The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-16
NELL CREAM HANGED.
THE mULTO- -HURDERER PAYS THE
PEyALTY or DEITH IN LONDON.
His Face Covered With Sickiy Pallor,
But He Showed no Other Signs Oh
Emotion-IIistory of His Crimes.

LONDON. Nov. 15.-Neill Cream, who
poisoned Matilda Glover and several
other girls. suffered the penalty Of the
Law to-day
The execution took place at o'clock IN
the morning. There were no scenes, the
condemned man meeting his fate quietly.
His face was covered with sickly pal
lar. but his step was firm. 1t did not
take long to apply the straps that pinion-
ed his legs and arms, and the murderer
was put into position over a five-foot
pit. AS soon as the moose was adjusted
no time was lost in carrying on the
dread finale. 4 lever was pressed and
the condemned man dropped into the pit.
The opinion is that death was instan-
taneOus.
The body hung until 10 O'Clock, when IL
was lowered and viewed by a jury, VINO
made the formal verdict that the law
had been carried out, and the corpse was
taken to the place assigned Tor IL, COW
cred with quick lime and put out OF slght
forever. A great throng gathered OUT
side. and hOoted when the black nag
announcing the vindication OF the law
had been hOisted.
Thomas Neill Cream was born In GlaS-
gov in 1850, of Irish parentage. lie was
taken. when only two years old, to can
ada, where he attended school, ana iater
on entered the medical department OF NC
Gill College. Montreal, where he took his
degree and gained some distinction oy
writing a letter on chloroform.
At a place called Waterloo, seventy
miles from Montreal. he formed the ac-
quaintance Of the daughter OF n hotel
keeper After one of his visits she was
taken ill., and it was discovered that she
had been subjected to surgical treatment
of n very serious character. Her tather
proceeded to Montreal, found Cream, and,
revolver in hand, threatened to shoot
him unless he married his daughter, which
Cream consented to do, but left his wife
the next day and went to Quebec, where
he practiced medicine. Here another
young woman who visited him was found
one morning dead near the house, with
chlorofOrm bottle beside her. Cream was
suspected though not arrested. He lost
his practice, vent to Chicago, where his
career continued unenviably bad. An In
dian woman under his professional treat
ment died under circumstances leading to
his arrest, together with a black servant,
but they were discharged for lack Of evil
dence. That was in 1880.
Next year Cream was advertising a spe-
cifc for the cure of epileptic fits, and a
railway official sent his wife, a young
lady Of prepossessing appearance, TO his
surgery for the prescriptions. Cream used
TO send her to a drug store I'm Clark street
for medicine. and on one occasion added
something to the mixture. The husband
died twenty minutes after taking the
dose. Cream had tried to insure this
mans life but failed The body was eX-
humed. and il was discovered that the
man died from the effects Of strychnine.
Both the wife Of the deceased and Cream
We're arrested: the former gave States
evidence against Cream, who was found
guilty Of murder in the second degree, |
and sentenced TO life Imprisonment. This
was commuted to seventeen years, and
after some time Cream was discharged,
with the good conduct time allowed to his
credit. He then went to England. and
began the series Of crimes which led TO
the ignominious tragedy of to-day, and de-
tails OF which are fresh in the public |
mind. The wretched Matilda Glover he |
poisoned with strychnine pills. She died |
suddenly. as then supposed, of delirium |
tremens. and was buried in a pauper's |
grave. A year after her death Cream was
sentenced to death as her murderer.
Previous 70 Matilda Cloyer's death
Helen Donforth, or Lindell fell in the
street and died en- route to the hospital,
in the agonies of strychnine poisoning.
Other women met with similar fateS, and
Cream, who Indicated interest in the
cases. charged Il medical student named
Harper with the crimes. This was re-
garded as blackmail, and suspicion fas-
tened upon him. Addresses Of Alice
Marsh and Emma Sheriff. both Of whom
died Of strychnine. together with quanti-
ties Of the drug found i'm her room, soon
tended to ncriminate him. When arrested
Cream was engaged 10 be married to a
woman named Sabbatine.