Morning journal and courier., 1886-08-14
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE CHAIN OF GUILT Fastening About The Bay
 State Poisoner. HOPEFUL FEATURES OF TRADE. A Fearful Walk Through
 Burning Oil. THE KNIGHTS UNDER A BAN. Winners In The Lawn Tennis Tournament.
THE KNIGHTS UNDER A BAN.
MORE POISONING UNEARTHED

T MORE POISONING UNEARTHED.
 Evidence Pfling Up Thick And Fast 1 Against The Female Poisoner of
 Somerville-A Shocking Record of
 Crime Against The Woman
 BOSTON, Aug 13.-Evidence in the Rob
 inson poisoning case at Somerville is piling up thick and fast. Chief of Police Park l hurst has had a constant stream of people coming into his office offering bits of inform ation regarding the woman Robinson and ] he will have at least forty or fifty witnesses Up to noon to-day no effort was made to ! procure bail for her and the chances are that
 none will be made. Dr.. Coggswell, whom l she mentioned yesterday one who would go bonds for her, said his associations with
 the woman were but passing acquaintance. l Both the woman and Smith are closely guarded, particularly the woman, es the ] most to be feared now is that remorse, or I what is worse despair, may influence her in | making an attempt upon her own life. The l name of the father of the boy who died a l few weeks ago has been found among the death records as Prince A. F. eeman. The | certificate bears the name of Dr. Nichols, of 1 Cambridge, and aseribes death to disorder | ed stomach, further adding that autopsy | was necessary. Dr. Durell, of Some1y vile, l said that the disintel ing of the remains of ! the boy at Chelsea was outside his jurisdiction and must be ordered by the district attor- ney. The remains of William will in all | probability be inter red tomorrow Several conductors of the Cambridge road, upon which he employed, say that as far back as a month ago he used to say that he could keep nothing on his stomach that he ate at home He att1 ibuted his trouble to the air because when chance willed that he dined in Boston or away from home he enjoyed his food. He often spoke of his ailment, but could assign no cause for the feelings with which the last four weeks of his life were made miserable. The selies of crimes thus far ascribed to Mrs. Robinson commenced with the death of her husband ( Cambridge about four years ago. Emma, bright girl of ten, was the next who died While they resided in Cambridge, Mrs. Robinson's sis ter, who was malTed to Freeman, died at South Boston from na tur- al causes, leaving to her husband an infant and boy five or six years old. The three came to board with Mrs. Robinson, but had not been there long before the younger child died, now believed to be the third vic tim. The fourth wes Mr. Freeman, the brother-iu-law, who, like the three that pre- ceded him, died under circumstances which are now recalled as suspicious. The next death in the household was that of the daughter Lizzie, 8 bright young lady of twenty three. In that time life seemed to hold promise of happy future for her in approaching mari iage with young man of the neighborhood. Her death occurred last March and shortly after Mrs. Robinson took up residence at West Somerville. The lover of the young woman suspected some thing wrong, but having no grounds upon which to base his suspicious he kept his own counsel. About this time Thomas R. Smith began to pay attention to Mrs. Robinson. The next to die was the child of the woman's sister. His sick ness was of but short duration and he ex- pired in terrible agony about two weeks ago.
 Her son William was next teken. The story of his sickness was told yesterday. Chief Parkhurst procured an ante-mortem state ment from the young man while he remained conscious. This will be kept profound se-
 cret until put in evidence in the case. During the evening Mrs. Melvin, of Charlestown,
 called upon Chief Parkhurst. She is mar ried sister of Freeman. She co1 1roborated the statements relative to the sudden and peculiar death of her brother and his child.
 Gracie aged ten, and Charlie, nineteen, are the only children now left of the ill-fated family. They are still at the home in West Somervjlle. The remains of the daughter Lizzie exhumed to day and autopsy made by Medical Examiner Holt. The body was considerably decomposed, though enough preserved to answer the require ments of the case. An analysis W i'll be made by Dr. Woodward of Harvard. At the au- topsy upon the body of William unmistaka- ble traces of arsenic were found in the stom ach, while the distorted condition of the oth- CT organs gave evidence of the same horrible presence. The chief has made known his intention of having the other bodies disin- tered, pat ticularly the remsins of the adopt ed child buried at Chelsea. Some of the bodies have been subject to the embalming process so that some little difficulty is ex- pected in the post-mortem examinations.
 The rumor is circulated here to-day that Mrs. Robinson may be responsible for the poisoning of upwards of hundred peo- pie at the strawberry festival of the Park avenue Methodist church which occu1 :ed last June. It is repo4 ted that Mrs. Robinson was present that evening and was one of the ladies who dished out the cream. Upwards of fifty people were poisoned and vomited all night, and evel body attributed the cause to the ice cream which they ate. Several hundred gallons of the cream, however, was served for other parties and no complaint was made. It is lea, ned that Mrs. Robinson owes money to a great many people. One furniture dealer, Jackson Caldwell of Som erville, said today that he let her have last fall $175 worth of furniture and she was to pay for it gradually On installments. He has found that she has at least six mortgages on this and other furniture. The furniture at the house was seized this forenoon.