Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-18
STORY OF A INDUSTRIOUS POISONER

Mrs, SHERMAN's SENTENCE AND JONES Sf
s1oN-WHoLssAL PoIsoNING OF us
n.xns AND CHILpREN-EIGHT VIC
TINS IN ALL.
Mrs lydia Sherman, an account u
whose trial and conviction Tor the NM NJ
der of her third husband, Hora'. 'otaro
sherman, by poison, has been here'o'o ht
Nr Tr'IaS w,as IN Saturday brought
into the Superior Court at New na'e nf
iI,'O .n TO receive the sentence OIL
The court. She is described as 81 '' the
he most Indifferent person Oh al , ,',o
oasom NIB, that crowded the courtroom
asseln la[s ,be scene. The jailer con
10 VIII" wiz L@r 70 4 chair in the middle OF
Iuc'' o',r .tl and Judge Sanford SEN
the cG" tor 10 imprisonment for life in
the State penitentlary'
pr,soNS FOR CONFESSION.
p.o,;ous TO the final act in the trial,
W. sherman made full and complete
aanGssion Of Il life of crime never be
fore equalled in the criminal annals Of
This country by a woman, in which,
within twelve wears she cOnfesses to
have murdered three husbands, four Of
her own children and a step-daughter
by poison. After the sentence, when
she had been taken back to the Jail, she
was asked whether she desired to give
anv reasons 10 the world for making
the confession, she answered that she
did, and proceeded to say 1T is about
six weeks since | began to feel Cypress
ed ihwardly; to have an inward strug-
Gle; some times was pressure on my
heart. felt bad, and felt as though
| wanted to tell, but | could not make
up my mind to do it. kept feeling so
bad, and l thought l could give all up
10 Christ and confess to Him and all
would be right, and | would not let the
world know anything about it. That is
what | thought. | lay awake nights
thinking about it; could not sleep and
could not eat The .jailers wife will
tell YOU did not eat anything. Finally
one night | made up my mind that |
would give myself up to Christ and
confess everything | did. l knclt down
and said was sorry and asked Him to
forgive me. felt better then; | felt
that the burden was gone, and that |
was forgiven. When | feltthat ] must
confess 1t to the world ! lett II was my
duty to 90 that that o'herS mlghV De
warned ieit that cou'u not De Ior,
aiven unless that was done After |
made M my mind felt better, and al
ter told all the oppression was gone
from my heart, and ever since have
been perfectly contenttd and my mind
is At ease feel that | know that tod
has forgiven me, and that after | am
done here shall have home there
with Him. ! made mp my mind that
would Give NJ everything in This world
ana think nor care for anything here.
She also stated Sat her maiden name
WAS LYDIA Danby.ry.
rur ~o>,rrss,ov
,.o, 49,. r,I,o,rs. T
~, ,ho tnIrr nf Rrrliroton
Was ~ D y ue' Of 1874 Nv mother
- - 49,, ,,.os ,,;no veors Old and
,''.U W.. " ~ - r"a With NV nncle Mr.
W., EI,,,,a,- reror attended school
"o'''l -, sila 70 ,,o only about three
.''' ,,3,. :, H. voar At is wears of
'''''',''. ~, ~ Eam. prnnSuicl, with NV
'7e t "t", 80 and aftarwarIs 70 live
~" W. - %, NJ, Vap Ambnro in
WI '''e nm: NJ 4n.on.,. fxo n,iIos from
%nu, R,7,nswicl. ! lived there for three
,..a,.s ,ben returned to New Brunswick
and learned to be taiioreSs. worked
three months without pay and was then
cmplovcd by Mr. Owen. lie was
lass leader in the Methodist Church OF
which l became member 1t was
there that | met Mr. Edward Struck,
who was a devoted Christian up to
few months before his death ] was
his wife eighteen years; he has been
dead about eight years. Our first child
WAS called lydia, and after her birth We
went 70 New York and resided near
Elizabeth and Houston streets. In New
Wi, ra had two bows. Afterwards
we moved to Carmansville, where we
had fonr children born. At the end of
tLat t;,no Mr. Struck obtained an ap-
, D, ON fine METROPOLITAN police
tnrce S;v months later we lost daugh
ter aged twenty two months, by the
measles About this time my husband
was transferred TO Manhattanville, and