Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-26

Another Poisoning Case Ia JoudOus, VHEiNIr-
A MoIhs, Accused or POisOHln' Her Two
Daughter.
iEtor N. I,,,bnrr Rsgui. weekly TalegT MI
Tue lover part OF Loudoun was thrown
into a Vruat state Of excitement last Thurs
day week BY the report that two Miss Caions,
who resldSd with their mother near III Hue
dividing Fairfax and LOudOun, haf after q
short aud mysterious Illness, suddtny died,
with marked symptoms Of having been pot
sOued. The faeta OF the case as nearly rs
We could ascertain from the MESSENGER who
bore the startling tldings 10 tile Telegram
this morning, were "a follows
Mrs. Eliza Cation, widow lady, who lives
on what is Familiarity known to the citizens
II thai section rs the 'Old road, had two
daughters, whose ages we're respectively ~
add IS years. Tue eldest Of these two ladies
was taken sick about two weeks ago but was
| apparently improving every day uutn Thurs
day, WHOM she was taken more Violently
! than ever In the mean time her younger
sister was taken very III aud labbred under
I very much the same symptoms ihrt were
characteristic Of her sisters Illness. doctor
was immediately dispatched for by one OF
| Mrs. caious nelghbors who happehcd TO DO
bresent attn tlnie. IN doe time Dr.. Peugh,
| who Nas tholr family phy plelan, atrlved, en-
| tered the Younger Miss CatOns room and
after examining her condition, pronounced
| her illness to be typhoid fever, and prescribed
according. lie then started for the room Of
the elder Miss Cation, but on arriving OF the
! door was positively refused admlttanCe by
che mother, who stood at the door and stated
that there was nothing the matter with the
| oldest daughter, and that she did not desire
him to see her. Wheroupon the doctor de-
parted for home. That same night the
younger daughter wa taken much worse,
aud died before medical asslslaucc could be
Il To- NhaR
daughter grew much worse, swelling 10 tue
| reRiOn of the abdomen 80 an enormous size,
ana suffering the most aftlte aSony still nj
physIcIan was permitted 10 sec her. III thIs
condition she remained until about midday,
when she too expired In the presence OF no
one but her mother, aud with no other living
soul present TO whom sue might mako a
doath-bed statement
! The excitement consequent upon this sud.
den, terrible and unaccOuntable visitation Ol
| Providence, or more probably OF some nend'
lsh spirit In human form, spread like wildart
among heDeighbors, causing numerous wills
per1 Suspicious aud rumoTs 10 suggest them
selves, until having arrived al an iusuppress'
lille pitch, the terrible rumOT Of death by poi
soning burst upon the minds Of the excited
populace, and more startling than all, that i
was death at the hands Of a mother.
Why she did Il, Is now the principal topl'
Of discussion. Various TumOrs are anOa
concerning the cause. Among others, i i
said that the Oldest daughter was In n critica
condition, and II Is thought that, In order u
conceal the shame aud disgrace which woulC
necessarily fall upon the family provided /
knowledge Of this fact were bTOugh to light
she resOrted to this terrible and heartlesl
mode Of preserving the integrity and honOl
OF her name. What her motive could hayt
been In poisoning the other daughter Is lief
entirely In a shrOud OF mystery.
The body Of the Oldest daughter was OK
humed last Tuesday, 10 be Immediately sen
on 10 some chemist for examination. M
paius ere being spared TO ferret out the crlmt
from beginning To end