A SENSATIONAL MURDER.
A GOVERNESS ft>NE ESSES TO THE CRIME. (1\ r I'/ .»> .J.v- —' • / <•//>?. i Y<>k«>h ima. .'an. 11. The trial o! Mrs Ca.rt.nv for the iiiimUr of her husband, W. H. R. Carew, took a most sensational turn yesterday. The ease as agaiu-t Mrs Carew bore a sem—blance to the famous M.tvbrick case. Mr Carew. who for many years was secretary of tin Yokohama I nitial flub. ha»l been unwell for some time * prior to October 22nd. On that day Mr \Yheel» r had him r. mowl to the . hospital. that it wa« a ca*of slow poNoninsr. but the patient dud on the saint- af?» moon. At thi* iii'i'i*Mrs Canw >tat«-d that her h'l-Kmd had been iti the babil ol taking ur»«.nk'. Mi,. Jacobs. a l'o\> rnes-s nn ployed in Caret's faimh. u-stiiu-d that she ordered syiup of lead and arsenic at Mrs Carew's request, the chemist asking her at the time why tin* family purchased -o ni:;ch deadly poisnn. Mrs Carew ;uiiuitud that she had bwn ind:*crt-i.t in not ttkm_' a iuediral uww- Uito her con!idenev with r< trard to-k'iHliii-band habit-, and \\a-sub-seqwutiy am d <.n -u-{.u ;uti i f causing h:s rfrath. lni« iw evsu-mt r.t ua- Cr\ t tn the Court «h»n Mis- .J.uvb> i that chr had n;=ir }> r--d t an v. and .•.[>«' *ntt u a r. i!id> r i- f i..w t r.i [•■:*,. rx had U.\ f- 1 '!!.!. .i!ul vshith -t 1 t u> »h«iw t* e.>:n n in* 1 -uicidf ow!!._- :• :L. of a stranpt at K-l* with whom ht- had fon»>rlv had ril.mon-.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 219, 13 January 1897, Page 3
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261A SENSATIONAL MURDER. Hastings Standard, Issue 219, 13 January 1897, Page 3
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