The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-25
More of the Poisoning Case.
Additional Evidence of Guilt.
Old Tricks Exposed.

Our representative, prosecuting further his
yesterday visited the Office of Mr.. A. 5.
Beck, notary. That gentleman states it was
impossible for him to know whether the per-
son rsigning the act as Mrs. Vidou, was really
that individual or not. Notaries always take
the precaution of identifying the parties, and
in this instance the possession of the title
was naturally deemed by him sufficient.
The same dodge has frequently been sue
cessfully carried out before, and Nj. Beck did
all that he could in the premises He was
sent for on the morning of May IA, by r.
King Cutler, Esq, attorney at law, to go to
his office on Canal street to draw up an act of
sale.
WHEN HE ARRIVED THERE,
he found the negress Adams and a white
woman, about 81 years of age, brown hair and
Of medium height, who represented that she
wanted an act passed to Mrs. Adams.
Mrs Adams stated that she had purchased
the property in 1869 but never had anything
but an incomplete deed for it and she now
proposed to complete it. The woman pre-
tending to be Mrs. Vidou acted in rather a
suspicious manner. She had but very little to
say and seemed to be anxious to get the thing
over with. She acknowledged to the notary
that she had received from the negress Adams
the sum of $1825, and that the property was
no more hers. Mr.. Cutler drew up for the
negress formal receipt and
THE WHITE WOMAN SIGNED IT.
1t appears that the meeting on the 18th of
May was not the first of their engagements,
for the poisoner had vainly endeavored to get
the white woman there some days before, but
always informed Mr.. Cutler that her vendor
was not able to come.
Upon further inquiry elsewhere our reporter
learned that
THE NEGREss HAD ATTEMPTED
some ten days before the act of sale was COM
pleted to get Mr.. w. H. Seymour notary
public, to draw up title to the same property,
but that gentleman, after cross-examining the
woman she brought with her, came b the
conclusion that the whole thing was a fraud
and deceit.
In this case the negress was accompanied
by different woman than appeared before Mr..
Beck, this woman being over sixty years Of
age, while the last one personating Mrs.
Vidou was only thirty-two years old
TILE NEGREss ADAMS, HER HISTORY.
time, resided in the Fourth District, where
she, by pretending to be devotee Of the
church, won the respect of the congregation
where she attended, and became quite a
leader among them.
She formed the Emmanuel True Vine Asso-
ciation and took the most prominent part in
the affairs of the church. After she had es-
tablished herself in the good graces of the
members she rented a plot of ground on
Washington Avenue and started a graveyard
for the deceased Of the society. Here her
greed for money showed itself, and it was dis
covered that she collected from the Coroner
some $500 for burials, and also the same
amount from the society for the same inter-
ments.
split in the True Vines put an end to this
source Of revenue, and she closed her grave
yard up.
The evidence is fast accommodating, and
although the BULLETIN has acted independ-
emily of the police, We hope soon to chronicle
that we have been successful in ferreting out
this horrible crime.