, 1863-04-28
THE SUMMIT POISONING
AFFAIR,
A FEARFUL EXPOSE or SOCIAL
DEPRAVITY,

A FEARFUL EXPOSE or SOCIAL
DEPRAVITY.
Ihe Examination Bef0re ,[ust5na Da-
uo1f ~ n.Ela,t
A-A- So ~ pao 4'o1oo"''n''
Some four weeks since, a brief mention Was
made IN these columns of the arrest of Mrs.
eafan ann d. Loomis, upon the charge Of
attempting to poison her husband and one
Mrs. Martin, ut the Summit. Yesterday
thorough examination wns had before Justice
DeWolf, which revealed the following facts,
ACCOMPANIED bv an expose Of social deprayity
which one might expect to find among the
Fcice Islanders, certainly not among those
making any claim to civilization The name
Of the defendant is Mrs. sa1ah Ann ]. Loomis;
the wife Of Frank T. Loomfs' Loomis for
metly belonged TO thls city, and owned some
hacks. This ~as his ostensib1e business, but
4, the same time ne "as engaged IN occnpa-
tions which yielded MIN a Large income. ne
| owned, also, considerable properly In 1uc
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tne nstory o. 'ne parties:
'ifS Hlaltn ulea lne1 1oot1as Ut tne Meio'
oeon eonee1t 'ooi1' e"o YEARS ago. "nefe ehe
"as l'iesenI III the capacity u protector 10
ncr oausntes, "ho was toen oolnG the hgilt
1an1as1'e ana heaFy vocal subsequently, she
asah nlet n'h1 Ut Liz canterbury Ha1l' wherf
sue maae' according TO her own testimony, ar
arrangement "1ih Looms to go out to thu
Summit rs housekecper for him, she to lave
two dollars per Teek, and her daughter work
Ing for her board. The final contracts wcrt
made at her house on Clark street, between
Madison and Monroe, ana Mrs, Martin, he
daughter, and the babe, then two months old
ct the paternity Of which Mrs. N. says she i
ignorant, set out for the Summit Farm
Loomls' legitimate wife, all these long year
living in New York with the three children
Mrs. Martin very kindly put some furniture
Into the house and the farm wore quito al
air Of domestic felicity .and In point Of cultur
, was quite equal to that OF their neighbor, Lonl