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u ATO IN et "WHOLE, NO. 7640. ee ‘er Kn Y uwW YO *. 2a SUNDAY MGARNING, AUGUST 1857. o “ THE GLASGOW POISON TRAGEDY. Murder of Pierre Emile L’ Angelier. PORTRAITS OF MISS SMITH AND L’ANGELIER, THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS. ARSENIC FOUND IN THE BODY. Speech of the Dean ef Faculty im Defence. VERDICT OF ACQUITTAL. MASS SMITH'S DEPARTURE FROM COURT. Beenes and Incidents. a, ae, ae. FIRST DAY'S PROCREDINGS. 38 Mr. John Clerk Brodie, W. 8 , having J the lil E HH 3 5 E $ A d a . Ber complexion was pot pale, but, on the con- wary, her cheeks bad copridorable color; bet this " robabiy be the effect of ariidcial applications From appeasncce we abou)! suppore ber age to be 21 or uz PORTRAIT OF TSS MADELING omrrit. AYPRARANCE OF MISS AMITH IN THE DOCK. ‘The figure in the dock is smil in statore, sigot and formed, #ith the elasticity of youth and bealth(al i itis attired ine manner which shows how Most refined oecance may be united with the quietoens: Of & Quakeress. Madeleine Smith, it is plain to every eye, te an artist in mawiors of dress, however ‘‘stupid” those drawings might be which rhe did not wish to sead to L/Angolier when her lover arked a fow of the products of her pencil! But, with hor dress and figure, admiration ends. Her countenance .* strnkipg but not pleasant A pro Drow, a long, prominent nose, and a receding chin to ber sharp fentures a hawk-like aspect: and, eye is largo and lustrous, no spriog of tender Hiy gloame iz, droop: lesher—the orb is cold, icy, be called beautiful and pisced on the dissector’s table. is narrow and low, bat the bewl, swatvod of dark brown (resses, swells apwards in the tm which phrenologists piace the bump of (inmness, broadens behind io an extent that corresponds exactly | the mental weakness and moral depravity dereioped jet, Her mouth is significant!y large, we x fur over the one beneath, which, when | away from ite comoanion, and has rising tide of emotion, *o that more | been seen to catch ber lipe tently be. | F z i iF 4 & i i 3 HI 4 itt i + 4 foretinger to bide the feeling that she did . Her bead embodies more than any wo before the anion of Intellectual weakness propensities and unlounded tt 5 : ; F rawn, is one which compe! she made in prison—that she never | HE 3 # 2 nervous irratibility, excitement or alarm & subsequent stage, daring the long took place tm consequence of the non- A witness. Some stupidly clumsy person, if in, had banged one of the side doors which she was only separated by two her right elbow and the other at the | started in considerable alarm—ber chest excitement of this, in itself, very trifling i Pt il g ! ii a 3 Z ij ij E $3! Fie l 4 i 3 3 THE WORDING OF THR IXDIOTMENT. | no doubt having been previously given | faaiion of she conaae! Sr tue princaer to make an the presiding Judge called uj ir. Young, ad- ybo ross ad sald thet there wore some matle ta , {n the first and second cl |, with rote. ‘to the nnture of the charges, to which he desired to Attention of the Court. Those words were:— (Did and folonionsly administer or cause to be taken by.” If these latter words, ‘cause to be taken by,” were ni ralent to the previous words, “administer - were sarerfoone and unnecessary; and, secondly, if they were intended to mean snything diffe they were not covered by the major proposition. if they were synonymour with the previons words, they entirely rsclors, nod if they were not synonymous, ‘were not covered by the major proposition. Adi said that be did not think that the nity d # i} i lvorate | ‘commented on by Mr. Young were in any way ma- | terial 10 the indictment; they were » mere interpremtion Of the previous words, and they ovgns to be depleted, | i THE PRIBONER PLAADS TO Th CHARGE. The Lord Justice Clerk (ven Baving called her Majorty’s for her Majesty's interest, addressing the pri , said—"You, Madelotue Smith or | ith, are charged with inteat to der. Are you guilty or not gatlty?” | THY INDICTMENT. Or Madeleine Hamilion Smith, sew fonaly admintater in; Heges, with intent tH ere al 0 ‘Smith. “are ‘Twas pot aware be had { he rotwrned that day abont ike polaoa, °F part inereof, ipomee: by you, ald pe ae February, 1987, or en one immed Pierre Melle wanuities of asenisor 0k OF in coffee, drivk to the pro: the said Jaght to be punk committing TUE SURY SWORN. The following jury was then empanne tied :—Jamos Chris- tue, farmer, ies; James Pearson, farmer, Norihileld; James Walker, farmer, XiJpunt; Charles Thomson, coal mer: York place; William Sharp, Auckland ‘Vill; Archil Weir, bootmaker, Leith; Hux Hunter, cabinet place; Robert co EA Nether ‘The Dean of Faculty eaid that this propcra! came upon bim by He was aware of only one case in which this was allowed. If, however, the medical wit nesses on the other side were aiso allowed to be present, i | be would have no The Lord Justice Clerk stated the case in which this had been allowed, ani why. He that it would be pre- | Jodiola to the prisoner. He c»uld Bot permit i. & Lord Adyooate acquiesced in the decision of the Court. Mrs. Joukins recalled—| went in, and the no deceased said be had been very unwell, and told mo to look at what = vomited; 1 looked, and said | think that yer Py ‘was of a green! ; there was a great it; Tr was thick stuf! avout the thickness ant ‘oasiatency of gruel; | said, “why did you not call for me?” he said, “on the roa/l coming home ! was seized with a violent pain in my bowels and siomach, and when! was taking off my clothes, I laid dawn op the carpet, and tT would have died without any one seeing me; 1 way not able to ring the be!l,”’ be asked me to make him a }i tle tes. By the Lord Justice Clerk—i did not find bim on the carpet, but in his bed. By the Crown—I omptied what he vomited; | advised him t go to a doctor, and he said that he woui sald not to make him any breakfast, but Cy ey toa, aod after that he went to sloop; be slept