The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-19
THOMAS CREAM ARRAIGNED.
=, GILL REc1TEs TIE STORY OF MS
y" ILLEGkD CRIMES.
,e. That lie Made - Rnsiness OF roi-
s"a,,,u Unfortunate womeu-The Fris-
- Very Nervous ns the Lawyer De-
~. the Evidence Against Hin.

- Very Nervous as the Lawyer De-
~. tho Evidence Against Hin.
,.,,ox. ,Iuly 1S.-Thomas Neil Cream was
.,,nol n, the Bow Street Police Court to-
s.Inhofore Sir John Bridge, on the charge Of
s.n,der,ng Matilda Glover by administering
=. hsr certain pills containing strychnine
r.. prlsoncr walked into tho dock without
s..,tatlon. He carefully deposited his silk
=, which he had carried in his hand. upon
.hs cant beside him. and placed his elbows
sson rho iron rail in front OF him. lie Is a
.,on,,y built man about i've feet nino inches
,Shorbt He wears gold.rimmed spectaclos
-, woak eyes tho right one OF which has a
/ s.,id,d ,ns, in il. Ho was unshaven. and his
Il 80 ,yor, sunkcn deeply. Cream was In an
| a,trer,,,y nervous condition. and his fingers
tyltchcd l. ccssan'ly
Tbo prisoners sample pill case was brought
/ into court 1t is small. neatly mado box
ar,,,ur into various divisions. all OF which
.rs s,,ckcd with small rhia!s filed with pills
~ every conceivable description. Most OF
the.c w,rp ,aucled as containing poison. But
Z. ths most interest was exhibited when geln-
+ ,;no capsulc was produced 1t was one which
h,d been found in tho prisoners box Mt his
,odpinrs II was supposed to havo some con-
nsclon with the long pills by means Of which
.hecirls in the South London district were
poisoned
Mr.. Gill. who appeared for tho prosecution.
N rocited tho grounds OF the charge. He said
/ thot the death OF Matilda Clover. n young
woman OF twenty-five. residing in tho LAM
hath road occurred as fer back as Oct. 1S. She
! had been out in the company OF a man with
whom she had struck up an acquaintance on
the day before. and returned apparently we'll
and hearty. hut before retiring for tho night
she was suddenly seized with violent internal
Mains and died in convusive agony. The
action Of the strychnine. Mr. Gill said. when
unguarded by any Gelatine sheathing. is prac-
tcally instantaneous. and the obvious infer
enee was that the poison was administered in
CAPSULES The Inference was. therefore. that
the rosonCr was acquainted with the practice
q, American druggists. who in contradistinc-
ton TO their English brethren. do sometimes
make up dry as we'll Us liquid drugs into cap-
sules. hardly ever the practice Of the chemists
in this country.
When the doctor was called in he saw no
inJications Of death from violence. and gave a
certificate attrihutinG the girls death to
synsope vague term whiisn; really leaves
goes on TO say what led to the syncope., At ali
events upon the doctors certificate tho girl
similar investigation. in the Lambeth parish
burial ground at footing and no moro was
thought asqHt ths matter utter 1t is said ,hat
belief that the girl was murdered; but they
did not make pull their grave view Of tho
suspicion waited over the grave Of Matilda
CLOVER for more than hall IL year,
girl named Ellen Donworth was found in
Waterloo road lin state of collapse, >. She
was taken to her home. Duke street; Vest
pital She was dead before she arrived. The
house physician discovered strychnine and
oiD5isons. as he pointed out at the inquest in
which the morLhia would not intensity. hut
only mask the effects st Of the stryehline Tho
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sorted into the system. There was some
doubt as to the actual time Of the girls death.
r1a tha ans Was eena
when she was taken into the hospital dead.
The man styles. who found her in Waterloo
her she was quite sensible. although she was
In pain, and she said that somebody in the
stree. had given her two drops of white
Ellen tsnworth,s death had barely been for.
gotten when the double murder Of Alice Marsh
Stamford street. startled the town. After the
strange man had spent some time in the com
had elapsed since he had taken his departure
thetwo girls became violently IL; and died in
intense pain In ST. T nc aosnIta The
government analyst. revealed the fact tha
they had unEuesttTnaLy been p9isG;ned b,
q Matilda Clover with those Of thes,
sierwar al. u procured they obta med the sane
tion q the Home Secretary to eXhume tn
sSdy @ s bS fhs
May -. the body was dug up and taken to tn
moltuary. rot whisper OF the matter go
formal Coroners'' inquests. The, body wa
handed over to DIR. stephenson. the Govern
ment analyst. who ascertaincd that the Glover
girl had undoubtedly died Of strychnine pois
oping. ~. ,. r,,o Mill AHA.
Murray NELL. alias ". II. Murray. but who's
real name appears to be- Thomas Neill Crean
having written a letter addressed 70 Dr., Har
per Of barnstaIe. IN which it was alleged tina
ass Hospital, poisoned Alice Marsh and Emm
shrivel in Stamford street. but the writer wa
willing to suppress the evidence for q, 500, Q
st lett was w sns s GG0 f Ss Murray who's
name also appeared at the foot OF n pr!nte
circular relating tho Mysterious death of Ell.
Donworth. which document was enclosed wit
the letter as follows:
To !1n Grk,s Or THE MrIHoroae ISIsl neTsn
on T ana . SS.y s ' IN OF
long NJ you remain III this ho;el. ". II. MtER,r.
1t has been found that Cream came fror
America in the White star steamer Teutoni'
and alter remaining there few days came o
t. London and stayed night or two at sever
Nn OtclS anu tnen look lodgings NJ lOo Lam
beth Palace road. In January of this year til
Prisoner lott his lodgings and returned agai
ioAmcric;.. Tut he afterwGrd came back agai
BY the steamer Eritannia to Liverpool. an
N thencrtJ London. and utter staying al II hot.
u near Euston. he resumed his old lodgings |
Westminster Bridge road. whore he continue
torepresoGt himselfas IL medical man. Almo;
Is soon as he came to the Lambath Paiac
toai he formed tho Gcquainiance of NJ
| Armstcad. u photographer. of the Wostminste
Bridge, road, and. as he seemed to hav"
great deal ot time on Lis hands. Ito became
iIeluent visitor. He protested to have II grea
Gs!hs Tor Mr.. Armstend. because no came froi
glasgow. A mutual friendship grew, W. an
tho Arn.stead family took u great likin. t
| NE supposed doctor. who proiessed to be
phiant hrppist. lilo took up tho cause Of
PHYSICIANS widow in distress. md wrote lei
ters on Ter behalf to the BRUSH .Npdicat Jon
haI; and SO strongly did he put. the case tina
perceived largo mum Der Of subscri ption
Y Nrher. lilo was IL worry pleasant. joyial con
NJ Epi9G, and Mr. Armstrad and his wife notice
mat MS great tonic was flirtatiOnS with womrr
shortly after the Stamford street poisoning
Eelo!ic" were very active. and II watch BEN
hept. Ac was Iontcd out by several girls
ne became aware that he was being followed
end complained to Mr.. Armstead Of the mat
VT, ant said lIe could not think whnt the pL