Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-18

but L took 1t away from him. Then |
sent for Capt. Hart, but when he came
my husband would neither look, speak,
nor have anything to do with him. The
captain said he was out of his mind. and
advised me to have him sent to an asy
lum.
MEETING THE TEMPER.
One night after this he was actino
very badly, and | called in police ser
geant Nc, who lived in the lower
part of our house. The sergeant advis-
Ell me to put him out of the way, as he
would never be any good to me or him
self again. | asked him what he meant,
and he told me to get certain quantity
OF arsenic ana give him some of it. |
paid ten cents for it,put it some oatmeal
cruel, and gave him some of it during
the afternoon. That night he was very
Ill, and at 8 o'clock the next morning he
died.
THE MURDER OF HER FOUR CHILDREN.
The following July | made up my
mind that my two little children, Mary
Ann six years old, and Edward two
years younger, would be better off if
they were out Of the way,so after think
ing The matter over for several days |
made them some of the same kind of
cruel their father had esten. They only
survived short time
The doctors said that the children
died of gastric fever. They had not the
least suspicion Of the truth.
MARRIED AGAIN.
continued to keep house, and had
four children with me at the time. Ny
SOP, George Whitfield, who was then
II years Of age, was taken sick, and |
sent for DR. Oviatt. He said the boy
had painters collie, and as he did not
improve | became discouraged, and
mixed some arsenic in his tea. lie died
the next day, and the doctor said it was
/ painters collie.
Then my little daughter Ann Eliza
took the chills and fever and was con
tinually sick. This made me downheart-
J ed and discouraged again. | had some
arsenic in the house which | purchased
in Harlem, and put it in the medicine
J bought for her to cure the chills. |
| gave it to ner twice; then she was taken
/ sick as the others were, and died about
noon four days aiterward She was the
happiest child ever saw.
then kept house until the following
May, going out as usual to do nursing
About that time Lydia,my eldest daugh-
ter, went to New York with work, was
taken sick, and atteran illness Of twenty
one days she died natural death. |
never gave her anything the doctor did
not order. Then went to Sailorsville,
Pa, with a family named MaXom 1t
was not a profitable venture,so return
/ cd to New \ ork and went to live with
my step-daughtcr, Mrs. Thompson. Then
| took a situation with Mr.. Cochran,
, who kept Il sewing machine establish
, in Canal street. There | became ac-
qnainted with Mr.. James Curtis. He
asked me to 90 to Stafford, Conn, to
take care Of his aged mother and keep
house for them. consented to 90 for
So per month. / lived there eight
months. One day Mr. John Fairchild,
at whose store / bought our groceries,
asked me if | would like to keep house
for a man who had just lost his wife.
In this way became acquainted with
Mr.. Hurlburt, who lived in Coram, Hun
tington. After | had been few days
with him he asked me to marry him,
which | did November %, 1868. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Mr.. Morton in his own house We lived
happily for fourteen mouths About
three months after we were married Mr.
Hmlburt made his will He was sub
iect to fits of dizziness.
THE FIFTH MURDER.
One day he was unwell, and he ate
CLAIMS and drank cider with saleratus in
it, Then he became worse On one
occasion he made me drink cider and
saleratus, after which / became very
sick and dizzy, and | took to vomiting.
Finally Mr. Hmlburt became worse, and
about ) O'Clock one morning the old
man died. Now | wish to say that |
never gave Mr.. Hurlburt anything that
would cause sickness, though there may
have been arsenic mixed with the sale
ratEs which he put into the cider
About two months after Hurlburt
died, | heard that Horation n. Sher
man, of Birmingham, wanted me to
take a little baby to board. met Mr..
Sherman on Sunday Morning. He in
;rsduced himself to me, and said that he
had another object in calling besides
getting me to take care OF his baby. He
wanted me as his housekeeper, because
his mother-in-law and his daughter
could not get along well together. |
said | would think about it. Two weeks
later he came again and offered to mar
ry me- | told me we ought to be better
acquainted He said he was compelled
TO oct some one, as he could not have
the old woman in the house, as she was
creating a constant disturbance. lie
then went away, and did not see him
for three or tour weeks; but at the end
of that time he found me tenant for
my farm, which ended in my lending
him $500.
TIE THIRD HUSBAND.
In July, 1870, | lent him $500 more,
and on the I'd of September, 1870, we
went to Mr.. Shermans sisters house, in
Bridgewater, Mass, and were married. e
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