Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1892-04-30 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

THEN THE DEVIL ENTICED ME."  A sensational trial has just ended in Finland, with the result that the wife of • l'rofe,sor at the State school was condemned to the extraordinary sentence of b-ing beheaded and burned on • beacon for having poisoned her husband. The wife's character, as it has been revealed during the trial, is wonderfully like some of lbsen's creations. The Professor's home sea us to have been a real " Doll's and his wife resembles Nora, but is of • far lower type. She was the laughter of • !well-to-do peasant, who was anxious that his daughter should rise to • higher rank, and he de; frayed the espenses of her education at • ladies' high schoo% She was charming and beautiful, and ; the Professor married her when she was only eighteen years old. The Professor treated her ass !child, and used to play with her very often. She ; seeme.l to be fond of hires, but apparently she liked still better the co npany of some students. ; and she would not 'Mud to kiss them sornet'mes ; —for fun. The Profeiaor used to complain that she and the boys were so very noisy and : disturbed him in his studios. He Wail even disaatieiel bemuse she waste I much money, especially on sweetmeats. It grieved • him ninon when he found out that she  bai borrowed money from diiersuM -persons, but for all that he loved her to his last moment. When suspicion arose that the wife had given her husband poison she denied the crime, and tried :0 make. people believe that he had committed suicide, but on the last day of the trial she eonfeasted her guilt. Tae wife sad that the only motise for the erne-) was that she had come iutodi dicaties by borrowing money, and even forged her husbands same on a cbeque, and she hoped to get money by her husband's death, as he was insure I for .C5OO. She had always been very fond of him, bat never loved him deeply. He had been kind to her, but lately o lea scolded because of her lavishneas After long consideration she lied I decided to take his life, and it would be, she thought. as easy as the blowing out of a cand/s. At • chemist's shop she g'ot • eapsnle til'ad with strychnine and some Aipsules tilled with quinine. The first time the wifhthought of giving her husband the poison he bad been so kind and loving to her that she had no heart to do it, and after; wards she prayed that the temptation ahould Ibe taken away form her. For same days she did not think of it, but the temptation over. came her another day, when her husband also liad been extremely kin i, and taken part in her games. When they had finished their supper the husband promised her a ace mike if she were tin before he went as school in thei morning. The Professor had already gone to bed, when he ealled her and asked for tome quinine. " Then the de,ii caaced me," confessed the prisoner. " I hut all aelf.ventrol, fetched the strichuine cepsule, gave i to husband in a glare of wake, kissed him, went out to the servants in the kitchen ; trid khans langbing that I had male a bat slUt m 7 husloand aud wanted to be Galled up a; hi o'cloca in the morning." After this the wife went up $0 her bed-room, undressed herself in great haste, and put some pillows over her head that she should not hear the scream, of her husband. Sbe denied that she had been unfaithful towards her husband; she bad fultschildlike Meeks • youn; ha lent, bet this had sot been the motive for the mime. During the trial the priaoner showed much eelf-possession. She looked like an innocent eAsool.girl, and many believed that she %i as the victim cf tie mist creel and unfounded auspicious.  TUlt UNENPLOVIID IN EAST LONDON —At o Urea whorl much thought la being Vow to Dela motto; a pract oat sugyeatio; may Ise et Gerdes Last yew wore thee AM= voesteb or funks istaleshes wore purebredd by bieossidessie eon+ 111111 Mall to tido coootry, Is Dlat MU Wary of oar own worklall Pooplot so tette is It she. *evil is wrought by want of thonghs, is well as weal a heort. if all muumuu* Wield wesebAse beyeal and Hay's inakhes Dial Arm would be onablol i•J ALM • woe+ [two Inwegoe,--Lo