The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-09-15

This woman is the last victim whom Mrs.
Grinder had selected, and her case IS still
in doubt. She is receiving the best redi
cal attention, and everything is being done
TO restore her, but the poison had been so
thoroughly dtfused through the system
that it may yet prove fatal. Her symp
toms have been somewhat more eucourag
ing during the past day or two, and her
friends now have some hopes OF her uIti
mate recovery. We learn from Dr..
Wuih, who has analyzel portion Of the
boiled milk prepared for Mrs. Johnston
Onto which Mrs. Grinder was detected in
the &C. Of pouring poison,) Las detected
particles of what appears to De anthony,
or tartar emetc, a very active poison.
The lady, who was nursing Mrs. Johnston,
and who had placed the milk in tin cup
for boiling upon the stove, states that Mrs
Grinder came in while the milk was boil
ing, and while pretending to warm her
hands over the stove, she dropped the
poison into the tin, The poison made a
noise as ii Iau out Of the paper and this
! attracted the nurses attention, v no imme-
! dately poured the mix into another ses-
| sci, and found particles resembling salt
peter in The bottom Of the tin. These
particles were thrown into a slop-bucket
and it was the remaining milk which has
since been analyzed and found to contain
small PARTICLES Of poison. Had the entire
contents of the tin been saved, it would
have been much easier matter to find
the nature Of the poison used. Mention
has already been made Of the frequent
attempts On the part of Mis-. Grinder to
destroy the Mcbride family by poison
This family occupies one of the four
houses in the block where Mrs. Grinder
lived, and it seems tina. she was frequent
visit there-often coming in SO stealhily
that Mrs. Mcbride would not be aware of
her presence until she would encounter
her in the kitchen, at the bead of the
stairway, or in some other portion Of the
house. The first time which Mrs. Nc
Bride received poison WAS in glass of ice
water, furnished her by Mrs. Grinder.
She became violently i'll, but recovered
after vomiting, Her babe, little boy,
was also poisoned at the same time and in
HE same manner--the tiendIsh woman
having induced it TO drink, while the
mother was temporarily out Of sight
Both Mr.. and Mrs Mcbride were subsc
quently poisoned by eating beans, into
which Mrs. Grinder had managed to throw
poison while the dinner was cooking.
They were again dosed y by eating pie,
the crust of which had been broken for the
purpose of getting the poison inside. The
broken condition of The crust as noticed
at the time, but the cause was not suspect
ed, as Mrs. Grinder had, with her usual
cunning, warded off sus pcon by a show
Of kindness and solicitude for their welfare.
Mr.. and Mrs Mcbride have both recover
ed, bnt the child is still exceedingly weak
and delicate. 1t was reduced almost 10 a
skeleton, but is now beginning to gain q
little fe-h, and may ultimately recover.
Mrs. Grinder, since her commitment TO
Jail, has not exhibited her usual com
posture, but seems TO be suffering considera
bly,, both mentally and physically. She
evidently possesses a keen realization Of
condition, as we infer from some remarks
which she made on Monday, While IL the
mayors office. Selling a favorable cp-
portunity, she called Mayor Lowry to her,
and, with a sickly smile upon her coun-
tenance whispered "They can do no worse
than hang me-" Subsequently, in con
versation with ex Mayer Weaver, she
sneeringly remarked that "she supposed
they would not hang her without giving
her fair trial" She is evidently appre~
, hensive as to what is TO follow.