Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-22

poison case on It's hands which VIII 70
down In criminal history. Inc death Oh
Mr.. F,veIina NJ Bliss. for when her
daughter. Mrs. Mary Alice l.. Fleming,
was arrested on the charge OF CIV ns
b.r mother come clam chowdsr contain
inc arsenic and antimony, presents many
.,ur,ous features The case has attracted
attention In all parts VI the country ana
70 en- we'll known that no extended rster-
encs to II is required here.
A .lanca at any history OF woman as
n criminal shows that poison hes iarseiy
Nyured in their murders. Psychoiossts
who have studied the criminal woman as
sert that she Is more cruel thah tns
criminal man. Writers CT all ages s"e
reasons for this. ,, -. .n.
oce,n waves or of devouring names IL
terrible Terrible IS poverty. but woman
ia n,ore terrible than all csc.
caro- saws: 1.-THE pervsrsity or woman
"a a great as to DO incredible. even 70
Its victims" -,.., Fan.
49,, s,vs. mo possible punishments
can deter women from hsaping UP crime
upon crime. Their psrversity OF m.,Iu
is more fertile in new crimes thah inc
Imagination Of judge In new puh''h'
ments." .u.v O..
,ot cynical. more depravsd. and more
terrible than the criminality OF the maze.
Rarely is a woman wicked. but when shs
Is the surpassss the man.
ANCIENT PoIsoNERs.
panote history tells Of the fair ana
elegant Greeks, who. when they tfea
OF their lovers. invited them, with others,
10 a sumptuous feast. and carving soias !,
dainty dish with q knife. the piaoe Oh
which was poisoned on OLD siue oniy,
belnsd them 10 the fatal portion, ano sa"
,heT die before the banquet was over,
while the remaining guests escaped IN
harmed. -, ,h.
women poisoners. In fact, she e1ceneo
In ALI varieties OF crime. but everything
w,, dons with a delicacy that pespohe
,bs artist. She lightly dropped poisoned
ro.a leaves into the wine cure OF tho
enemies she had doomed. and WIN a
playful smile, languidly watcneo 'ho"
expire in fearful agony. hor,
The anclents. while knowing more ~, ~
poisouous drugs than the experts oi ~.
day. were always opposed 10 'ne,I
Even in the frightful wars OF tne %, .a',,
a,,,,.r. wbsn ons OF the lesser generals
nronosed the use OF poison TO DO away
.,th ,hs enemy, ne barely escaped V'o'
,.rc. =, the hands Of his own soldiets.
T.ucrezia Borgia, Il is believed useu an
arssr,raI nowder closely resembling sugar
IN her many crimes, but her preparations
dld not possess the dicbolical potehcy ~,
th. drugs employed by the carrier po''o"'
va IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
=, ,,a ,t,saIs Ages. the female poison
ers operated on different systems Dut az
ways in a graceful and elegant iasnion
Cs,hsr,,a de Medicls sent death In DAINTY
n.ryumsd gloves. and Diane de Meridor 10
tn,cv golden oranges. In the seventeenth
century an epoch when poisons were rfsep
us.d ,hsv were currently cslsd by tne
cynical and ironical appeliation OF pouai
| a succession" Nine. de Brinyiiilers enu Ia
Voisin used an immense QuAhtity oi '"i.
"inherltance- powder" when piacsu many
. fortune within their grasps. Inc trisl
=. ~ ,ormsr caused great scandal, al
,houyh she consistently refused 10 gH'
sny exclamation or TO betray her accom-
niic.s. ..It I spoke" she repeatedly De
clared. the whole town would Dc cum
promised" "a
The vvoman voisin was less retlcept, al
,,,,,,r~ that 10 her trade In poisons shs
Ma add the profession OF witcncralt
and that ION stormy nights she summons
IN, devil 70 81. Dsnys" Nine. De sevishe
I'm her Letters" alludss to her trial anc
sentence. sss was burnt alive on ta'
mace de Greve, struggling with extraor
Hn.rv ferceness against the exscutioner'
,lI ths flames suffocated her.
This Nine. Dc Brinvilliers. in addition
n poi.oning numerous persons, tried &c
noison her Is-ysar-old daughter. The lat
,sr was very beautiful. and her mother
became insanely jealous OF her. Gaai
kema. q contemporary Of De Brinvilliers
noisoned her young daughter. In order te
inherit a fortune Of 5000 francs Wher
a woman displays . want Of maternal
f.elIur. like these two did. she Is deem
ed tho lowest and most horrible type o.
A MODERN TYPE.
moro modern type OF The woman
| no,soner was Nine Lafargs Cnss Mari'
| CsnelieI. She was the daughtr Of 81
| ofacsr Of the Imperial Guard. well mar
RED, happy at nrst. then tired OF he
| husband, and fell madly In love with an
other man. She had by letters warne'
her husband that he AaA bscens hatsfa