till nine o’clock— about an hour, | went back and found him, as he said, » lie beiter, and would go out; be got a little tea at nine o'clock ; loctor saw Bim at that time. he jodged in my house at that time; the deceased rose between ten and eleven; he went eut, saying he would go to business, but eaid he would call for a doctor; be returned about three o’olock in the afternoon, and sa! he hrd been at the doo- tor’s and got a botue, which he brought with him; I don’t remember whether he said he was beter or not ; be comp'ainea of belog very thirsty, in addition to tho pain in bis stomach and bowels, aco at three o'clock, when he returned, he sill complained of belng thirsty, but mot so much as before; he took the medicine which be had brought from the doctor, this {ll- Bess made a great in his appearance; he looked yellow, and not like wi he looked befor dull; formerly his complexion bed been fresh, after that in @ great measure, the color lef him; there wore dark spots under his eyes and red 4 of cold both before he went out that day aod a id not go to bed, but ia} i did anytaing to his feet; after thin illness be gota iittle better, bat be said, when [ atked aflerwards, “I never feel we 4 about four him vomiting the very same stuff as be had romited before—the very same stuff both In appearance and kind, 1 think, but there was vot quite so much as on the former cecasion; he also at this time o tn stomach and bowels, of thirst, and of or being very cold; been out late the night Cetore: ing about it to me; | put more and he did not say an; jars of Sere biankets ov bim, waived in bed all that forenoon: ber, that waa the 22d of February, be bought a botling meat Cor soup from one Stewart in 8 road; thie makes me remember; & pass book with Mr. L*Angelier; q the inventory; that is the pare book which Stewart Kopt with my lodg well; ab the jate, the Ziat of February, | see the | piece of meat which ome ftom Stowart’s; it was about seven wt Stewart, I recollect, sent these seven pounds ‘dvefore this \iinem on Monday of whish [ Dr, Thomeon atteaded him oa this occa. Mr. L’Angolier and Jeft » prescription for powders, got the prescription made up on ils cosaclen; Lal Tremaiped about eight days in the house, at that time away from bis offloe—in consequence cf bis {llness; I remember of L’ Angolior taking one or two of these powders which I got for him, but I do not remember whether he took the Test of them: be said he did not think they did him | that Dr. fo much good as expected; he sald Thome who on oftener than once i see him, seid he war getting better: but he (i Ange lier) said be did not feel well; ‘1 don’t think T am iting better,’’ he ured to mention that very often to me; do not think he ever thought #0 bimsel!; some time afier this he lef me and went to Edinburg; he was about eight days away at Fuinburg, I thitk, but I don’t oxactly and I think | ha'f past ten o'clock; dar- ing the time he lived with me he wat in the habit of receiving s great many letters, but [ wae vot awere that they were in « iady's handwriting; I ‘ht it Ty on Doriness band; there were a groat many laters so ¢ veloper, sometimes ‘yellow an! some rt, Mr. L'Angelier; 1 know it quite | ran; | } | | | told me to take t seay; when | came beck withect the doctor, } don’t recolitcs of his saying that bis bowels were rt ee he did eo before] went, aad wanted to go tothe water closet, nut lsaid that! ware married perton, and he did nos need to mind; the dostcr told me to give him rome iaudanom, of which there was some in bis prees, but he would not take 't; besaid that 't bad been standing witbout & cork, } told Dim that the doc- tor init me that he would get over ‘6 the samo ae before; Laeked bim very perticalariy; | recollect on the morning of bis death of bis throat turnng sore; this was beiween about half-past nine, und after the ittie girl went away | went fp to gee him, and ! remember that when ihe doctor, who was there, was giving him water, ne said thet the xpeoted ig it wetting him; he ped on the }#ta, ‘Went away be told me to apy letters to thus, who | water wae cheking bim: he thought, he said, 't was golng would address them to him told me that he was going | down tho wrong way; bie rigtt hand was ciencbed when to tho Bridge of Allan; be jay about ten o'ciock on | he died. the mcrojug of the 19th; 0 for bim on tbe 19th; | The following in comidered an exc porrest of ie waa quite the sampe ai tho lettre that bad eon wont io. | Liangeller as bn appeared before ne | come for bim; I gave !t io Mr. Thuan to address: ro : 27 jetter but one came on the Friday, the handqriiing ike BORORATE OF PFARRE EMILE L’ANGRt TRB that of @ lady: I gave it to Mr. ; L'Augelier said whea he ijeft that be would not be home Wednee- Yay or Thereday of next week; he sald before be went away, ‘Perhaps I’) be home again today’; be said, “Y exp goipg to the Bridge of Astian’’: I don'’s know if be went anywhere else fires. {Shown two on 1 Noe. the savelepen: atin jeuers | | ; 3 37 9 like L/ANGELTER’S CHARACTER AS A BEAU. {From the Glasgow bieraid of July } We were, therefore, told frat that L’Angeiier war sa ‘awful scamp at Oundee, and it was insinuated that he had id his aidrerses to some ladies, seduced ctners, and compelled to leave by the importunities of a third clase of the fair rex with which be was familar. The rame thing was said of bis Edinburg iife Woen tne Dundee witnesses j—and they were deemed so Important that they were piaced in the forefront of (he de- fence—what did \hey prove? That be spoke afien of having been being jilted by » Fifestire iady—a real eoongh case, apparentiy, as the name of ibe jad; who ‘s in the middie ranks of life, was delicwely withheld, mo doubt from there being “something in it’? The; be was vain of his sma'i feel and oiuerwise handsome person, liked Ww be looked at by juices, and made bimeelf believe, as well as wished others Ww be ieve, that be was realiy orite with the