The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-11
THE CRIME.

Mrs Cordeia Poirier and Samuel
ParslOw, her reputed lover, We're hang
ed for the murder of Isidore Poirier,
the woman's husband, on Sunday, Nov
y, 1897.
The crime was committed in the Poir-
iers home in St. Canute. Que. Mrs.
Poirier who was So. though not especi-
ally attractive in appearance, possess
ed more than the ordinary accomplish
msnts of the women in her situation of
life. She had fair education, and was
The organist at a church where Parslow
sang IN the choir.
Poirier who was an Industrious
workman, built his wife a neat little
cottage home, and maintained her in
comfort, On the fatal Sunday, Poirier
attended church in the morning. as did
bis wife and Parslow.
In the afternoon the husband did not
attend church, but stayed at home
drinking, while Mrs. Poirier went TO
church and played the organ for the
services. She returned home, where
she found Poirier and Parslow, Poirier
being under the influence Of liquor and
asleep.
She asked Parslow to hitch up the
horse, that she might drive to her ia
theirs, four miles distant, and Pars-
low did so. Then ne unhitched the horse
again, after which he and Mrs. Poirier
entered the house. 1t was at this time
that the crime was committed.
Parslow took a butchers knife and
slashed the sleeping husband across the
throat. Poirier awoke and sought TO
defend himself, when a desperate
struggle ensued, resulting in the death
Of PORTER
Parslow hitched up the horse again,
and Mrs. Poirier drove away to her IA
TIERS. after which Parslow returned to
the house. Invested himself of his blood
stained shirt, which he burned in the
stove, donned one Of his victims shirts,
locked the house put the key in his
pocket, and went to the house of his
brother, George Parslow
On Monday morning Mrs Poirier. on
her way home from her fathers, stop
ped at George Parslow's house and had
few minutes conversation with Sam
ParsloW after which she continued her
way homeward. Upon arriving, she
found the blinds down and the doors
lecked. She went to a neighbours and
TIA them she could not get in. From
there she went to the church and
played the organ at a wedding
AT the conclusion Of the ceremony
she returned, and at her suggestion a
neighbor forced entrance 10 the house
through window. 1t was then that
the crime was discovered.
Mrs. Poirier, instead of going to her
fathers house, remained four days, or
until Thursday afternoon with a neigh
Dor named Bouvrette at whose place
she was arrested.
Both prisoners confessed their guilt.
each seeking to put the blame on the
other At the first trial the defense OBJ
tected to the admissions Of confessions
made before the coroner, and because
the trial judge accepted these as evil
dence, the queens bench quashed the
conviction Of the prisoners and the su-
preme court upheld the decision.
At the second trial recently Mrs.
Poirier admitted in the presence of a
detective and coroner in the hall Of
the court house at st. Schoastiuue. that
she was aware that PORTER had been
killed by Sam Parslow, stating that
Parslow had told her that he would do
anything to get rid of her husband.
She said that when she met Pars-
low at his brothers. place the morning
after the murder. Parslow told her that
It was all over. Subsequent to the first
trial, she admitted to the sheriff that
she was present in the room when
Parslow killed her husband
Parslows admissions were to the ef-
feet that the woman had been urging
him ever since New Years before the