THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1878.

Inangahua Times, Issue 79, 6 September 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, SEPT. 6, 1878.

Tho remains of tho late Mr P. Kelly wera convoyed to the coraotory yoaterdfty afternoon followod by the Wgcif oonooupao of people over soon in Roefton, Tho mombova of tho Hibernian Sooioty, of vrhiob, tho doooasod had boon an active momber, hoadod tho cortege, and following canto the mombcrn of tho Qonntj Counoil and othor inhabitant! to tjio nttinbor of between flvo and six hundred, Tho funeral eorvipo was road by the Roy. Fa thor Garow. Yesterday's up oostch from Groymouth was detained by floods at Ahaura. Mr Button and Mx Gtuinnoflsar* amongst tho patsongers, and yesterday forwarded a telegram applyiug for an adjournment of tho Magistrate's Court until noon to-day. A vory singular trial has just boon con* oludod ftt Vienna. A woman named Simmoro, Ujci widow of a opecios of commissioner, or vnlot do plftco, waa charged with sundry attempts at poisoning with belladonna, not to kill bor victims, but to doprivo them of thoir sonaon. It nppata that tho man Simmoro had for many years boon engaged at ono of tho principal hotels in Vienna, where ho was constantly omployod by Btrangors of rank or fortuilo on sundry more or loss creditable errands. Ho gninod their oonfldonco and although a poraon of no oduoation what* over, was aotually instructed by sovcral distinguished persons to find suitable matches for themselves or their sons. Simmoro ured to bring thoio people to hia wifo, who «ras an attractive »nd clover woman, and sho was in tho habit of obtaining from her customers a letter promising a certain vory largo comnation on the marriage portion of tho bride in caso flho arranged a mnrriago. There is no doubt that sovorul matohes wore thus m-tde t and that tho prisoners did aotually racoive various eums amounting to about £2000 in this manner. In 1877 the man died, and thing* did not go quite smoothly, for Mndnmo Simmoro had, in faot, but few wpalthy brides on her list i and whon sho did not boo her way to completing hor operations satisfactorily, sho was in tho habit of requesting hor noble clients to sign acooptanooa for largo sums, undor tho plea of sho tiring theso bills to tho young lndioe' parents to prove tho bona fldos of tho suitor. Then, if as wan usually tho oaso, tho marriago did not come off, tho billa woro only to bo obtainod baok by serious saorilloos. Count Coronini, gentloman of moderate moans, but 1 oxoollent family, was advised to apply to Madamo Simmoro to find him a suitablo bride, Qt courso, she doolarod that sho had plonty who would suit him, and obtained from him bills to tho extent of £18,000. An howovoi 1 , no suitublo names woro suggested to tho Count, ho repca*odly asked for his bills book, and at last drovo out to Bimmota'a (who lived about threo miles from Vienna), dotorminod to obtain possosnion of thorn. Sho doolinod to part with them oxoopfc for a cortain sum j the Count refusod to givo it, and a diooussion onsuod whioh tho prisonor clovorly put ftn end to by premising to return thorn next day. la token of ro conciliation sho offered hor customer a glass of nbiiinthe, whioh ho drank unsuspiciously, Ho bocntno inaomiblo olmoat immediately, but had the prosenoo of mind to rush to his carriage, Ho was seriously ill for three weeks, during which his brain was much affootod. Madamo Simmcro took this opportunity of bringing an notion against him for tho amount "of tko bills, and probably the wholo affair would havo boon Bottled by the.uaual blaok mail, if sho bad, unfortunatoly, not forgottod hcraolf so far as to commit a daring robbory in tho apurtmont of some frionda of hors while thoy wore out of town and tho houso was m ohargo of one sorvant, The priuonor< taking advantago of hor ac* (juaintanoe with thoso pcoplo, culled on tho servant, drugged her with aconite undor tho protoxc of giving hor some raspberry syrup, and then broko opon tho safe in tho dwollinis Tho dose was, howovor, so strong that tho girl threw it off and rocovorod vory soon j tho nolico were eummonod, Siramoro's roo ns senrohod, jwd mamy of tho stolon articles and a number of drugs found. Tho wholo ntory then came to light, and it was also proved that sho had previously suocoodod in poisoning a servant of her own with belladonna, so that the girl wont mad, and boing confln»d in a lunatio asylum, was uunblo to givo ovidonco In an notion whioh tho Mercury Insuranoo Company, brought against Simmoro somo timo ogo for attompting to dofruud thorn by sotting fire to her own homo aftrr tho contents had boon ovorhiHurod. Thus Simmoro won hero ca«o, and tho means by whioh olio won it only eamo out at hor trial, This delightful woman bus boon condemned to flftoon yeara' ponal acrvitudo, and Count Coronini has got hia acceptances baok,