fair. The prosvtuies and medical men of a peculiar clase, of whom we had heard #o much, failed to make their appearance Vanity and a mercorial ¢ imposition were the woret crimes iaid to bis charge by these witnesses, who in most respects talked of him es if he bad really beep in some respeci# & mach better fellow than themselves MR, ROBERT BAIRD'S APPFARANCE. Mr. Robert ne young gentioman who \atrod iced L'Angelier to Miss Smith, and was thas the most promi the first act of or @ Kile tea; I » half undress v4 the same kind of vad color it ap- ; 26 second ocoasi In ‘was the ¢asiest, bat on this occasion ine yomliing was at- tended with great pain: I asked bim if be haa been taki anything that d 4 with his stomach ; he said * Ni te ‘er than the time | was at th three or four nent actor in the tragedy, seemed to be little easier: abou} twenty yeans of age, and looked an ordinary enough and i said specimen of young Glasgow—the best man in the word to was Hugh 76 ® Oaure in Bachanan street, or in any otber ‘a hionable im ont; jeemmunde of eeoucus comes “even Se Ht to shine wish me to in the most tragic Scottish tale of the nineteenth century. —ahbough MISS PERRY'S APPEARANCE. he got Of all the witnesses, ‘dear’ Mary Perry seemed the mort general favorite, her indiscreet patronage of the young tothe contrary, nx sithstaxding. No one, when they saw her, could velleve the starios of hor that bad come frem Glargow. Folks expected a dashing young croature—s second string {n the bow of the facile | \nge- lier. Fancy their eur when a little old maid. iw quiet Diack bonnet and brows dress, with an (nlellectasl cast gelier H of countepance, and a pair of sprctacles tmoarting quatat moustard was still ness to her face, entered ihe witness box. For the young ‘vomiting; he was now apxious (hati shoud get some | Jorseymen sho bad evidently at first entertained an alfec. «ctor, and I went for Dr. Steven, who came; he ordered | tion more than Platonic. Her case was provably oue of ‘& mustard blister; 1 went out of the room to get it; Iaaid, | thoee in which we #0 frequently find old maid {riendsbip haeoseend the Goctor saids “7 way, itis making | {, pl into tb * of ae — Lemp Fee ad Ea Seaplane ff on, gave him, sl , 1 think, little morpbia; the doctor sald that he would wait | "#* BODY wistrmp By A TEMAUR RiIEND—KY PECTS Ce ee eT eee ae ceed fet.on; and | Mrs. Jenkins. stil under cross exemtnation. continues— Fey gy chy 4 pad Mins Perry came, { think, aboot tev o'clock; 1 hg bg Ad bis | ww the |, ma'am?” she said, Bera nguis ashe wat ey Swen tun ratin | orks Spm tet ete ts et Does was all that could be dene, and I took tho doctor into | Mis Perry thet she was bis iutendet; Mies Perry reemod tho room, and asked him what was wrong with | "SFY Sorry; her grief was striking; she seemed mach mim be rt me, 'n snawer, if he ca apie a pt ays I thought that it was somothing very re- | > uae ak eante Pex Piles: the Lord Janice sierk—The rent to stim | he wan the very 0 from a character of thst kind; I | per?y'was tuat iff | -kapelior wee very bad, and, {f sho | |, to come and see him. Dean of Faculty—I{ showed Mas Merry the body. kissed his forehead more than once, { think reveral on; she wae crying very much; Mr. Scott, foreman to undertaker, was preseut when this was going on; Miss rry said bow sorry his mother would be; ! don’t re- mor if sbe spoke of bis mother ler bad two writing des! A apy note of the things #43 5 3 z lite sleep I would be better,” o’clock when I drew the curtaic, and! though: ery il, and asked him if there was any ono be would wish to see; “yes,” he said; “if it would not put you t» too mech trouble, I would like'to seo Miss Perry, Reafro¢ ‘street,”’ [think he said; I sent for her, and she came; but before she came he asked me to draw the ourtains ®t this time, and sald, “( think if I could get five minutes sleep J wovld get ‘vetter; I left him; in fve orten minutes I went quietly into the room, and all was quiet, and I did pot disturb bim, thinking he was asleep; the doctor came about five or ten minutes after that, and he asked me, ‘‘How is your patient?” } raid, “I think he bas jast failen asleep,” the doctor eaid he would like to see him, and went in; he asked me to draw the curtains and after I did a0 the doctor immediaiely, a answer to a quer Vion from me, raid, “tbe man is dead,’ L Avgotier did not tell me where he bad been during the nigh’; the reason [ did not oak him about bis private matters was, 1 thovgat there was ® private correspondonoe between him acd an other; that was ibe reason | did not ask him where he had 5 L the house at the time: they did not tell me to co out of th room when I showed them ‘n, Du! they sald that the; | got ail that they required; I then wont away; I remem cer ried lady, with ber husband as | supposed, called to see bim, but mo other ladies celled for him, Some times there were m from ladies when be war fll, Marmale: di Darke ured (> be rent to him when fil. Mra. Overton was om the card that came with these, Mr. L’Angolier told me that wat the end of August or beginning of September he bad bees very ili His bowels bad been very bad, and he bad uever been in ded all night. By the Crown (shown 181 and 182 of (nventory)— Thoro—a ceat and bonmt—cre Mr. |’ Angolier's things, leannot say whethor he had on the coat when he went to the Bridge of Allan, or that he rame home in that cap, been at night; Perry caine, but she wes (oo late, 3 ant sent first to ar Mack's saghvor ledger of miae, Bo had 0 geod BAY cope. Shown 214 of juventory ) an sgent cf the Wovtern Bank; Mr. Cin-k came, she wee ab ted 10 deceased was going to be mar- soar, pee eb Merona, | Fea oe belgesel wy and cad bid enren, and onlt he wauid cond werd toate. | (Shown 176 of inventory.) That belonged to Mr. cre, om: | Thuau, and Mr. L’Angelier brought it from the Hridge of ployer in answer to my quesion, “What am | to do?’ | think be did, Duta Mr. Soot’, an undertaker, came frtt; Ttbink Mr Obriatic had sent for hi hen, after we dertaker came, Miss Perry came, torn Mr, Steroason o Mr. Thuaa; Dr. Thomeon came too; Steveuson {* one 7 nd when he came I Allan. ‘The Lord Justice Clerk complimented this witness on the clear and distinot manner in which she had given hor evidence. | ont-exam'ned by the Lord Justice Clerk—When | said, disagrseing with you, dia fied im to take young men in Al told bim that I wis of what bolong | Were you not Lae bap m: eloth: deceased wean particularly disacreeably? This referred en Ses eee had taken off were on | Py'as to wheter be had taken sxmething (hat had dis- the sofa, and a letter was taken out of his pooket, and some person (i don’t know who it wen,) said, ‘This explains ail;” Teaid that is the jeter hat came on Saiurdey; ‘Mr. Thrau and Mr, Kevenson were there when the letter wee found; I cannot say whether it was Stevenson or Thvan that said ‘This expisine ali,’’ him while at Bride of Allan; be sait, “No, T took nothing; I bare ‘elt beter than w 1 was a) tae coat;”” I did mot ark bi tbat night, and this for the reason that I thought he might have been’ visiting his intended: my husbynd war not. at ry bome at this ti during the different ilinemes my har Me ere tnton cand ae Cae na teunes and I dows | Sand was always eway (rom home; he ouly saw Mr .’An- thon of his body by the doctors on that ‘nignt; I think thet eliet Ones, aod tis waa ah the New Year’ me. - (Showa eens basal aap aearen ee for ned 149.) as fo these two letters that were shown to | ph os Mesday | me, that 1 aaid came to bim onthe Thareday and Satar. day, I think M. Thosn put them in a cover, and read dreesed them, but | did not see him do this; { hal the letters in my bani merely carrying them (rom the tman to the bedroom table ou which | put hem down, which I did immediately; the lobby was cleantog, and the one that came on ihe Saturday, which I ed rather particularly, wae addressed in a lady's bandwriting: sas. (In the former evidence she first anid 149 and then By the Crown— When | Angelier came back (rom the Bridge of Allan the night before be died, he had a Gien- gary bonnet on hie bead. Whether this tbe sami covering that be had on his head when he went I cane “oy the Dean of Faculty for the prisoner—I canoot toll the exact date of the tlinem before the 22d February; | thtnk it was about eight or ten days before: the first il) neea, of which I cannot give tho changed to 137.) Asked to look a) them both again; the sreraethan the second oon; | unk be commenced 1 com | Oe that came ou Thuraday I paid” no aeulon 0, Who and other sores, of which he cam plained ; upon the ove. handwriting of the one that came on Saturday 1 thought J it to be in the smallest hand; both appeared to be io « emall sion of these {l!nesses I suggested that it was bilo: | was troubied with bile myself: my stacks were pever #0 violent ‘as bis; the matter in my casos was something the same as ‘was in bis case: there used to be purging on these oora- lone of his {llnenses as weil ar vomiting: the 23d February was on a Sunday, and he dined at home that day; on the Saturday night he said that be did not feol very well and be did not intend to be ont next Mabbath day; | sal to bim at this time ihat he was wrong im eating fresh hor- Teaid that were Kat 7) I ~ ho was vsing far too many vegetables nm he was at college in France ne had alway plenty of vegetables, and was never any handwriting; I was away (rom Glasgow during = and September las!; Mr. [’Angelier was away at !-linburg. THE PRISONER DACLINRS REFRESHMENT. (A short interval took place at this perind, daring which the judges and counse! retired. One of the officers broaghi sad offered Miss Smith some refreshments during this terval, but she very politely declined to partake of au thing. | | LANGELIER VISITS TF BRIDOE OF ALLAN — RECEIVES | A LETTER AND RETURNS TO GLASGOW. | , Mra Jane Gillon, or Bayne, residing at Fridge of Allan— I recollect Mr. 1.’ Augelier coming to my hoore on the 19th March, between five and eix o'clock in the evening, he larch was on Thureday be remained eaten worse of them; | do not remember of bis roing out this day; If he had asked for the key I think I would recoliest; T cannot bring ty | took lodgings; loth ilection thet he wae oul that Sanday; wo far a { | Uli Sabbath. he had that moroceo bagiwith him he roomed | im g0od health and spirit; be left on Sumday alvernoon at clock: he did not tell me why he loft, he intended to ttey longer Charlee Neil Rutherfoord, druggist, Bridge of Allan—T was postmaster at Bridge of Allan at the beginning of year, but mot now; that envelope has been stamped my office; on 224 March a gentioman of ihe name of L’An gciior left his card at my office, | gave this letter to bim when it was cal ed for: tha lower Hon the post mark in dicates the time of arrival, which is about half past ten; the mali leaves Glasgow about sevea in tho morn was confined for eight or ten days, and only ont once during that time: { cannot remomber of his being out any ofvener ; Dr. Thomson coniinsed to vieit him during tbat time; eas once he brought home medicine with were a number of bowler, eight, I tank, in his ‘bis death: one | know whe | ie and one Murray and Mr Steveveon; I do not remember names that got there botties awa) his death: | could not say whoth wook: I think thet it was, but | am not Wr. Vairfoul, guard tothe Caledonian Rallway—T am in the room when they look the bottles away; Mr. | RuATd Cf the train that left @irling on the 22d of March Murray put some questions to 1 doo't re. | at balfoast thr A gentieman, apparently a foreigner member what they were; when olior went to | went by that train going to Giaagow, — | did wot kaow the Bridge of Allan, he anid, if or came for him, | asme st the time. He did no’ ask me how ho could gat to and was sent to him, he might be beck that night; no Glaegow. This deguerreotype ir like the gontioman referred