The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-02

Henry, was on inc point or eating
some OF the dumplings. Mildred
urged him not 10 do so. saying that
they were cold and heavy. IL was
In evidence that Mildred had not
taken tho poisoned food until she oh.
served It's effect upon others. and
II was thence inferred that she either
took II to conceal her crime or with
suicidal idea.
II moreover appeared that NIL.
drcd's statements about the matter
wero Inconsistent contradictory,
and. In some instances. untrue. She
declared that the poison must have
been IN the milk. and not In the
dumpiings.
Now. the milk had been fetched by
Sarah Peer. II was thence inferred
that she was trying 20 divert aus
picion from herself TO her fellow ser.
want The analysts proved con.
clusiveiy that the arsenic was In the
dumplinEr. and not In the milk.
To further disprove tho pro.
sumption OF innocence raised by her
eating OF tho poisoned food. herself.
II was shown that she had shortly
b~for. had hearty meal off a beef.
steak pie. and therefore was not
likely 60 have eaten the ''coId and
heavy dumpiings" as she described
them 90 Henry. because she was
hungry. Having tried IN vain 10 per.
suade people that the poison was in
the milk. hhe turned around and de-
ciarvd that II was In the yeast. The
yeast was proved by analysis TO Re
perfectly pure.
SENTENCED
To DEATH
Here. then. was Q group OF i'm.
portant circumstantinI evidence. Op.
portunity was provided. no was an
instrument tthc arsen!c) 81 hand In a
drawer to which she had fr~e access
and desire betrayed TO conceal the
crime by dlverting suspicion 70 an.
other. and by telling uniruths.
Upon the evidence. m have
sketched II. Mildred Adams was con.
victed and sentenced 10 death. The
case. however. created 20 wide.
spread an agitation In tho public
mind that Justice hesisated TO ex.
ecutc liz fatal decree. The utter
absence Of a conceivable motive was
n serious blow in the case.
Why should this light hearted.
amiahie young giri. whose worst
known fault was her coauetry. poi.
son a whole family, Her counsel.
exclaimed IN burning eioquence
againrt the horrible cruelty Of her
fate. Shs was rvprieved for three
montha In the hope that new evi.
dencs would transpsrs TO save her.
Mono was forthcoming.
shs was executed amid the greae
sst excitement thru the metropolis.
and on . warm septemeer day she
was borre. amid the Borrowing faces
Of 10000 spectators. and her pail up
held By six young girls rotsd IN
white from her humble home TO her
finai resting place
Ono who lived amid those scenes
wrota
''Pcor Mildred Adaurl 10 young.
70 fair. 20 Innocent Cut down even
In thy morning with all iifc's bright.
meas only In It's dawn Little did n
profit thee that . city incurred over
thy. early grave and that the most
eloquent men did Justice 10 Thy
memorvr'
For almost . decade the guilt or
innocence Of Mildred Adams was
disputed point Then the confession
In 1903 Of the victim of q EanEster's
duel betrayed the truth. The comics.
sion Of the real murderer. made on
his death bed. was with such par.
ticuiar1ty that Miidred's innocence
was established beyond . doubt
Andrew Pyodovitch. . grocery
mans delivery boy. harboring .
fancied grievance against the entire
Turner household ana being familiar
with tho situation OF rooms in the
house had slipped up 10 the kitchen
and placed the arsenic In the
dumplinEs and escaped unobservcd.