Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-01-20
FaIs IS A QUEER CASE
..,7eome OF A REmARkABLe TRIAL v IN AUSTRALIA.

c,.,Ioted of Attempted Wife Murder, c.se Is Taken Into Parliament
 IL. Ia Heleased-Thep Follow Some
 m as..siops of Astounding Xurpitude. rao lest get ill one If the most sensa,
 ai l and remarkable eases in the his l. - If crime is now being played in the s,9urts at Sydney.
 '', Come time early in 1894, George n.n aged ab0rt 26 years, was married \ p'4,I' Mary Seymour, who was about 19
 .rs of age and a rather good looking I 7, Tn December of the same year a al a;id was born to them. During the ill- m = If Mrs. Dean tho mother-in law .t in an appearance and remained un- #a inc child was a month old. The a,ber. in law was supposed to be a E4;Jaw and Mary the only child, of Isbam she was very fond. Dean was Imnloved as captain on ferryboat ,sssine the bay and was necessarily Essent most of the time. Dean was prob Tpy neyer in love with his wife, s moth- and Mrs. Seymour had little fond fsss for her daughters husband when EHev became acquainted. Result, some Ehsbjng in the family.
 On March Mrs. Dean became i'll, nj her mother returned to take care of .r Mrs. Dean had been drinking lem Eoaae made from lemon sirup that she sd bought Feb. 25. On March l she al scrap with her husband, and March 2 she used lemon sirup, as as common with Ter, and detected a *fttsl taste ill it, the same peculiar taste &5e had noticed in her beef tea a few smtbs previous She soon became i'll. bs prepared more lemonade at lunch &me, but the same bitter taste siekened l =q and she threw it away She then =istrusted that there was poison in the [nouade and took the bottle to two or aye persons for examination, but final I took it home again.
 Mrs Dean s health became more pre- 4ajous, and so many suspicious circum- { aDees accompanied her frequent and I were spells of illness that eB April peotor Cottor swore out warrant, d Dean was arraigned before Judge Indeyer on a charge of having admin saed poison to his wife, Mary Dean, Eah intent to murder her. The attor- ] q general managed the crown side of case, while the solicitors for the de- 4Bse were Messrs Criek and Meagher, j latter really conducting the case. # There was good deal of interest talk # by the people of the community from start, and the summing up of the 8 and the verdict were awaited with ae impatience. Not the evidence as
 Jlished, but rumors, seemed to move 2 people from the beginning. The se- ae and sudden spells of sickness of ! b Dean were known to many persons, * the chief witnesses as to details were zAkelf and her mother, Mrs. Seymour. q Among the most damaging points
 de were that Dean had suggested
 ier for his wife; that he brought the fier, his hand we'll about the glass; & at she discovered white sediment i'll
 glass and refused to drink 1t, and
 1t he, saying it was sour, threw it T He gave her tea, and she again some white powder in the saucer.
 told her, "It will do you good. /" He Ha her medicine prescribed by & phy-
 ian, ill which she noticed something curdled milk, but he said the doctor
 prescribed. She drank it and immedi-
 ly became very sick, suffering most ately all the agonies usually following Ks of poisoning. The doctor denied fng ordered the powder
 T tin April 6, the third day, the judge nmed up the case. 1t was evident that
 1t least had no doubt of Dean s guilt.
 gave the reason for his opinions and
 he had never in his experience
 Fd clearer case than this" and that
 was as we'll convinced of his guilt
 though he had seen the attempt to R0n his wife, not once CT twice, but
 every occasion on which she fell sick :"
 The jury retired at 12 o'clock (April
 and It was soon seen that there were aaences of opinion among the jurors. & judge recalled them at :35 and in-
 ned them that, unless they came to a
 oiet soon, they would "have to be
 until Monday morning." :" this be-
 satnrday. The jury soon returned
 7iet of guilty, with recommends
 to mercy" It is we'll to remember
 ln this highly Christian country
 t are many capital offenses, among
 'Nl Is attempt to murder. The judge
 ieetured the guilty" man on the
 allbie crime" he had committed,
 alter kindly advising him to Ire
 Oefore God, - he sentenced him to
 Anged by the neck until he was dead.
 @ lhe ludge's comments were so ex-
 sulnafy, soon the tongues were set
 easeihg, and soon the long cared
 sHc gave abundant heed. The criti-
 us ot the judge were first ill mur-
 4s' put soon became storm and
 a5a tornado. Mrs. Dean was openly
 Ysaeed us an arsenic eater, the jndge
 aespot and the attorney general as Eral leper.
 april l7 the cabinet. whose pre-
 aNe It is, corkidered the case with
 ''nee 10 Recommendations to mer-
 aud commuted the sentence to im- MNDlmant c. 1.e