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Execution of Mrs. Van Vaikenbargh.-Ihe
Fulton County IN. W Democrat contains an ac'
count of the execution of this wrelched wcman,
from which it appears ,hn, she acknowledges
ha wing puisoned two husbands. After stating the
course pursued by tho Governor in tho case, the
statement thus proceeds


"The prisoner had, previous to the time the
Sheriff received the Governors communication,
refused confess her gnilt. and maintained her.
self With much social frmness; but on learning
that there was no longer any hope for her, her
for.itude began in some measure TO fail, and she
began TO feel more senslby her awful situation.
On Thursday, the 22d inst, two days previous to
her execution, she made full confession of the
crime, for which she was 10 die. and acknowledged
the just ice Of the sentence which was shortly to
end her existence, in the presence Of Judge Wat.
son, John W. Cady, late District Attorney, Sheriff
Thompson, Rev. James Olerson. and Rev. David
Eyster. In this confession she dsnied having
poisoned her first husband, whom it had been re.
ported she had also murdered. But on Friday
morning, the 23d instant, us her eGd rapidly APP
preached, she made additional confession nd.
mtting that she had given her first husband q
dose of arsenic. which, although he did not die
Immediately, was ultimately the cause Of his DEATH