The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
JAPAN'S POISONING CASE.
TIE FOREIGN COLONY IN YoKo-
HAMA GREATLY III UP.

Club Dies Under circumstance That
Recall the Mnybriek and Fieminr. Bliss
Cases-Testimony by tho Widow Con-
eeruinE n Mysterious Yelled Woman
Mails Just received from Japan bring accounts
OF n poisoning case over which the foreign resi-
dents of Yokohama have become erently
wrought up. In many respects the facts so far
ELECTED recall main features of tho Maybrick
and Fleming-B Bliss cases. and the trial promises
to arouse almost as widespread interest. Tho
persons connected with the Yokohama case arc
well-known members OF the foreign community.
Walter Il. II. Carow, the supposed victim, was
the Secretary of the Yokohama United Club. of
which all the foreign Diplomats and the leading
business and professional men In Yokohama
are members. He had hold this post almost
from the time. six years ago, when he and Mrs.
Carew stopped over in Japan on their way to
San Francisco. The Carews arc English. Nj.
Carew had been for years in the British civil
service, stationed at various places In the
Straits settlements. Before that he had been
In Australia. When he arrived In Japan MIR.
Carew said that his health had been bad In tho
Straits, and that he had decided TO 60 to Cali
fornia to live. But he made many acquaintance
In Yokohama. being assisted by his long resi-
dence In the East, where everybody knows or
knows of every body else. and he lik cd the climate
w woe NhNb ho uStc INK u tIlh lDtTt.
About that time n vacancy occurred in the
secretaryship OF the Yokohama United Club.
and he readily secured the place. which, al
though a salaried office. docs not entail any loss
OF social standing In communities where Eng
lish customs prevail.
Carew was well along toward the forties. His
wife. who was n few years younger. was not at
fret seen much In Yokohama society. She is q
splendid horsewoman. and smart-lookinR rather
than handsome. She took long rides daily and
was always present at the pony-racing meets,
which are events of social importance In Yoko-
hama. Gradually she extended her friendship
among the ladies of the foreign colony. and In
time she began to go out more In the best society
OF the place. The Carews took n small cottage
on the "Bluf," as the high ground is called
where most OF the houses OF the foreign resi-.
dents are. They lived quietly ana apparently
happily. In time Mrs. Carew's brother. Regi-
maid Colmore Porch. q young EnGlishman. who
had followed his sister to Japan, went to live
with her and her husband.
On Thursday. Oct. is. Mr.. Carew became Ill.
His physician said that his liver was out of
order and advised him to remain in the house
for several days. Extreme irritability OF the
stomach developed: the patient became unable
to retain food and manifested excessive thirst.
The symptoms were strongly Indicative Of mr.
senical poisoning, and as the physician had re-
ceived Information that arsenic In large guam
ties was being purchased for use in the Carew
household his suspicion was aroused. Accord
lngly. there being no Improvement in MIR.
Carew's condition. the physician ordered his
removal to the British Naval Hospital on
Thursday, Oct. %. Two or three hours
after his arrival there he died. During
his illness the only persons in the sick
room had been Mrs. Carew. her brother.
NJ D-ral ..l a.. nt;t.., MI -.-
MT. forch. and the physicians. The circum-
stances demanded the holding of an inquest,
and this was hegu, hv tho Rr,,ish consrl
~ n.y., ~ ."s -" VI Il D'''''A I'"'ui' .
From the evidence brought ont at II, 1t seeme
that there had bsen a great ds,r y, ,,ll ohort
'h"' { d oeeh d great oe"! OF 'a'k auout
arsensic among the servants OF The household
during MIR. Carew's illness, and this at last
,"'o"s rs '"''o '"'
had been sent to the chemists by Mrs. Carey
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W NV sus"i - a MN W.
contided to Mr.. Carew's physician. The com
n, tho w,.dom ~ bay,n, m. pa,I.,t -.mo,oa IN
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At the inquest the governess testified;
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certificate b"fore giving the poisons to me. The
order was written on n piec. O, paper by Mrs.
Carew. The Japnnr.e Who sold the medicine
asked why We bought so plenty deadly poison
replied i don't know ! did not know any
had been bought before, He told me some had
been bought the day be- fore and the day before
that again. and wnn,d I in form Mrs. Carew IN
be careful how she used it, We had no further
conversation. did moi rcpor, the conyersation
IN Mrs. Carew. hut told Mr. pnrCh. her brother
after thin, don't think he understood NV
drift at ali. think he only considered il as
i'm nertinence OF The man and he remark ed rnon
The insoIence Of he clerk in ouestinninp me NJ
ali Only III, children were present If was in
Tie dining room. did moi mention anythinrto
Mrs, Cnrsw.
My suspicious were aroused by the chemist's
,,onyersntIon- / had been toId deceased vas
sick and drowsy and in gren, main. 40 when I
was sent to buy arsenic Wondered n great dcal
all Inc way home / do moi mink any Sns h.In ed
Mrs, Cnrew in nursing MIR. Garew. The SER.
wants NAV have fetched aud carried for her hnt
think she had ali the nursing herself, Was
ont NJ the house 50 much with lie cbiIiran ,hnt
know very little hbont the matter. Mr. Porrh
was in and ont at linn time when he came
home, and at any other lime he was home He
used TO 70 into The room of ,ho decsassI 10 in.
ouire now he was"
Nr Porch testifed that he had often sesn bs
sister give her husband med icine, Other testi.
mnny 6rnuvht nnt M ,h. innnest tended IN shovv
thai Mr.. Carew had been in The habit OF taking
arsenic in considerahIe ouantities IN reiicye
naI, raori,in, yron, n oh -nnI, atIna,t I,wo