Evening star., 1899-03-10

bouquet Of flowers to Roesel early today.
and h. kept them in his cell until he was
taken from ii.
History of the Crime.
MF~. CordeIia Poirier and Samuel Pars-
low. her reputed lover were hanged for
the murder OF Isidore Poirier. the woman's
husband. on Sunday. November 2l, 1s''d
The. c-imc was committed in the POiriers
home IN ST. Canute, Quebec. Mrs. Poirier
vh" wa< thirty-threa years of age. though
g"t especially attractive in appearance
i'.iSS-S$'d more than the ordinary accom-
IiiShmrntS of women in her situation i'm
i,fr- Sine had fair education and was the
"FgaHi>, Gf the Roman Catholic Church at
choi-
P"irier who was an Industrious work
Ei.iu. nulit his wife neat little cottage
home and maintained her in comfort. ON
an" faidI Sunday Poirier attended church
"a 81 Jerome in the morning. did his
wife a4d Parslow. In the afternoon the
huShaUi did rot attend vespers. bur stayed
al h"n" drinking. while Mrs. Poirier went
t9 church and played the organ for the
services She returned home where shc
I"'ird P"irier and ParsiOw. Puirier being
und-r The influence of drink and asleep
SE'- a Nk"'i Parslow to hitch up the harss.
mat 81" might drive to her fathers four
mixes distant. and Parsiuw did So Then
H. unhitcfei the horse again, after which
hc ana Mrs. Poirier entered The house and
% w:> az this time that The crime was com
mittcd.
Murderer Used q. knife
farSi'W took butcher knife and sIashed
iH- ~i@epiEg husband across the throat.
P"fSi"r twoke and sought to defend him
sell. when desperate life and death strug-.
x" "nsued. resulting IN the death OF Poi
Pic ParS,ow hftched up the horse ap-air
AMI Mrs P0irier drove away to her fan
er~. after which Pars.ow returned tn fh.
Hrl-'- invested himself of his blood-stainad
-G'.t. winch he burned in the stove Gonnrd
''.'' Hi ms victims shirts, LOO krd tho EoitSe
!te tl'' Key In his pocket and went to th..
Gus 81 his brother, George ParsIow.
'h M"hiiy morning Mrs. Poirier. on her
,.,., 'ay nom" O. from her fathers. stopped at
''"''-' Pdrsiows 5 house and had Il few
ia-iut'S conversation with Sam ParS,ow
@Ii'r which she continued ON her ,rav
.,5,liig"''FH. Upon arriving she found the
"1i!dS down and this doors locked She
went to a neiShbOr's and told them s,ha
could not get in. From there she went 20
ih' church 1t ST jerome and played the
"fSin AT a wedding. At the conclusion of
ih" ceremony she returned and at her
suggestion. a neighbor forced an entrance
]" tht- Noise through window. 1t was
then thtt the crime was discovered Mrs
f"iFler instead of going to her fathers
nous remained four days. until Thurs
dh$ dfterIa on. with ueighbor named
ii'uvrette. at whose place she was arrest
Ell.
Both Confessed Their GaiIt.
t;"th prisoners confessed their guilt. each
liking &" put the blame upon the other
Al tn" first trial the defense objected 10
IA- admissions of confessions made before
th" coroner, and because the trial Judge
accepted these as evidence the queens
bench Iuasned the conviction Of the pris-
".-r~- and the supreme court Upheld the
d' cisi"n- At the second tria, recently Mrs
P"iri-r admitted in the presence Of a de-
J'ciIVt, and il coroner i'll the hall OF the
court house at St. Scho,aSti0ur that she
bas I'D
sun ParSlpw. stating that ParsIuw had
told her that ~ would do anything 10 get
rid Of hp- husband
faT-lrN'S admissions were to the effect
isaJ the ,Eoinan had been urging him ever
since New Year before the murder to kill
h-r husband. and that while Poirier was
.~l"rp ne had cut his throat with \ knife
i''rslUw said that after tire first blow he
.iit not remember what took place because
n" "''s laboring under great excitement.
H. maintained that the woman exercised
an 'ufH-aCs over him which he Was power
l.S~ resist.
The two other women who have suffered
tA~ death penalty since COnfedera iicu are
inovic Campbell. who WIS hanged at Lon
don In lNI2 for cutting her husbands throat
Wi'h q knife. and Elizabeth Work nan VINO
W:~ hanged at 81 mia a wear later far b,at
l4E her husband to death with a club The
>''HI"n""s OF eight CT the eleven murder
e'' were eoinmuted 10 iife imprisonment
Execution at Elizabeth, y. J.
NJ" YORK. March fo.-Louis Roasel
VS. hanged today in the Union county iafI
a, t.ltzaheth. \. J. for the mmrder-of Jas
4. Pitts Of summit
James c. PITTS vas murdered IN his home
80 summit on the night of September -
l>''' Roesel, who was only twenty-five
Years Old is said to have planned the muir
U"r ana 10 have been the one to actually
strike the fatal blow. His partner in the
crime was George MaEshan The object
was robbery. Roesel worked for Pitts who
was rrputed to be wealthy.
Murdered His Mother-in-Ia..
CINCINNATI. Ohio. March f0-A Times
Star special from Glasgow. Ky, says John
Franklin WIS hanged at T10 am for the
murder Of his ElOtheT-in-law. Mrs Boxies
\ great crowd was in the town but only q
limited nUTaber-was admitted 10 the fncIss-
use 10 witness the execution. Franklin pro-
fessed 10 having experienced religion and
stepped u the scaffold smiling
John Charlton Hanged.
SAVANNAH. Ga. March 1o.-John Char
lon.. golorcd, was hanged here today for
the murder OF Meat Inspector Harry Nc
f.eod on September last Clarion intend
81 kill annfhpr h4If hot aE.I