The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-24
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MATRICIDE IN BOSTON CITY.
GIRL or STyTEEv ACCUSED OF POE
SONING HER MOTHER
The Crime Committed to Oct Posse ssicn OF hes
froporty aud Marry ~ Young Physician.
who has been Arrested M IN Accon,piice.


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n"al"N' Oc' z'-Apout ten uayS ago Mrs'
l.. j. whitman died at ii Essex street. Bunker
% y ,,u ~ .'''u y VOC
,hW she d'cd from ihha'ihg rnris green which
had bCcn used tO destroy water bugs. and tho
mou,gn' hN",'lner decided an inquest was nos
DR.. Fuller and no traces % Of Paris Green , wcrs
founJ. Inn, oracnic WINS found IN ,I'r s,or,ch
r,a %,'p o", ',c.o WIS i1"i'l VI NV s.o','.cn.
INC crcuhSiahccs which led to thp autopsy
wcro these: A gentleman friend OF Mrs Whit.
man =, ana an executor of the estate asked tho
Modlcal Examiner whether an autopsy was to
be made to which he rcplicd. mot Mt tho OK
ucnsc of tho state 40 ,Io ci,,,,r,s,oos ,',ii no,
~ punso ~ ,''v ",'' aS u' 'c''ruhls'aneoS win nov
hayo an autopsy. and sought DIR. Fuller Of this
district. who said. in rcnly to n question os to
whether he would make it, that II was u matter
Of dollars and cents 10 him. and il the gcntlc-
"'"" V".7' 10 pny nm hcW"ulu GO hhcad. IL
secms TIM, Dr. q. w. Spear. who has an Office
in Main street at tho corner OF Walker street
first taken sick. Subsequently. DR. Thayer OF
% nos,on wn' called l,l' ana no Immediately pro-
"V"" " ."9v " p"'S""'hE' br' ruHcr ro-
should be % present Wv Dr. smear Grs M rs ~, Desaa srv
and ,Ior rcf,ecd a. yi,nnss ,h, a,',n,a,. oo ~.
ru'ler ls an alopathist ami Dr. Spear homn-
opathiat His friends however pcrsundcd him
W @ Nv pi.Son'' iuc r.Tu' oi 'no examination
| was. thnt large quantities OF poison were found
70 'h2 2s GoS sgn to E thrTS Sap
9nilon developed the fact thnt the woman
hS da not nnae raTf td and that none Of
used in any way. The poison had been taken
into the stomach The stomach, was scaled up
| iner Draper hearing that nm autopsy had been
madc and poison found n The stomach, called
OF OF Or. Fulton and got his statcmcnt Of the case.
Then n1 .o he took thp mattc, into his own hands.
Tin the noirn IN ~ ~ ~ o' ,,o s'CcH 70 asccr.
timo tho BODY was rcmoycd 10 NINA "s AM IN
| in which Mrs whitman Tas born ''''' wv"
| The der@nsed wnninn w"s :" Widow ber h,s-
mory Kent an cniins bousn In R6s'en omossJ
consid@ralo ur"nertv md was c"raiI"rnd m
exceilcnt man lie III to lis wife f and ii two %o
Other IG Sbont ,55 n06 y"ar ~ en HH Dr snoar ,c
| who is 9houi 20 yonrs Of nge. cnmc tn this ds..
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| Thnvcrnf un.tom liz hod r,,v ncn,,i,os ~, a,s
iut y fr"nI ~ his ,h"sirr, ,yHHn hnd bnc
nwov im,,rdnrnd NJ, H. hi ,.,,,, M,T 'ut ~ w. ~
th"w Mrs Whit,nnn nr p"'s,,n,,; ,S;, ""ionE "i,oonnE
| a fancy i9 MR. lyIiin,on,a j.n',I,trr M,J'nH
| u '"nvS any % 70 In IL "M,t,U"n t u"uEntrr MhnI
ill., ap"lIbJ ts ss,, hs, tru.0ily nnJ tbcy SS virs
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| aNs-n"n Dr. Smear wps "' ymry ditnn'iv,' M ,bl
uih, ~ H. :, ~ , ~, ni u @ a1s. [ ,.ui vu "m ~,
r ~ ua,,, svn,I nf ih "omu , WIZ WIN, wv
| 80 u,Isi s,o,,o1 ,, ~ ,I,n % ~. a., - tfiT.
| h"us" anI induic"d IN de,cimr "MniI was
hcsrd 10 say aftcr y Short stny tbai .ie hal eoi
wpTri tn 'ihn, -, ~ "Io," ~" T"prro' III Oorr
| her fri,nds waichcd her aitcr shc he3
roac n"d mo,iccJ ,h,t shn n,,,ornI ri d1m, stnro
| Snnn. ia Icrt bv Wili,ano Un,oc drhs1 ~ ,i"ce
2i.i bnd repula,ion' and ' il is claimed Ss ,Sss
vcsn person, Irm irips ~ ths S G,Se
liz ,rh ~ ,,, i =, i @ m . -, ~
1Si'" u. y, .''iT'',i, f'u tv .iiii-
dren tina, Mabel entered this store nllcd on
| had uecn Their. ani II So. what she had pur-
| chus.i ll"vcy denied TINT my girl answering
| night. anl also d'hnd TINT hc had Sold poison
any such rson. By a littln ingenious 'ross-
luesiioning. and prcencc TIN, more wns
| known OF the case than really wns. lloycy nj
| length remembered III u the girl lid call az his
| store that evening, and he did sell her arsenic.
morphine. aud another poison.
| heard t. sny iu tho dn.tur nnd friends of tho
family, wonder i that Parts green which wa
| poisoned mother This remark Wns the first
ihtimnii9n ut tho prohahlr cause Of her dcath.
anincr Draper hnsed his decision ns 10 tho
clusc ol death. Mrs. Whitman WAS worry healthy
nnd only about 10 years Of ngc. She rrnli2id
| before she died that q ~ had boon poisoned hut
hy whom or how she know not. The dnushtor
and nr. spear attended The funeral IN Maino.
but ia oxpcctci to-day. as aha has hoen quietly
sent for SO that suspicion might not bo aroused
a. TO why she ls wanted since the met OF the
been shad"wcd 10y u dote'tivo to prevent him
Sergeant Fox of station o has been working
ns, nisni between ~ and oSock ne ngT.ind u,d
pr. Spear who - now confined I'm Station Is;
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