Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-02-20
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE FAMOUS
YOKOHAMA CASE.
1T WAS MOST SENSATIONAL.
MRS. CAREwf CONVICTED OF POISON
ING. HER; HUSBAND.
Sentenced to Death, but the Sentence
Commuted-An Oklahoma Sheriff
in JafI-Parmer Murdered
Near Lebanon, Mo-
Crime News.

San Francisco. Feb. 19.-The mail and
cabin passengers of the steamer China
were landed this afternoon. The Japanese.
Gazette of February contained an account
of the conviction and senter1ce TO death
and later the commutaton to imprisonment
for life, of Edith Hay HailoTell .tcaresy, for
The murder of her husband. The. paper
says: 's~fesasts
Never has so solemn and, Impressive a
scene been enacted in "A consular court IN
Yokohama as that which. on Monday aft
crnoon. closed tine last pubiic;aet of the Ca
rev tragedy. so far as concerns the un-
fortunate lady now convicted of murder.
The intensity of feeling that manifested it
seIf at the outset was aHsss Somewhat by
The calm, stately tone of the judge as he
delivered with terrible Iucidity. the crush
ing arguments of his charge.
The Jury was out forty-five minutes ana
when the verdict Of guilty was given the
silence that ensued was terrible. The fact
of the accused became overspread with
ghastly. dull blue tint; the lines of her lips
changed 10 chalky white; her eyes as
sumed the look of an animal stricken 10
death; her hands cIutched coHvalsiYely at
the dock. Asked whether she had any
thing TO say why sentence should not be
pronounced on her, she replied, in very
weak voice, whose husky. dullness con-
NO. and fell back exhausted in her chair.
The judge then, with great emotion. pro-
nounced the death sentence. stating that
the sentence could not be carried out un-
less the court were INSTRUCTED by her MAJ
esty's representative In japan The con-
demned woman was then fakef.'fo JAIL,
The Gazette Prints an earnest appeal for
cleniency in 5ehaH OF the n1ffgrtnnaie
sui al Yokohama received ~ disgpat en- from
the British minister stating fa1ati in view
of the imperial proclamation OF the en-.
Deror of japan. dated January 81. granting
10 all japanese subjects under sentence On
that day a remission of punishment. it aPz
grace should be extended to the criminal in
this case. The minister accordingly deeid-
ed not 10 direct that the sentence of death
be carried into execution, and, in view of
the powers conferred upon him by the Dr.
der council of 1865 and otherwise, directed
that, in lieu OF suffering capital punish
ment, Mrs. Carew shall be imprisoned with
hard labor for life. tsf
The arrest, trial and conviction of Mrs.
Carew was the most sensational chain of
evidence in criminal way that ever oc-
Cured in Yokohama. Her husband was
secretary of the United Club and both
moved in good society. Mrs. Carew had
considerable means of her own. and she
and her husband frequently quarreled. In
October. carew was taken sick and a few
days later died. The autopsy revealed
traces of arsenic, and it was proved that
before and during his illness Mrs. Carew
had purchased arsenic. There was a tale
called on carew the day he was taken ILL.,
ana disappeared. The inference was that
she had been his mistress, and that he
had committed suicide. Evidence against
Mrs. carew was very convincing and es-
pecially damaging was an attempt TO pur-
loin in court an discriminating letter. The
letter was missed and. on search being
made, II was found tucked AWAY in Mrs.
Carews clothing.
A sensational incident in the case W as
the charge made by Mr.. Lowder, ore of
the attorneys for the defense. that Mary
Jacob, a governess in the Carew family,
and not Mrs. Carew, had done the poi
sonipg. Miss Jacob was arrested, but later
M. Lowder withdrew the charges. stating
that the chain of evidence against Miss
Jacob was SO weak that he was compelled
10 do SO. 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
had killed Carew. Lowder charged that
Miss Jacob wrote the letters and was the
self confessed murderess of Carew.