The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-16
TEE WISCONSIN BORGIA.
STRYCHNINE IND ARSENIC rs IN
STRUMENTS OF Il WOMANS HATE.
Climax Of Modern Devlltry-The Female
Fiend Murders SIX Persons, Among
them Her Husband and Two Chill
dren-Latest Particulars.

[Corresp ondence Of the Chicago Inter ocean,
ST. Paul.. MIMI, September Z.
One of the most sickening cases of crime
and horror that the modern journalist has
ever had occasion to record has just been de.
veloped In the neighborlng State OF Wlscon'
sio, q case sufficient 10 all LTD horrible details
to almost cause the human mind to believe
that Satan takes mortal form In which 10
work out his superhumsn lniquities. A
short time since a telegram to the Inter.
Ocean announced that q Mrs. Charlotte
Lamb, of Trlmbellle, Wisconsin, had been ar.
rested on suspicion of numbering her husband,
and now a further development Of facts brings
TO light the moral certainty that this flend In
female form is not only guilty of that act, but
that she also killed her Two children and two
neighbors, and possibly two others. This sick
eniDg record of possible and certain crime
dates as far back as t1e year 1854, OF which
lime a former wife OIL Mr. Lamb died, and
within a year a%fterward a young lady to whom
be was paying attention, both In o sudden and
was at that time an Inmate of his family, and
these later developmt nts have. aroused The
suspicion that these unfortunate persons also
were victims to her mnlignaucy. The record
the last two years IL as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. Lamb have been living on a farm
at Trlmbeille since 1866, In a neigh
OF devoted Meihodists, of which
Mrs. Lamb wa, apparently q faithful
and efficient. memUGr, and it Is owing
to this fact that suspicion, which might other
wise nave been openly expressed against her,
been allayed. For eighteen months pre-
vious to September, 1871, the husband and
wife had been living In o more or less openly
declared state OF feud, owing to the refusal of
the husband to deed tie property over to her,
declaring that she should have her third
and the children the re st In case OF his demise.
On the 18th of September, 1871, MT. Lamb was
with q singular rlaladY while at work In
3 corn field and died In great agony In a few
moments. The death was ascribed to heart
1isease. Again Mrs. Lamb made nDsuc-
,essful attempts to get control OF the
entire farm, saying that she expected that
the children would turn her out OF doors when
,he got old. Last May, the SOD, Orrln, a lad of
years, In good health, was suddenly
sick and died % half an hour after
eating a piece OF bread and butter which he
declared ''tasted bitter" This death was also
June the daughter, Sarah, was taken with
commissions, and died within an hour. Early
spring Mrs. Lamb became O frequent Wis.
Tor at the residence oil o near neighbor, Mr.
James Ottman. She WINS not welcomed with a
great deal Of cordially, but continued her
visits, aud was often heard TO declare a great
admiration for Mr.. Gilman. One day alter
Mrs. Ottman had returned from O call at Mrs.
Lambs, where she said that she had taken g.
glass of bilters, she was taken violently Ill. A.
physlcian was summoned, and 30 successfully
the malady that the lady rapidly i'm
proved. The next day Mrs. Lamb called, and
was very attentive to the invalid. She prepared
slice Of toast for her, and administered some
the medicine lett by the physician. Mrs.
Gilman was instantly taken with agonlzlng
pans, and died In fftsen minutes. Shortly
after this Mrs. Lamb was employed In the
family of ROYAL Garland, a man living In Dla-
mond Bluff Township. On the 10th OF August
Mrs. Lamb turned Garland q cup OF tea at
dinner. He was Immediately taken with
great pains, and died inaWlul agony within
an hour. The almost unaccountable blindness
the public now fell off as by q shock, and
On the '26Ih of the month she was arrested Tor
the death of Garland. The scales
once from the public eye, the horrible cnaln Oh
caused by this wholesale milrderees
was discovered. and immediate Investigations
were commenced. Both s~trychnine and arse
mic were found on her premises. The stomach
Garland was eYhuTned and examined, as
also those OF Mrs. Gilman and The Two
children. and strychnine was found IN each OF
hem. The Trial OF this inhiiman monster VIII
off at Ellsworth In November next.