The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-04
TEN HUSBAND PRISONERS.
Women WHO Disposed OF Their worssr
Halves with Fly-Pnper

women WHO Disposed OF Their worssr
Halves with FIy-Psper.
Marriage must be deemed failure, at
all events in the district of Mitroyitz,
ut which town ten women are now tak-
ing their trial on the charge of poison
ing their husbands by means Of arsenic,
procured, as suggested in the Maybrick
case, from fy-papers. The accused are
Makrena Stankovic, residing at Bingu-
h. aged forty-eight, with one child, and
charged with administering arsenic to
her husband, niece, father-in-law and
neighbor, and also with having supplied
arsenic which cuused the death OF five
other persons, poisoned by their wives:
Nata Nostorov aged forty eight,
mother OF four children, living at Bin
gula, charged with poisoning her hus-
band with arsenic; Milica Plavsio, aged
fifty-three. mother Of ono child, living
at Divuscha and charged with having
aided and abe.tod the two last-named
prisoners in poisoning their husbands
by buying fly-papers for them at Nousatz;
Stephanio Ilicic Baltic, aged forty-ninc,
mother of ono child, living at Binguls,
and charged with poisoning her bus
\
karic, agod thirty-six, married, living at
ErdeviS, and charged with having by
the Same means poisoned her husband
and another man; Jola Radoycic Ostojic,
aged thirty nine, mother or four chill
dren, residing at Erdevil1; Stovka Jag
maseyic, aged ffty-four, with throe chill
ron, residing at Erdovik Ljuba Djako-
vic llinacki, flfty-years old. mother of
ono child. living at Erdcvik; Ljuba Cav
rilovic, aged thirty-eight. with three
children, living Mt Erdevik, all charged
with poisoning their husbands by adj
ministcring arsenic; Simon Sromcic,
thirty-fye years old, charged with pro-
viding tho poison which caused his
brothers. death, and finally, Milka
Maralic, aged sixty, living at Nestin,
charged with poisoning q woman.
All tho prisoners are peasants and be-
long TO the Greek orthodox religion.
They arc all accused of murder, except
Simon Srcmcic and Milica Playsic. The
Judicial expert, Il chemist from Agram,
declared that the traces of arsenic in tho
human body would be pnrccptiblo in
the hair and beard long after
complete decomposition OF the in
tcstines Ills testimony was borno
out by the condition Of several
bodies cXhumcd in connection with
tho Mitrovtz trial. Tho deaths occurred
in 1850, lSs" 1854, 1850. 1886 and 1883,
yet distinct traces Of arsenic were found.
In each ease it had boon obtained from
ily-papors. Each sheet contained forty
1.-Two ccntigrammcs Of the poisonous drug,
whereas ten to iiftcon ccntigrammos arc
enough to cause the death of a stronv
man, therefore ono paper would suffice
to xiii three or four people. According
to partial confessions made by SOHO of
the accused, their victims did not all
suifer tho samo length Of time. In GER
tain instances death followed rapidly.
whiio in others it camo on gradually.
Eva Sarac, who died in prison last Octo-
bcr, was tho instigator Of these various
crimes. She was Il kind OF village witch.
who prepared love-draugh Is for tho girls
OF the locality Is we'll rs poison for the
men. tly-papers were often fetched
for her from Ncnsatz by tho woman
Plavsic, and before her death sho con-
fessed to having supplied Stankovic and
Nestorov with arsenic to poison their
husbands. Makrena Stankovic, tho
loading parsonage in this terrible drama,
was undoubtedly a pupil OF Sarac. She
lived with her niece, whom She robbed
OF ono hundred 1lorins. The latter
threatened to prosecute her. but was
taken suddenly i'll and died. Vienna
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