Potions of Death and Poisoning Women of History
A historical account recalls women poisoners in Italy such as Hieronyma Spara and Tophania. It describes their methods, the 1659 Rome secret sisterhood, and the spread of aqua Tophania known as a white arsenic solution. Details cover detection, famous cases, and arsenic symptoms.
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Nellie Brooks
Washington State
Rome
Hieronyma Spara
la Spara
Tophania
Palermo
Naples
Napoli
Nicholas of
Barri
Toja
Senic. Marsh
Potions and Pumps Show Fatal Stomach Poisoning
A physician notes that Purging occurs after exposure to a toxin causing vomiting and blood in evacuations. Victim remains thirsty with a feeble irregular pulse and clammy skin, death often within 18 to 72 hours. Treatment relies on the stomach pump emetics magnesia emulsion and ferric hydrate or dialized iron.
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Tophania
Leon Deverfeaux
Spring and Winter Courtship in Ohio Town
A 17 year old Sara Green wed 70 year old Jacob Brewer in Ohio after the mother of his late wife died. His daughters kept them apart, supporters claim dementia. Also recounts M. Sardou’s first meeting with George Sand at the Odeon with a backstage anecdote and her remark about a stagehand.
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Sara Green
Jacob Brewer
Ohio
Sara
Miss Green
Brewer
Sand
Dinenna
George Sand
Back to Prison by Michigan Man Hawley
William Hawley, 48, of East Manville near Grand Rapids, who fled a Grand Haven lare ceny sentence to Colorado and Utah for eight years, has surrendered at Iona Reformatory. He will serve two years unless pardoned, rejoining wife and five children four weeks ago.
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Michigan
Tons
William Hawley
Grand Haven
Mich
Iona Reformatory
Colorado
Montana
Oregon
Utah
Mr. Hawsley
Eastmanville
Grind Rapids
Latimer murders mother for fortune and life sentence
A Jackson Michigan case details J Irvin Latimer a life convict who murdered his adoptive mother to obtain a fortune from a drug business. He traveled to Detroit to establish an alibi and returned to kill. Latimer faced trial in 1890 and received a life term at the penitentiary amid concerns over adoption and possible involvement in his adoptive father's death.
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J. Irving Latimer
Michigan State Prison
Michigan
Latimer
Jackson
Mich
R. Irving Latimer
Detroit
Young Latimer
Robert F. Latimer
Corangen 4
Prisoner Latimer Plots Escape After Four Years Inmates
For three years Latimer appeared more tractable but guards lax. He recalled vowing to escape soon after entry four years ago. His repeated attempts failed due to rival prisoners and disclosure by others. A new prison administration altered chances as he befriended aides to the warden to kill again.
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Latimerat
Davis
Rings on Their Necks of Brass in Congo Custom
The Bayanzi along the Upper Congo weld brass rods into neck rings for wives. Some weigh up to thirty pounds, causing skin irritation and long term scars. Women bear the burden proudly, seeing brass as money and proof of status, though it risks strangulation if flesh increases.
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Upper Congo
Boston
Twilight years of Marie Murat near Ford Theatre
Marie Murat, famed from the Lincoln assassination uproar, lives in a South Washington hut. She recalls Pap Booth and J Wilkes Booth, claims Booth is alive, and recounts Wilky’s hurried visit to her room before the shooting.
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Marie Murat
Lincoln
Washington
Mary Murat
F Street
Ninth
Tenth Streets
Ford Theater
Booth
Pap Booth
J. Wilkes Booth
Willy
Boston Corbett
Wilky
Former stage star Marie Murat recalls past glory days
The aging actress, once the idol of theater crowds, recounts wartime days and a scene after a night out when the President was shot reportedly. Now about 57 and living modestly, she relies on her son for support and still cherishes memories of her palmiest years as she looks back on a life in the spotlight.
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Willy
Marie Murat
Marie
Ida Reed Dies After Rescue Attempt at Lauterman's Falls
Ida Reed of Youngstown Ohio went into Lauterman's Falls stream to save her sister Beryl Reed and Myrtle Lyons. Lyons and Beryl were pulled from the water by Ida's brother and Charles Lisco, but Ida drowned in the attempt.
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Ida Reed
Youngstown
Ohio
Beryl
Myrtle Lyons
Lauterman’s Falls
Miss Beryl
Miss Lyons
Miss Ida
Charles Lisco
Miss Beryl Reed
Denver fare dealer kills mistress and himself
Henry Bb. Orm a 23 year old Denver fare dealer shot and killed his mistress Dolly Reed real name Larissa Hildekierke from Hazleton Ohio. The couple quarreled after she threatened to leave him and Orm then shot himself. Dolly Reed was 35.
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Henry Bb. Orm
Denver
Dolly Reed
Larissa Hildekierke
Hazleton
Ohio
Orm
A Bully Good Time The Mystery of Billy at a German Club
A New York Tribune report describes a German club member who speaks only English and treats a long silent evening as a “bully time.” He and a companion shared beer from 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. with no conversation, while observers puzzled at their quiet vigil.
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New York Tribune
Billy
Sol
Tims
Eve’s Apple in Texas Siftings Humor
A Texas clergyman’s class is quizzed on Adam and Eve. Tommy answers Adam and Eve’s sin, then hints by pointing to Mrs McSychophant, the clergyman’s wife, prompting the punchline Your wife sinned first.
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Ommy
Texas
The Minister's Bad Plan
The monarch questions if the villain’s head is cut yet. The prime minister admits not, noting the culprit’s property is in his wife's name making him execution proof, while the king scoffs at the relevance of this fact.
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His Majesty
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Italy
Sal Spara
Tophavia
WM Hawley
Marte Murat
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