Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-21
THE NEW BORGIA.
ulvIna srKYCanINE FOR oulNINl

GlvING sTRYCnHINE FOR 0UlSINE.
no TsrrisasCrimss wisA wh,sA Aunt s.lly
Story, . 9sssr Ola wesnan n Patsrson.
- Charged.
There was much excitement yesterday
at noon in front of county Jail in Paler-
son, N. j. A big constable was endeav-
Oring to persuade little old woman to
accompany him into the Jail, but tho little
old woman refused. After expostulating
for q few minutes the old woman tried to
get away, and attracted crowd. Tho
constable then seized her by the arm, and,
with the aid of the deputy warden of the
Jail, forced her into the portals of the Jail.
The constable handed the Jail warden .
paper from Justice Elias Van Ness, of Lit
tie Falls township, instructing the warden
to keep Mrs. Sally Story until released by
due course of Law, she having been
charged by Mr.. Joseph Feest with the
murder of his wife. Tho little old woman
was Aunt Sally Story, ono of the best
known characters in Passaic county. Al
though the commitment charges the ac-
cuSed with but one crime-that of poison
ing Mrs. Feest-there is y probability that
there will be other charges preferred
against her, for the people who live in the
neigbborhood of Aunt Sally former dom
icile tell some very ugly stories about her.
Tue death of Mrs. Elizabeth Feest took
place on Friday of last week, and q rumor
was soon spread that she had been poisoned
by q powder given her by Aunt Sally
Story. This rumOr reached the ears of
Coroner Newcombe, and he proceeded
to Little Falls to investigate. He was
there informed that Aunt Sally had not
only poisoned Mrs. Feest, but that some
years before sho had poisoned u woman
named Mrs. Maud ; that a short time be-
fore this time she had poisoned q woman
named Maggie Story, and that the hus-
band Of Aunt Sally had died under very
mysterious circumstances. The coroner
called on tho county prosecutor, MIR.
Eugene Stevenson, and laid the matters
before him. Witnesses were sommOned
and jury empanelled to inquire into tho
cause Of the de;s.h Of Mrs. Fecst, and tho
inquest was begun at Riders hotel, Little
Falls, Oh Tuesday evening.
Joseph Feest, the husband of the dead
woman, testified that on Friday morning
last his wife took u small portion Of y
powder which she said Mrs. Story had
given her. aud she died within 10 minutes
after. He produced the remainder of the
powder. lie said his wife aud Mrs. Story
were not ut all intimate. His daughter
Mary, aged II, cOrrObOrated her fathers
story. Mrs. Sallic Story was next allowed
to testify in her own behalf. She said she
was sure she had had no strycbnine in her
house for four or five years. She gave
Mrs. Fcest i quinine powder. In her
Judgment Mrs. Fccst died from being
OverwOrkcd and hslf-starvcd.
DR.. Kecler testified that when he Was
called to sec tho deceased woman ho sup
pUscd she had died Of malarial commissions
and gave Il certificate accordingly !; after
ward he heard of sOmo of the neighbOrs
stories, and on testing powder loft in the
house found it was strychnine an autopsy
Of the body showed that death unnistak-
ably resulted from strychnine. lie gave
kitten four drachms of the fluid contents
removed from the stomach, and it died in
few minutes with all the symptoms of
strychnine poisoning another kitten died
from two drachms of the fluid contents.
Tho inquest was then Adjourned until to-
morrow night. Mrs. Feest's body will be
exhumed and examined.