The Penn's Grove record., 1905-01-13
POISONED HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Carrie Joslyn, Of Mason. Mieh-
Accused q Nv~aec
Gave Bier Former Spouse Arsenic aoI Ews
Weeks Until Death Claimed Him
Arrested wfth Hcr Children.

Mason, Mich. Murder SO cold.
blo0ded that it TOOK q woman two
weeks to Kill her husband was al
mitted, say the police, in & confessiNu
made by Mrs. Carrie JosIyn, who was
brought hither from Wheatfeld town
ship and placed ID the County Ieil
Drop by drop, the alleged confession
set forth, the vile gave arsenic tc
William JosiyD, whom she slew that
she might become the bride DC his
farm assistant, Isaac Swan a isrge
quantity of the poison wes found I'll
his stomach. Sho put tne powder urst
- his coffee. 9uu when it sent him To
he'd, dav hv dag she lowered about
him On the Dretense OIL tending him
only to pour more ard more Of tne
aeadly drug into his paln-racled body
Through that whole fortnight sie
watched him az 4 cat s. r'0usA. nct
ing the progress 1i The peiegu's work,
with no pity foL his hourly agony.
She recE0red Only on ta length NJ
Uaaa necessary to cause his death
without detection. and when at last
'1e and 0rriren ste turned 10 the mai
FOR whom sne had committed The crime
snd tlae heait Lad room 1l for
7~as Ts CT him and nar future wlth
b.8l.
Mrs, JCsiyr tolo the police. they as
sert, Swan had con spifed with her IN
murder her husband re two l1
mad been attached j aar ot8ar ana
at 1rst, apparently .aey thought (
waiting tilt chance should break dCe y
he barrier between hem. But osivn
wal TOO robust lna .ha prospect 9f
his haturei leatl tc1 remote for thair
patieuce aa ihev calmly co.Cly
planned his violent tsxing-on and lost
no ina "a carrying 9ot their resolve.
"a rig d8ey must taey felt. Flight
.ogegher 1id rot oceIr to them MQr-
der was egsleE Of accarag shpeHt, aud
aea4lrglg tlcY2 WAS nothing n the
idea To give either a shock. From the
moment Tie trsin agreed Oh death
Jo$lyn's doom was sealed as irrev9c-
ably as If bis neck was stretched ~
der the gniliotina's falling blade,
swan bought the arsenic an6 gave
fl 70 the woman. it was tied II fair
white paper with a neat string, Not
4 shudder passed over her is size took
the packet Of death from the hs"ds Of
her ciandesGne adWIver. JOSH. MS
coffee next morning CONFIRMED / g first
dose. lie became i'll IN the forenoon,
but rallied at dinner. There was a
brief respite. for ii was rot until sup
PEI that she gave him the second iD.
staiiment. He gr0aned through the
/ night, but arose in tile morning and
went about his work. The mans
sturdy spirit would not Yield to what
he regarded as a slight illness. More
Of arsenic was given % him at the
noon neeaL BY dust his strength was
gora. He took to his bed from which
be never YVES to risa. Then an inner
I smile OF satisfaction widespread the
one she wore for him, lie was at her
mercy.
fOslyn's active temperament made
htm chafe against idleness. He tossed
or his bed and begged for cooling
drinks. The woman, still with the
smile that secretly Knocked him. made
lemonade and handed to him tempting
glasses OF the beverage. He mighr
have as much as he liked she said.
1T was good for the ailing. Perhaps
hut n0t with dose after dose Of ar.
senic in ii. So skillfully did she mete
OAf 4AE EhiHShr ~ NdINb nay UA0 SAE
calculate tine length Of time he mus
live to avert suspicion, that JosIy1
never suspected her. lie took the lem.
onade from her hand with grateful
glauces and drank H. eagerly. Il
soothed him, he taHcied, as no med
cine could Had not she prepared 81
for him?
Swan disappeared when the police
no.
was began ana ii is now believed 1g
would be caught before he could leave
the State. Mrs. Joslyn at night sal
in her cell. staring at vacancy with Org
eyes, her children from time 10 rimt
Juggling at her skirt with inquiries
for their father. But she answered
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