Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-11-16
CREAMS EXECUTION.
He Met Ills Doom Bravely-Story of H
 Crimes.

AONDONy NOV. 1O-4 uOu1dS NSllL, AI13S Cream, was hanged at a. m. yesterd ay at Newgate, by Ellington, for the pois- oning of Matilda Glover and other girls on authority of the High Sheriff of the County of Lonton, no reprieve having been obtained.
 The murderer was silent, firm, and pale, but made brief speech of courtesy to the prison officials. Death was in- stantaneous.
 Thomas Neill Cream was b orn in Glas- gow, Scotland, in 1850, of Irish paren- tage. He was taken by his parents when only eight years old to Canada After g good school education his father entered him ip the medical department Of M'Gill College, Montreal. There he some distinction by writing 8 letter on chloroform.
 He soon afterwards left his lodgings, and was next seen in Quebec He had been In the habit of going to 8 place called Waterloo, some miles from Mon treal, where he formed the cquaintance of the daughter of an hotel keeper, whom he nearly killed by & surgical operation. and was forced by her father to marry her.
 Cream left his wife the day after the wedding and went to Quebec, and after being lost sight of for some time turned up in London, Ont, where he pracSiced medicine.
 At this place he was visited by young woman, who was one morning found dead in closet at the rear of the house with bottle which had contained chloro- form beside her. Cream was suspected, but escaped prosecution. Cream then migrated to Chicago, and started a surgery in West Madison street. Here he soon earned an unenvlable repu- sation.
 A young Indian woman, while being treated there, died, and Cream told his ! black servant to put a white handkerchief | in the window to denote that she had gone out, and he would then set fire to ! the house, a wooden one, in order to destroy all traces of his crime. A police man, however, obtained an inkltug chat something was wrong, and effecting an entry to the building, discovered the | young woman dead in bed. Inquiries led to the capture of both l Cream and the colored woman, but they l were discharged for lack of evidence. | That was in 1880.
 | In the following year Cream was adver | tislng specific for the cure of epileptic fits, and railway official sent his wife, a | young woman of preposSessing appear l ance, to his surgery for the prescrip- l tions.
 Cream used to send her to druggist in Clarke street for the medicine, and upon one occasion he added something to the mixture, and the husband died twenty minutes after taking the first dose.
 In the meantime Cream had tried to insure the mans life but failed.
 A local doctor was called in and as the deceased had been suffering from fits he
 was buried in the usual way.
 Cream upon hearing this telegraphed to
 the coroner, informing him that the
 chemist who prepared the medicine put
 in too much strychnine. Getting nc
 answer from the coroner he wrote to the | district attorney, who decided to take ao- ! tion in the matter.
 The body was exhumed and it was
 discovered that the man had died from
 an overdose of strychnine.
 Both the wife of the deceased and
 Cream were arrested, but the former gav'
 States evidence against the latter, wht | was found guilty of murder in the second
 degree and sentenced to imprisonment fol life.
 He remained in Joliet prison until July
 31, 1891.
 In explanation of his early discharge i
 Is stated that some influence had beer | brought to bear on the governor, wht
 commuted his sentence to seven teel
 years, and allowing for good conduct etc., his term expired on the date alread!
 mentioned.
 After his discharge Cream went t. Quebec, and after staying for time witt bis brother Daniel his friends sent him t
 England.
 Cream soon after began the series o crimes which resulted in his detectio ! and execution. Re selected as & victin girl named Matilda Clover, one c , those wrstched women whose friendless
 nses and social isolation render them al
 easy prey to such persons as Cream. H ! poisoned her with stry0hnine pills con Sained in Relatine capsules. 7 Matilda Clover died on October "9i ! 1881, week before Helen Donworth, 0 r Lndell fOll down in the street in agonie similar to those from which Matild l.