letter that I remember came on Friday, but one came | 10; be went from Surling to Coatbridge, the nearert paint on Saturday afternoon; I think between three and four; to Glargow ; there was another Je a Mr. Ross, it wan re-addrersed by Mr. Thuasu when hecame in to | WhO travelled by the same train ; d me to sho dinner about 6 o'clock; he looked a good deal better when »im some piace where he could get something to en’ he came from Hainburg: he sald he was little better, | which I did : he got roast beef and porter. but I thought him « great deal beter than when be came By ibe Dean—There were about eight passengers, | from Bridge of Allan; when he rame from Bridge of Allan think, alte wether im the train ; [was first examied about he took & little tea, cold tonet, and nothing elee; I did notsee hit matter four or five days after the occurrence ; the him (age Ge aware that be was ai the water cloret be Name of Ihe houre at Coatbridge if Mr. Donald's , be ate fore be went out did pot eee what drees he hadon beartily. ‘when he went out; I did not see what be had TeRTIMONT OF wrt came home again; the gas was eat in the lobby William Stevenson—I am not see and did not pay much attention ploy: Of Huggins & Oo., in bad coming home; be vomired « great deal tha! warehoure, and under me; one day when | was absent | morning be died; ® very great deal came off his stomach; the chamber pot was quite full; he yomRed again after | that, but litte came off; he atthe water clesot | that morning, but be was pu severely; be wished | time when he went to Edinburg and the time he went to to go to the water closet, but | wou let him: be | Bridge of A) Ot lotter from him; thin Ix the letter, got hot water and wasa ite beter; the chamber pot | dated Bridge of Ailen, March 20, Garcow |867. (The wkners was not emptied vefure the doctor came in; Dr, Seven | vere rene the ietier, which sald that L’Angeller was much was told bo was unwell; he got leave of absence in the month of March ; be wax going to Edinburg; [ believe he ‘Wont to the Bridge of Aljan; | did not see him between the feven and eight im the morning, when ths doctor was | there; I have a little giri; she went to soboo! tha; morning | 0 where he had been | 1 think that it wae No. 149. bet I cannot | ir¥ibg om Whe above dale, were Dury 110 ime, and if #0 be wered that letter. better, anc shat be bad gone to but would 800 be Dome again: if writer was ready to come home at say wishod @ note Gropped to him.) I (The answer was pradiced, and the witness was asked to rend ibe (iret of it acknowiedging rece pt) I was sent to tbe Br.dge of Allan 0 take charge of 1 Ange‘ter’s property; is was om Iriday, the 27th of Merch; | never saw Mr. DL Angeiler after he went w Pom)org. LOTIPR FROM MISS SMITH TO \’ANGELIER. There wars Wer which | Touad ia bie vesh papke!, as geo an envelope; thin is otter, Witness read whe iei- er — Why my believed did you rot come to me. O bdeloved are you ill Come to me sweet one. | wailed and waited “or you bot you came not shall walt aga.n (o-merrow pigb’ ramb hour and srrangement. Do come aweet love my own dear ‘ove of & sweetheart. Come beloved and p> meto your beer. Come and we shall be bappy. A fond jove. Adieu with tencer embraces over believe me to be your own ever dear foad MINT 1 made some remarks when I reed that jettor, but I do not mind what they were I said something e% piatnin why he was in Glasgow aad not in Bridge of Allan, 1 di not know who Mici meant. TAK PRISONER AGAIN REFUSES REFRESHMENTS." Another interval coourred from ton minutes past | o'ok ck UML! twenty-frre minutes past Ove o'clock, tho Judges retying to consider the weight of the objection urged by the Deamof Faculty to the reception of this ro: diary. which be (the lean) held was not it 1 alzo retired to attend to their re. quiremen*. During thie space we again observei that | the fewaie warder in attendance on Mizs Smith twice d upen ner to periake of some nevesrary refsest- | Ment, but the accused, in epite of the urgent entreaties of her attendant, steadily’persisted tn her refusal to recruit her frame. The very remarkabie degree of self-porses sion which th» pri-oper | e'ained throughcot, was,1t murt be confessed, most extraordinary, in ihe peculiar cur comstances in which sbe is placed, if guilty of the crime laid at her door; indeed, i wae, for ® female, accordiny wo the average meatal th of the Weaker sex, strange even io view cf her entire !nuocence. FINDING A BATOM OF LOVE LETTERS PROM THE PRISONER. By the Solieitor Gerersi—I saw no ietvers in Mra Jen- icina?. exce} t tue one | found In the yest pocket; | examin- € ; in- ed some of them; they were princi sally In the same band; Llocked the dest ; I went to the Bridge of Allan on Fri- day; I went to Mra. Bayne, she showed me a jesther port- mans traveling bag. a dressing caso and s rug; own to me. (The portmactean was shown ) That fe the portmanteau: {t war locked. (The dressing case was a'so produced ) That is the cree. tog case: on Opening the bag I found # leathor caso for holding letters, there were # ‘a letters ip it, 7 gave Murray the letters and papers in the desk on Monday; [ sealed the box in the presence of Murray ay soon as tne ere put ip; | did not inital the letders when the opened ; | initialed anumber several cays afer. Court—The letters were the same from the bacd By Solicitor Goueral—I afterwards saw ‘he bag open ed and the letters taken out. By the Co.rt—I read some of them. By the Solickor Genery!— (Shown a je‘er} —That was in the small bag; 1 marked upon it*:bag,”’ and wrote my ini- tisis, [Shown ancther leer.) Could not say the same of Ubat lever, (Shown another letter.) This was is the bag and marked b; Shown another letter) The on. velore was in for Ihave marked it, but I have not marked tho letter, tolt. [Several other cannot speak Jeviers were shown which the witness identified.