The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-25

until she was sixteen years OF age, Wnen ene
went to live as. nnder.nnrse In the family Of
Hetton. She remained In this situation about
three years, and then she went home to her
mothers house, aud served an apprenticeship
to the business of q dreesmaker. About this
time she became acquainted with William
Mowbray, q lsborer residing at murton Col.
liery, but a native of Peterborough. They,
were shortly afterward married at 81; An
drew's Church, Newcastle-on.Tyne, and left
the neighborhooa End went to reside at Ply.
mouth, and afterward at various other places
In the south OF England, then returning TO
South Hetton, after an absence OF i've years
from that part of the country.
THE FIRST CHILDREN KILLED.
On their return the prisoner stated that she
had bad four children while away, 6ut they
had all died. Mowbray obtained employment
at South Hetton as q foreman at the colllery,
and remained thefss several years. On the
oath OF June. 1850 they had Q child named
Mary Ann, four years of age, which died. Mr..
Brosdbent, surgeon at South HeLton, says she
died of gastric fever. Shortly after this Now
bray End the prisoner, With their children,
went to live at Hendon. He obtained employ
ment as q fireman on a steam vessel. On the
22d of September, 1854, o SON named John
Robert William, abont one year old, dlediand
on the I'd o fHay, 1866. a daughter named Mary
Jane died. The two last named were attend
ed In their Illness by Mr.. GRmmage, surgeon.
Sunderland. and he states that they both died
ofgastrlo fever: the deceased, Wllls9 Z, nov y
British and Prudential Insurance ONCE, and on
The death OF her husband the prisoner got
thirty.dye pounds, and some smaller amounts
on the death Of the children.
IA .IIg SECOND MARRIAGE.
Che then Obtained 3 situation at the old In
lnfirmsry,et Sunderland, and remained there
about elk months, when she became acquint-
ed With an inmate named George Ward. He
married her, and they went TO reside In Gray
street, Sunderland, where he died on the 2lse
OF October, 1866, aged thirty-three years: Mr.
Gammage attended him, and, aitnough ne
dropped of very suddenly. From the death
OF Ward TO the goth of December It Ia said the
prisoner led q loose life, but abe then obtained
q situation as h~ousekeeper to one n Rob.
inson, q foreman in ashtp building yard at
PsriUn. In June, 1867, he married her, and
they continued TO reside together at palion;
q widower with five children, and the prison
er had one little girl about niue years Of age.
She lived with Robinson until the latter part
OF December, 1857. aud during that time there
died In his house John Robinson, ten months
old, January 4, 1867; James Robinson, six
years old, April Z, 1867; Elizabeth Rooi9son,
6iRuL YShT6 Olu, hptu &Ot 40osf ~
BRAY, nine years old, May q, 1867; Edward
Mowbray, nine years old, May 2, 1857; and
Margaret Robinson, three years old, Decem.
Der, 1857. Mr.. Gammsge attended 3. Now
bray, and he. states she died eli gastric fever.
Mr.. Shaw, surgeon, Deplford, attended the
Roblnsons, and he states they died OF gastric
fever.
running A HUSBAND.
It is stated above that the prisoner lived
with Robinson until the latter part OF Decem-
Der. lsl7. About this time he had found out
that she hed:involved him IN about ESQ debt.
besides pledglng bis clothes and dlsposlng oil
his household linen aid gooda. She had also
charge of his bank book and building society
book. and he also found that she had wasted
upward OF ESQ, and entered sums IN the build
ing society book which she never paid ID.
Robinson,s sisters also began to talk about the
suspicious deaths Of the children, and told
him thew had been poisoned. Robinson taxed
her with her dishonesty, and said what he
heard about the children's death. After
Robinson LETT the house that day she dressed
herself and took one Of her children, about
eighteen montha old, and went out, aad ne
has never seen her since. She lett the child
post q letter, but she never returned, and
Robinson did not recover his child for some
time, when h&found 1t In o wretched stale.
he now feels convinced that his chill
dren were poisoned. He suspected so
at the time. but did not like his
mind to dwell on the subject. They were
healthy and strong, and only Ill a few days be-
fore they died. He noticed that whenever
she gave them anything they vomited, end
were sick and purged. His sisters had often
talked to him both then and since about the
suspicious death of the children. On reading
the West Auckland poisoning case In the pa
pers, they stated to him that this was the way
bis children went. One OF them handed q pa
per to him, and said: 'sThat ID thy Mary Ann
that has been doing that little thinking at
the time that the person accused OF the West
Auckland polsonlngs was the very woman
| they were talking about. Robinson said she
| often wanted him to get his life and the lives Of
| the remaining children insured, and one day
he found her st an Office trying to effect an
Insurance. He forbade her doing 80, and
/ said he would not pay a penny. This aroused
| his suspicion about the children who had died,
and he determined not TO have his life in
sured. .g-h 10 10.
-. THE THIRD MARRIAGE.
After her fathers death. her mother was
married to Robert Stott, who Ia now living at
| Seaton Colliery. Mrs. Stott, the prisoners
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