Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-09-20
The Wisconsin POisOner.

ONE of the most sickening cases of
crime and horror that the modern jour
nalist has ever had occasion to record has
just been developed in the neighbOring
State of Wisconsin-a case sufficient in
all its horrible details to almost cause the
human mind to believe that Satan takes
mortal form in which to work out his SUI
perhuman iniquities. A short time since
q telegram announced that Mrs. Char
lotte Lamb, of Trimbelle, Wis, had been
arrested on suspicion of numbering her
husband, and now further development
of facts brings to light the moral certain
ty that this fiend in female form is not
only guilty of that act, but that she also
killed her two children and two neigh
bors, and possibly two others This sick
cning record of possible and certain crime
dates as far back as the year 1854, at
which time former wife of Mr.. Lamb
died, and within year afterward young
lady to whom he was paying attention,
both in a sudden and mysterious manner.
The present Mrs. Lamb was at that time
an inmate of his family, and these later
developments have aroused the suspicion
that these unfortunate persons also were
victims to her malignancy. The record
the last two years is as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb have been living
on farm at Trimbelle since 1866, in
neighborhood of devoted Methodists, of
which society Mrs Lamb was apparently
faithful and efficient member, and it is
owing to this fact that suspicion, which
might otherwise have been openly eX-
pressed against her, has been allayed.
For eighteen months previous to Septem-
Der, 1871, the husband and wife had been
living in more or less openly declared
state of feudalism, owing to the refusal of
the husband to decd the property over to
her, he declaring she should have her
| third, and the children the rest, in case
of his demise. On the 18th of September,
| 1871, Mr.. Lamb was taken with singular
malady while at work in corn-tield, and
died in great agony in few moments.
The death was ascribed to heart disease.
Again Mrs. Lamb made unsuccessful at
tempts to get control of the entire farm,
saying that she expected that the children
would turn her out of doors when she got
old.
Last MAY the son Orrin, lad of thir-
teen years, in good health, was suddenly
taken sick and died in half an hour after
eating piece of bread and butter which
he declared 'tasted bitter" This death
was also attributed to heart disease. On
the gath of June, the daughter, Sarah,
was taken with convulsions and died
within an hour.
Early this spring Mrs. Lamb became a
frequent visitor at the residence of a near
neighbor, Mr. James Ottmap. She was
not welcomed with great deal of cor.
diality, but continued her visits, and was
often heard to declare great admiration
for Mr.. Ottman. One day after Mrs. Ott-
man had returned from call at Mrs.
Lambs, where she said that she had
taken glass of bitters, she was taken
violently ill. Aphysician was summoned,
and so successfully treated the maladY that
the lady rapidly improved. The next day
Mrs. Lamb called and was very attentive to
the invalid. She prepared slice of
toast for her, and administered some of
the medicine left by the physician. Mrs.
Ottman was instantly taken with agoniz.
ing pains, and died in fifteen minutes.
Shortly after this Mrs. Lamb was en-
ployed in the family of Royal Garland, a
man living in Diamond Bluff Township.
On the 10Th of August Mrs. Lamb turned
Garland a cup of tea at dinner He was
Immediately taken with great pains, and
died in awful agony within an hour.
The almost unaccountable blindness of
the public now fell of as by a shock, and
on the Goth of the month she was arrested
for causing the death of Garland The
scales once removed from the public eye,
the horrible chain of deaths caused by
this wholesale murderess was discovered,
and immediate Investigations were com.
menced. Both strychnine and arsenic
were found on her premises The stem.
ach of Garland was exhumed and exam
ined, as were also those of Mrs Ottman
and the two children, and siychnine was
found in each of them. The trial of this
inhuman monster will come off at Ellis
worth in November neXt.-S. Paul, MnR
(cept y Cor. Chicdg0 Inter Ocean.