St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-14
A FEMALE FIEND.
Details of the Poisoning Cases Near
Boston, Mass.
A Woman Kills Off Nearly All Her
Relatives.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
BosToN, Aug. 13.-Evidence in the Rob.
inson poisoning at Somerville is piling ur
thick and fast. Chief of Police Parkhurst
has had constant stream of people
coming into his Office and offering
bits OF information regarding the woman
and Robinson he will have at least forty
or tfty witnesses for the state. Up to noon
to-day no effort was made to procure bail
for the woman. and the chances are
that none will be made. DR..
Cogswell of Cambridge, whom she men
! toned yesterday as one who would go on
| her bond, said that his association
with the woman was but a passing
acquaintance. Both the woman
and Smith are closely guarded.
particularly the woman, as the most to be
feared now Is that remOrse or dispair may
influence her III making an at
tempt at suicide. The name of
the father Of the bow who
died a few months ago, has been found
among the death records as Prince A. Free
man, who died June 81, 1885. The certiti-
cate bears the name Of DR.. Nichols of Cam
bridge, and ascribes death to
A DIsORDERED STOMACH.
further adding that an autopsy was unnec-
essary. Dr.. Durrell of Somerville said
that the disinterring of the remains at
Chelsea was outside his jurisdiction,
and must be ordered by the district attor.
ney. The remains Of William will be dis
inferred tomorrow probably. Several
conductors of the Cambridge road,
upon which he was employed,
say that as far back as a
month ago he used to say he could keep
,Ofh i1,trf oh H.
trouble to the air, because when chance
willed that he dined in Boston or
away from home, he experienced no diff
Guilty in retaining his food. He could
assign no cause for the strange feeling
by which for the last four weeks of
his life he was made miserable
The series of the crimes thus far ascribed
Mrs. Robinson. commenced with the death
OF her husband at Cambridge
about four years ago. Emma,
bright little girl of ten 10 years,
was the next who died. While they re-
sided in Cambridge, Wis, Robinson's sis
ter, who was married to Mr.. Freeman,
died at South Boston from natural
causes, leaving to her husband
a boy or years old. The three came to
board with Mrs. Robinson, but had not
been there long before the child
died, and is believed to be
the third victim. The fourth
was Mr. Freeman, the brother-in-law, who,
like the three that preceded him, died un-
der circumstances which are now recalled
as suspicious.
! THE NEXT DEATH
in this woman's household was that of her
daughter Lizzie, aged 80. At that time
life seemed to hold the promise of a
happy future in her approaching
marriage with an estimable young man of
the neighborhood. Her death occurred last
March. and shortly afterward Mrs. Robin
son moved to West Somerville. The lover
| OF Lizzie suspected some wrong
doing, but having no ground
| upon which to base his suspicious, he kept
| his own counsel. About this time, Thomas
Smith began to pay attentions to Mrs.
Robinson. The next to die was
rhe child of the woman's sister.
His sickness was of short duration. He
EXPIRED IN TERRIBLE AGONY
about two weeks ago. Her son
| William, aged %. was next
| taken Chief Parkhurst procured an
| ante mortem statement from the young
man. This will be kept profoundly secret
until put in evidence in the case. During the
evening Miss Melvin of Charlestown called
upon Chief Parkurst She is married
| sister OF Freeman. She corroborated
| the statements relative to the
sudden and peculiar death of
her brother and his child Grace, 10 years
old, and Charles 10. are the only children
now left of the Inflated family. They are
| still at their home in West Somerville. The
remains of Lizzie were exhumed to-day
and an autopsy made by Medical Examiner
Holt The body was considerably decom-
posed, though enough preserved to answer
| the requirements of the case.