Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-04-04
Tho Now Orleans Poisoning Cass-Ano
thcr of tho Sufferers Dead.

The New Orleans Crescent, of Saturday, says
Death still ho,crs over tho house of tho Lem
le,'s. in the Fourth District.
Miss Emma Young was numbered with tho
dead on Thursday night. Al one time she began
improving. but the hopes entertained as to her re-
c,yery cruelty deceptive, The body will be
scnl to jackson, Miss. where tho bodies Of Mrs.
lcmicy aud little William Young were sent on
Thursday. Before these last named bodies were
sent away. the alleged poisoners Ann, tho cook,
and her son Harry. were taken from tho jail To
Mr.. Lcmlcy's residence. and questioned in front
ui the dead bodies, whose faces wcru visible
through tho glass lids of tho metallic collins.
IN neronnt of this scene, and other matters
rennee ed with the poisoning. we copy from Fri
DAYS Evening Delta:
Yesterday the negroes Ann and Harry. mother
and son, ~erc taken from prison To tho house OF
Colonel l.cmlcy. to be examined by that gentle
man. who, though con,nlescent is unable to leave
his raom. There were present, when the negroes
were brought in, Doctors McFaranc, NJ. NJ. Dow.
l,r and Fisher.
In :hn room lay the corpses of Mrs. Lcmlcy aud
thr little boy, sou If Mrs Young, and nephew Of
Mrs. Lcmley. Thewoman Ann Ind u haggard
aud onlavornblc appearance, md tho boy Harry
confirmed by his looks the bad character given to
him. They were told to look upon tho corpscs.
which they did without any signs of conscious
guilt or any expressions Of n suspicious char
ncter.
Look there" remarked Colonel Lcmley to tho
woman. Ann, this is NIL your work" The wo-
man replied promptly and firmly that sbo knew
nothing about il, that it was as strange to hor as
To my body else, aud after pause, and looking
at the lncc Of her dead mistress. visible through
the ylass case of the metallic coffin. she added:
"You know, master. il | had waUtcd to do such
n thing. could have done it any time for years
past E"
few questions were then asked by the gentle
men present, but nothing satisfactory wns elici-
ted. The woman and her son then examined
npart Tho boy WAS asked If he had not been
stirring up the componcnts Of tho Charlotte
Russo. lie replied Yes. that Ann told me tn
,,ir it while she was engaged about somoting
.lsc." Ann, being asked, ncknow lodged that she
had told Harry TO stir tho dish
No impression was made upon the gentlemen
present Mt this examination conirmatory of the
.n~picion which was attached to those accused
The affair is still developed in profound mystery.
10 add to This painful uncertainty, we learn that
purtionS OF tho Charlotte Russe which were sub
: "rted 10 the most careful chemicul analysis Of nm
IA and experienced chemist of this city, ~hnve
been pronounced by him free from arsenic. On
the nthrr hand, me careful and thorough nnaly yss
,d the yisccra Of Toe deceased boy, and af tho
cake which composed part of the confection, by
Professor Crawcour, develops the existence of ar
rcnic in both. 1t is ruo that Professor G. admits
that the arsenic in the cake might have been ab.
s,rhci from the jelly, but it does not appear that
lic has Analysed the latter.
1t i. quite important To ascertain decisively
whether the cake tho jelly contained the poi
son. 1t mav he that tho investigation has tnken
the wrong direction and that the poison was con.
tanned IN sou.r OF the comppnenis OF the cake in
steal II the jelly. 1t npoears, too, that cham
payne wine was used in the preparation of the
Charlotte Russo, and it is possible that it may
nave contained tho poison. Tho ease is ono Of
great interest, not only in its relations to criminal
nstcc, but as involving perhaps important facts
regard TO articles commonly used in the prepa
ration Of fancy viand- and confections