| I kept these letters in ther original envelopes, I did not,to my knowledge, shift the letters and envelopes in any way. ADJOURNMENT OF THE COURT—ABSENCE OF LADY SPECTATORS. Lord Justice C.erk, addressing the jury, thanted them for the ba Feo and sustained attention they had given to the case ‘hi . They would be removed in charge of the officers of the court, and would be careful not to communicate with «. ‘@ buman being, even if by chance of be areal an opportunity oo mig| wished to have communication families this would be permitted ‘The trial, his Lardehip added, would likely last for several days. the Clerk of Justiciary then intimated that the pro- Wiliam Stevenson, warehouseman with Huggins & Co., of Glasgow, recalied j | Im regard to thoeo letters I gave cp on the Wednesday, I read portions of rome of them: did not again look intotheir contents aftorwarde when J marked thom: first communi. | cated ¢m thin subject to the Fiscal on the previous Monday afler noon that was atter the doctors had made their post mo'tem examination: did pot entertain any sus) of | this crimtpal charge against the prisorer, nor on the Wed | nesday, but thea began lo think there was something strange; my feelings pointed at that time to m particular quarter where be was likely to have been, bul nowhing more TESTIMONY OF DR. THOMBON. | De Hugh Thomson, Glasgow—Am a physician in ‘las. | gow; knew LAngelier for about two years | Conseited me fully a year ago; he nad a bowel com plant, be got the better of it: he coumited me next on Sd February of the year; he bad e cold, ® eough, and a doi! on bis peck; was very feveriab; the ‘cough was a dry congh: preseribed for him; saw him next about a week after ihe dd Februsry: he was better of hin cold, bat axother boll had aypeared on his neck; saw him on the 298 of Febroary. ho camo to we: he was very feverish was purged, ho compiained of sickness, and said ho had been vomiting and purging; he bad general symp toms of fever; the pulse waa quick. and he was prostrate; | prescribes for him; { took bis complaint to be s bilioue | derengement. and presen'ed an aporient drangnt: he had been | preceding night; be called on the 224; i war the nicht of the 224 or morning of the 21; he was conined wo the hoore for two or tree cays afiorwarde. | _ By the Dean —Tel what you are reading fom. ‘There are noies made at tke time. Ry the Tord Advocate —Notd thom on 2ith Febroary, ;and em Im March f mot him road; prescribed for him the magnesia roda; on the 24h pre scribed some owders, rhubarb, soda, calk, mercay and | {pecacaanba, on the 23a he called on me; on the 2ith he | wae moch In the same ftato as on the 23d: he bad vomited the draught I had given him ou the 234; nis skin was con acd I called the whole diseare a ; ‘28th he was raider better, and bad from the bed to the sofa, he was not drered, on the he was considerably vetler anc cooler, and | did not \t neccerary to repeat my visite tii! [ happened to be mms were Oot such as wo poteoned, but they were such a# Would remit from poison; did not ‘ask whoa he firet became {i; dotore, but bis color was darker, and he looked ; there war s dark ring ' round saw him again in iif | risen much the Fame as xoing to the country, but did not say where, scribe or give advice on that occasion; o th | ary told bim to giv | would be injurious for | gota mer wen Call | the: wh again in life; oon the 26th Marck: a Mr. Stevenson and Mr. om me and said that Mr. |’ Angelier was dead; t was my opinion as to the canse of Mr. | 'Angelier’s they did not know that | had seen him alive, wentto the house, and found the body laid out upon » sircteber; the skin bad «& slightly gangrenous noe; took « note | after my return to the house; said it wae not possibie to form a decided opinion; am reading from my own notes, not from any repor.; requested Dr. Steven io be | called, who bad been tn attendance; there were no | other ‘appearances; examined the body with my hao externally over the region of the liver; the soum! way foller; it was duller over the region of tae beart—it | | wae natoral; saw what he vy abeut the symptoms + Dr. corroborated the iandiady'® statement, #0 concerned: we came to no resolution on the Monday about a Mortem examination; on the Mooday | was called upon by Mr. Hoggins, and another gcontiem: in afornoon, said the symptoms were such as ap red to arise from irritant poison, and | | ceourred in Kogian! there woukl hive been » coron: inquest; was called spon on the Tuesday, and to make an investigation: said | would req league, and call 4 made inquiries omited REPORT OF THR POST beg BXAMINATION, According to the renort the ly presented nothing remarkable on the surfsce, An {neision made revealed ‘a deposition of fat. The heart ap; , but not 80 largo as to amount to disonme. ite right cavities wore filled with dark blood. The lunge, liver and pleen presented nothing remarkable. The gall biadtor | was moderately fall of vile; the stomach an: intestines presented nothing abnormal, The contents of (hs «to. mach contained Halt & pint Of fluid resembling coffee, muco! mbrane was seen to be deerly injected with blood, and ite substance wae remarkevly ext, aod easily sorstohed with the finger nail. tte a 4 (taken {n conneotion with clroumstancer reiatet by wit: nesses, justified suepicion, although death might have ensued from satay causes, euch a¢ exposure to cold. CHEMICAT, ANALYSIQ—FINDING OF ARSENIC IN THR BODY. Dr. Frederick Penny, Professor of Chemistry in the An- derrovian Univ: , Glangow—Am such a professor re collect om the 27ub inat being communicated with by Mw Hogh Thomson: he came to the Andersonian |/oiverti- Ly Aud deltyered to me & boule which was tecurely cleed }woll for a day oF two, but iad beer taken ‘li on tae | bad not seen him for some time | of March; he was thinking of | y wished me to co outand see the body, and to state | Rik” HERALD. PRICE TWO CENT and sesled: br Contents; inere were thore of the stomach aud @ reddisb colored uid; was requested to make that examination for the parpoee of ascertaining if thore contents containe? poi- son; made my analysis, commencing it on the day follow own No. 158—Report by himself the second or ‘Analysis referrtog to the death of P. | L/angelier of por- tone cfthe body, of email and lancer intestines, liver, longs, heart and brain; these were remove! and taken tothe Anderscuian Institution and delivered jo me: an analysis of he small intestine :ontained four ounces of liquid with deposited oryatair, whi zh, when sabjectod tom chemical analytical process.’ were fund to be arsenious, rain, gave slight indica ions fences, and the lungs also very slightly. tloas of the body } concluded by saytny These pow Contained a quan tity ef arsenic sufficient to destroy life, bus ihe quant''y was not ascertained accurately, | also coucl ided Uaat the arsenic must bave entered ibe boay during Hfe. (3howo 209 of inventory—articies delivered to Dr. Christivon, din: burg. Sbown a small tube containing powdor, comtoute o stomach: reveral bottles ccntain'ng portions of days, aiso jars oontatning po: tions of tiie intertines, of the liver, brain, heart, and lungs] J! # sufcient portion of that prseois (Currie’s) bad been taken so a3 to bave caused death, aod if vomiting occurred, I would not have expected coiooriug matter, ou analysis, to appear after death, at loast of the indigo colour. {Tho indigo in the #o'utiow #3. shown was of a blue color.) Tote indigo colorod matter would not crlor wind; av to Mr. Murdock's rrovaic, that was mixed wita carbo.accous particle, abd if that had been administered | would, in = post mor- tem examination, hava ex rected thet if the arsenic bad sou down It would be discovered on anal afer death; ifthere had been a prior admiatstration of arsenic similar to bind purchased at Murdoch's @ month pre-iouaty, Fwoald not have éxpocisd to have discovered iadications of these earbomacoous particles in the body after death; there reports read by mo are trne re ,orts; various artintes: were delivered to me by Mr. Wilrou, which were said ‘o Micleg tna _ a vat joan , and ar In all, sever’ s, two r pacl 2 cake of chocolate; 1 exauined these, and fo om to contain—No. 1, botle conta ned a brown Hqnid, coasiet ing of magnesia, Epeom salts. rode and rhubarb; ‘No 2, © botile with sugar and ammonia; N>. 3,0 Legos ono camphorated oil; No. 4, a bottle containing Ia: im; No. 6, bottle containing colorless liquid—e very weak solution of aconite; No. 6, bottlo containing a whiter powder, consleting of chats, sugar aad cinnamon ebtefiy; No. 7, & bottle containing olive oil; No 8,@ bottle ig & brown liqaid and brown sediment of chalk, empamon, and a er, bs i’ aC four packages of pow: lied reapocti rely, A, D. These soparatiy examined consisted exclistveiy’ of sulphate of quinine. No, 10 A bottle con'aining Ein de Cologne, No 11. campboratod chalk. No 12. Acake of chocolate, No. 18, Cake or package of deied plant, very much decayed. No. 23. Small dotilo contain- ing a resinous subetanee in iquid solution. e following numbers of inventory referred to these articles as examined by, and now ion to by me'~No. 163 was one of the bottles examined by me as stated; 7 ‘was inventory No, 168; No | wae 162 of inventory, 16@ another, and another 171; the vow are marked 170 in the inventory; 195 is anotber of the artislos; 169 tn another of the above; 164 is another; also, 183, 134, WT and 172. The cak chocolate is 175, Tae dried plant is 1i4. All those are articles which Ihave jast spoken to. All those, excepi the solution of aconite, do mot contin anything of @ poisonous nature. Taat solution teelf is extremely weak, and the quantity I found woukt pot de- ‘troy life; and in the vial there wore nearly two ounces— fully hau full—and if the whole quantity bed been taken it had once been full) it woald mot sails "producing ineenebiity and Unon Sou symptoms a u . That dotue of solution of aoonite was labelled. Adee of aconite would not, so faras Ican speak, juce violent or severe pain in the bowels. Have of areep!> used as & cosmetis; think {t would be dangerous, and would not produce any beneficial result when Cosmetic; if arsenic were rubbed on the ekia tt would containtn, ceedings of the court would be adjourned, and resumed at would be about otvety grates 10 o'clock next morvin (Wedeenday 06 whi se time all the body. Tho eighty two grains - concerned were required to attend. , tenths of » grain spoken of by bim (Or, Ponay) did not Their Lor then retired, and the court broke up | include the quantity found \u the white powder which he exactly as the clock of & Giles strack six. On the outside | first examined. The whitc powder that he tested, after of the court am tmmenge crowd of interested spectators | being dried weighed 5 2-10th grains, ani tha’ was arseni. wore two being in atten- | oupacid. Did not determiue the quanttty of arsenic tm the dance to convey the jury and witnesses to their ho- | jungs, liver, brain, gr heart; cau give no potiqn tele, in charge of the officers of court. The after- | of quaniity might o im these noon, {mn complete coptradisiinction to the morning, the small tptesdoes }t must Dave been con- was, when the court rose, beautiful aud sunshiay, Alas, | siderable, because, when its contents were allowed to re- until the scene closes, there will. we should thi 0 | pose, arrcnious acid crystalised out of that Mo aad de- real heart sunshine for the unforti - | posited aburdantly on the sides of the vessel, ‘That indi- beppy, young lady whose life, it may » | cated the liquid bad as much arsenic as it could hold in \s pow, for a few days, in the balan: solution at the temperatu Can't give idea of the We did not observe more than two or three persous in | quantity in the s intestine. It was appre | the court during the whole day of the mme nex asthe ac- | ciadle Might it be several grains? It woult bes matter cused. The reticence of the ladies tp mot soeking to