, 1877-01-13
THE MICHIGAN HORROR.
A Woman Accused "i Murder Lies In bed
in Court pIIrinS iile iriai-A SiAeich
Of GiIe Crime.

Woman Accused oG Murder Lies In Bed
/ in Court pnrins iiIe iri"i-A Sketch
I OF tiIe Crime
| The sensation OF Northern Michigan Is the
terrible murder at ChesaniDg, near Saginaw,
( Michigan. A woman named Smith loves
young man named Alexander. They con-
tinue their Illicit love for more than year
Smith, the husband. is cross and jealous.
They want him ont of he way, and n plot TO
murder him j. plsuned. Mrs Smith has
sister, lust married to one Carsin, II New
( York Safe. She hates Smith and 81 does her
Young husband. Correspondence follows
! the letters are destro,-7J1- They agree TO kill
: the JEALOUS husband, and make a journey TO
/ Michigan for the pur7ose- Alexander Is 20
/ stand ty with trunk strap for CarSIn to
choke Smith nfrer he has been stunned with
/ a club. At midnight. while Mrs. Smith -
/ living with her husband, Alexander leaves
/ his hotel. enters an open window, meets Car
/ gin and his wife, who are s'oPPing IN Smith
house. Cargin gets the club and falls upon
/ the Sleeping Smi'h, who gives one grnan OF
despair. The guilty wife arises softly, goes
to her babe in an adj 'iuia,; room, ani while
! the blows continue on her husbands bead,
aud while The trunk strap Is drawn around
his gaspiug throat, she In's her fingers IN
! her ears and presses the bate TO he- bo0om-
sl,.l - -
! Once Re cries oct and means. BiuOi flows
! from his mon h and nose The bed l. sats-
rated with the blood To remove all traces
! of viuleuce Alexander and Cargin cut he
: mastering from the wall. Put it Ia the bed,
and carried The still warm body on the mat
,E--s TO the barn; they pitch ton OF hny
| npoa it, then set fre to the barn III tao
/ places While they dong This the two
women scrapa the bloody floor and he"dA'ard
! m The house. Suddenly the lnrid f,mrs
| burst frum the root OF the barn, wild cries
/ echo on the midnight air. the neiSh5ors
/ hurry from their beds only to see the red-hCt
| outlines Of The barn sink into mass oi fame
The women scream aud pail their hais, and
| in convpl~ive sUbs inform the appalled, ll-teu-
ers that rour M Smith wrnt UUt to look
/ after bis horses, when a kick from one OF
them disabled him, Jroke the lantern and
! set he barn On FIRE. On the day following
that night OF riu aud shame The remnants of
| he u,nttr - uere found and o'hvr proofs
! w-rs found that could not be explained
nway. Then Alexander, the Don Juan OF
/ the trag, dv, confessed. Mrs. Smi h coIrvbo-
rated has dreadful story, and the trial began-
! Carsiu has juss been convicted OF muder III
rh.. fist degree. The evidence against biz
wife i aov, before the jury. afrrr which Mrs.
Smith and her lover, Alex lndrr. wIII take
The prl~oner-' stand
Car.in declares his innocence; also his
wiir'S. She says sb= i, sick aud brd Is al
lowed her IN open court. The following is Il
description OF the strange scent, H. given by
the 81 zinaw Courier OF Dee nber 23:-
Yesterday proved 70 be nn Interesting day
! in the CsT-Iu-omUh murder rrlai aud COZ
| sIierabl- prusres~ was made, though from
present appearance II is uof probable that the
case will 20 TO the jury before T"r-day Or
| Wednesday. Twelve ~i'nes>,s were called
and re- iti-d on the part of the people. The
crowd ut spectators Was smaller than common
! during the forenoon, bat after The noon recess
| evrIy avail ,ble ssace outside the bar was oc-
! cufl-d, ho h ON the floor and IN the gallery
/ Drpury sheriff Rice had peury to do TO k-ep
the crowd f.um pressing forward and OBJ
! srr-crIug the view OF the ladies occupying
the seats. The defend ant Is becoming known
| as The