, 1874-03-27
THE THIRD TRIAL.
Mrs. Armand's Latest Attempt to
Conmit Suicide.
The Result Is the Death Of Tier Stan.
Daughter.
She Herself Escapes as Usual,
The Child Accidentally Poisoned,n

Tia notghborhood Of Twelfth and Jotrorson
streess in agitated over the death Of child by
poison, and tho Btepmothor, who IL lying very
low from tho effects Of dose OF morphine, IL
accused Of having administered tho drug to her
atepdaughtcr, though Coronor's jury have de-
tet mlnod otherwise.
THE FAMILY LIVE
At No. 1o1 West Twelfth street. occupying tho
second fiat Of d two-story dwelling. and con-
sisted Of Heury Armand, the father; Auna, hts
wifol Willie, II years Of age aud Alice, s.;etl
8. 1t In tue latter who is dead,
THE SECOND WIPE.
The children we1o not those of tue present
Mrs. Armand, but Of . former wife, from whom,
Armand divorced three years ago On &C.
count Of hor adultery. About q year subsequently,
he met a. Laporta, Ind, tho woman whom lle nn1Y
| calls wife. Her maiden Lame was Johns, ard
Bhe has relatives living some eahere in OHIO. uo
married i her after brief eonrtship md. retur,-
taking bis clildron with him, tho Court having
givon him their custody. TLs now wife, al
though III excellent woman In many respects,
has = :" Aery temper" aud. II relative ex.
Tie house," sho Ina ''''''' "@ ""7 '''' ~4
suPEnIArlvEIy JEALOUS p1srosrr1oN,
and tue honeymoon waa scarcely over before alo
began accusing her husband Of 'skesp-
IL a steady, sober, and industrious man, aid
has besn employed for long timo ~ ws.chmnn
at tho Illinois River Elevator, near the foot Of
West Washington street. Away from homo at
he WAS in tho habit OF meeting his " tiiryt loyo"
1t the elevator, aud spending IN occasional eyaa-
Ing with her. Her Jealousy WAS uncomfortable,
and ths mora sho thought Of his supposed faith.
n Many q night she wandered il tue vicinity Of
the elevator, hoping to catch him. but sho never
PRIOR ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE.
into such condition Of mind that
she began to talk OF committing suicide,
and one evening swallowed about MI ounce of
some opiato,. and came within an ace Of dying.
lie. A short time aftsrward the family moyed
to Canal street, md whila living thers fealou3y
again made her wild, aud aho took q doso of
Paris Gtoen." sho escaped death second
band TINT shs would see tho folly Of her conduct
and be happy.
1NTIMAr1oSs.
In May last they moved to No. 191 Vest
Twelfth atreet, and her joalousy again gained
tho upper hand about mouth ago. During tho
past two or threo wooks she told her husband
several timoB that Some morning no would COMO
home and find her aud allie gone. Tic uoigll-
b0rs heard Of this, aud construed it into threat
that aho intended to poison herself and tho
chlld.
GETTING READY.
Tuesday morning s1e bough1 some morphine
On tile South Side, aud. in tile afternoon, five
half-grain powders at the drugstore Oh tho cor
nor OF Twelfth mud Ha1sted streets, aud sent
Alico to another drugg'at's for more. he, how
ever. refused to give hor auy, having beon MI
monished by friend Of the famlly to do 60.
During tho day AlrB. Armaud frequently said
she intended killing hersolf and the lady rho
lves On tho first daE Of tho house took the moc-
phiuo from hor, fearing sue would carry out her
Gka }nI I1r0H "A f&1Jt 3tIot$ ft,ot4
woman beloved she was ''blowing," aud gaYo
her the drug about dusk.
PROPOSING 4 SEPARATION.
Later In tho evening Armand told Ills wife that
he had bud enough OF hor absurd "carry-
ings-ou," ,"-tlat ho could endure it no longer,-and
talked to her abont dividing his property be-
tween them taking the children, and going awaJ,
md s'uggested that she 30 to herhome. Sue hsa
willing or not. He told hor TINT he feared sho
would harm the children, and that she had actod
to%ard him 30 unjust'y and outrageously that ho
did not care what injury Rhe did to herself,
THE DEATH 8oENE.
Tho woman vent to bed with the little girl
aboat 10 o'clock at night, and at o'clock In the
morning she WAS found In q semi i-comatose con.
lltion, will her ar1ns around tue dead child. Dr.,
hs examination was satisfied TINT Alioa
!ad broathed hor last throo 0.
-Four 9g4sn houra aas,oo before. ,, He gsyo , ths
could speak. She said TINT during tho night
Alice had aslted for glass Of water, and as abe
tho woman) Was too weak to get 1t for her, hav-
Ing taken morphine before gong to bed, khe
Eold Ler to got up aud take . drink out Of tha
pail, aud not from tho goblet, as 1t contained
medicine. Tho next thing she know, abe awoko;
how long afterwards she could not tell the
chlld was lying beside hor breathing heavily, and
Bhe fclt that Alice was dying. Whom asked why
sho did not CITY ont for assistance she mado no
reply. Che added that she did not intend to
poison the ohlld that she loved both the little
boy aud girl very dearly.
THE INQUEST.
The Coroner was notified to hold an inqueat
Ind Deputy Pilgrim impapneicd Jury and
hoard tho testimony Of the mother, aud one or
;wo others. Two cards wore shown, OH which
sas written Mrs. Amand's "dying request"
She WAS particularly so!lcitous about the
children, asking that they be disposed Of as she
Wished, and telling hor husband to deliver her
,Qdy to the city authorities. This "last letter"
,ad great weight With the jury1nen, they belioy-
nc that she would not have shown such tender
ceiling for tho boy aud girl, aud that the fact Of
,ex having expressod herself az to their diBposi-
ion, waa proof that she did not give morphine
0 Alice. They accordingly rendered verdict
hat tho poisoning OF the child VIZ accidental.
Mra' Armand "as aouatdarsa oas II dsuf1