The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-13

the family. although attempts were made
TO show that the mysterious "veilsd wo-
man" might have been Mrs. Carew In dis
guise.
The arrest followed soon after the inquest
and pieces OF paper. said 10 have been
picked up by the governess. figured prom.n-
entity in the preliminary examination be-
fore the British consular court These
pieces of paper, when sewed together. seem
ed TO furnish the missing links in the chains
OF evidence which was slowly being drawn
about Mrs. Carew. and which. apparently.
was leading beyond doubt TO her convie-
ton on the charge OF poisoning >her hSs-
band. While these letters were being handl
ed in court one of them mysteriously dis
appeared. and It was afterward intimatei
that Mrs. Carew had stolen IL The judge
ordered all the doors OF the court be closed
and search for the missing document was
made.
A woman was detailed 70 search Mrs.
Carew. and the missing paper was found
tucked away IN the cuff of her jacket. AZ
ter that the guilt OF the unfortunate woman
seemed established beyond doubt Counsel
for Mrs carew. when the apparently stolen
document was found upon his client. threw
up their briefs. saying that they found II
impossible TO act any longer FOR her.
The letter found on Mrs. Carew was writ
ten 10 her by Mr.. II. NanS!ttart Dicxiu-
son. clerk in the Hong-Kong and Shang-
hal bank. who was a fried OF the family.
II read:
Il have been thinking much about your
probably OF having 10 meet this woman
Ghe mysterious yelled woman previously
alluded tor. l wish for your sake that you
could refuse TO. but have come to think
{ !.
anything about her? II not. you should
meet her. think Z; would bring you end
less BUILDING by refusing. and 1 want that
10 be avoided If possible. If you refuse do
so on the grounds that she has .nsulted you
! before others, and that you do not wish a
REPETITION. Refuse on those grounds first,
that is TO say. II you refuse al all
Another letter TO Mrs. Carew was as fol-
lows:
Never mind my coming IN 20 dinner. i
shall not feel hurt II / am left out OF your
parties. Nothing he can do viii hurt my
feelings now. l am only afraid he Will say
something rude TO me before others. and
can not sit quietly under that; only you
would be treated worse than ever IL We
come TO an open row again. II is worse for
you than for me TO hear his abuse"
Mr.. Dickinson testified that Mrs Csrew
had been complaining 10 him OF her hus-
bands ill-treatment, and that before the
proceedings against the prisoner, ne wrote
to her:
1T will be necessary TO be quite in accord
with each other on broad questions. We
must be able to answer alike You can say.
of course, recommended your gong to a
lawyer in case your husband proves dIf-
| fcult TO manage about the money-nothing
more. Your note with the cap has disturb
ed me very much. II makes me mad 10
1 think what you are subjected to- Pleass
be so careful not to drive him into any v;o-
lent acts. He shall be punished. but that
would be but a small compensation for any
| harm done to you You must tell L. Ditch
| field, lawyer about last night, and say
| that you really can not say when you may
! be compelled TO leave him (the hubsand)
| for fear of personal violence IL Is quite
| clear 10 me now. at all risks, at all hazards,
divorce"
| II will be seen that the purchase CT large
quantities OF arsenic. the bad feeling exist
| ing between Mrs. Carew and her husband.
| the production OF the apparently incrimin-
| ating correspondence, and finally, the find
] ing OF the missing document upon Mrs
p, Carew's person in court. tended 10 prove
her guilty of the charges brought against
/ her. But If the report that Mary Jacob
I has confessed turns out 20 be correct, Il
/ VIII probably be demonstrated that the
whole affair was the work of the governess
and, that. in addition to poisoning Mr.. Car
ew. she craftiiy drew about his widow the
chain of c.rcumstantial evidence which,
] seemingly, would have led to her conviction
/ of numbering her husband