The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-12
HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Carrie Joslyn Of Mason, Mich.
Accused of Murder.
Save Her Former Spouse Arsenic For 1--WE
weeks Until Death Claimed Him
Arrested with Her children. iaii

#'EEF
Mason, Mich.-Murder so cold
blooded that it took a woman two
weeks to kill her husband was ad-
mittcd, say the police, in a confession
made by Mrs. Carrie Joslyn, who was
brought hither from Wheatfeld town
ship and placed in the County Jail.
Drop by drop, the alleged confession
set forth, the wife gave arsenic to.
William JOslyn, whom she slew that
she might become the bride of his
,aPm assistant, Isaac Swan. A large
quantity. of the poison was found in
mis- stomach. She put the powder first
n his coffee, and when it sent him to
bed, day by day she lowered about
aim on the pretense Of tending him,
only to pour more and more Of the
deadly drug into his pain-racked body.
Through that whole fortnight she
watched him as a cat a mouse, not
ng the progress Of the pOison's work,
with no pity for his hourly agony.
time necessary to cause his death
without detection, and when at last
the end arrived she turned to the man
Cor whom she had committed the crime
md her heart had room only for
dreams Of him and her future with
aim.
Mrs. Joslyn told the police, they as
vert, Swan had %conspired with her to
murder her husband. The two long
had been attached to each other, and
at first, apparently, they thought Of
waiting till chance should break down
the barrier between them. But Joslyn
was too robust and the prospect Of
his natural death too remote for their
patience. So they calmly, co!dly
planned his violent taking-off and lost
no time in carrying out their resolve.
Marry they must they felt. Flight
together did not occur to them. Muir
der was easier Of accomplishment, and
seemingly there was nothing in the
idea to give either a shock. From the
moment the twain agreed on death
Jeslyn's doom was sealed as irrevoc-
ably az if his neck was stretched IN
der the guillotine's falling blade.
Swan bought the arsenic and gave
1t to the woman. It was tied in fair
white paper with a neat string. Not
a shudder passed over her as she took
the packet Of death from the hands Of
her >clandeStine admirer. Joslyn'S
coffee next morning contained the first
dose. He became i'll in the forenoon,
but, rallied at dinner. There was a
brief respite, for it was not until sup
per that she gave him the second in
5tallment. He groaned through the
night, but arose in the morning and
went about his work. The mans
sturdy spirit would not yield to what
be regarded as a slight illness. More
of the arsenic was given to him at the
noon meal. By dusk his strength was
gone. He look to his bed, from which
he never was to rise. Then an inner
smile of satisfaction widespread the
one she wore for him. He was at her
mercy.
Joslyn's active temperament made
him chafe against idleness. He tossed
on 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 might
have as much as he liked, she said.
1t was good for the ailing. Perhaps
but not with dose after dose Of ar
senic in it. So skillfully did she mete
out the poison, so carefully did she
calculate the length Of time he must
live to avert suspicion, that Joslyn
never suspected her. He took the lem
onade from her hand with grateful
glances and drank it eagerly. 1t
soothed him, he fancied, as no medi-
cine could. Had not she prepared it
for him?
Swan disappeared when the police
became suspicious. A search for him
was began and it is now believed he
would be caught before he could leave
the State. Mrs. Joslyn at night sat
in her cell, staring at vacancy with dry
eyes, her children from time to time
tugging at her skirt with inquiries
for their father. But she answered
not.