The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-01-30
S.hsa1rnlniin . Monsters. :

The first, white, person executed. in
Minnesota was Woman. AS an IL
| Illustrations lef ; her efass OF inteffect,
is Mas told tilatswhena SHE STeRb to the
TerritenyI she took WiihAeHfi,our Ceni
tral Hin ois,a a, bucket of butter, sheptgf
| iii her state-roQm on a FIRST class boat
and carried itI iH her hand to first
class hotel (thexMeichaat,s kee ping IT
/ by her side in the esparlorsand hers beyl-
| room, while, leayingr her other bsggage
| 10 be handled by porters. She had
| heard that butter was scarce in that
! part of the -co0atrgn ard qiatl brought
! her1snpP8S. This and llieng general ap-
pearance and behavior led to theibe-
/ fief that she was a person of weak
mind. mind. She married man who treat
ed herv eftieHy and died With 'syfnp-
toms of8poispn! A. chemist thoaght
! he found arsenic in the stomadh1 and
druggist had sold her some OF that
/! drug 1"io poison rats" There, was no
/ attenaPt 60 dispute the chemical tests.
/ HhisI sIexpedienHdsa as discovered 4afeH
! for the benefit of !aagelnan MhOr has
not outliEed; the charms which, once
/ drove rival c1aimants for her hand to
| vefg or suicide and madness. Beihg
| old, ,duHattraetiEe and apeofy none but
! the ladjesof ePaultoeklany JspeGial
interest in her case; and dstheseeeoyld
only beselge the governor for par
d6if.s Hfss wife led d deputation of
thelnp pkaefp at his feet, and With tears
andI passionate rntreafy begged excel
utiTe elemencyie but the ag tsiwomail
sSSa Was h99ngsfds gf styb9 by fhs 9nssk until Jshs was
-iA2poor German " oman was exjeeaui-
k--l L L q =
ago; Pa, and y cheEs coaafessiqlsi in her abfD-
broken English, was one, Of the sadr
dest' things ever read. Her man
had speafvo hef, peat ffeio So much,
made her workiin 1tbe field whendshe'
was, sosick and tiredsi peathenl OF not
keeping up < peat her for stopping e t.o q
ntifse her baby made her work in the
house awhile9 he rested and smoked,
aud speatu her iGshe aRas nOt8reSdy 60
o1out4e WoEkIwhen he MasJll Sheswas
SO tired feonrlIds ss.peYen get 20 festeds = y
she want to leave him and 60 away,
but he take the chiEdreif from her;
shei have 6olnrlittle childfeA1; he sPeat
them, Ftoo 81 she dceald NOT dIeaHe1 heI'
children she Was Ao tiged 3 she gaze
her man stuff she sorry she killed
khers nianTo but Che no 'kfiow what to
lfuOs. 6il0i SO 1IFSusL A4-sCl - - --e--
fThe ldslies made occasional news
items ont of the case, and the poor, old
Iworn-oat slave, WAS universally voted
monster of iniqufty. The maiesty
gofsthefaw was vindieaFed by sending
her ffom agallows9tos the funerriilgi
judgment, where her toil-worn hands
and tortured. soul mt have been We.
ry white compared 10 the bejeweled
lfngefs oof thescAarH4in monsters wlio'
slip. SO graeeiugyIjghrough dhe'elastic
meshes of our man-made laws. blslds
Ii Mrs. Sugart, now under. sentence of
death in Butler county, Pa, who is to
be- hanged when the present treat
rment:in the Dixmont Insane Hospital
shall have SO far restored her reason
as to make her sensible of; the, solem-,
nifty of the occasion, is, gray haired
and a graBam6theF, aud in personal
appearance the Opposite of charming.
4 Mrs. Grinder, who was executed la.
Pittsburgh, some eight years ago, had
studied the art of poisoning to the
neglect Of flat of pleasing. She was
not5charming, and such charms as she
had were reserved for herr has bandod