From Journals of Josiah V. Thompson,1926,Cumberland County,Pa.
Died aged 59 yrs.
He was the son of Robert Caruthers, he served in the Revolutionary War from 22 Aug 1777 to 2 October 1779.
He was elected to the General Assembly in 1782, 1783, and 1784. On the 27th of September 1786 the Supreme Executive Council commissioned him a Justice of Peace, and a Judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died on his plantation in East Pennsborough township 26 February 1798, the result of arsenic poison. A young girl, named Sarah Clark, living in the family of John Douglas, had a strong attachment for Mr Douglas' son, who was at the time paying attention to Miss Ann Carothers, the daughter of John and Mary Carothers, who lived near Silver Springs and was a neighbor of Mr. Douglas.
Sarah Clark overcome by her infatuation for young Douglas was determined to destroy the life of Ann Carothers and gain the object of her affections. With this aim in view, she hired on as a servant in the house of John Carothers and having no ill will against the family, she desired to poison only Ann, and with this in mind she purchased arsenic and put it in a pot of leaven. The family all ate of the bread and became sick. Captain John Carothers died on the 26th of February 1798, his wife Mary died soon after, but Ann Carothers, the intended victim survived. Andrew Carothers, her brother, also survived, but was a cripple for life. Sarah Clark was tried, convicted, and hanged at Carlisle.
Died aged 59 yrs.
He was the son of Robert Caruthers, he served in the Revolutionary War from 22 Aug 1777 to 2 October 1779.
He was elected to the General Assembly in 1782, 1783, and 1784. On the 27th of September 1786 the Supreme Executive Council commissioned him a Justice of Peace, and a Judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died on his plantation in East Pennsborough township 26 February 1798, the result of arsenic poison. A young girl, named Sarah Clark, living in the family of John Douglas, had a strong attachment for Mr Douglas' son, who was at the time paying attention to Miss Ann Carothers, the daughter of John and Mary Carothers, who lived near Silver Springs and was a neighbor of Mr. Douglas.
Sarah Clark overcome by her infatuation for young Douglas was determined to destroy the life of Ann Carothers and gain the object of her affections. With this aim in view, she hired on as a servant in the house of John Carothers and having no ill will against the family, she desired to poison only Ann, and with this in mind she purchased arsenic and put it in a pot of leaven. The family all ate of the bread and became sick. Captain John Carothers died on the 26th of February 1798, his wife Mary died soon after, but Ann Carothers, the intended victim survived. Andrew Carothers, her brother, also survived, but was a cripple for life. Sarah Clark was tried, convicted, and hanged at Carlisle.
From Journals of Josiah V. Thompson,1926,Cumberland County,Pa.
Died aged 59 yrs.
He was the son of Robert Caruthers, he served in the Revolutionary War from 22 Aug 1777 to 2 October 1779.
He was elected to the General Assembly in 1782, 1783, and 1784. On the 27th of September 1786 the Supreme Executive Council commissioned him a Justice of Peace, and a Judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died on his plantation in East Pennsborough township 26 February 1798, the result of arsenic poison. A young girl, named Sarah Clark, living in the family of John Douglas, had a strong attachment for Mr Douglas' son, who was at the time paying attention to Miss Ann Carothers, the daughter of John and Mary Carothers, who lived near Silver Springs and was a neighbor of Mr. Douglas.
Sarah Clark overcome by her infatuation for young Douglas was determined to destroy the life of Ann Carothers and gain the object of her affections. With this aim in view, she hired on as a servant in the house of John Carothers and having no ill will against the family, she desired to poison only Ann, and with this in mind she purchased arsenic and put it in a pot of leaven. The family all ate of the bread and became sick. Captain John Carothers died on the 26th of February 1798, his wife Mary died soon after, but Ann Carothers, the intended victim survived. Andrew Carothers, her brother, also survived, but was a cripple for life. Sarah Clark was tried, convicted, and hanged at Carlisle.
Died aged 59 yrs.
He was the son of Robert Caruthers, he served in the Revolutionary War from 22 Aug 1777 to 2 October 1779.
He was elected to the General Assembly in 1782, 1783, and 1784. On the 27th of September 1786 the Supreme Executive Council commissioned him a Justice of Peace, and a Judge of the Common Pleas Court. He died on his plantation in East Pennsborough township 26 February 1798, the result of arsenic poison. A young girl, named Sarah Clark, living in the family of John Douglas, had a strong attachment for Mr Douglas' son, who was at the time paying attention to Miss Ann Carothers, the daughter of John and Mary Carothers, who lived near Silver Springs and was a neighbor of Mr. Douglas.
Sarah Clark overcome by her infatuation for young Douglas was determined to destroy the life of Ann Carothers and gain the object of her affections. With this aim in view, she hired on as a servant in the house of John Carothers and having no ill will against the family, she desired to poison only Ann, and with this in mind she purchased arsenic and put it in a pot of leaven. The family all ate of the bread and became sick. Captain John Carothers died on the 26th of February 1798, his wife Mary died soon after, but Ann Carothers, the intended victim survived. Andrew Carothers, her brother, also survived, but was a cripple for life. Sarah Clark was tried, convicted, and hanged at Carlisle.
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