New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-15
WERE THE WOMEN GUILTY.
THE DRUsE MURDER TRIAL RECALLED.
FRIENDS DECLARE THAT THE DAUGHTES
MARY, AT LEAST, WAS IYNocENT-AL-
LEGGED EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS.

LEGGED EVIDENCE TO PROVE THIS.
The long trial Of Mrs. Roxaana Druse and her
daughter Mary, in 1885, for the murder Of husband
and father, William Druse excited great interest on
account of the unusual brutality of the crime. Mrs.
Dcuse was accused Of shooting her husband and then
boiling the body until only the bones were left Her
daughter Mary confessed at the time that she helped
her mother to commit the murder, and was tehtepced
to imprisonment for He MIS- DruSe was hansoN VII
February %, 1887.
On account OF the brutality OF the crime few per-
sons in+eresed themselves to the prisoners and an
anneaI 10 Governor Hill for commutaua a. 10
imprisonment for life was Ignored by him. After tne
sentence OF Mrs Druse had been carried out one "oa
came TO the conclusion that there was something
somewhere and determined more thoroughly 10 ni-
rosnca,e the case. This woman, Mrs. Ada Springer
sherman. of No. so West Fourteenth-st., has de-
voted four years to the collection OF new eViueoe,
Going 70 show as she believes, that the trial anu
sentences Of Mrs and Mary Druse in Syracuse were
the result of conspiracy by sone unknown people
TO gain possession of the property d the Drses' WHO
were wel.todo.
Mrs Sherman recently interested District Assembly
No 40 In the case and the legislative committee was
Instructed to conduct thorough Investigation OF inc
facts presented by Mrs. Sherman and report TO the
general body This done with the result that
damaging evidence is said to have been found against
Governor HILL and it was resolved 10 formulate
petition for the pardon Of Mary Drtse, and ths mas
been done. Henry f. Hicks, chairman OF the legiS
lauve committee OF District Assembly NO. A.
and William McNair, secretary Of the dis
trict are certain that Mary Druse at least
is innocent Of the crime for which she now suffering
and that there is great probability nat MIS- Drsc
was also innocent. They say that the! have positive
proof that such is the case and that tie country will
he stirred to its depths when the red facts OF the
crime are revealed The documentary e1dence III the
hands of the Legislative Committee OF TO- 4o goes W
show that after the disappearance OF william Druse,
and the arrest Of Mrs. and Miss Druse the body oi
Drse was found in creek, that hurrie' inquest "'
held and that 1t was buried by the counr authorizes
as an unknown man. Other evidence ges 10 snow,
so Mr. McNair says, that Mary Druse wa persuaueo
20 mako an alleged confession by inumlua-
tion. as the only way to save he mother
Ieo A letter received by Mr.. McNar frm wallace
4 Noble superintendent OF the onohd"sa
corn+v penitentary where Mary Druse is onfned, Is
declared 10 say: al am much intereste IN giving
Mary her liberty as you or your Order
Nrs sherman is the daughter of the lev. @. 5.
enr,ncer Of Boston, and when seen last light sald
that she had received letter from Mr. Dries SSVcr'
Gazing. Nv heart aches for Mary, and by What can
6nd ont think more and more that Mary ha nothing
to do with the killing of her father M9ds ehh9s & ses
ont This awful murder. You write tlat orc ol ulc
conrt olccrs states that the hody held y t e0rone
was Mr. pruses body, ana tnat Juuso IIesNuI hou ~ :"
piece Of the pants found that body Tch was Was
Idenfifed by ROSY and Mary. Can You tell me the
@ rs NOT having these things brought into cart
cSdenGS and lStfTs Sea commtes 1G SS NS
p0Ssc's,U1 p0 nre asserted TO point stronef to
the 'S Probability he sSss%tiq g,rv Of Of
;1H were tho result Of cOnsllrac BY the
real @ mR1dcre In view Of the new aSs e. 9i s! TO .6S 6e
at hand the case will be submitted by hf. iths i d
the Legislative Committee to the Legislature ennS'
It's sympathy -. r.,,or,or HIN I'm re.
,,in 20 ,he trial is said by Mrs SeIlpan 70 e helu
nv her but she refuses to make 1t pu3hc uhn iooI,
when She viii 1t against him :" ne aueiP's u
run as a candidate for the Presidency