A SENSATIONAL CASK

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5769, 13 January 1897, Page 1

A SENSATIONAL CASK

A HUSBAND POISONED. CONFESSION OF A GOVERNESS. [Peb Pbess Association?! YOKOHAMA, J ax. 11. The trial of Mrs Carew for tlie murder of her husband, TV". 11. R Carew, took a most sensational turn yesterday. The case against Mrs Carew bore a resemblance to the famous Maybrick case. Mr Carew, who for many years had been secretary of the Yokohama United Club, had been unwell for some time prior to Oct. 22. On that day Dr Wheeler had him removed to the hospital, suspecting that it was a case of slow poisoning, but the patient died the same afternoon. At the inquest Mr* Carew stated that her husband had been in the habit of taking arsenic. Miss Jacobs, a governess employed in Carew's family, testified that she ordered syrup of lead and arsenic at Mrs Carew's request, the chemist asking her at the' time why tlie family purchased so mnch deadly poison. Mrs Carew admitted that sho had been indiscreet in not taking a medical man into her confidence with regard to her husband's habit, and Bhe was subsequently arrested on suspicion of causing his death. Intense excitement was caused in Court when Miss Jacobs confessed that she had murdered Carew, and also written a number of mysterious letters which had been found, and which sought to show that deceased committed suicide owing to the appearauce of a strange woman at Kobe, with whom he had formerly had relations.