiver
g.v sse boarded with Mrs Beetbsm when the poisoning
os place the morning Of the 45a Of March last toot
sssi.t there ate some LIVER fsa bread ;aa oIiss' sa
shT spoke lew words u MIR Robinson VINO alter
Win e. which continued E,srvsi for Two days; the
vemit Of Eeepish hue, ana tasted very ott-f
Amd ssy sfssI teing removed 20 my present
boarding Pe 90 not snow OF any poison having 'ee0 es
sy Jaros-i clio rot know Of any difficulty hsvog occurred
between Mu BeehAn sHd Margaret Burke, but nave since
Ann budget Burke, sister of Margaret Burke, de-
Posee-l i've as servant II t,e ,ssy o. az S aea
the Thursday night succeeding tns Al
Wen arrived, my sister was 10 bed very 1t
hte after O'clock when saw my sister she SAID she We.
very and lo0seo to sbe vsi she SPOKE
very eompred Of hstsche aud exec s.ive hisi she
Sster which abe drank see cid not vom IN
nv presenee / sad with about minutes a. went
away eertlemsn-Mrs BeethGu brotber-od me TO come
and take Margaret awSy they we're aAd
eat sDJthing while che remained went here ths aehs
morning, whsn Margaret vac better took her two oIags,
and nothpg meat on Plate on c1A n
her roon which Margaret said one OF the ~ gave neti su
there only five minutes did not take Margaret win me-
a. sertoman tod me the Coroner going to mold al in
guest and would BE- necessary 70 have hsr IN n
soa me To me In The afternoons don hnoS shsIs 'noa
have taken mad fixed upon no pses a. O'Clock ~ the
afternoon s4in went to y house an omoeI then NA' AS'
BY juror sassrst never tod me hst she bad any ds
snty with h Seehan she did not say t1s Mrs beethaa
sg,d her wages said Mrs Bsetba very add
she pOO AZ abe was ace woman' and abe
The COroIer then stated to the Jury that, in reply
10 letter from himself he had receive the following
communication;
To VIZ. seHRSER, Coroner No. 6i2 Hoston 't,s n AZ, IA
DEAR SIR: received yours Of the % Instant last
sSsnSs IN rSP would say as s Is ga s..sns Of Four
,snts street. NewYorI sick TOT several days pre-
voa and having slept the dniueroom on account OF ns's
q H. Bill If Vermont or myself leayins the hons.
together 10 tale walk down BIosa~s5 70 Iuen..e i me-
too ses to 90 herself what .he waped w,te
eeP nearly an night rsG TsyeySt tS
Der hon sleeping. recommended 70 Der sy" =, "a,
,us used in the house sGs ssS
sauspy used Tor be same parp and never bad any soe
sept 10 happen then said would buy some Tor her VI
Bill my,s started and went down t'Tpi we wsot lt'
oTos before succeeded in paiehaps any
We hpslY bought II IN Fourth avenue boush o nsl pA
pspc. wo.th save Mrs r. Btsihsm mJse IN lls pre-,
eAug6,ers don't recolect one el'e Wa the
then charged her TO be careful nov sne ueu ~
shs ,sd would that abe would prepare some s1t
away by nsnr n with butter aud then spread bread
.Dd place where the rats could act o1 oot see her A
sbcst II mil Ia, Week received from my ieua
o. HsddOck also noticed the deAiG OF MRS seetnam sno
M Robinson IA Tar TRBUNE shioh assure yo1 sss very
the week ae and e>ne nome february
b. A IA. LAnpAesr Of lincoln Ill., had aso9aoD OF .seniS
h IN. after part Winter regards other poisons
de house snow nOthiOs ABOUT If t.sIs WAS s0J ,p,Sr
remain yours, &c, ThEO. CHRIST
This letter was duly certified by the PrOthOpotsry of
Union County, Pa
The Coroner ssted that to MS letter TO DR.. LsOphss
he has, "a yet received no reply.
A JurOr objected 10 receiving DIR. Chrsts letter.
The Coroner ssid that he thought the letter i'm
pcrtsnt. They had been unable to trscs any other
poscn TO the house but this and although he and the
detectives rad worked for nearly two weeks TO fluid
where the poison which caused these deaths wss
bought they had not been successful There ought he
sa,d, to be Law passed restricting druggists from
selling poison 10 any one unless accompanied by ne.
spectacle witnesses WITH the certidcste of regular
physician. And then as in every civilized country,
the names of purchasers Witnesses and their resi-.
eeIces should be recorded in a book kept for that
Pnfpose.
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS.
Pref. Dorem1s then presented tine following tssti-
mony;
C,p asS Cenry Of Nsr> York r. Ogden DOrenu,, be-
ing auy swoIn drPt Nna .Ayrts he Professor OF Ceen'
SoIk College OF Pharmacy" thai the 25h cay OF March,
lass be PRESENT ey request Of CSrncr schsr a; post
Eny Beehsn At the house No 81 Fourteenth street