Madame Jacobleva, Murderous Communist Chief Justice – Soviet Russia, 1919

FULL TEXT: A message from Petrograd states that the Soviet announces the execution of Madame Jacobleva, the notorious female Chief Justice, who has signed thousands of death warrants.

[A Reuter cable message, published on January 8 inst, stated: -- The real dictator at Petrograd is a woman aged 22, named Jacobleva, the chief of the evolutionary Committee. Stories of her cruelty surpass all existing legends.

[“Russia’s Anarchy – The Champion Slav Murderess Has Been Killed.” Geelong Advertiser (Australia), Mar. 28, 1919, p. 2]

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The Miskolc Witch’s Poisoning Gang – Hungary, 1897

 

FULL TEXT (Translated from German): It is reported from Miskolcz, Apr. 8: The police arrested seven women today, members of a poisoner gang. The witch's kitchen was in Bagamerigasse. So far, twenty-three crimes have been investigated against which the arrested are charged. The investigation is in progress.

 

["Arrest of a poison mixer gang." (“Verhaftung einer Giftmischerbande.”), Grazer Volksblatt (Graz, Austria), Apr. 8, 1897, p. 6]

 

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FULL TEXT (Translated from German): In Miskolcz on the 6th of d. M. 7 women, members of a poisoner gang, arrested. So far 23 crimes have become known, which of the arrested persons were burden traps. The investigation is in progress. As is well known, a large poison and murder trial is pending before the court in Hod-Mezo-Vasarhely. These processes cast a very peculiar light on the morality of certain classes of the Hungarian people.

[“Female Poisoners” (“Giftmifcherinnen.”), Volksblatt für Stadt und Land (Vienna, Austria), Apr. 15, 1897, p. 6]

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Miskolc is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 Miskolc is the fourth largest city in Hungary. It is also the county capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county and the regional centre of Northern Hungary.

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GERMAN TEXTS

FULL TEXT: Aus Miskolcz, 6.d., wird gemeldet: Die Polizei verhaftete heute Sieben Frauen, Mitglieder einer Giftmischerbande. Die Hexen küche befand sich in der Bagamerigasse. Bis nun wurden dreiundzwanug Verbrechen eruiert, welche den Verhafteten zur Last fallen. Die Untersuchung ist im Zuge.

[“Verhaftung einer Giftmischerbande.” Grazer Volksblatt (Graz, Austria), Apr. 8, 1897, p. 6] 

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FULL TEXT: In Miskolcz wurden am 6. d. M. 7 Frauen, Mitglieder einer Giftmischerbande, verhaftet. Bis nun sind 23 Verbrechen bekannt geworden, welcheden Verhafteten zur Lastfallen. Die Untersuchung ist im Zuge. Bekanntlich ist gerade jetzt auch vor dem Gerichtshöfe in Hod-Mezö-Vasarhely ein großer Gift-mordproceß anhängig. Auf die Moralität gewisser ungarischer Volksschichten werfen diese Processe ein ganz eigenthümliches Licht.

[“Giftmifcherinnen.” Volksblatt für Stadt und Land (Vienna, Austria), Apr. 15, 1897, p. 6]

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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.

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“Hirschfeld Black Widow,” Serial-Husband-Killer – Germany, 1852

 

 

FULL TEXT: In the village of Hirschfeld, not far from Schweinfurt, a peasant woman poisoned her husband, with whom she had only been married for a short time, with phosphorus, which she took from matches and put in the soup her husband ate whereupon he died. An investigation is underway. The woman is widowed for the third time, and her earlier husbands are said to have died under the same symptoms.

 

[“A Female Bluebeard.” (“Ein weiblicher Blaubart.”), Fremden-Blatt (Vienna, Austria), Sep. 11, 1852, p. 4]

 

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Hirschfeld is a part of the municipality of Röthlein in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt, in Bavaria, modern Germany.

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FULL TEXT: In dem Orte Hirschfeld, unweit Schweinfurt, hat eine Bauernfrau ihren Mann, mit dem sie erst kurze Zeit ve-heirathrt war, vergiftet, und zwar mit Phosphor, welchen fie von Zündhölzchen nahm und in die Suppe that, die ihr Mann aß, worauf er balv starb. Eine Untersuchung ist eingeleitet. Die Frau ist zum dritten Male verhrieathet, und es sollen, wie man sage, ihre früheren Männer unter denselben Anzeichen gestorben sein.

[“Ein weiblicher Blaubart.” Fremden-Blatt (Vienna, Austria), Sep. 11, 1852, p. 4] 

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For links to other cases of woman who murdered 2 or more husbands (or paramours), see Black Widow Serial Killers.

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