INDEX OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Lillian Manchester Died of Strychnine Poison Procured by Wesley R. White
in Watertown, N. Y.

October 10, 1879

The Wesley R. White Manslaughter Case
A Chronological Log of Newspaper Clippings

Transcribed articles may be viewed by clicking in the title-topic-content column.



Ref.
No.

Date

Name of Newspaper

Title/Topic/Content

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October 13, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"She Takes Poison So That the World
  Might Not Know She Was About To
   Give Birth to a Child"

?

October 14, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"Manchester Case"
Coroner's Court

?

October 18, 1879

Utica Morning Despatch,
Utica, N. Y.


More clarification of suicide.

?

October 18, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"Manchester Case"
Coroner's Court

?

October 25, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"The White Case"
More evidence - Bad for White

?

October 31, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"The Poisoning Case"
  The continuation of the White
  Examination

?

November 1, 1879

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

New and Important Evidence
  Something New Coming on the Surface
  all the time

?

November 6, 1879

Watertown Re-Union
Watertown, N. Y.

Wesley R. White Held

?

January 8, 1880

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

Exhuming the body of Lillian Manchester

?

September 9, 1880

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"Wesley's Troubles"
Important Evidence Brought Out
on Trial Today

?

September 9, 1880

Watertown Re-Union
Watertown, N. Y.

"For His Life"
(Selection of the Jury)

?

September 10, 1880

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"The Poisoning Case"

?

September 10, 1880

Utica Morning Herald
Utica, N. Y.

The taking of evidence concludes at Watertown.

?

September 13, 1880

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"What will the Verdict Be?"

?

September 14, 1880

Watertown Daily Times
Watertown, N. Y.

"Fifteen Years"
Includes summation, verdict, and sentencing

?

September 14, 1880

Utica Morning Herald

The Trial Proceedings

?

September 16, 1880

Watertown Re-union
Watertown, N. Y.

"The White Murder Trail" - 1st page
"The White Murder Trial" - 2nd page
"The White Murder Trial" - 3rd page

?

March 2, 1887

Watertown Re-Union
Watertown, N. Y.

"Died in Prison"


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