Evening journal., 1892-11-15

AT this place he was visited by
young woman. who was one morning
found dead in closet Mt the rear OF the
house with bottle which had contained
chloroform at her side At the inquest,
evidence was given showing that the
woman was seen near the house. but no
one saw her enter It. Cream was not
arrested. but was called as witness.
and the circumstances were regarded as
so suspicious that he lost his practice
Unsavory Record Ia Chicago.
Cream then migrated 10 Chicago. and
started a surgery i'm West Madison
street. Hero he soon earned an unenvi-
able reputation. A young Indian woman
while being treated there. died and
Cream told his black servant TO place
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 policeman, however, obtained an
! inkling that something was wrong, and
! eifecting an entry TO the building dis
covered the young woman dead In bed
! Inquiries led TO the capture Of both
Cream and the colored woman but they
were discharged for the lack of evil
dence
That was in 1880 In the following
year Cream was advertising specific for
the cure of epileptc fits, and railway
official sent his wife, a young lady OF
prepossessing appearance, TO his surgery
for his prescriptions. Cream used TO
send her to q drug store I'm Clarke street
for the medicine, and on one occasion he
added something TO the mixture, and the
husband died twenty minutes after TAX
ing 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 had prepared the medicine put In
too much strychnine. Getting no reply
from the coroner, he wrote to the Dis.
trict Attorney, who decided to take ac.
tion in the matter.
The body was exhumed and 1t was dis
covered that the man had died from the
effects of an overdose of strychnine. The
analysis was made by Professor Haynes,
of the Medical college Chicago.
Both the wife of the deceased and
Cream were arrested, and tho former
gave states evidence against the latter
who was found guilty Of murder IN the
second degree, and sentenced TO imprison
ment for life. He remained in Joliet
prison until July 81, 1891. In explana
tion Of his early discharge it is stated
that some influence had been brought Z,
bear on the governor who commutod bis
sentence to seventeen years. and allow
ing for good conduct, etc, his term ex
pred on the date already mentioned.
After his discharge Cream went q
Quebec and after staying FOR o. TIM
with his brother Daniel, his friends sem
him to England.
The Glover .cnse.
Cream soon after began the series o
crimes which resulted i'm his detection
and execution He selected as victim
girl named Matilda Glover, one OF thos
wretched women whose fricndlessnes
and isolation ronder them am easy pre-.
TO such persons as Cream. lie poisonel
her with strychnine pills contained il
gelatine capsules.
Although the last illness Of the gin
was accompanied by all the characters
tic symptoms of strychnia poisoning
no expert eye was there TO detect them
her sudden death on all hands was at
] tributod to delirium tromens and sh
/ was buried in pauper's grave.
Matilda Clover died on October 81
? 1891, year, to a day. before Cream wa
Z sentenced to death for poisoning her
But for the misleading certificate as Q
, the cause Of her death, given by tn
! medical man who saw her after she wa
dead, some mysterious coincidence
would probably have been remarke
between this sudden death and the on
b which had occurred only a week befor
d in Duke street, Westminster Bridge
Here Helen Donworth or Lndeil fe
down in the street in agonies similar {
! those from which Matilda Glover after
ward suffered. Taken in q cab TO no,
pi'al, she died on the way. An inques
was hold, poisoning by strychnino wa
diagnosed, an innocent man was al
= pretended and the neghborhood ran
with the lambeth Mystery
t The Police Aroused.
Il No more Lambeth mysteries wei
b heard of until April OF this year, an
Il then at No IFS Stamford street Thel
was again sudden seizure, this time ,
two women. with the agonies OF deatl
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y tetanic convusions-all the signs
;. strychnine poisoning. Alice Marsh die
!, on the way TO a hospital. Enoug
- strychnine to poison three or four wome
y was found in her stomach. Her con
z panion, Emma Shrivell, fingered a lit
while i'm the hospital but also died, III
mistakably from strychnine.
The death of these women of cour
S. set the police in motion. But it WI
Z. nearly toward the end OF April before
clue was even remotely reached. The
p" strangely enough, the police were J,
'f back to the death OF Matilda Glover II,
& body was exhumed and her death fro
IN strychnine placed beyond all doubt
a One Of the most important witnesses
the case was Mr.. Haynes, who was re
20 resented sometimes as an engineer som
is times as an inquiry agent not unvers'
" in whatever remains Of the secret servil
Il Of the country. Whatever Mr.. Hayn
!, may have BEEN he was, If on detecti'
,e business bent, a very lucky man in b
z meeting with Cream.
On the Track.
4 They were introduced at the house
u q photographer IN Westminster Bridl