Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-11-13
TRIED TO KILL HIM
A Wife Who Wanted to be Rid
 of Her Husband.
POISONED HIM BY DEGREES
Shs Had His Life Insured and Wanted
 to Marry Again.


 New York, Who Also Appears to be 1r the Plot-she Confessed to the Crime When She Thought She Was Dying-A Farmer Implicated.
 TROY, N. Y, Nov. 13-The police here have just begun an inve stigatiou of 8 remarkable case. In 1885 Charles Fietz, an employe in Gurley's Mathe- nautical Instrument Works, married Christina Jameson, 8 Dane who was em- ployed as domestic at Sinsheimer & Clocks Hotel Decho. Her reputa tion was not of the best, and it did not inn prove materially after her marriage.
 Fietz and his wife resided at 209 Con gress street, and for long time the neighborhood has gossiped about them, and some went so far as to warn Fietz to keep close watch on his wife. About 8 year ago Fietz and the woman quar- relied, and it is said that she then threatened to "have him under the ground before the snow fell.'
 About three months ago Fietz took ill. His health, always before of the best, began to fail him, and in less than month he lost twenty pounds in weight. His heart and kidneys troubled him, and his system seemed to be broken up. He was weak, and exertion tired him exceedingly. No suspicion of the real nature of his ailment dawned upon him.
 About a month ago Mrs. Fietz was at tackled with typhoid fever and was re . moved to the hospital. While his wife continued ill Fietz began to improve and was regaining his health He wis., ited Mrs. Fietz daily. She gradually grew worse and the doctors told her that her case was hopeless. Then she called her husband to her and made an aston ishing confession.
 She said that she had caused his life to be insured for 5000, and proposed when he died to get this money and marry George Hidley, farmer living near Wynantskill, from whom she had taken milk and farm products. Hidley | is widower. The wSman he married about year ago died recently. Investigation disclosed the fact that | Mrs. Fietz was in correspondence with a woman in New York city, from whom it is supposed she obtained the poison tha | she administered to her husband.
 Letters that passed between Mrs. Fietz and that woman, who signs her self Hennetta Monkeith, are in the pos session of the auth critics, having been found in hand bag belonging to Mrs. Fietz. The folio wing is a verbatim l and addressed to ''Hennetta Monkeith, P. o. New York city:'
 TROY. N. Y, Sept.a8, 1991
 DEAR MRS. MoNKEITH: I am very dis appointed not to hear from you this morning, and I suppose you are very busy. hope you got my letter that wrote you last week. I hope you will come to Troy by next Sunday and I will pay your fare Hyou only would come | I Iatu of Ao Fall want you to come as soon as possible tC finish up the things-you know-witt him.
 His dangerous day is Monday ant Thursday. This is the day he is around the machines. George, he wants to gt away. He wants to go with him, ant of course, if he-goes, l am afraid I vii lose money, and of course, you know your self l can't go or do anything of thu kind until the other thing is over witl him. Of course, I don't blame him bit that he doesn't want to stay home any longer Of course I see very vel what his people are looking for.
 Of course don't want to say any thing to him about it, and I want you to fix him what you told me, so as hs cannot help himself. If was only sin gle tomorrow everything would be al right, and hope you will tend to it. hope you will come here and finish it So quick as finished I will pay you wha I told you.
 Now, will you please answer me tn same day you get my letter? I am yer anxious to hear from you. When vii you be here, and when can l expect any thing going on? I wish they were al over. Yours respectfully,
 MRS. F1Erz
 Hidley admits that he was on friendl terms with Mrs. Fietz; that it was hi custom to take breakfast at her house and that he owes her little money but he indignantly denies that he ha any knowledge of a conspiracy to xii Fietz, or that he knew that his life wa insured.