The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-09

learned Investigations in criminology
have so recently startled the world,
brings out this fact in cold statistics,
but he only tells US what we knew be-
fore without his labored tabular state
ments. Women are naturally more
tender, and they are truer than men
who does not know that? just now,
when. for some strange and ineXpllca-
bic reason, we appear to be passing
through period Oct Us hope that it is
q short one) when women's crimes
occupy an unusually prominent place
in the daily record of wrong doing, the
world stands aghast at the record.
The news columns OF the daily papers
have seldom, if ever, contained such
list of feminine horrors as the accounts
published recently. No less than seven
terrible crimes, committed by women,
are just now before the public. From
the files of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
during ten days the following CHASTITY
record is made:
MARIA BAREERy--Cut the throat
of Domenico C2taldo with razor, in
New York city. She is sentenced to
be put to death by electricity.
MARY A. Observation-Disclosures
her husband, Andrew j. Kettenring,
near Muldrow, Ind. T. She viii be
hanged ia October next.
BELLE ARRELL-Acquitted of the
charge of poisoning her husband, Fred
ericlS Farrell. in Charles county, Md.
IDA JoHNSON-Shot her husband,
Charles +. Johnson, Galesburg. Ill.
She will serve ten years in the peniten-
tiaxy.
DOLLIE BELKNAP-A child Of
thirteen. poisoned Fleming Sarver and
wife, who had taken the motherless
girl to raise. Seymour, Ind.
MARY SPIVEY-On trial at Mont
gomery. Ala, charged with poison
ing her husband, w. IL. Spivey.
MRS. NOBLES-Convicted of being
an accomplice in the killing of her hrs-
band in Alabama, and sentenced to
death Strong efforts are now being
made TO save her from the gallows
through the medium of monster pei
tionS.
This is a fearful list. New York,
Indian Territory, Maryland. Indiana,
Illinois and Alabama From widely
separated districts come the reports
of women murderers. One, Belle Far
rell. has been acquitted; one, the child
Dollie Bell,nap. has confessed guilt;
three have been sentenced to death
Mary A. Kettenring and Mrs. Mobiles,
and one. Mary Spivey, is on trial Ma
ria Barberi was betrayed and slew her
betrayer Mrs. kettenring killed her
husband for his insurance money. Belle
Farrell was charged with killing her
crippled husband that size might marry
another man. Ida JohnSous husband
abused her, struck her and finally
charged her with infdelity and refused
to live with her. SO she shot him Del
lie Belknap appears to be simply a
wicked and perverse child. who slew
her benefactor. Mrs Spiveys motive
for murder is said to have been greed
for her husbands insurance. Mrs No
bles Killed her husband because he
abused her.
Maria Barberi's case is remarkable
sne If the sentence OF the court ID
carried out she will be the first woman
10 die in the electric chair, and New |
York is just now discussing the situa-
ton. The woman is said to be not un-
attractive in appearance, and she tells
q strange story in her defense. which
Is altogether probable when her ignor-
ncejand simplicity are considered. She
saws she was betrayed, and urgently
entrdated her lover. q bootblack. to
marIy her. He put her of roughly, |
md finally her friends. who were as |