The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-07

UIDhGIl DE GUe TcbuTH iG UIxuS Vi uel ssupiu
and besotted husband, produced great
depression Of spirits. which she tried to re-
lie1e by the reading OF sentimental romanccs,
with which Germany was then flooded.
Both she and her husband were careless to
extravagance In their domestic manage
ment. and her property was soon spent,
and the unhappy pair found themselves re-
duced to absolute want. Having neither
the courage nor moral principle 10 enable
her to struggle with poverty, and possess
ing at the time considerable beauty, she
began in secret to accept the wages OF
shame, her husband, on condition of shar-
ring her gains, becoming the accompilce
OF his own dishonor. ZwanZiger soon died,
however. after which she pursued life Of
pretended virtue, but of secret licentious-
ness. I'D to the time of her employment IN
Glaser's family.
seems to have upr0oted from her soui
every gem of good, such rs even vile ana
omen rroffcates are often found to retain,
| and her heart appears to have been nlied
with malignitv towards all mankind. Whe-
fher she had ever used poison to crafty
malice or promote her designs previously
| to her employment by CHASER, does not ap-
uear: but when once used she seemed to
acquire horrible fondness for this subtle
| and potent instrument of evil, and when
on her trial she was shown the packets OF
poison which had been taken from her
months before, her eyes are said to have
sparkled with delight. With this she could
strike down an enemy unseen and unslls.
pected; she could remove, as If by magic,
every obstacle from her path, and by its
miltler Use she could chastise with suffering
short of death those who had given her
offence which she judged not mortal. She
y Eo xryifh hat
while confessng her crimes circunstan-
TALLY. she spoke Of them as venial matters,
| injudicious certainly, but scarcely avoid.
able under the circumstances.
Her operations at Glaser'S were in fur
thcrancc of plan she had formed Of becom-
ing his wife. He was not divorced, and
hence, TO clear the way for her schemes,
Frau CHASER must be put out of the way.
To this end she cXcrted herself to bring
about 4 reconciliation, that the woman
whom she had already looked upon as her
| rival might be brought within reach of her
| malice. Twice she administered the poison,
the second dose proving fatal. On her cN-
animation she said that while mixing it she
! fortified herself with tue reflection that she
was preparing herself Il comfortable ana
quiet home for her old aye. Bntllcd
| in this scheme by her dismissal by GlaSer,
| she entered the service OF Grohmann Wild
similar intentions. For some time she
cherished these hopes, and endcavored, by
her attentions to her master, to make her.
self indispensable to his comfort, if not 10
win his affections but her hopes were
| frustrated by hearing of his engagement 10
another. For some time she vascllklied ne
tween matrimonial designs and impulses 20
murdcr-now administering poison III mild
doses to her fclOw.scryants by way oi pun
iShing petty afltonts and keeping her hand
| in for more serious work, aud now endea-
voring by caloling and inslnuations to break
off the match. At last her employer grew
weary of her behavior, and mentioned To
| friend that he had resolved to dismiss her.
This came to Annals ears, and at the same
| time she learned that the wedding. day was
/ fixed. In five days Grohmann was corpse.
With regard to the murder of Frau Gcb-
hard, she denied having formed similar
designs upon her husband, and asserted
that she had received atlrOnts from the un-
| fortunate lady, who even found fault with
/ her domestic management. This miserable
| attempt ut cXtenllalion was diSprOved, aud
| there can he little doubt that she was ac-
,liated here 10y the same motive as III
| the other two cases: She accomplishing
her purpose by poisoning the p'tcn'
er of drink which stood by her victim ;
bedside, from which Anna, from time t0
time supplied her, ana even the husband
was made an innocent accessory 10 his
wfe's death, as when Anna was absent hc
! took her place and administered the polSS'
oned drink to the sick lady. She also ad-
United that she had given poison to her
! felow-servants, and TO visitors, when any
of them incurred her displeasure or dislike.
She received her sentence, death by De-
heading, with no appearance of emotion,
merely remarking that it was probably for
the best, as she should have gone on poison
ing as long us she lived. She walked 1lrmly
to the scattold, bowed politely to the officers
of justice, laid her head calmly upon the
block, and pcrished without sign Of fear
or renorse - Wdshin1tOR Patriot.