crush | of guess, and I should not iike to gues im 90 serious = tn was praiseworthy on more aceounts than the chic one. | maiter. If the deceased, when attacked by symptome of” } | areepical poisoning, vomited s great deal, and in largo SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. quan itier, Wwould depend on the 6 of adminiacra'ton Waremanay, July 1a Ave minutes after tea the pri- bone yond anlity would be carried CB hy solid foner i at a as and old state, a largo areonle Rime tmmediately (nereatter the Lard Jastice Olorc,with | woull be ejected from the ‘tomack (fall thet oes wore | Larée Ivory and Hanépaiio. The counsel and agents wore | vomiled ; Dut if the arrenic were stirred ? with | Present aa before, with the exception of the Lord Advo- Nauld, aod therevy ipowu Inlo & state of mecha cate. nD ‘suspension, * would not expect that so con siderable & portion would be ejected by vomiting. By | solid food I mean bread and the like. la the cave of | the arsenic beirg taken ina tivid, Leould not say what | proportion might be ejected. 1 shania not be rarp ised lo urd that as muen bad been ejectod as romatned Judging from what | found om the examinatios of the boty, the dose of arsenic must have been of very up- upwal size; there are cases on record in which very quantities of arenic bave been found in the stoma*h and joteatines; I know this as a matier «f r@&ding: there are examples of larger uantitids being found then ta the pre- sent; Itbink there is acate in which two drachma were found—that Is, 120 graine; that is the lar which occurs 10 my mind a! thit moment as bay found, the cases in was found did rot tarn ont fo be caret of intentional mar. der by a third Kany F in the cares to which { refer the arrenic was taken by the party volcntarily, with tho tn tention to commit suicide; It would be very ditioult togtwe large dose of arrenic in’ liquids by @ large deme ot ars feni¢ you exclude many vebicienin which arsente mignt he admitied; nothing whish T found to my ie vestigation tndi- cated the time when the arsene most have Boep taken; | The ordipary period that clavses be:weeu the administer ng of this poison and the rymptoms bring manifested te | eight or ten hours in the caves on record, that i+ the ex | ome time: there are some cates which 8a0w thoamelven in lene than half an hour, we bave cares io which death has resulted in a fow bourr. and cares in which dew Daw | Deen delayed for two oF three day, ; a4 to tbo arrema ob teine: from Our rie’s shop, the groater part of tho —— | matior might be removed by Wexterous manipuishon; | you were to throw waler in the arsenic and agiiowe the two by thit, and after the arsenic hat subsided, you threw | Oi the Iiquor, a portion of colorivg matter would be thrown | off; but If you kopt the verso! shaken (hs partioolar way | you might coax the greater port of tho coloring matter | away, Murdoch"s arsenic war colored’ with carboasceous | matter: it bad the odor of coal soot; | cannot toll from ox amioation whether the areenic found was adminiatored io cne done or i several; it would be very dangeroas to ase arsenic externally in any way By the Dean—In case of chocolate being bolled with ar- fr nio ip it, a iarger proportion dierolves and does aot aab- | fide, this ie what I Oud to be the case from actual expert ment. cofice or tem could sot be made the vehicle of o large dose of arsenic. By the | ord Justice Clerk —The period in which the ar sepic predoces ite ellect varies in diiterent in¢tyidaale, and according to the mode of ar ministration: pain ia the sto- | mash is oue of the Grrt symptoms, and vomiting newally accompanies the pain. bu’ (may be very severe before vom ing usually Deginn, ten, Gficon oF twonty graina | might bg given ia covlee. TASTIMONY OF PROV RSSOR CHRISTIBON, Dr. Robert Chrisuson, Professor in the Unt Lcertify op sou! and comscience that I received on the 11th oltimo, for chemical etamination, from the Dr. Frederick Ie Of Giaagow, a box containing articles counected with th this powder | taliform powder | (2), condensed ia sowly soluble in Meg octoedral ling distt'led water; and solved gave (4) ® sulphur yellow preci ® lemon yellow phurettet hydrogen water; (6), iaoal cilrate of tate with gotation of ammon| | Apple green precipitate with ammoniacal per; and on being mixed with hydrocholic acid, amd hofled ¢m copper vauze, yielded (7) a dark | emerusiation on the gauze, which, oa being bested in ), Became again a bright copper.red: me yieldet s ring of white Uy =} fublimate ia ootoearal crystals, or forme deri red from the ootoedre, The powder was therefore oxide of arvenic. No. | warn’ pottie conteining prepared fivid fem com tents of stomach.” This (laid war colorless and nearly transparent. (1) A stream of suiphuretied hydrogen threw down from it abundant sulphur yellow precipliate. (2.) acid being addea toa of it, copper mauve was eoted to a botling heat in (he mixtare; upoa which ip & ‘6m peconds the ganze became with a grayisb- black coat. (3) This gauxe, when waabed, dried, aud heated in a glace tube was ~—s 4] Qa oe Tred a) ance; aod at ihe spark crane was obiaiced, the form of which waa the regular octoedre, or some [orm derived from it. The noid prepared from the onvtente of th monoh therefore, contained oxite of a7wenic, and |» comside rable ed wae « “bottle covtaining & portion of contents of email intestine This wae @ turbid, oraque, dirty ef liquid, botdtng much peoluble matter io easpension; and wbite glitering particles were seen on the bottom of the bottle The contents were poured out 90 a8 to leave the bebind Ayd@rochiorc aci being added to the portion poured of, the mixtare wae boise ‘8 Jittle, and copper was subjected to (# acton at @ boiling temporatere. fos few seconde tho gaure was endrusted with a grayish biack film, which was proved to be arsenic in the sara wey im the experiments previoas!y dencribed. %. ponder was cleaned by earhing itwith ovd die