The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-07-22
DID SIZE POISON THEM?
Mrs. ;sanuah Dorsey accused of Killing
Six Persons.

ISDIANApoLIs. Ind, July 1G.-The
case of Ms. Hannah Dorsey, who has
been suspected OF poisoning six or eight
persons. inclldng four husbands, has
rot been particularly noticed by the ln-
diaraDoi, papers, because the susplc-
lon Was lac.e:r the outcome Of the heed
less .os$;p people who lived in the
Dorsey uei.Eborhood. The eXamma-
len OF the remains Of Mrs. Taylor, the
motE:er Of Mrs. Dorsey, has nos been
completed yet by lhc chemist. She was
the last oilc 10 d.: in the same house
viii, Mrs. I'orsey. Tue chemist found
some arsenic but he says it may have
been that used by the undertaken who
cmDalneG the remains. He is testing
The .lrt.alm:n@ iiuid. and will report
IuUre !uiil nvNc week.
Mrs. Dorsey. who has been referred
to in mauy papers rs 1.-The Indianapolis
BorYia." is now in falling health, and
her pii. sician iears serious result un-
less /. married change occurs soon. She
was seen al her home by Coroner Man
ker today. She stated that she was a
victim OF circumstances sufficient to
have wrecked others completely, but her
seuse OF iunocense alone has sustained
her during q trying ordeal.
Public attention was attracted to this
PECULIAR case Hhe'l Coroner Nanker be-
san as investigation ofthe death OF Mrs /.
Nancy Jane Wright several weeks ago.
A1lcr 4 chemical analysis discl~ SEQ evil
deuces Of prison in the stomach 'oroner
Siauker told Mrs. Dorsey that he was
suspected Of administering pc son not
only to Ms. Wright, who is her sister,
but 10 l;er mother, Mrs. Mary Taylor,
who died couple Of weeks previous.
Mrs. Dorsey strenuously denied any
kuowls dge OF the poissns, and said she
could throw 10 light upon the matter.
.Atlerward Dr. Marker had Mrs. Tay-
lor's remains eNhumed and arsenic was
found in tie stomach. This discovery
occurred last week, but today was the
first opportunity the coroner found to
secure ano her statement from Mrs.
Dorsey. The coroner told her of the
discovery Of poison il Mrs. Taylor's
stomach aud asked for an explanation.
AS God is my Judge, and realizing
th9t it is probable that l have but short
time to live. l want to say, Doctor, that
| am :. innocent Of any act leading to
the death Of either my sister or mother
as YOU are. There is only one thing
that l do know that night assist your
investigation, and that is that my sister
frequently threatened to kill herself and
my mother. TOO. She was an extremely
high tempered woman, and on one occa-
son when she and mother quarreled l
heard her say that she would killed her
self and GET mother out of the way too.
Her little girl, Lizzie, heard her make
Tie same threats, and so did my sister,
inlaw. Mrs. Taylor, though at different
tines
DO you suppose" asked Coroner
Marker. that your dead sister then CAR
ried out rer threat by poisoning her
mother:'
Yes that is my opinion, since it's
shown that their stomachs contained
poson."
=. Continuing Mrs. Dorsey told her mari
tai history. Her first husband was Dan
Sanley. who died of sunstroke two years
after his marriage, she says. The Sec
oud was John Temple, who, after living
six years with her, went from bronchitis
to consumption and died. Her third,
Albert C.;nklin. died in Illinois Of con-
gestiou Of the brain, she says, after liy-
ing three years with her. Her fourth
was Joseph Stenett, who died in the
sprin. Of $500. Mrs. Dorsey was mar
ried to htr present husband last Febru-
ary.
Coroner Marker says: clippings
from papers at the time show that Conk-
lin worked where he was employed the
day before his death, and, instead OF
dying trom congestion Of the brain, died
O; violent stomach trouble"