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buried�察�as having died of dysentery due to alcoholism�察�when the suspicions
of his brother led the coroner to stop the funeral。 The brother had heard
word of insurance on the life of Thomas。 A post´mortem revealed the
fact that Thomas had actually died of arsenic poisoning�察 �upon which
discovery the bodies of John Flanagan�察 �Mary Higgins�察 �and Margaret
Jennings were exhumed for autopsy�察�which revealed arsenic poisoning in
each case。 The prisoners alone had attended the deceased in the last
illnesses。 Theory went that the poison had been obtained by soaking fly´
papers。 Mesdames Flanagan and Higgins were executed at Kirkdale
Gaol in March of 1884。
Now�察 �these are two cases which�察 �if only minor in the wholesale
poisoning line when compared with the Van der Linden�察 �Jegado�察 �and
Cotton envenomings�察�yet have their points of interest。 In both cases the
guilty were so far able to banish ``all trivial fond records'' as to dispose of
kindred who might have been dear to them�此 �Mrs Holroyd of husband and
son�察�with lodger's daughter as makeweight�察�the Liverpool pair of nephew�察�
husband�察�stepdaughter ��or son�察�brother´in´law�察�and stepniece�察�according to
how you look at it���察 �with again the unfortunate daughter of a lodger
thrown in。 If they ``do things better on the Continent''speaking
generally and ignoring our own Mary Annthere is yet temptation to
examine the lesser native products at length�察�but space and the scheme of
this book prevent。 In the matter of the Liverpool Locustas there is an
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engaging speculation。 It was brought to my notice by Mr Alan Brock�察�
author of By Misadventure and Further Evidence。 Just how far did the
use of flypapers by Flanagan and Higgins for the obtaining of arsenic
serve as an example to Mrs Maybrick�察 �convicted of the murder of her
husband in the same city five years later�拭�
The list of women poisoners in England alone would stretch
interminably。 If one were to confine oneself merely to those employing
arsenic the list would still be formidable。 Mary Blandy�察 �who callously
slew her father with arsenic supplied her by her lover at Henley´on´
Thames in 1751�察 �has been a subject for many criminological essayists。
That she has attracted so much attention is probably due to the double fact
that she was a girl in a very comfortable way of life�察�heiress to a fortune of
L10��000�察 �and that contemporary records are full and accessible。 But
there is nothing essentially interesting about her case to make it stand out
from others that have attracted less notice in a literary way。 Another
Mary�察�of a later date�察�Edith Mary Carew�察�who in 1892 was found guilty by
the Consular Court�察�Yokohama�察�of the murder of her husband with arsenic
and sugar of lead�察 �was an Englishwoman who might have given Mary
Blandy points in several directions。
When we leave the arsenical´minded and seek for cases where other
poisons were employed there is still no lack of material。 There is�察 �for
example�察�the case of Sarah Pearson and the woman Black�察�who were tried
at Armagh in June 1905 for the murder of the old mother of the latter。
The old woman�察�Alice Pearson ��Sarah was her daughter´in´law���察 �was in
possession of small savings�察 �some forty pounds�察 �which aroused the
cupidity of the younger women。 Their first attempt at murder was with
metallic mercury。 It rather failed�察�and the trick was turned by means of
three´pennyworth of strychnine�察�bought by Sarah and mixed with the old
lady's food。 The murder might not have been discovered but for the fact
that Sarah�察�who had gone to Canada�察�was arrested in Montreal for some
other offence�察�and made a confession which implicated her husband and
Black。 A notable point about the case is the amount of metallic mercury
found in the old woman's body�此�296 grainsa record。
Having regard to the condition of life in which these Irishwomen lived�察�
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there is nothing�察 �to my mind�察 �in the fact that they murdered for forty
pounds to make their crime more sordid than that of Mary Blandy。
Take�察 �again�察 �the case of Mary Ansell�察 �the domestic servant�察 �who�察 �at
Hertford Assizes in June 1899�察�was found guilty of the murder of her sister�察�
Caroline�察�by the administration of phosphorus contained in a cake。 Here
the motive for the murder was the insurance made by Ansell upon the life
of her sister�察 �a young woman of weak intellect confined in Leavesden
Asylum�察�Watford。 The sum assured was only L22 10s。 If Mary Blandy
poisoned her father in order to be at liberty to marry her lover�察�Cranstoun�察�
and to secure the fortune Cranstoun wanted with her�察 �wherein does she
shine above Mary Ansell�察�a murderess who not only poisoned her sister�察�
but nearly murdered several of her sister's fellow´inmates of the asylum�察�
and all for twenty odd pounds�拭 �Certainly not in being less sordid�察�
certainly not in being more `romantic。'
There is�察�at root�察�no case of murder proved and accepted as such which
does not contain its points of interest for the criminological writer。 There
is�察�indeed�察�many a case�察�not only of murder but of lesser crime�察�that has
failed to attract a lot of attention�察�but that yet�察�in affording matter for the
student of crime and criminal psychology�察 �surpasses others which�察 �very
often because there has been nothing of greater public moment at the time�察�
were boomed by the Press into the prominence of causes celebres。
There is no need then�察�after all�察�for any crime writer who wants to fry a
modest basket of fish to mourn because Mr Roughead�察 �Mr。 Beaufroy
Barry�察�Mr Guy Logan�察�Miss Tennyson Jesse�察�Mr Leonard R。 Gribble�察�and
others of his estimable fellows seem to have swiped all the sole and
salmon。 It may be a matter for envy that Mr Roughead�察�with his uncanny
skill and his gift in piquant sauces�察�can turn out the haddock and hake with
all the delectability of sole a la Normande。 The sigh of envy will merge
into an exhalation of joy over the artistry of it。 And one may turn�察�
wholeheartedly and inspired�察�to see what can be made of one's own catch
of gudgeon。
�ァ�III
``More deadly than the male。''
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Kipling's line about the female of the species has been quoted�察�
particularly as a text for dissertation on the female criminal�察�perhaps rather
too often。 There is always a temptation to use the easy gambit。
It is quite probable that there are moments in a woman's life when she
does become more deadly than the male。 The probability is one which no
man of age and experience will lack instance for making a fact。 Without
seeking to become profound in the mat