The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-30
RECORD OF RASCAL
Running Young Girls His Prin-
cipal Forte.
STORY OF HIS FIRST CRIME
Or. Cream. Alias Thomas NeilI introduced to
Young Lady, Soon Accompanies Her Q
Ruin-CompaIled to Marry the Girl.

Especial to THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch
MONTREAL, June 29.-The story of DR..
/ Creams (alias Thomas NeilD first crime
was told today for the first time. Neill is
the man suspected of poisoning several
girls in London, as was published few
weeks ago. 1t happened in ISIS, when
Cream was in his graduating year at
GiecilI college. Dean Lindsay performed
the marriage ceremony between Cream
and daughter of the keeper of the East
ern Township hotel The marriage took
place under the most peculiar circum-
stances. A commercial traveller, Young by
name, belonging 10 a well-known bust
ness firm IN Toronto, had paid attentions
to the young woman for some time. but
finding that he had encouraged her TOO
much, he introduced her 10 Cream, who
WON THE GIRLS AFFECTIONS AT ONCE.
Cream was at the hotel almost constantly
and correspondent with the young woman
when he was in the city, ending by running
her under promise OF marriage. Their cor
respondence lasted for some months in Sc
cret, till one day Cream told the unsus-
pecting hotel keeper that he intended to go
to London to Hnish his medical education.
Later that night the most heartrendiug
screams were heard from the young wom-
ans bedroom. The family rushed to her
chamber and found her in agony. A doctor
was sent fof aud his Investigations proved
that Cream had administered drugs for the
purpose of performing an illegal operation.
Immediate search was made for him, but
he had gone. The father took the next
train for Montreal, obtained two policemen
and with their aid captured Cream, who
very indignantly asked:
What does all this meant"
at means" said the angry father, THAT
you are coming back to marry my daugh-
terri
Gust what wish to do" answered
Cream.
In the parlor of the hotel the injured
woman was reclining on long steamer
chair, and
THE TWO WE'RE MADE ONE.
He stayed for several days, processing
much anxiety for his wife's condition.
Early one morning he was missing, having
left note saying that he had gone to take
course of lectures at ST. Thomas hos.
pital, in London, and had sailed before he
could be caught.
That was early In winter. His wife
fingered On in half state of insensibility,
lost the power of speech, and seemed al
most imbecile. In the spring her speech
returned but her life went out with the
last days OF June.
The strangest part of the story remains
to be told. In the month of June, 1875
Rural Dean Linsay happened to be In Eng
land and heard by accident that Cream
was about to marry young lady, rich
and in q social position, the dean went tt
her and told her that he himself had mar
ried Cream to a girl in Quebec. who was
still living. OF course that ended the
affair and shortly afterwards Cream re-
sumed his criminal practices in Canada
settling in Kingston Ontario, where two
women died under his hands.
HIS WORK IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, June 29.-Dr. Cream ALA,
Thomas Neil, came to Chicago in 1877, in
1881 Cream made the acquaintance of Mr.
Stott, a station agent for the Northwestern
railroad at Garden Prairie Stott was
sixty one years old; his wife thirty three
Stott died suddenly, an investigation wa
had and DR.. Cream and Mrs Stott were
arrested for murder. He was convicted
and sent to Joliet for life. In 1891 Governor
Fifer committed Creams sentence to seven
teen years which with good behavior il
prison, gave him his liberty that year. HI
then went to Canada and thence to Eng
land.