The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-20

tone OF the Judge as he delivered with
terrible lucidity the crushing arguments
CT his charge The jury was out forty
five minutes and when the verdict OF
guilty was given the silence that ensued
was terrible. The face OF the accused
became overspread with a ghastly. duh
blue tint: the lines of her lips changed 70
a chalky white; her eyes assumed the
look of an animal stricken TO death: her
hands clutched convulsively at the dock.
Asked whether she had anything to say
why sentence should not be pronounced
upon her. she replied in a voice whose
husky dizziness contrasted painfully with
her wonted tones, No, and sank back
exhausted in her chair. The judge then
With great emotion pronounced the death
sentence, stating that the sentence could
not be carried cut unless the court were
instructed by ir Ernest Satow, her ma
jsstys representative in Japan. The
condemned woman was then taken TO
SAIL
The Gazette prints an earnest appeal
for clemency in behalf OF the unfortu-
nate woman.
A few days later the British consul az
Yokohama received dispatch from the
British minister stating that in view OF
the imperial proclamation OF the empsr-
or OF Japan, dated January 81, granting
10 all Iapanese subjects under sentence
on that day remission CT punishment.
i; appeared proper that a similar mea-
sure OF grace should be extended TO the
criminal IN this case. The minister ac-
cordingly decided not to direct that the
| sentence of death be carried into exc
cu;ion. and IN virtue OF the powers con-
ferred upon him by the order in coun-
ell in 1865, and otherwise. directed that.
in lieu OF suffering capital punishment.
Mrs. Carew shall be imprisoned with
hard labor FOR life.
The arrest. trial and conviction OF Mrs.
Carew was the most sensational chain OF
evidence in criminal way that ever
occurred in Yokohama. Her husband
was secretary OF the United club and
| both moved in goOc society. Mrs. Ca
rev had considerable means of her own
| and she and her husband frequently quar-
I relied. IN October Carew was taken sick
I and few days later died The autop-
| sy revealed traces OF arsenic and Il was
/ proved that before end during his Ill
! ness, Mrs. Carew rad purchased arsenic.
| There vas a tale Of a mysterious woman
/ in black. who called on Carew the day
/ ne was taken i'll ard disappeared The
| inference was that she had been mis- mis-
| trass and that ne nad committed suicide.
/ The evidence against Mrs. Carew was
very convincing. AMI especially dsmag-
| ing was an attempt TO purloin in court
an discriminating letter. The letter was
missed and on search being made II was
! found tucked away in Mrs. Carew's
| clothing.
A sensa tional incident in the case was
| the charge made by Mr.. Lowder. one Of
| the attorneys for the defense. that Mary
Jacob. a foYerness In the Carew family.
! and ros Mrs. Carew. had done the poss-
! oning. Miss Jacob was arrested but Ia
! ter Nr. LOwder withdrew the charges.
| stating thar the chain Of evidences
/ against Miss Jacob was 50 weak that he
was compelled to withdraw the charges.
/ Miss Jacob was then released.
While the trial was in progress letters
! were received by the lawyers in the case
signed Annie Luke" in which she said
she hal killed CGrew. Lowder charged
that Miss Jacob wrote these letters and
was the self. confessed murderess OF Ca
rev.