The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-22
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blocks of broadway, feeling himself In need OF I
!. slioht narrative sent = servant foria Seidttz
powder to the drug stsre Of Mr.. J. b. Frees, on
eixth avenue. The powder was purchased,
brought home, and swallo o we'd by Mr.. Spicer. IL
had scarcely got do wn his throat before he COM
plained of it's pungent and bitter taste. lie was
also attacked with vomiting. DR.. Bartiet'
who happened TO be passing at the moment,
was esp ed by Mrs. spicer, and a. ouce sum-
moped TO her husbands side. Quickly as
the summons was made, no geyer, 1t was almost
too late for any ehectual remedy to be applied. |
Dr. Bartlett came TO the conclusion that strych- |
nine must have been large ingredient OF the
powders taken, and this suspici on was guaran-
iced by an examination OF the papers. Inc |
doctor informed the poisoned man that ne hau
but very short time to live, and that sacn
arrangements as he had to make for the support
of his family must be made Immediately. rue
moribund listened TO him with camness, which
was either stoicsm or Christianity, aud replied
that all his worldly affairs we're settled and that
he was quite in readiness to depart Even
whilst he was speaking, the death signals came
on. and the physician had not been In the house
half nm hour beioreithe ill-iated man whom he
had been summoned TO see, lay before
him corpse. The clerk, Joseph Simmons, who
sold the powders, was Immediately arrested, and
stated that several others, precisely ike those
sold to Mr.. Spicers servant and out OF the same
box, had been sold during the day. A coroner's
INQUEST has not yet been held, aud the public is'
therefore, in a goud deal OF suspense in regard
to the real cause of Mr. Splcer's death. The
belief that the powders contained strychnine,
and that he was thereby poisoned, Is by no
means generally accepted. Reports have
gained ground that the patient had been
suffering from extreme depression of spirits
during the last few days, and that the
application of strychnine was his own vo
luntary act. From the clerks statement
that several other powders of the same kind had
been sold during the day, it was feared that
other cases of poisoning might confirm the sus-
pioion of strychnine. None having come to
light, however, color seems to be lent to the
conjecture that the unfortunate Mr.. Spicer may
have sought refuge from LIES ills where 80
many thousands have sought it before and in
one desperate moment have held to his lips the
remedies and lelentless nightsbade which cured
and KILLED at once.
Another mystery of less startling, only
because of a less tragic character has occurred
in robbery, or defalcaLion, at the Importers and
Traders Bank, to the tune of SS0,000 As yet
no one appears to know anything about it.
the cashier down to the nedgIlng clerk, all
maintain profound retlcence which is shared
in by the police authorities. At the police
Headquarters in Mulberry street, Superintend-
ent Kennedy preserves that imperturbable exte-
rior which means nothing, or may mean
great deal, as the thing may be
Captain Young is bluff and guarded; an d
Inspector Dilkes keeps all he knows to himself
All that has yet oozed out is that the Second
Teller of the bank deposited in his till in the
bank safe, on the night Of July 3, $1,000 four
ftths of which were invisible when the safe
was opened on the succeeding Monday morning.
This safe was unlocked by five different keys,
which we're in the custody of five different
persons, so that completely seems almost i'm
possible One en- ploye of the bank has indeed
been arrested on suspicion, but was discharged
from custody because of the insuffciency of any
evidence. ALI that is known is that S6O,0OO have
mysteriousy vanished, and that both the Off
cials of the bank and the officials of the police
are keeping un wontedly dark about the matter
A marriage has lately taken place which has
-occasioned an incalculable amount of scandal
among the fair congregationists OF a certain
suburban Church of the Exlltation, which |
will not further particuarize. The subjects of
the scandal are a young clergyman who has
hitherto been considered as immaculate a
monk, and a young woman who, whatever her
past life may have BEEN has, for the last year,
manifested desire to be good for the future.
To any one who has read those piquant his
toriettes "Anonyma" and ">kittles," the whole
affair will read like realization OF one of the
penitent Magdalen scenes in one OF those bookI
especially the latter. Precisely one year ago
for it was in the month of July, 1867, young
woman of twenty-five took parloI
and a bedroom in one OF the most
secluded sccluslons of Harlem or o.
Hoboken, whichever you please. AT any
rate; it commences with H. Did she come from
London? Did she come from Paris? Did sht
come from New York? No one knew. All tina
was known was that she was beautiful, sweet
looking, possessed apparently of plenty of read!
money, aud that she paid her laDdlady aud he
washerwoman. By degrees she began to 60 t
church; then she took pew there; then sh
took a Sunday.school class; then she joined th
Doreas society; and then the young minister
who, among the young ladies of the congrega
ton, went by the endearing nickname of "Littl
Pipky"-began TO take notice of her and Il
exercise himself about her spiritual welfare.
few of the ladies' who were strong minded enough
TO overlook the fact of the young womans liVin
entirely unprotected and alone, Ventured to visi
her; but perhaps her manner troze them, 70
she never returned their visit, nor invited then
to call again. Finally Little Pinky" calle
upon her. and having called once, called again