The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-12


WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HANGED
The arst white person executed in Min
nesota was woman. As an illustration
Of her class ot'inteiieotei II VAS told that
when she went 10 the Territory, che
tbok .iwith her from Central illinois a
hncket Of butter, kept it in her state.
room on first class boat, anu carried it
in her hand to q frst GLASS hotel, fthe
Merchants'.) keeping it by her side in
the parlor and her bed room, while leay-
ing her other baggage to be handled by
porters. She had heard that butter was
scarce in that part Of the country, and
had brought her supply. This and her
general appearance and behavior led to
the belief that she was person Of weak
mind. She married o man who treated
her cruelty. and died with symptoms of
poison. A chemist thought he found
arsenic in the stomach, and druggist
had sold her some Of that drug ''to poi
son rats" There was no attempt to dis
pute the chemical tests. This expedient
was discovered lately, for the benefit of q
woman who has not outlived the charms
which once drove rival claimants for her
hand to the verge of suicide and mud.
moss. Being old, unHttraotive and poor,
none but the ladies OF ST. Paul took any
special interest in her case; and those
could only besiege the Governor for a
pardon. His wife led u deputation of
them, knelt at his feet, and with tears
and passionate entreaty, begged E1ecu-
tive clemency; but tho ugly woman was
hanged by the neck until she was dead.
poor German woman was executed
near Philadelphia about FIVE years ago +;
and her confession, in her broken Eng
lish, was one OF the saddest things ever
read. Her man had ''peat" her, peat
her 80 mnch; made her work in the field
when she WIS 30 sick and so tired; peat
her for not keeping up; peat her for
stopping to nurse her bnby; made her
work in the house while he rested and
smoked, and peat ber if she was not
ready to go out to work when he was
She was 30 tired; could "never get no
rested" She want to leave him and 20
away; but he take her children from her;
she have four little children; he peat
them. toe; she could rot leave her ohil-
dren. She was so tired, she gave her
nun stuff. She was sorry she kill her
man; but she M know what to do, she 80
tired.
The dailies made occasional news items
ont Of the case. and the poor, old, worn
out slave was universally voted mon
ster OF iniquity. The majesty of the
law was vindicated by sending her from
the gallows to the unerrirg judgment.
where her toll worn hands and tortured
soul must have been very white com.
pared to the bejeweled fingers OF the
charming monsters who slip so gracefully
through tho elastic mcshes of our man
| made laws.
Mrs. Sugart, now under sentence oi
death in Butler County, Pennsylvania,
who is to be hanged when the present
treatment in the Rixmont Insane Hospi.
tal shall 40 far have restored her reason
as to make her sensible OF the solemnity
of the occasion. is gray haired and 6
grand other, and i'll personal appear.
ance tho opposite OF charming.
Mrs. Grinder, who was executed al
Pittsbnrg some eight years ago, had
studied the art Of poisoning to The
neglect of that of pleasing. She was
not charming, and such charms as she
had were reserved for her husband.
Miss SWiSshelm's Note Book.