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1 Death in the Mail. A Narrative of the Murder of a Wealthy Widow and the Trial and Conviction of the Assassin, Who Was Her Physician, Attorney and Friendly Advisor 1892

handle is hein.trials/abux0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DEATH IN THE MAIL. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE CRIME AND ITS DETECTION. A NCIENT history records scenes where emperors of unlimited power were murdered by the application of a poisoned feather to the solacement of a sore throat. It has also revealed a poison scene where Germanicus, the flower of Roman no- bility, was sent to his premature grave by the ambitious maneuvres of the mother of Nero. The 17th century re- cords many instances of beautiful but in- triguing women contracing unsuitable marriages, where the flowers of 251ay were mingled with the withered leaves of Janu- ary, and an expectant estate filled the cup of poison that dissolved the marriage tie and sent one partner into eternity and enabled and permitted the other to revel in vice and luxury for a few short years. A civilization marked by refine- ment covers its shoulders with the mantle of craft and subtlety. The era has passed when poison was imparted by the lips, by the pressure of the hand, by the pommel of a saddle, by the fragrance of the rose or the perfame of the bottle. It has reached a stage where extreme refinement in cruelty has formed a mar- riage relation in crime, and poison, like ordinary love affairs, has assumed the garb of a commercial ta-ansaction; as when a bottle of poison has been dropped into the mall and has expected as a return an estate, just as an ordinary purchaser passes a coin over a counter and,expects a commodity to be returned as the equiva- lent of its value. The crime which this volume discloses is one or subtlety and craft and covers three great States of the Republic-Rhode Island, where it was con- ceived.; Massachusetts, from which it was dispatched, and Colorado, where it was consummated. For the first time in the history of this or any other country wherein the mail seems to be, and is, a member of the universal family which participates in the blessings of diffused intelligence, it has become a partner in the commission of the second crime- treason being the first-in the annals of the, human world. This case pre-eminent- ly affords an illustration of the pervasive influence of one man over the boundaries of States, and demonstrates the fact most impressively that one man linked to the cause of eternal justice can bring the most reckless and subtle criminal to answer at the bar of outraged law. Seldon have the merry nuptial bells lent their melodious and blithsome music to the solemnization of the union of a happier and more responsive couple than Jerothmul B. Barnaby and Josephine A. Reynolds in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, In the fall of 1857. The groom was a handsome, manly and enterprising clothing dealer, in his 24th year, who possessed the qualities of energy, ambi- tion and business capacity essential to the attainment of a prosperous and In- fluential career in the mercantile life of the second city in New Englaiid. The bride was the daughter of well-to-do and highly respectable parents, residing on the West Side, and her grace, beauty and fashionable accomplishments won for her the acknowledged title of belle in the social circles in which she moved. She was a pronounced blonde with the natural charms which distinguish and heighten that type of lovliness, and her piquancy and sprightliness served to intensify the fascination of her face and figure. She had attained her 21st year when Mr. Barnaby succeeded in winning her affections and linking their destinies for life amid the most auspicious and 0ttractive environments. Their union was crowned with the birth of- three

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