Poison By Supposed Mushro...
The Times, 1824-08-28T00:00:00

__ -u1-Y, ,itte ItEYW i11tatttO, a miar; and his wife, wvho-se nanes were Joseph and Mlargaretta WVil-sn, arrived in Miarch, in the Isle of Ely, from SL Ives, and applied to the overseer of the pDor for money to pay their lodgings, who gave theu Gd. for that -purpose. They w-rtt to a lodging-house, kept by a person narmed Virillinm GJinby, and asked for r. saucepan to stew some mxhhroows for their supper; whilst in the act of preparing them, the wonian oftibe house observed " they were not mughrooms, but what she a:nd her neigh- bours called toadstools." The femttle, who was a Frenchwvoman, said, "t hey were chtampignons, and what wvere coinnoniv eaten in her country ;" and prepared them for supper aceordingloy. Aftcr stcwing for some time, they were put into a dish, and Wilson and his wife began to eat of thetn. An Irishman, who was lodg- ing in the same house, waq inducel to taste them, and-ate about a spoonfull; a dautehter of Ginby's, aged about 14, took and ate a saucer-full. Tle woman of 'he house also tasted them; site said she thought they were very sweet, and recommended a little pepper, and tsome flour to thicken them with, *.hich she gave for that Iurpose. The poor creatures, hungry and unconscitnas of the deadly nature of their fond, ate near two qu-rts of the stew, and wecnt to bed about nine o'clock,; tbey slept in the. saTne room- with the Irishman; after being in bed about three hours, theY wert setzed with a violent retching, whtich continued Throughout the ttiKt, and until seven o'clock the next morning, when they were first sent by .Mrs. Ginby; thtey were in a truly deplorable situa- tion, in excruciating reagny, anid dcleadfullv exhausted. A srrgeon was sent for, who, upon learning what they had eaten the night be- fore, reilue,ted to see the remaincder, and tIen had no doubt they were sulfcring under the effeets prtdluced by their eatitag poitstiotos fitngi All necessary means were used for their reoverv, but they languished until Saturday afternoon when bothi expired within two uotits oF each other, the man dying at D,and the wvoman at 4 o'ctock. The nune day inquisitions were taken on view of the bodies by Mllr. Pratt, of .Marcb, one of the coroners for tlte Isle of Ely, when the abovc particulars appeared in evidence, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased " Died of cioncl-a utsnbex. occasioned by eating polsonousfinygi, which they mistsok for mushroomns" Upou the Coroner antd Jury, atterided by Alr. Cutlledge, surgeon, going to view the bodies of the deceased persons, tiheir attention Was drawn to Rebecca C;inby, the daughter of the keeper of the lod;ging. lhouse, who lay upon a bed in an alariiMg and distressed situation -sne had, us above observed, partaken of the stew, but did not show any dangerous syniptoms of disease until Saturdav, when her pa_ rents were so infattated as not to believe that she was ill itt conse- quence of what she had eaten, that they never availed tbemselves of the assistance of Ir. Culledge (althaugh he wass mannv times under thie same roof in attendance upon 'Wilson and his wire) until it was past the power of medicine to rivo a.ny relief. The unfortunate girl languished unil Sunday morning at nine o'clock, when she expired in the moat dreadful agony. The same day an inquest was lakez befote MIr. Pratt, aid a verdict returned as i the former instances Wilson and h wife werecoml ietestrangers nq tbe townof March; they informed Mr. Grouns and MIr. Elliot, the overseers, that they were on thteir vay from Knightsbridge to Hull, where the man was borti, and had a brother living; that he was an oil4.loth painter by trade, and had been a soldier and pri3oreriin Fratnce. where he mar ried his wife. A certificate o marriage was found in tbeir posses. sion, but so inucli mutilated a.s to be i bleibe.-Cambridgc hro 1? ? t'ZC. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e.Cecl-ig I _ _POISGO BY StPPO0s0j MusAriooMa