The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-25
WOMAN WOULD
BURY TRAGIC PAST
Has lust Been Released From
the AyleSbuTy Prison
in England.
WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH
VIII Come to America to Begin Life
Anew: Her History a Re
markable One.

London. Dec. 24.-Nrs. Edith Vt. Ca
rev. the Japanese Mrs. Naybrics."
has been released from AyIcsbury
prison and soon viii go. it is said. To-
America to bury her tragic past
among new associations. Her history
has been a remarkable one. Iu 1856
she and her husband were residing
IN Yokohama and were moving iu she
best society. CareW was the secretary
and mauascr of the United club of
Yokohama. which Eu9yard I<ipliur
called the Overseas club" ON Oc-
tober 10, 1896. ne was taken sick. APP
parcutly with liver trouble. The ilI-
ness puzzled the attending physician.
who found his liver remedies of no
avail. While the patient vas-in a crit
ical condition. Miss Jacobs. "a nurse
and governcss i'm the Carew house
hold. met ON the way home from a
japanese druggists friend OF hers.
also n nurse. TO whom she said:
81 must tell the doctor of this
poison. If I do not speak now It win
be on my conscience all my life should
Mr.. Carcw die"
This remark was repeated to a.
friend OF Carew. and Carew was taxi
en- from his home and put iu the
Naval hospital. He died or oXhaue-
ment made by Mrs. C5rew was 60 the
effect that her husband had asked her
the day before he died to get him
some arsenic. Cdrew'S doctor refused
TO give a death certificate and a pub
lie autopsy was held 1t was decided
that C8rew had died OF arseuical
poisoning. Miss Jacobs. the nurse.
testified she had bought by direction
solution OF arsenic and sugar OF
lead. Mrs. Carcw sworc that her hus-
band for years had taken arsenic and
that the only time she sent FOR 10 was
on "a doctors prescription.
Letters signed Annie Luke" were
read &C the inquest and an attemu,
was made to show that "a vei1cd and
mysterious woman had several times
called on CareW iU his Wifo'ga absence
while he was ill. This woman. 20 was
said. had poisoned Carcw. her 'twir
soul" and had then tried to kin hcr-
self The coroner himself put I'm evil
dence letters he had received signed
Annie Luke saying She had killed
Carew
The coroner's jury found there was
no evidence as To who had admins
tered the poison to Carcw. Five DAYS
later Mrs. Carew was tried before the
British consul fin Yokohama on q
charge or murder. There were put iu
evidence letters from Yokohama
bank clerk to Mrs. Carew advising her
how to get a divorce from her hus-
band. These letters. ft was testified
had been found torn % pieces iu Mrs
Carcw's waste basket and had been
picccd together by detectives. one of
the letters disappeared from the couu-
sells table during the trial The court
room was closed and no one was al
lowed Co depart. A woman searcheI
found the letter concealed i'm AIRS. Ca
rew's dress. The bank clerk tcsti-
/ fled and said he had loved Mrs Ca
rev and had given her advice iu g0vo
/ faith rs TO her getting slivorCC. she
| having deceived him 10y stories or her
/ husbands alleged brutality.
Mrs CarCW was found guilty and
was sentenced TO death The British
/ ambassador to Japan committed her
sentence to penal servitude for life
/ she was removed 20 Hongllong.