The Yazoo Democrat., 1860-03-31
HORRIBLE POISONING AFFAIR IN NEW OR
LEANS.

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HORRIBLE POISONING AFFAIR IN NEW OR
| LEANS.
The Now Orleans Crescent of the 90
inst, says:
On Tuesday, after the graduation Of The
medical student of the University of Lonisi'
ana, dinner was given in compliment t.
Que of Them, DR.. L G. Hunt, by Mr.. T L.
Lemey, the well known lawyer, at his resi-
dence on jackson street, near Chippewa in
the Fourth District. At this dinner, beside
Mr.. Lemley and bis family and the young
Doctor, we're present as guest number Of
ladies belonging to different families in the
neighbOrhood. At night, all those who had
partaken of the dinner became sick, at their
different residences on Wednesday many OF
them got worse; on Wednesday night a
little boy died and yesterday the suspicious
of the physicians were confirmed to their sat
isfaction that the whole of the sick persons
were suffering from poison, taken in some
article of food at Mr. Lemley's dinner.
Some twenty persons being poisoned, the
affair created the greatest excitement iu the
Fourth District. Crowds of people focked
to Mr.. Lemley's and to the other houses
where the victims of the poison we're suf-
fering The Chief of Police and his officers,
and Coroner Beach, at once set about their
investigations.
The following were the parties poisoned
Mr. Lemley's aud his family, consisting of
his wife, daughter seventeen years old, and
a child and Mrs Young, bis wifcs sister,
with her daughter, young lady, and lit,
tie son Eve or six years old. Fhis little boy
was the one who died on Wednesday night.
Three negro servants of Mr.. Lemley y'sare also
amoug the sufferers.
Miss Emma Searles, of Vicksburg, sister
of tbe wife of the Rev. Mr. Markham, Of the
Presbyterian Church, and residing in his
family.
Miss Hall, young lady who was stopping
with Mrs. Young and her daagher and lit
tie boy at the house, they being visitors from
Jackson, Miss.
Miss Isabel Mckee aud her sister, and
their mother, living on Chippewa street
the young ladies ouly being present., bat
carrying home some of the poisoned delicacy
to their mother, aud she eating it,
Mrs. James Puclps, her son, youth ol
eighteen, aud Miss Buuligny. a young lady
residing with them, Young Phelps and
Miss Bouhguy only were at the dinner
Mrs. Phelps, b ing indisposed, remained at
home, but sent words by the young people
to Mrs Lemley, that if she had anything
nice, or nick, nacks. to send ber some of it.
The people having unconsciouly eaten the
poisoned food, took some of it bone; Mrs.
Phelps eat of 1t her husbands sister, Miss
Phelps, declined eating of it, saying that she
would save her share for the children, who
had gone to bed. This kind feeling of hers,
and the sleep of the children, saved them all.
Young DR.. Hunt, who was at the dinner,
and partook of everything with tie rest.
After the dinner, he took the evening train
of cars for his home in Mississippi. He has
not been heard from since.
The article of food which contained the
poison was the jelly called "Charlotte Russo. "
1t was made by Mrs. Lemley and the other
ladies in the house, who busted themselves
in preparing the dinner. Mr. Lemley's cook
is a mulattress named Ann, belonging to him;
very morose aud ill-tempered creature.
Ann was in the kitchen all the time, and
did her part in cooking the dinner. The
jelly was made of milk, sugar and gelatlne,
scented with vanilla the latter being the on y
article which had lately been procured in q
drug store. The jelly was prepared in a
porcelain dish, by the ladies, and warmed in
that dish. The investigation so far shows
that there was no poison in any Of the named
Ingredients of the jelly, nor was there any
possibility of the poison proceeding from the
utensil in which it was prepared
We clip following from the Picayune ol
Tuesday last:
DEATH or Mrs. LEMLEY.-We have ia
record one more victim of the foul crime
perpetrated last week in the Fourth District
Mrs. Lemley succumbed to the effects Of
poison at an early hour this morning
Miss Young is still in most critical con
dition. The other sufferers are still in the
uncertain condition reported Saturday, but
there are hopes of their recovery.
There is rumor that news has come by
telegraph of the death of Dr. L G. Hunt,
but we have not been able to obtain positive
information on the subject The only re-
liable news we have had of him is, that when
the cars reached Summit be was very un
we'll and got down. He took the next train
and again stopped at the next station, where,
to all appearance, he remained. The dis,
covery IF the poison had been telegraphed to
bis home, and we believe to the stations on
the railroad, SO as to place him on bis guard
should he oe attacked.