Year: 1879

generally gave it in tea, and would
tell mo of it next morning; about
the 26th or 9th of February Mr.
Cobb procured quite a number of
tickots to Don Munio, then exhibit.
ing at Broed Hall ; he wanted his
wife to accompany him to the entor~
tainmont, but she refused, and told
him to take Mrs. Waterman, her
mother it was very stormy that
night 1 saw him go by the store ut
about eight o'clock, as 1 thought. to
the entertainment I won't to his
house and raped at the back door,
and Kate camo to tho door and said,
''It won't do for you to stay round
here great whilo tonight have
given Charley aconite and it has
raised the devil with him-go away ;
[ wanted to go for the doctor, but
he would not let me and has gono
himself, and I expect ho will be
brought back every moment :" I
left ; saw her the next morning +;
she said Charley had been to DR..
Perkins the night before and got a
prescription, but did noe get it
filled he was out at the barn whilo
[ wns conversing with his wife !;
correspondence at this time was less
frequent I purchased morphine
about this time for .Kate to put in
pudding.


All ARSENIC INST THE 1,IJTNa


On the 18th of March, 1878, she
showed mo an article in the daily
morning Bulletin Of the 18th on
arsenic, which spoke Of it Gas color
less and tasteless )" she said, eff 1
had some of that I could got it into
him )" L got her some the next day,
q half ounce; that wls tho first
arsenic Mrs Kate Nj. Cobb got from
me, and her husband got the most
OF it Kato told me tho first arsenic
she gave her husband she put in his
coffee 5; it had no apparent effect !;
she said she would give him more
every two or three days she gave it
TO him and sometimes three times
daily; Kate once said to me,
"Charles must be poison proof, but
/ think l can get enough down him
by and by to get an effect"


THE TEMpTER's INNOCENT QUESTION.


I asked her once or twice "Nhy
do you not stop ?" she replied, "NTy
mind is mado up and I will sue =.
ceed )" Charles II. Cobb, Jr., had
been given five or six doses of
arsenic before tho 23d of March,
1878 I: she told me she had given
him SO much arsenic that it had
given him diarrhma, and sho had
been to SEQ DR.. Perkins about it I
met heN that night (March 23) on
School Street and we talked an hour;
she told mo DR.. Perkins had recon-.
mended quinine pills, but she said
she was going to give him NOR
phine powders. and tell Charley the
doctor ordered them she reminded
me it was just ten weeks to an hour
since morphine was given my wife,
and sho would administer some to
Charles that night; next morning
she told me she gave her husband
the dose and that he had perspircl
all night, but the poison seemed to
have no effect that he lay and
tremblcd on ono side of TIE bed all
night, and that Charles was not
able to get up that morning she
invited mo up to see him I went ;
[ asked Charles If he wanted a doc
tor he said he did when 7 went
down stairs she wanted to know
what she should tell the doctor
and I told her to tell him she gave
him quinine the next morning
she told me she told the doc.
tor as had directed before the
doctor came she destroyed what
arsenic she had in the house I
bought more arsenic for her about
tho first of May I think Charles
Cobb took the whole Of that to-
ward the lastof May she told mo she
was getting out of arsenic, and I
bought her some moro in April I
bought five cents worth of strych-
nine for her; she put part Of it in
some bitters and some of it into
whiskey Kate told me he took
little of both I got strychine
twice, and then I got moro arsenic /;
[ got tho last arsenic the last of
May Oh the night of Juno 4 got
strychnine, and Charles H. Cobb,
Jr., died on the 9th, at noon after
getting prescription from DR..
Lewis Paddock containing strych-
nine I told her to add more to his