The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-26
More of the Poisoning Case.

| Yesterday afternoon our representative paid
a visit to the poisoner, Emily Adams, at the
Parish Prison, to, if possible, CLEAN from her
own lips something Of the dark deed with
which she stands charged. When she entered
the room her manner was composed and her
bearing that of one who had determined to
put a bold face on the matter After his
business had been stated he entered into an
examination, and in a few minutes she began
| o grow husky in voice and show many signs
of great trepidation.
| She denied that she went to the office of r.
King Cutler to have the papers signed but
stated that it was done in the office of Mr.
Beck, the notary Now all the witnesses to
! the deed well rs Mr.. Beck himself states
| that it was signed at Mr.. Cutters office She
| further denied having ever gone to Mr. w. H.
Seymour to have title made. when that gen
tleman and another witness Z. Warren, Esq.
an attorney can testify to the contrary.
She denied that any one personated Mrs.
Nldou in the act OF SALE and asserted in an
excited manner that the woman present, and
whom she asserted was Mrs. Vidou, was about
sixty-five years of age, when all the gentle
men present say she was not more than thirty
mass of contradictions, both of her own words
and also of every gentleman (who are all well
known) who was present at the time when the
deed was signed.
There is evidently some one behind this
woman III the connection of this plan. No
negro woman is so thoroughly acquainted with
the alienation of property, or the recording of
deeds, as to be able to lay out such u scheme
That possession is nine points of the law
has been signally shown in the result of the
litigation before mentioned in the Le,t.,er,
arising from the efforts of the New York Cen
trail Railroad Company to take the land of
certain farmers at Port Byron. New York,
without giving them the means of commune
cation they asked. The company applied to
the Supreme Court for writ of assistance to
eject the farmers from the premises, alleging
that the latter had, with IA strong hand
and a multitude of people, resisted its at
tempts to OBTAIN possession. The Judge be-
tore whom the case was argued did not con-
slider the question OF the rights of either
party, but refused the application of the rail
road ompany on the ground that the Court
had no power to enforce Il right which it had
never declared by its Judgment, but which
Was conferred by statute The statute under
which railroad companies acquire u title to
clerk the assessed compensation for the land
and costs, conters upon the companies legal
possession, but does not provide any means
by WIN n they may obtain actual possession
This decision, however, leaves the company
IN the same position as though it had acquired
It's title and right of pos session by means of "a
deed executed by the owner. An action of
eJectment, the Court suggested, would afford
Il remedy where possession was denied.
HE BEST SAIEsIAN.-A good advertise
ment III good newspaper is the best of all
possible statesmen. 1t is a salesman who
never sleeps and is never weary; who goes
after business early and late; who accosts the
merchant III his shop, the scholar in his study
the lawyer III his office, the lady at her te..
table: who can be seen in thousand places
at once, and speaks to million OF people
every day, saying to each one the best thing
III the best MANNER WastiagtOn Star.
To the frugal Christian who loves his vie
and children, and has had his life insured for
their benefit it must be sweet and soothing
thought, that, no matter how unfair the insur-
ance men may deem it t. be, the law will
compel them to come down with the full
amount OF the policy VIII n he is hanged
This is & Kansas Pacific story At St
Mary's an engineer saw young sguaw with q
pappoose strapped on her back standing on
the platform. Have you got little Indian
there!" said the driver of the iron horse.
mo, she said, half Injun half injun-eer."
When your pocket-book gets emrty and
everybody knows it. You can put all , our