residence: Ontario St.
age: 22
race: black
cause of death: poss. murder by poison
Feb. 24. 1858:3/2 - It is alleged that Mrs. Julia T. Tilman poisened Rebecca Stanton. Professor Cassells, who examined the victim's stomach, found no traces of poison. The coroner's jury rendered the verdict that Miss Stanton died by poison of some kind. Mrs. Tilman was taken before Justice Tibbetts yesterday, was charged with alleged crime, and was held on $1,000 bail.
Feb. 25, 1858: ed;3/2 - A controversy arose today in the death `If Rebecca Stanton, involving a difference of opinion among physicians examined the body of the girl for pregnancy, some claiming it existed and others that it did not. The failure of the physicians who made the examination to appear before the coroner at the inquest, and the denial of the relatives of deceased of the charge, and the claim by others that the inquest by Coroner Hartmann was unfair, will be thrashed out at a preliminary examination before Justice Tibbetts tomorrow.
Sept. 30, 1858:1/3 - It will be recollected that the protracted inquiry which took place relative to the death of Rebecca Stanton who was alleged to have been poisoned was followed by a suit on the part of her relatives to test the validity of a will made by the said Rebecca in favor of a Mrs. Tilman. The jury decided against the will, and a trial was to have taken place. The case, however, has been set at rest by the defendant paying $100 and all costs.
Mar. 30, 1858:3/2 - The poisoning case came to an end yesterday before Justice Tibbetts, who concluded that there were no grounds to charges that Mrs. Tilman had poisoned Rebecca Stanton. He dismissed the case.
age: 22
race: black
cause of death: poss. murder by poison
Feb. 24. 1858:3/2 - It is alleged that Mrs. Julia T. Tilman poisened Rebecca Stanton. Professor Cassells, who examined the victim's stomach, found no traces of poison. The coroner's jury rendered the verdict that Miss Stanton died by poison of some kind. Mrs. Tilman was taken before Justice Tibbetts yesterday, was charged with alleged crime, and was held on $1,000 bail.
Feb. 25, 1858: ed;3/2 - A controversy arose today in the death `If Rebecca Stanton, involving a difference of opinion among physicians examined the body of the girl for pregnancy, some claiming it existed and others that it did not. The failure of the physicians who made the examination to appear before the coroner at the inquest, and the denial of the relatives of deceased of the charge, and the claim by others that the inquest by Coroner Hartmann was unfair, will be thrashed out at a preliminary examination before Justice Tibbetts tomorrow.
Sept. 30, 1858:1/3 - It will be recollected that the protracted inquiry which took place relative to the death of Rebecca Stanton who was alleged to have been poisoned was followed by a suit on the part of her relatives to test the validity of a will made by the said Rebecca in favor of a Mrs. Tilman. The jury decided against the will, and a trial was to have taken place. The case, however, has been set at rest by the defendant paying $100 and all costs.
Mar. 30, 1858:3/2 - The poisoning case came to an end yesterday before Justice Tibbetts, who concluded that there were no grounds to charges that Mrs. Tilman had poisoned Rebecca Stanton. He dismissed the case.
residence: Ontario St.
age: 22
race: black
cause of death: poss. murder by poison
Feb. 24. 1858:3/2 - It is alleged that Mrs. Julia T. Tilman poisened Rebecca Stanton. Professor Cassells, who examined the victim's stomach, found no traces of poison. The coroner's jury rendered the verdict that Miss Stanton died by poison of some kind. Mrs. Tilman was taken before Justice Tibbetts yesterday, was charged with alleged crime, and was held on $1,000 bail.
Feb. 25, 1858: ed;3/2 - A controversy arose today in the death `If Rebecca Stanton, involving a difference of opinion among physicians examined the body of the girl for pregnancy, some claiming it existed and others that it did not. The failure of the physicians who made the examination to appear before the coroner at the inquest, and the denial of the relatives of deceased of the charge, and the claim by others that the inquest by Coroner Hartmann was unfair, will be thrashed out at a preliminary examination before Justice Tibbetts tomorrow.
Sept. 30, 1858:1/3 - It will be recollected that the protracted inquiry which took place relative to the death of Rebecca Stanton who was alleged to have been poisoned was followed by a suit on the part of her relatives to test the validity of a will made by the said Rebecca in favor of a Mrs. Tilman. The jury decided against the will, and a trial was to have taken place. The case, however, has been set at rest by the defendant paying $100 and all costs.
Mar. 30, 1858:3/2 - The poisoning case came to an end yesterday before Justice Tibbetts, who concluded that there were no grounds to charges that Mrs. Tilman had poisoned Rebecca Stanton. He dismissed the case.
age: 22
race: black
cause of death: poss. murder by poison
Feb. 24. 1858:3/2 - It is alleged that Mrs. Julia T. Tilman poisened Rebecca Stanton. Professor Cassells, who examined the victim's stomach, found no traces of poison. The coroner's jury rendered the verdict that Miss Stanton died by poison of some kind. Mrs. Tilman was taken before Justice Tibbetts yesterday, was charged with alleged crime, and was held on $1,000 bail.
Feb. 25, 1858: ed;3/2 - A controversy arose today in the death `If Rebecca Stanton, involving a difference of opinion among physicians examined the body of the girl for pregnancy, some claiming it existed and others that it did not. The failure of the physicians who made the examination to appear before the coroner at the inquest, and the denial of the relatives of deceased of the charge, and the claim by others that the inquest by Coroner Hartmann was unfair, will be thrashed out at a preliminary examination before Justice Tibbetts tomorrow.
Sept. 30, 1858:1/3 - It will be recollected that the protracted inquiry which took place relative to the death of Rebecca Stanton who was alleged to have been poisoned was followed by a suit on the part of her relatives to test the validity of a will made by the said Rebecca in favor of a Mrs. Tilman. The jury decided against the will, and a trial was to have taken place. The case, however, has been set at rest by the defendant paying $100 and all costs.
Mar. 30, 1858:3/2 - The poisoning case came to an end yesterday before Justice Tibbetts, who concluded that there were no grounds to charges that Mrs. Tilman had poisoned Rebecca Stanton. He dismissed the case.
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