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The Daily Dispatch: October 22, 1864., [Electronic resource], Captain Madison Marcus. (search)
Six school children poisoned — arrest of suspected parties. --During the recess on Thursday at the school of Miss Margaret E. Allen, on First street, between Marshall and Clay, six little girls, named Agnes and Sally Maule, children of Lewis Maule, deceased, and Rosa, Catharine, Betty and Leonora Clarke, children of Thomas G. Clarke, were made suddenly ill from eating cakes which had been prepared for their snacks. The Misses Maule, being boarders at Miss Allen's, were immediately put to bed, and the Misses Clarke had to be carried home in a hack, a few squares off. Doctors Haxall and Anderson were sent for, who, as soon as they ascertained the symptoms under which the little creatures were suffering, suspected that they had been poisoned; which suspicious were subsequently confirmed upon an examination of some of the cakes of which they had partaken. Upon finding out from the children how many of the cakes they had eaten, the physicians regarded their situations as very criti
The Daily Dispatch: October 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
taken up by the Mayor and disposed of so far as he was concerned. Mrs. Clarke, the mother of four of the victims, testified that Amanda, who is the for her family, made a short-cake, about the size of a cup-plate, and calling her daughter Betty into the kitchen, gave it to her to take to school. Betty divided about a third of the cake with her three sisters, at home, and took the remainder to school. Soon afterwards her children became very sick, suffering from violent vomiting and paBetty divided about a third of the cake with her three sisters, at home, and took the remainder to school. Soon afterwards her children became very sick, suffering from violent vomiting and pain in the head and stomach. Becoming alarmed, Mrs. Clarke was in the act of sending for her daughter who had gone to school, when, just at that moment, she was brought home by Miss Allen, seriously ill. They were now well. She had never imagined any unpleasant feelings between her children and Amanda; always thought they were on the best of terms. Miss Betty Clarks testified that she was sent for that morning by Amanda to get a short-cake she had baked for her. Gave a piece to her little
The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away, on the night of the 31st December, 1864, my mulatto girl, Betty. She is about four feet six inches high, has a bushy head of hair, and speaks quickly. She had on when she left a blue and white-checked Virginia cloth dress. No marks are recollected. I will pay the above reward if delivered to me or confined in jail so that I can get her again. Peter Lawson, Second Market. ja 2--2t*
The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1865., [Electronic resource], Five Hundred Dollars reward. (search)
Five Hundred Dollars reward. --Ran away, on the night of the 31st December, 186½ my mulatto girl, Betty. She is about four feet six inches high, has a bushy head of hair, and speaks quickly, She had on when she left a blue and white-checked Virginia cloth dress. No marks are recollected. I will pay the above reward if delivered to me or confined in jail so that I can get her again. Peter Lawson, Second Market. ja 2--2t*
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], Report of the Senate committee on President Davis's late message. (search)
rged with shooting at, with intent to kill, another white man, named A. E. Jones; but, owing to the absence of witnesses, the case was continued till Monday, and the accused, in the meantime, held to bail in the sum of five hundred dollars. Jim, slave of W. B. Green, charged with stealing bacon, the property of William D. Gibson, was discharged, owing to the insufficiency of the evidence elicited on the occasion. The continued case of Martha Green, free negro, charged with stealing two bales of cotton yarn from some person unknown, and also with stealing one pair of shoes, four pounds of meal, and two and a half pounds of bacon, the property of Stephen Wright, a free negro, was disposed of by ordering the accused to receive twenty-five stripes, well laid on. Betty slave of Louisa Corbett, charged with using insulting and abusive language towards Sarah J. Wilks, a white person, was ordered to be whipped. The Mayor then vacated his seat till 9 o'clock this morning.
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