Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-24

/ some Oatm cal Cruel, and gave him some
| of it during the afternoon. That night
he was very i'll, and at 3 O'Clock the
next morning he died. -l7.
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 We're put out of the way so, af-
ter thinking the matter over for seve-
raj days, made them some of the
same kind of cruel their father had
eaten. They only survived a short
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
son, George Whitfield, who was then
fourteen years of age, was living with
me. In the latter part of August he
was taken sick, and I sent for DR..
Oviatt. He said the boy had painters
collie, and as he did not improve be-
came discouraged, and mixed some
arsenic i'll his tea. He died the next
day, and the doctor said it was the
painters colic.
Then my little daugeter, Ann Eliza,
took the chills and fever, and was con-
tinrIally sick. This made me down.
hearted and discouraged again. L had
some arsenic IN the house. which /
purchased i'll Harlem. and / pnt it in
the medicine bought for her to cure
the chills. j gave it to her twice :;
then she was taken sick as the others
were, and died about noon four DAYS
! afterwards She was the happiest
child / ever saw
J then kept house until the follow
ing May. going out, as usual, to do
nursing. About that time Lydia. my
eldest daughter, went to New York
with work, was taken sick. and, after
an illness uf twentv-one DAYS, she died
a natural death. | never gave
her anything the doctor did
not order Then l went to
Sailorsvile. Pa, with Il family
named Maxnm. 1t was not profitable
venture, SO l returned to New York
and went to live with my stcptlaughter,
MIS-. Thompson. Then I took Il sitra-
ton with Mr.. Cochran. who kept a
sewing machine establishment in Canal
street. There [ became acquainted
with Mr.. James Curtis. He asked me
to 60 to Stratford, Coln., to take care
II his aged motiec and keep house for
them. ! consented To go for IS per
month. [ lived there eight months.
One day Nj. John faircluth. at whose
store bought our groceries, asked me
if / would like To keep house for Il
man who had just lost his wife. In
this way became acquainted with Mr..
Hurihrrt, who lived in Coram, Hunt
ingtun. After ] had been Il few DAYS
with him he asked me to marry him,
which | did November -, 1868 The
ceremony WAS performed by the Rev
Mr.. Morton, i'll his own house. We
lived happily for fourteen months
About thrCc months after we were
married Mr.: Hurhurt made his will
He was subjected to fits OF ,lizzincss.
TIRE rurH MURDER.
One day he was unwell and lie ate
CLANS and drank cider with Salcratus
in it. Then he became worse On one
occasion he made me drink cider and
saicratus, after which bccamc very
sick and dizzy, and took To vomiting
Finally Mr.. Hurlhurt became worse,
and about ; O'Clock one morning the
old man died. Now | wish To say that
| never gave Mr.. Hnrlbur; anything
that would cause sickness, though
there may have been arsenic mixed
with the salcratus which he put into
the cider,
Ahout two months after Hurlburt
died. / heard that Iora;io y. Shcr-
man, of Birmingham, wauted me to
take :, little baby To hoard l met Mr.
Sherman one SATURDAY. morning. He
T.. I 4 =
had another object III calling besides
getting me to take care of his baby
He wautcd mc us his housekeeper, be-
cause his mother-in- law and his
daughter could not get along well
it. Two weeks later it.. came again
and offered TO marry me. L told him
We ought to be better acquainted. He
said he was compelled to get some one.
us he could not have the Oil woman in
the house. as ale was creating a con-
stant disturbance. He then went
away, and l did not see him for three
or four weeks: but at the end of that
time he had found me Il tenant for my
farm. which ended III my lending him
$500.
THE THIRD HUSBAND.
:,
and on the 2nd of September, 1870, we
went to Mr.. Sherman's sisters house
in Bridgewater. Mass. and were mar
ried.
After We had been married about
!. two months. Nh Sherman said one day
that he wished his babe (Franll) would
die, and then the old womrn should
not stay another day in the house. I
was fnli of trouble. and. not knowing
what Ia do, hwas teinrted to give him
Franky) something To get hnn out OF
the way, for | thought lie would he
better oil. They had arsenic i'll the
house The old lady had use,t it be-
fore ia poison rats. | put some Of it i'll
some snilk, an.l only gave it to him
once. Being quite feeble. he began To
be sick and To Vomit. I sent fnr q doc
; ter, and he said the child was not ont
Of danger, though he WAS better.
This was III the forenoon. That night
at IL o'clock. the child died This
was November II. 1870.
MORE TROUBLE
Instead of making matters better,
everything grew worse Mr. Sherman
: and his mother-in-iaw kept constantly
: qnarrsli'ig about i pia,h. ,af Which
SiIe cttiht-,t -Si. :stt tih.ii '"ft htt
S7u soit Iny farm for 81 100, o1
whi"l, received ssspa cash SO | gave
: Mr. Sherman. Slai told him to pa,
her. which he did. and then the old
woman ief. ~.
, Nh Sherman iltcn tool, tn drink
and ! supported Tie f;,mil, for about
: six months. During this tiiae / t,gIm
that HI, had lissipsstcsi .sn ln,mey
save rim: n: i3lsS,i.Ha.f " PAYING his bilt'
| with il, -. took uus about S:,On NOR.
fcs him. Then came Christmas, ant
Ada devoted II great dead of time il
I decorating the church. | furnished
her with all her clothes and paid he
e ,lressmakmg bills On Christmas cv,
:, Ada was taken sick and DR. BeardSIe,
q was again sent for. He prescribed
I brandy sling for her, but Mr.. Sbern,,il
drank all the liquor ] lnIyl.t., fcoul,
Il not keep a drop fut. Ada, The mex
T morning size Mas no better. and ",
a sent for DR.. Dutte,ssa-.sf-~-Milferd
o When the doctef came Mr.. Sherman