Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-14

and there is no question whatever that an
attempt was made to remove all evidence
of poison by evisCeratinC the body in the
dead of night, within four hours after Mrs.
Sham had been notified that the insurance
company suspected that something was
wrong and intended to insist upon an au-
topsy.
The Sham family appear TO have had a
sort OF mania for life insurance. All the
members were heavily insured to an extent
which. it is limited. as possible motive for
the removal of John Sham, made it ex-
ceedingly difficult TO keep up all the poll
cies.
Poison In n MIX Punch.
The family is not entirely free from the
imputatiou OF Having had frequent recourse
to the same eNpedient. for it is openly
charged that Frederick Shann met the
same fate which befell his son. and that
one of Mrs. Shann's daughters-in-lawb bare
ly escaped after partakinS of milk punch
favored with paris green
In the latter case the poison was revealed
by an analysis of the punch. An iudict-
ment against the woman's husband failed
by some political hocus pocus which in
volved its swapping for one found
against a saloon keeper for violating the
excise law
In the case of the death Of Sham. Sr. it
was proposed to try Mrs. Shann for the
murder jointly with that of her son. hut
Justice Albeit declared that he would try
the prisoner for only one crime at a time.
Still another suspicious point relating to
the insurance affairs OF the Shanns is that
Mabel Sham, the prisoners pretty Ii year
old daughter. was taken i'll about the time
of her brothers death with very similar
symptoms.
tpV,f n ,l,nt 'Fss' In. 15,,.,
house in Witherspoou street, Princeton
and appears to have been a model land
lady, Judging by the exquisite cleanliness
and order that marked her establishment
Perhaps as a wife and mother She fell Z
little short of perfection
Her Amazing Fortitudc.
The fortitude she has shown so far i,
| amazing. and her occasional attacks OF
| faintness are evidently due rather L. phys
| ical weakness than to emotion.
Young Sham died on Tuesday, April Is
/ and that afternoon Special Examiner OF
Risks Cough of the Metropolitan Iif,
came down from New York to make few
| inquiries. Mrs. Shann refused to let him
see the body. and he continued his re
| searches in the town until he had learue,
| enough to convince him that an autopsy
| should be made.
He reported this to the company. and OF
| the following day Frank Borden, an agent
| of the company in Princeton learned Of ii
| What Borden's interest in the matter
| was does not appear, but on "Wednesday
night, between 10 and II o'clock. he sent ;
| note to Mrs. Sham and afterward sent hi,
| wife to warn her that an autopsy woull
| be held in the morning and that she hat
better summon n lawyer. His note Dor,
| the Stscript, Burn this
The coroner found on the following day
| that all the internal organs with the cN
ception of one kidney and the bladder ha,
been removed. Mrs. Sham was arrested
| She then told the story of three men en-
tering the house and eviscerating the body
| When the court adjourned on Saturday
Prosecutor Stockton had shown by the ,.v
idence of :. Bergen and County Physician
| Cantwell that Shaun's symptoms wcrt
unquestionably those of mercurial poison
ing.
Professor Cornwall of Princeton tcsti
fed that he had found traces in the mus
Giles of all the parts of the body submitte,
| to him. The defense will probably en-
| deavor to show that Sham death was tn
| result of unskilled treatment but this will
hardly account for the enormous uuantit,
of mercury found in the body. They viii
also try to show that the operation of ev is
ceration was t.t>k beyond Mrs. Sham
strength How the visit of the three mys
FERROUS men will be explained remains t.
be seen. Mrs Sham will probably tax
the stand ON Tuesday.
Lady Managers Adjourn.
| CHICAGO, Aug l4.-Nirs. Palmer rs pres