The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-11-16
HANGED FOR HIS CRIMES.
THE NOEED POISONER SUFFERS
DEATH ON THE sea AFF0LD.
Ahe Murderer of Several Girls Pays
the Penalty of the Law--He was
very Quiet and gEis step was
Firm--Hovsls and Hoots.
81 Cable to The State Chronicle.

Firm--HO.sls and Hoots.
BY Cable to the State Chronicle
LONDON, Nov. 15-Cream, who
poisoned Matilda Glover and several
other girls, suffered the penalty of the
law today. The execution took place at
8 O'Clock this morning. There was no
scene, the condemned man meeting his
fate quietly. His face was covered
with sickly palor, but his step was
firm. 1t did not take long to apply the
straps that pinioned his legs and arms.
and the murderer was put in position
over five foot pit. AS soon &s the
moose was adjusted no time was lost in
carrying out the dread finale. A lever
was pressed and the condemed man
dropped into the pit The opinion is
that death was Instantaneous.
The body hung until 10 O'Clock when
it was lowered. viewed by jury who
made the formal verdict that the law had
been carried out and the corpse was
taken to the place assigned for it, GOV,
cred with qulcklime and put out of sight
forever, great throng gathered out
side and howled and hooted when the
black flag announcing the vindication of
the law had been hoisted.
Thomas Neill Cream was bonn in Glas-
gov in 1850, of Irish parentage. He was
taken, when only years Old, to Can
ada where he attended school, and later
on entered the medical department of
McGill college, Montreal where be took
his degree and gained some distinction
by writing letter on chloroform. At a
place called Waterloo, seventy miles
from Montreal, he formed the acquaint-
ance of daughter of a hotel-keeper
After one of his visits she was taken very
i'll and it was discovered that she had
been subjected to surgical treatment of q
very serious character. Her father pro-
ceeded to Montreal, found Cream, and,
revolver in hand, he threatened to shoot
him unless he married the daughter,
which Cream consented to do, but left
his wife the next day and went
to Quebec, where he practiced
medicine. Here another young wo-
man, who visited him, was one
morning found dead near the house
with chloroform bottle beside her
Cream was suspected though not arrested
He left and went to Chicago where
bis record continued unenviably bad
An Indian woman, under his professional
treatment, died under circumstances
leading to his arrest, together with {
black servant, but they were discharged
for lack of evidence.
That was in 1850 The next yea
Cream was advertising a specific for tht
cure of epieptic fits An army officia
sent his Nife, a young lady OF prepos
sessing appearance, to his surgery for th'
prescriptions. Cream used to send he
to drug store i Clark street, for medi
cine, and on one occasion added some
thing to the mixture. The husband die(
, twenty minutes after taking the dose
Cream had tried to insure this mans lif
but failed.
Both the wife Of the deceased an
Cream were arrested, the former CAV
states evidence against Cream who WA
found guilty of murder in the second de
, gree, and sentenced to life imprisonment
This was committed to seventeen year
and after some time Cream was dis
\ charged with good conduct time allow
/ ance to his credit. He then went
4 England and began the series of crime
a WnlCu leu 10 Tue ISuUHlnOuS tdSCuy I
n today, and details Of which are fresh
d the public mind The wretched Matild
d Glover he poisoned with strychnine pill
She died suddenly, as then SUI
f posed, of dellrium tremens, an
It was buried in pauper's grav
A year after her death Crea
was sentenced to death, as her murdere
Previous to Clover's death, Helen Dal
forth, or Lindell, fell on the street an
7. died en- route to the hospital in agoni'
V of strychnine poisoning Other womt
a met with similar fates and Cream, WI
,e indicated interest in the cases, charge
# a medical student named Harper Wi
j. the crimes. This was regarded as blac
If mail and suspicion fastened upon Creal
n Addresses of Alice Marsh and Emn
rs Shewell, both of whom died of stryc
~ nine, together with quantities OF t
drug found in Creams room, tendeo
incriminate him When arrested, Crea
was engaged to be married to respec
BILE woman named Sabbatini-