The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-10

stepped forward, and she said, "You are the
one that want to see about the cream CAKES
The conversation with ,at me was ABOUT ba sne
which was good, but which We, did
not sell. She bought no cakes at all that
evening. Some days before last Thursday
Mrs Ormsby's little boy came for paper
bag my sister gave him q small one: After
wards q young lady from Mrs. Ormsby came
and said 1t was too small and got larger one.
She returned the smaller one: The larger
bag given the young lady at Mrs. Ormsby's
was like the bag now shown me (bag which
contained the cakes was shown wltnesS).
cannot identify the bag.
Mr.. o. NJ. johnson, the above witness hus-
band fully corroborates the testimony OF his
wife
MISS KATE CoMIsKY.
street am in the employ OF Mrs. Ormsby at
No GOT Magazine street. and know nothing
about the case.
JOSIE LAwLER.
being sworn, SAYS: Mrs. Ormsby has been
| threatening my life for the last six or seven
months. On the nineteenth of March she
came to my house, No. 451 Carondelet street,
and insulted me most shamefully. On the
morning of the twentieth she had me arrested
| for insulting and abusing her. On the twenty
first was tried and fined S25 On the first OF
this month I moved to No. 16 Robertson
|
borhood, inquiring who moved there. She
was there on Wednesday, but l did not see
her; they told me next door that she was
there. On Thursday evening, between the
hours OF 1880 and O'Clock was on the gal
lery when the door bell rang. | leaned over
and saw boy at the door; he was a little
negro boy, bright and very neatly dressed.
i | went down stairs. Miss Sarah AlexsoD,
who was at my house on visit. went first
and opened the door; SO when l got down
there | found that Sarah had taken package
and note, which he brought from him. She
handed me the note; 1t was unsealed. Sarah
put the cakes on the stand; | told her to help
herself while read the note; she ate some OF
the cakes. / read the note and then said to
her. "Let US go upstairs and. dress and see
who the party is" l went upstairs and
dressed; coming down l was at the front
door when Sarah was arranging her attire
and came to me just as | was in the act OF
turning back and getting some Of the cakes.
l, however said that it was bad luck to turn
back, and we went on; we walked down
Canal street together, down Carondelet and
Josie, wish that had not eaten any cakes
, as / feel like vomiting" | then asked heI
how many OF them she had eaten and she re-
piled three. / told her then that she ought
not to have eaten SO many. Then she made
the same remark adding that she felt worse
We went On, and on arriving at my friends
house on Carondelet street, Sarah fell on the
steps. | rang the bell and we went in. The
: landlady gave her some lime water, campho
/ and whisky to make her yomit,.. After she
did SO she said that she felt a little better
and that we could go home. asked the land
lady il little colored boy had called there
, with bag Of cakes and note, and she said
"No." / then said, "Those cakes, II they arr
!. by, as you the landlady) told her where
lived" No one else but those two knew wher
! l lived.
. We went home and Sarah went to bed
| While undressing she made the remark tina
she had Il presentiment that she was pos
: oned, and that she was poisoned instead 0
p me, and that that woman did it. | asked he
: what woman" and she replied "Mrs
4 Ormsby." l asked her, What made ne
j because no one else knew as she had
r grudge against me-" We went to bed and
Friday, when | saw she was no better, sen
for doctor. He came and I explained tn
case to him, and after he had seen Sarah h
. said that 1t was not opium but arsenic. II
| prescribed an antidote. | gave the medicin
). TO Sarah myself. She seemed to feel a littl
better after taking it. Friday night about
J. o'clock we went to bed We slept in the sam
Z and found her cold in death. Aunt Till
t worked for me when | first went housekeep
:. ing. That was about seven months ago.
e She here fully coroborated the testimony c
g the note written by her at Ormbys dictatior
t l asked the little boy where he had got tn
+ cakes, he said from gentleman at the corne
q of Canal and Carondelet streets, middle
r. sized gentleman, with black mustache. TIL
s boy was confused when answering me-
q MRS. ALICE FERGUSON,
If being sworn, says reside at No. 115 Gus
it tomhouse street. Mr.. Ormsby rents su
l. of rooms from me. l have seen his wife con
t, there frequently. | have heard them qua
d reIing. She was jealous about this part,
d Josie. have heard Mrs. Ormsby say ST
n would whip Josie. have heard Mrs. OTm
J. by say that she would kill her. Yes, she he
II said. when she was angry. that she would XII
=" Josie Lawler.
= The balance Of this witness evidence Is ver
e evasive and attempted as much as possible
! j. B. SHERWOOD,
" being sworn, testified: reside at No. /
n Customhoqse street; On last Satusda
Srno osm w Sss Mr. sor 1n the ea nsa
70 He told me that he wished me to s
le to house; he put the address down on
;" card for me. It was Robertson street, No.
l. He told me that he wanted me to go up the
d. and find out all the circumstances about
l cakes. | think he said was supposed to ha'
d. been poisoned by cake. / went, and was
b, come back and let him know. / started c
,e and went to the house.
~ ~ JOHN JOHNSON,
8. chemist at the Charity Hospital, was ne
ID sworn, and testified that after anaiyZing Il
W stomach and part of the liver Of the deceast
At discovered arsenic in same, and also di
e. covered arsenic in the cream cakes brought
re me by DR.. Chas Schuppert, who was atten
t ing the deceased in her last illness.
ne The jury then adjourned to this morning
b. 9 o'clock.