The New York herald., 1870-09-08
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR I'M sosroN.
Woman Dies with Symptoms Of Hydro.
plObia aud is Supposed to Have Eeen
Poison ed by Her Husband.

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Some weeks ago the wife OF resident Of quiet
town in the Immediate vicinity of Boston was taken
sick suddenly and alter an illness OF less than three
days she died. During her last hours her symptoms
were Of very peculiar character, and her physician
was unable to name her malady: The sight OF water
threw her into COMMISSIONS and other symptoms OF
hydrOphObla were manifested.
During all this time her husband was with her,
and was apparently deeply anected by the sunerings
appeared quite unnamed at the prospect OF her
death. Her funeral took place on the sunday follow
ing her death, and was attended Dy q large number
Of friends and relatives of the deceased. It was
nounced by the husband that The cause Of her death
few days after the funeral the relatives OF the
deceased, suspecting that all was not right caused
ton by competent physicians. They suspected that
the husband had poisoned his wife. At tile post
mortem examination clots OF blood were found In
the stomach. An examination OF the heart showed
that that organ was intact, so that heart disease
not the cause Of her death, as her husband had
These discoveries, confirming In some measure the
suspicious Of the friends OF the deceased, they, by
Go be @
the hands OF the proper authorities Tor the anayza
tion OF Its contents
Ia awaited with much anxiety. In the meantime
gossip Is busy and unti,ingly hunts out every scrap
OF intelligence wheresOever concealed.
The conduct OF the suspected man has been strange
and suspicious for long tiIne and there s no doubt
that THIS Is another 4n q s those ts cases wherein ss hss
lace, abandoning the loved one OF his earlier days
for the 'strange woman" There Is another woman
In the case. This has caused much talk among the
acquaintances Of both partles and the Ill treated
wife has laDguished under the cruel neglect Of him
who had promised 10 love, cherish and protect The
poor woman had been In poor health for many
months prior to her DEATH and 1t Is not too much to
say that the conduct OF her husband had much to do
with this state OF affairs. He would frequently send
her word by neighbor that his work In Boston was
urgent as to demand his presence at his place Of
this was only an excuse 10 remain away from hiP
wife for the purpose OF bestowing his affections
to MIN. and often expressed herself to her neghbors
being sorry that her husband was obliged to work
hard. The light began to dawn upon her at last,
and she saw with unwilling eyes the lnfdelity or
HIM to whom she had been ever true But she
smothered her anguish and 'let conceaDlent. like
worm In the bud,n feed upon her. The "strange
woman" who is reported to be at the bottom or the
trouble was at the funeral and has been seen with
the widower on several occasions since.
He said, soon after his wie's DEATH that she was
the lady OF the house where he obtained his dinners
when In Boston, and that she was to attend the
funeral; but those who know the lady In question
say that she was not present, and no one seems TO
know who the strange woman" Is. His wife's
sister spoke oil having the medicines analyZed In
order to see If any clue could be obtained to the
OF the spasms just before death, but he said
he had thrown the medicine away, thus destroying
any evidence that might be found IN that direction.
but yet adding one more link to the chain Of suspi
Ct0n.
physician was called until within twentyfour hours
OF her DEATH During her last hours her brother was
with her, and while she was thanking him for his
Kindness to her her husband approached, but she
repealed him, saying "Go away from me; don't
want to see you; you have broken my heart" At
midnight about week after the funeral thls bro
ther, who had been boarding IN the same house,
heard some OF the rum0rs detailed above, and rush
ing up to the OF his late sisters husband pulled
him out OF bed, charging him with numbering his
sister The interference Of the other tenants only
prevented q serious alteration.
1t il said that the deceased had similar symptoms
to IN Ose mentioned above about a week before her
death, accompanied by vomiting. she then re-
marked that II any one but her husband had given
her medicine she should think she had peen pol
soned.
The AFFAIR has created quite stir fn the neighbor-
hood OF Its occurrence, and Is the all absorbing
Topic n conversation there.
We forbear giving the names OF any OF the parties
concerned for the best OF reasons but hope chat no
proofs WIN w lRppd " ssbetAAttAle kAa ~ Nee9s