Gary C K Loc: Palm Desert, Ca

My grandmother use to take me to see this stone when we would visit the cemetery that my grandfather was buried in.
It is in a small town of Garden Prairie, Il.
The story goes that this Doctor would come into a town; find a rich lady and get close to her. Then he would plan
the poisoning of the husband and he would take her money over a short time and leave the area. To do it all over again.
At a young age I had an interest in cemeteries and death; Thus I became a Funeral Director.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Interesting
Thanks

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Good shot and story!

JBuckley

I loved your "story" on how you elected to be a funeral director.


I'm sure that story (of the poisonings), was the talk of the town back then.

Elias Amador

The tombstone claims: "Poisoned by his Wife and Dr. Cream".
True claim, this is what I found in Wikipedia:
"Thomas Neill Cream (27 May 1850 – 15 November 1892), also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor and serial killer who poisoned his victims with strychnine. He murdered up to 10 people in three countries, targeting mostly lower-class women, prostitutes and pregnant women seeking abortions. He was convicted and sentenced to death, and was hanged on 15 November 1892."
"On 14 July 1881, Daniel Stott died of strychnine poisoning at his home in Boone County, Illinois, after Cream supplied him with an alleged remedy for epilepsy. The death was attributed to natural causes, but Cream wrote to the coroner blaming the pharmacist for the death after he again attempted blackmail. This time, Cream was arrested, along with Mrs Julia A. (Abbey) Stott, who had allegedly become Cream's mistress and procured poison from Cream to do away with her husband. She turned state's evidence to avoid jail, laying the blame on Cream, which left him to face a murder conviction on his own. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in Joliet Prison. Daniel Stott's friends erected a tombstone at his grave, which reads: "Daniel Stott Died June 12, 1881 Aged 61 Years, poisoned by his wife and Dr Cream.
Cream was released in July 1891. Governor Joseph W. Fifer had commuted his sentence after Cream's brother pleaded for leniency and allegedly bribed the authorities."

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thank you for saving me a lot of time researching this.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

Thanks for an interesting post.

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DougS Loc: Central Arkansas

Wow! That is quite an interesting story, and tombstone!

jederick Loc: Northern Utah

samantha90 Loc: Fort Worth,Texas

A most interesting post.

Gary C K Loc: Palm Desert, Ca

Thanks everyone for the comments.
I guess I should have given more info; thanks to the person who researched it. Did not realize it was on line.
I just have an old newspaper article about it.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

topcat Loc: Alameda, CA

Very interesting