FULL TEXT (Article 1 to 2): Los Angeles, Feb. 24.—(UP) The
bodies of two men who died more than five years ago may be exhumed and
examined for traces of poison, the district attorney’s office announced today,
as the result of disclosures by one of two women held on suspicion of murder in
connection with the strange death recently of August Lindstrom 82-year-old,
retired lumberman.
Further action depends upon the coroner’s findings at an
inquest today into Lindstrom’s death, Deputy District Attorney George Stahlman
said Mrs. Esther Carlson, Lindstrom’s housekeeper, and Mrs. Anna Ericson, a
neighbor, were arrested after poison was reported found in Lindstrom’s stomach
after his body was exhumed from a grave in Williams, Ariz.
Yesterday Deputy Stahlman to the general hospital where she is recovering from the effects of poison similar to to that believed to have killed Lindstrom, Stahlman reported Mrs. Erickson told him that Mrs. Carlson cared for an aged man in Hemet, Calif., prior to the death in 1925 of Mrs. Carlson’s husband. This man died, Mrs. Erickson said. Stahlman refused to reveal the man’s name, but said he would attempt to learn if Mrs. Carlson benefited from the estate.
Yesterday Deputy Stahlman to the general hospital where she is recovering from the effects of poison similar to to that believed to have killed Lindstrom, Stahlman reported Mrs. Erickson told him that Mrs. Carlson cared for an aged man in Hemet, Calif., prior to the death in 1925 of Mrs. Carlson’s husband. This man died, Mrs. Erickson said. Stahlman refused to reveal the man’s name, but said he would attempt to learn if Mrs. Carlson benefited from the estate.
The investigation into Lindstrom’s death began two weeks
after he died in Lomita, Cal., when his son, P. H. Lindstrom, Chicago meat
packer, learned that Mrs. Carlson had taken $2000 from a joint bank account she
held with the aged man. Mrs. Erickson admitted receiving $300 of the money from
Mrs. Carlson, it was reported.
Since their arrest the women have ceased to be friends.
Mrs. Erickson attributes her present illness to coffee assertedly served to her
by Mrs. Carlson after they were first questioned by authorities.
[“2 Women Face Murder Charge,” Oakland Tribune (Ca.), Feb.
24, 1931, p. 1]
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FULL TEXT (Article 2 of 2): Los Angeles, April 17. – Death
was expected to triumph over the courts today as Mrs. Esther Carlson, who with
Anna Erickson, is charged with the poisoning with August Lindstrom, lay in the
county hospital critically ill with pulmonary tuberculosis.
The two women are scheduled to face trial on the murder
charges April 30, but because of Mrs. Carlson’s critical state, Deputy District
Attorney George Stahlman was to attempt to obtain a confession from her today.
Lindstrom died February 9, and relatives removed the body to
Williams, Ariz., for internment. A few days later, Chicago relatives instituted
an inquiry to discover what had become of the man’s bank account. It was then
discovered that $2000 had been withdrawn from it by Mrs. Carlson a few days
after his death.
A coroner’s inquest then showed Lindstrom’s body was
saturated with arsenic. Inasmuch as both of the women had given him food before
his death, they were questioned and a murder charge was placed against them
when a Long Beach druggist identified Mrs. Carlson and Mrs. Ericskon as two
women who had tried to purchase arsenic from him.
[“Death Likely To Free Woman From Charges Mrs. Esther
Carlson, Accused in Poison Case, Believed Dying,” Oakland Tribune (Ca.), Apr.
17, 1931, p. 30]
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“Who really
killed August Lindstrom?” South Bay History, April 26, 2014
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misandry? she wasn't killing them for being men, she was killing them for money. what was she going to do, lure all those nonexistent lesbians in with promises of marriage? if you're going to claim your position as evidence-based, the least you could do is like, you know, not force evidence to fit your argument - that's called confirmation bias and it undermines your credibility.
ReplyDeleteWhat "position" are you referencing? No claim is made that Carlson was a misandrist. There is a claim that the overlooking of 70% of female serial killers is problematic. The title of the blog refers not to each individual historical text that is reproduced. See "A message to 'gender' ideologues.
ReplyDeletePlease read a few hundred more of the forgotten female serial killer cases.